The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-09-22


they cannot let themselves out--politi-
cally we mean, not physically. Now,
unfortunately, Mr. Miller is ONE of the
county Democratic luminarles Eve use
this word in no offensive sense.) across
whose well-dcveloped but less ample
disk the cclipsing shadow Of the eX-
Governor has been thrown. An easily
recalled fact or two will make this
statement plain.
Two years ago, it will be remem-
bered, Mr.. Miller was named promi-
nentlv as the Democratic nominee for
the COMPREHENSIVE. Representing the
anti.Ring element of Cecil Democracy,
he could easily have carried majority
of the districts of the county and Sc
cured the Cecil delegates But Mr.
Groome's aspirations for the Guberna-
torial nomination barred the way and
shut out any other aspirant for party
gifts. Upon the declaration of Mr.
Groome, that he intended to make the
| fight for the Gubernatorial nomination
squarelv to the bitter end, Mr.. Miller's
friends declined to press his claims for
the COMPREHENSIVE. The notorious
Carroll job followed. Upon
the very eve Of the contest Mr. Groome,
fearing that if he remained longer be-
fore the convention, he might ieopardize
| CAROLS chances, to whose friends he
was deeply indebted for past political
favors and preterment, and hoped to be
for future ones, abandoned the field to
the Ring masters and threw his votes
| for the Ring candidate, notwithstand-
ing he knew that Mr. Hamilton was the
almost unanimous choice of Cecil Demo-
Gratis. Indeed it was then, and is now,
an open secret that Mr.. Hamilton and
his friends in that convention made the
direct protler to the Cecil delegation,
headed by Mr. Knight, to secure the
nomination'of Mr. Miller as Comptroller
upon what should have been an easy con-
dition, that the Cecil delegation should
represent the known sentiments of the
Cecil Democracy by voting for an anti
Ring candidate for Governor. This
profier was rejected, Mr. Miller was
sacrificed, and the Ring programme
carried out. Strange to say, the ac-
complished tactician, who so skillfullv
manipulated the late delegates for the
Ring representative (Mr knighU, was
one of the bitterest in his deuunca-
| tons of the job that defeated his favo-
rite, Mr.. Hamilton. He poured unspar-
ingly upon the devoted head Of the Sas-
safras statesman the walls of his wrath.
/ In unguardcd moments even his own
son came in for his share of the pater
nal lashes One man only stood true
amid the general party recreancv Mr.
Everest alone kept the party faith and
refused to misrepresent the sentiment
of the constituency that sent them in
structed alike to Baltimore Knight,
Wallace, Mccullough barred their backs
to the Ring masters lash and came
down to hard work in the Ring traces
| Thus it will be seen that Mr.. Miller's
aspirations for the COMPREHENSIVE were,
SO far as Cecil county is concerned,
i crushed bv pretended contest for the
Governorship by Mr. Groome, but which
was real fight in behalf of Carroll,
the Ring candidate Still further Mr..
Groome being thus identified with the
State managers of the Ring, and being
indebted to them for his elevation to the
Governorship, must necessarily share
with them the odium of unpopular party
acts. We refer, of course in this asser-
ton, to Cecil county OF these "home"
thrusts, the summary removal Of Mr..
Miller as Insurance Commissioner and
the appointment of more acceptable
Ring representative in his stead was
not calculated to beget any special atlec-
ton upon the part Of Mr. Miller and
his friends either towards the managers
at Annapolis or towards their aders
and abettors in Cecil county
The manner of Mr.. Miller's removal
was offensive to any gentleman 1t
was summary and unexplained Even
the Ring organ in Elkton pleaded i9nor-
ance Of its cause, and with a pretense
Of surprise asked to know why COM
petent officer had been sacrificed to ap-
pease the hungry Bourbon gods Tn
demanded and cowardly reports respect
ing Mr.. Miler's habits, character and
competency were insinuated by some of
! these same gentlemen. The entire per
Torrance was in keeping with the dis
reputable character of the men who
planned and achieved it. Can Mr. Mil
Ter be supposed to be amiable and lovely
towards this cotorie, the local repre-
sentatves of the political Richelieu,
who, in his heart, he SO thoroughly de-
spises.
We need not consider further the re-
cent fresh cause given Mr.. Miller so
well calculated to intensity his dislike
towards these people. He beat Mr..
KING hit in fair contest before his party
and was entitled to the full fruits of the
eictory. lie owes it to the Ring mas
ter of Cecil county that he now has an
cquvoca instead of certain and all
solute leadership Of the expected Demo
cratic delegation to Annapolis Posi-
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