Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1875-10-01
Card for Mr.. Compton.

In the Baltimore SIN of Thursday, tho
Esd ult., we find card from Hon. Barnes
Compton, addressed to the editors of the
Sun, in which he says:
Your Rockville correspondent, in his imper.
feet synopsis of my speech in that town on
yesterday, says among other things: .'Mr
Compton dealt considerably in personalities
which seemed 10 please his hearers" While
do not for moment suppose your cores
pendent designed 10 do me injustice, have Ia
request that you will allow me to say that this
statement is incorrect. deny that dealt
in what might be properly called ''perSonali-
ties 1t all. did allude to and in some in
stances name individuals in connection with
their official or publicly prominent political Po-
sitions. | deem this perfectly legitimate in all
political discussions. | think | am capable OF
drawing the proper distinction, and inca9ble
OF saying anything in public speech of a per-
son in his capacity of private citizen, without
just cause for 50 doing.
In abiding 10 the proceedings had by the So
called Citizens Reform party at the Mary
land Institute, ! referred to their nominees 10
some of them by name, and particularly to
their candidates for Mayor and States Attor-
ney as gentlemen of capacity and standing.
known TO me personally as such. | spoke too
of another individual, II L. Jordan by name,
brought prominently forward rs an orator on
the occasion referred 10, aud therefore properly
to be considered and treated as a representa-
tive man of the new party | spoke OF bis
record and conduct as Librarian of this State
during the days Of Republican supremacy in
Maryland.
| did not say that he tried to bribe me with
stationery when member of the Senate in
1861, 1T that did threaten TO rebukc him,
first, for giving TO Radical Senators a much
larger amount Of stationery than to the Demo
Gratis; and secondly, for thrUsting upon me
many times more than ] could possibly use
did read 10 the meeting a; Rockville = cor
rect copy of Il voucher on he in the Compirol-
Ter ; Office a; Annapolis. signed by Il. +. -
dan, Librarian. for - $3.50 90, paid hs'T~
stationery for the Use OF the Republican Legs
lature Of 1866, called session of thirty days,
as also his receipt 10 the Comptroller for his
warrant for that sum of money. said III this
connection that had been informed by those
in whom had confidence that when this for
msr Librarian. present Reform orator, WAS APP
pointed Librarian he vas poor man, and that
had heard from equally reliable parties that
when he left Office he was much better of than
when he entered ofhce-a mortal sin, OF course,
in the eyes of modern Republican rcformeT,
whether the mo .ey was made justly or unjust
ly, properly or improperly. If there be any
thing unfairly personal in all this fail TO see
1t, unless the statement made TO me 10y those
who profess 10 know be incorrect. II this be
so, let the former Republican Librarian, pre-
sent Reform orator, show TO the contrary. and
Will cheerfully acknowledge that have been
misinformed
As far as naming Mr.. Archibald Stirling, Jr.,
goes, simply said, in answer TO the charge
that the Democratic party WAS controlled by a
ring, that the Republican party was at pres
ent controlled by a ring composed of a single
individual, their Convention at Westminster
having delegated its power TO committee OF
twenty-six, said committee in turn 10 Il sub
committee of three, and said subcommittee Ia
Mr.. Archibald Stirling, Jr., and that this grea,
Mogul now walked the streets of Baltimore
with the Republican party in his pocket, or
with authority there TO act for IL
The only other individual named by me las
remember, for | spoke without notes, was
John Lee Chapman, former Mayor OF Baltimore,
and In the following connection In answer
10 the charge made by the american and 9TH
er Radical lights of corruption in the lobby ~
Annapolis during the session of the last Legis-
lature, | said il came with poor grace from
such sources, when only a few years ago-viz
in lS67-the Republican City Council and
Mayor John Lee Chapman had appropriated
$50, 900 of the peoples money to corrupt the
Legislature of the State and prevent the pass
age of bill designed to secure reform in
the city, and that the said Chapman had testi-
fed before an investigating congressional COM
mittee that this money had been used to defeat
said bill, and had secured its defeat, land
thus saved the Union cause in Baltimore
Now, then, if this he dealing considerably
in personalities" then am | guilty of having
so offended But cheerfully take whatever OF
censure or responsibility may attach to me for
so doing. BARNES CoNPToN.
Baltimore, Sept. 90, 1875.