The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-10-16
TIE LocoFoco MEETING OF TUESDAY

been held the day on which the county
Court has the fullest attendance, and
whrn the Orphans Court and the coun-
ty Commissioners We're in session. had
the advantage of pretty full concourse
Of people, brought here BY business. We
apprehend but very few came TO the
town on account Of the meeting. and
many democrats lett after the adjourn
ment OF The several Courts, without stay
ing to hear the speeches.
II was addressed BY Ohio Scott, Car
roll Spence and Ramsay NcHenry, Esqrs
Mr.. Spence delivered set speech, which
ne had prepared to show ,hat military
man is not fit for the Presidency. He
never once named Pierce, or referred to
him in the slightest manner, but devoted
his whole time to the abuse of Scott,
and to prove the proposition with which
lie started. Ii is beautiful consistency
in party which ldoIized Gen. jackson,
ran Gen. Cass, tried to siea! Gen. Tav-
lor from the Wings, and last and least,
nominated Gen erol Pierce, over the head
OF several other prominent generals, as
competitors, to take the ground that
military man is not fit for the Presdcn-
cy. SO Mr.. Spence simply made him
self ridiculous by his argument, and
despised Tor his abuse of the gallant old
Gen. Scott.
Mr.. McHen-y was not happy in his
remarks. Mr. Neil, is a monied man
"A verv rich man--so he needs must
make money speech. He told his
audience, (who by The way, knew that
Scott Rad never received any money
but what he lad earned that the wing
and was fond of money, and that Gen.
Pierce was free with his own money
free 10 fauI.-and hence. proceeded to
show that the people should not trust
Scott with tie management of the public
money, but should rather entrust it to
Pierce. His hearers seemed at a loss to
know why man, free 10 a fault" in
squandering his own money, should be
particularly recommended for taking care
Of other peoples funds.
| But these gentlemen being of the
harmless order oflndividualsi the speak
ing line. we let them pass, and proceed
to remark upon some of the things said
by Mr. Ohio Scott. What the object
or desire Of this man may be, that he
should al this tlne vie with political
, fedgrlngs in speech, characterized -
! to use one OF his phrases applied to the
letters of Gen. Scott--by "both igno-
rance and impudence,' we are at loss
to guess. Perhaps he aspires to the At
tornev Generalship-perhaps he would,
for once, be honcst, and pay up for the
job Of "Codifving," given him by the
locoioco Legislature last winter.
Who is this man Ohio who gets up
before the people Of Cecil county to
abuse and Willy Gen. Scott and to abuse
and viIlify and lie upon the whig party.
We shall not attack him personally al
though he so attacked Gen. Scott-he
can't stand a personal anach-but we
shall not spare his Ignorant and impu-
dent" speech.
The "negio question: was his prncs-
pal theme-his principal effort. to show
! that Scott was an aholtlonlst, and the
candidate of the abolit,onists. "Whv,'
he asked, with an air Of triumph, "did
the wings throw aside Webster and Fill
more, and take up Scott I" Let him
answer himself by asking why the loco
fOcOS threw ASIDE lass, Buchanan ana
Douglas and took up Pierce.
"Why, if Scott be not the abolition
can&ida:e,' he asked again, ''do Seward
and Greeley support him, and why do
I Ciddings aud the negro Douglas look
with favor on his nomination p So far
as Seward and Greeley are con erned,
let him answer his question By asking
why the Van Burens, Joshua Leavitt,
Atwood. W,Imof, Ben. Butler, Chaun-
cev F. Cleveland, and scores of men Of
that ilk, are supporting Pierce. And
so ia. as Giddings and the negro Douglas
are concerned, we have TO say, that
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