The Cecil Whig., 1882-06-03

length and made it as PLAIN as the sun
at noon day, and they would generally
20 against my deliberately expressed
opinions.
"Why then don t you carry yonr cas-
es to the Appellate Court asked.
| have often done 50, he said. and gain
ed nothing by doing it. The Court of
appeals are about as ignorant as our
| Circuit Court and have almost always
sustained their rulings. Indeed have
no confidence in the ability oi any of
our Eastern Shore judiciary, aud i'll fact
| | would not like to trust much to tie
Western Shore Judges either, and take
| very little stock in them. | had little
experience some years ago i'll Baltimore
and soon found out tnat the city Judges
| were inst about us obstinate as our own.
| and would insist on being governed more
| by their own ideas of what was right
! than by my exhaustive arguments. and
| consequently | soon shook oil the city
| dust from my boots and returned tn
| Elktun. / had Il great notion to leave
| the State and settle in Wilmington would
have done So had not faithful - Friday
suggested that the Delaware Judges
might prove to be as unenlightened as
our own, and besides the little State OF
Delaware would not afford sufficient room
tor my expansion. This last suggestion
pleased me. always can depend upon
my ever faithful - friday His judy
ment is sound, and the course that
have mapped out for the future is the
outgrowth of his active brain. He ad-
vised me to abandon the practice of a
profession which was full of disappoint-
ment and veXation and which did not af-
ford sufficient latitude for the develop
ment of Il person possessed of my "ag-
gressive temperament and forensic abili-
ties and 20 dedicate the remainder of
my life to the good of the whole country
by entering the upper House of our Nat
ional Legislature. | have taken his ad-
vice and am now laying my plans, and
this accounts for my extraordinary ac-
tivity at the present time.
Gon see have no earthly chance to
accomplish my designs in the ordinary
way of managing things. | must placate
some of my bitter enemies aud get their
assistance, AMI II order to do this | must
give them q",i pTo qHo. | tried this on
Clint anu = Billy but they were
too cunning. SO hau to come down a
good deal, and have got things fixed
nicely. There is a great advantage i'll
having control Of the papers. The press
is mighty engine and whether an editor
has any individual influence and popu lar
ity it matters not. All that is neceSSa-
ry is to have control of the sheet, and
then you can write whatever suits your
fancy and prevent others from replying.
How did you get the Netrs.'" | asked
Why you see it has very little circulation
and is not likely to get much more, so
made the proprietor believe that when
the editor of the DemOcrm took his pros
pective seat upon the bench he would not
condescepd to occupy his time and talents
any longer in the capacity OF a journalist.
and would vacate and make room for the
editor of the Ne~s.
"Do you think there is any chance of
his getting the position?" | asked. None
in the least: but that is not my concern
only his. want his support and intend
to use him as am using any other dupes
aud followers. If he has no more dis
cernment than to imagine that ''Cruik"
has chance of success. let him suffer t, T
his want of acumen. | have not made
politics a study all these long years for
nothing. | have been slyly laying plans
for some advancement like this for a long
time and have managed to get control of
the patronage" | have got the County
Commissioners under my thumb. and can
dictate the appointments under them
and have got the inside track of the op-
position by working whilst they We're
quietly and unsuspectingly enjoying their
case,
The Prince" told me a good deal more
of his smart doings but | will not weary
You with a recitation of them now, may
allude to them at some other time.
would not have divulged this much of
what transpred during my prolonged
and enforced stay in his office if he had
not published and republished in the
two papers under his control what
falsely purported to be true report of
a conversation had between q ''reporter''
anu 1, veteran politician. lie not only
had this imaginary conversation inserted
in his two papers, but also in Will
minston paper, and do not want to be
misrepresented.