The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-06-22

We congratulate our brilliant young
representative, Major Groomc, that he has
spoken. knowing his propensity to blow
and that he must either talk or bust, we had
begun to regard his unusual silence as in the
highest degree alarming. The Major has
spoken on the usury question: after telling
the convention that he intended to vote in Il,
particular way on that question, he proceeded
to argue with his accustomed elegance and
lncidty the opposite side. But his browning
Grafton was on the registry law, and we
think our readers will recognize in it more
than the ordinary amount Of stupidity. and
that is saying good deal The Major 5
speech is as follows;
Mr.. Grno'ne sni, as consequence of the want Of a
Registry Law in 1867. thirty soldiers said to from
Fort Delaware: Appeared AT the election in III" Third
dis, c of cell county, where he had !e honor of be-
.ns Democratic challenger. They rave the names Of
HE men VIII" had last employed them. but they coult
give the name of 10 other man i'll the county. They
had evidently been pnt mp To this Icy som" "i the has,
ct2eus ur Cecil ro;.nly. Their votes were received
against liz protest. aud then lieg wont to The Tonrth
district. where lac followed them, and the same tlne
again occurred when he protested against theirrig
Of voting he was arrested uy the military. and told
that il any one in the Government uniform was only
year. old, and had only lived in The state hour,
l,c mat q fIEEl 10 vote.
Now, the facts in this case are these -
Some soldiers of the Fifth Maryland, from
the neishborhood Of Chesapeake City, were
ordc.ad 10 Elkton, on election day, 1863.
Fearing they could not get to the second
district, they claimed the right to vote in the
third. The judges properly decided that no
particular time was necessary in the district,
and as they were here under orders of their
superior officer, they were to all intcnts and
purposes actual residents, and few Of them,
probably halt dozen, voted. But we chal
lcnge Mr.. Groome to give the name of Il
single man voting in Elkton that day, who
was not {. resident Of Cecil county before he
went into the army. IN the course of the
afternoon convcyances were prepared and
the men went TO the second district, not the
fourth, as the speech ALLEGES, whittier they
we're followed by the valiant Major, in his
" honorable (?) capacity OF self
:: challenger Suffering up to the polls,
he squared himself for big talk, which was
rather preinstproly cut short by the boys in
blue, who, he charged, intended to vote a
second time, and who gave him to under
stand that il he didn't go home and mind
his own business, he would find himself very
dccently licked. This good advice the
doughty Major took at once, and gaining his
carriage just as the boys gave yell prcpar'
atory to making a charge, he left town in q
$40 pace, and made, il is stated, the quick.
est time on record between Chesapeake City
and Elkton. The whole thing was charac,
teristic Of the Major: u dea! Of fuss and
sputter and then Il most ridiculous skedad-
die; and we are sure this is the first time
anybody ever heard anything about his I" ar
rest" just now, finding himself among
some noted prisoners of the late Gen. Nc.
Clellan, the Major imasipcs that he was
arrested, when in fact It was only a big scare,
aid the tallest kind of running from the
threatened chastisemeut of the sturdy SOL
diers. We beg the gentlemen of the con
vention to understand thai the distinguished
Major is terribly given to big yarns, and that
he is living example Of the truth of the
adage, that people who talk so mmch must
sometimes draw upon Imagination rather
than memory.