The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1842-12-24
TIE LOCOFO(O POLICY OF d.
NIDlNG TO CONQuER-TIIE AMERI-
CAN SENTlNEL'S ABORTlVE AT
TEMPTS TO DISTRACT THE ACTION
OF THE WIG PARTY

Van SEN lin Ell > ABORTINE AT
TEMPTS TO DISTRACT THE ACTION
OF THE WIG PARTY.
From time immortal, great political
weapon IN the hands of those who feel
confident Of the intrinsic weakness oriheir
cause, has beer the division Of their OPP
ponenls, by tanning jealousies and wi
dening liule breaches. The Locos being
a party Of intrigue. and bound together
by no principle; their organization being
composed Of conglomcrate, SHIELD to-
gelher by the cohesive power of public
plnnder," confident, too, that their creed,
if fairly understood, will never bring IL
proselyte TO their dangerous opinions
this party muslsrengthen ilselfby foment-
ing divisions among all the opponents OF
Lrcoiocoism. Following up this system
OF tactics, the American Sentinel OF yes
terday contained the following article, in
tended as sort Of "A wedge-or, perhaps,
aiming al the dignity of ba,tcring ram.
to divide and crush the great Clay party
Several of the leading anti-masonic pa.
pers IN Pennsylvania, which actively and
efficiently advocated The election of Gcn-
eral Harrison in 1910, are in.!e!a:igable IN
their opposition to Mr.. Clay. They al
tribute much Of the defeats which the
why's have recently me, with, to the po-
hey which was every where adopted, OF
announcing Mr.. Clay as the only whig
candidate for the presidency, and rallying
under his banner. The disasters which
have belalen the wing rarty this year, the
anti-masonic editors allegc, are but pre-.
cursors of the overthrow which awaits il
in 1914, if Mr.. Clay should be the can
didate Of that party. The abolilionists,
who are numerous to the East, and who
have generally acted with the Wigs, here
fore, take the same grounds as the anti
masons OF Pennsylvania. They have re-
solved to support candidates of their own,
and will doubtless carry their determines
ton into effect.
Now, the fears Of division expressed
by the Sentnel-that weathercock sheet.
which points It's bcak TO every rising
breeze, Of political Iavor,ism, and shifts
again when nothing is to be made but a
reputation Tor conslstenCy-its fears Of
division, we say, are wholly gra,ui'"us.
There is not paper i'll the union, "l our
party, which has expressed personal pre-
ference for another candidate than Henry
Clay, which has not pledged itself to the
nominee Of the Nallanal Convention!
There are not score of these papers in
the union, from the head of whose col
umns we do not daily see flying the flag
of"Ju>lice TO Harry OF The West.' There
is not "a single p"per in the Union which
does not fully, freely and cordially con-
cede to Henry Clay every merit as a states
man, every noble attribute as man, and
every quality to grace the presidential
chair. The swish" that the Anii,masons
will not support Mr.. Clay is the only
''lalher to the thought" As party, they
have ever advocated those political tcnets
sustained by the statesman of Kentucky,
and have been loudcst in their eulogies on
his distinguished qualifications. Itwould
be tp brand them with the strangeSt in
consistency to doubt that they will sup
port, in 1914, the acknowledged champion
of the campaign of lSl0-he whose
voice was first raised at the Baltimore
Convention in favor of the creed of the
IIarrls' II par'y-who went abroad through,
our country, scattering the seeds of liz
formation, opening the burrows, and as
sisling together in the glorious harvest
over which ration sang It's song of re-
ioiclug, little thinking that a blight was in
the garncred store.
No, there is no danger Of any dcfcc-