The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-12-09
TILDEN'S SPEAKER.

Mr.. Samuel j. Randall, known favora-
bly, to his party as lobbyist salary grab
Der, inhationist and wire-puller, wears
the easy honors of the Great National
Party of Reform as Speaker of the
House Of Representatives. The selec-
ton was most judicious one. Sam
uel, of New York, knows full we'll the
Philadelphia brother. That the Quaker
City Reformer, the pet of the high-toned
champions of law, justice and order, to
whom, under the marshalship of the
notorious " Billy" McMullen, the Fourth
Ward owes its distinction, will display
just the order of ability expected of him.
no man familiar with his political rec
ord will doubt. Mr. Randall has every
imaginable qualification for the Speak
ership, in view of present party "emer-
gences. An inscriptions politician,
untrammelled by any broad or liberal
views, bigoted partisan, narrow and
proscriptivc in his Interpretation of Off
ciaI obligations. he is the right man in
the right place, to carry out to its final
and complete contamination the Tilden
scheme, TO the Inauguration of which
he so largely contributed in his former
position as Chairman of the House Com
mittee on Appropriations. His first ru-
ing as Speaker indicated the character
of the man, called by a desperate party
to fill a representative national position,
while the bitterness and bad temper of
his address on taking the Speakers
chair, sounded the keynote of the Demo
cratic Congressional campaign.
"Our liberties" says this grandilo-
quent salary grabber, consecrated by
so many sacrifices in the past" &c,
&c, &c, "must be maintained at every
hazard"
What liberty does he refer to? The
liberty to rob the Treasury of the Gov
eminent on voucher for services never
rendered, or the liberty to manufacture
Tilden maiorities AID LIBITUM? Sam
Randall's patriotic sacrifices on the altar
of country are easily reckoned, and are
upon par with that other Samuel's
To party" liberty, he is doubtless a
Large contributor" as the deectable
Mr.. Hewitt said Tilden was to the Tam
many regiment. But when asked to
name the sum contributed, he facetiouslv
replied, THAT patriotism was above
dollars and cents" Now the liberties
that filled the minds eye of either of
these gentry are not above dollars and
cents, neither is their patriotism.
"The people look confidently to your
moderation, to your patient, calm, firm
judgment and wisdom, at this time
fraught with so many perils"
What Il conscious sarcasm on the
present cx-Confederate House. The
people. What people? Does the
Fourth Ward politician mean to say
that any given number of respectable
and intelligent persons, excepting, of
course, ex-rebels, copperheads, sore
heads, and pIace-seekers, look with con-
idence for political moderation, patience,
calmness, judgment or wisdom from the
present House of Representatives.
Does Ben Hill represent the MODERATE,
patient, calm, firm, judicious and wise
type of statesmen from whom "the
people, expect 50 much in such peril
Gus times All yes, Mr. Randall, the
loyal people of this nation remember
only too well, where these same gentle
men were, and what they were doing,
when the Nation was really imperiled.
The recollections of the immediate past
are too fresh in their minds to admit Of