The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1871-06-24
The Republican State Central Committee.

which assembled in that city on Wednes-
day last:
The meeting was one of the largest that
has been held the last two years. The
chairman, Samuel M. Evans, Esq, called
the Committee to order, with Mr.. Jas.
Whitehouse, Secretary. On the call of the
roll, Baltimore city and the following coun-
ties were represented: Allegany, Anne
Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil,
Charles, Caroline, Frederick, Hartford,
Howard, Kent, Montgomery, Queen Anne's
Prince Georges, Somerset, St. Mary's and
Worcester.
Hon. John L. Thomas, Jr., moved that
committee of five be appointed, to whom
all resolutions should be referred, which,
after debate, was amended to read: That
the committee be composed of three from
Baltimore city and one from each county,
when it was adopted, and the following
committee appointed:
J. b. Askew, A. Stirling, Jr, and c. G..
Fulton, of Baltimore, Dir. w. G. Tuck,
Anne Arundel county; w. Lowdcrmilk,
Allegany county; S. Parker Bosley, Balti-
more county; w. F. Atwell, Calvert coun-
ty; Thomas E. Sheppard, Carroll county;
Jacob Tome, Cecil county; DR.. w. r. Will
mer, Charles county; Curtis Davis, Caro-
line county; Linthicum, Frederick county;
E. H. Bean, Hartford county; George W..
Sands, Howard county; w. Perkins, Kent
county; B. Rush Roberts, Montgomery
county; DR.. Colby, Prince Georges county;
w. T. Lawson, Somerset county; W. H. W..
Farrow, Worcester county; and George E.
Adams, Queen Anne's county.
The resolutions offered by the members
of the committee were then read and refer.
red to the special committee, who retired,
and after some deliberation reported the
following series of resolutions:
Resolrsd, That the Republican voters of
the different counties of the State and the
city of Baltimore are requested to convene
in primary meeting, at such times and
places as may be designated by their re-
spective county committee, on or before
Saturday, September the 9th, 1871. and
select delegates to represent the said coun-
ties and the city of Baltimore i'll a Republi-
can State Convention, which shall assem-
BILE in the city of Baltimore at IL o'clock,
on Tuesday, September the 18th.
Resolced, That the said Convention shall
nominate candidates for the offices of Gov
ernor, Attorney General and Comptroller
of the Treasury of the State to be sup
ported by the Republican party at the
approaching election.
Resolced, That each county and the city
of Baltimore are directed to elect the same
number of delegates to attend the Conven-
tian that they have representatives in the
General Assembly of the State.
ResoIred, That the Republican party cor
daily invite, and hereby extend to all citi-
zens of the State of Maryland who endorse
the wise, patriotic and economical admin
istration of General Grant, to attend the
primary meetings called i'll pursuance of
these resolutions, and assist in the work of
overthrowing the corrupt and proiligate
party now in power in this State.
Resolced, That the course pursued by
the Democratic party in this State has been
of such a character as to convince all rea-
sonable and law-abidiny citizens that their
sole purpose has been to aggrandize their
political leaders at the expense of the good
name and credit of the State. Since the
accession of that party to power, taxation
has been doubled, public offices have been
multiplied far beyond any necessary demand
for the public good, merely to make room
and provide places for men bankrupted in
their efforts to destroy the Government
That public education, the greatest bless
ing that Government can confer upon it's
citizens, has been sadly neglected, and in
many portions of the State practically aban-
doned. That the present Judiciary system
of this State is cumbersome and expensive,
and in its administration equal justice has
,,1kh ra flo1 TO oil ~ of
State. That these and other causes appar-
ent to all not blinded by party prejudice,
should incte all citizens of Maryland who
desire the prosperity of the whole State to
join heartily with the Republican party in
wrestling the State from the embrace of this
corrupt organization.
Resolued, That since the happy termina-
ton of the late war, which has resulted in
the liberation of a large class of our people
previously unjustly held in servitude, con-
ferring upon them, as in right they were
fully entitled, all the privileges of American
citizenship; that under the prudent admin
istratian of General Grant the national debt
has been decreased over two hundred mil
lions of dollars, thereby annually saving
over twelve millions in interest; that the
dignity and honor of the Republic has been
maintained in our diplomatic intercourse
with foreign countries, especially in the
settlement Of the Alabama claims; that
national taxation has been largely reduced,
and hundreds of public offices dispensed
with.
Resolced, That the well tried devotion to
the Republican party of Hon. John A. ].
Creswell, and his able administration of
the Post Office Department, as we'll as the
deep interest he has manifested in the wei
fare of our State, entitle him to the graft
tude of our people.
Mr.. J. w. Clayton moved the report of
the committee be accepted.
Mr.. G. W. Sands, of Howard county,
offered a substitute for the report of the
committee. The substitute embraced the
three first resolutions above given, emitting
the resolution relative to Postmaster Gen
eral Creswell, and making the call for pri-
mary meetings in form different from that
given above.
The reports gave rise to considerable dis
cussion, participated in by many of the
members. The substitute of Mr.. Sands
was lost, and the report of the committee
as given above was adopted.
The committee then proceeded to the
transaction of business of private char
acter, in which general Interchange of
views was had upon matters conducive to
the thorough organization of the Republi-
can party throughout the State, and with
the assurance that the coming campaign
will be the most active the party has ever
conducted, the committee adjourned.
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