The Cecil Whig., 1853-12-03
REPLY 10 Mn. D. SCOTT.

ticle Of ours, appeared in The Cecil
Democrat Of the 18th ultmo. We pur-
poseiy delayed giving it attention until
th'a week, thinking the "docuncnts"
might probably fall into our nanls.
That event having happened, we pro-
ceed hastily to notice the gentleman 5
manifesto. Before We cnme at the core
OF the matter some preliminary remarks
are necessary, and some rubbish" must
be cleared out Of the way.
1t will be remembered by such readers,
as have attended to this controversy, that
OH the Sth Of October we men,ioned d
certaIn reports concerning the wasteiul
expenditure Of the peoples money, and
asked certain questions concerning
The same. That article OF ours elected
no notice until the 22nd Of the same
month--ten days before the election.
On that day a combined effort was made
to backguard us down, by pack Of
"Fmaeres," "JuSticcs" "7arpayers"
ETC., assisted by an ertra.oGcial siate-
ment from 1Ir. D. Scott. TO those on
slaUghts, our article, TO which Mr. 5. sub
seqoently takes exception, was reply.
They maze the mtach; how successfully
this paper defended itself and maintain
ed itself, let the people who interested
themselves in the controversy answer
Rather, haze they not ansrercd!
Bnt Mr.. D. Scott is not satisfied; he
"lrelS It incumbent OF him. however un-
pleasant" to take up the cudjel again.
While we are surprised that ne should
suffer himself to be made the tool of a
host o! anonymous scrIbblers, and thrust
in proper person in the position they
have not the courage 10 occupy, we cau
pardon that acribity Of temper which
led him TO make his two column chap
ter nearly altogether a string of person.
aItles, to the forgetting Of Tie great
points at issue. The fortune Of war had
been against him, when he wrote, and
he result appears to have placed him in
an unfortunate mood. Well we shall
endcavor, while We pass him in review,
not 10 initiate bis lll-temper; and though
he makes haste rudely to sever the
'Jric"d(y tcrmS,' he does not thereby
excite in us a single feeling Of anger
If there have been "un>crupulous,
false and ridiculous misrepresentations
in this contest,f before it is ended, we
presume, they viii be fixed upon h,m-
self and his compeers; for, unfortunately
for them, It is contest, pretty much,
Of records-o of facts and figures open
to the inspection of the people. As to
the ''rcciless and infatuated circulars"
sent to distant portions Of the county at
late houT;--do not the people know
they were regular Extras Of this paper,
sen, oil to counteract and overthrow
tn, d,ilmations and mis-statements of
Mr.. y. Scott and his anonymous ad
,junctS! And was not the precise matter
of that Extra published in our edition the
next Saturday thereafter! and if any ef-
lrc!ive reply could have been made,
could not any man of a little energy
have replied, printed and circulated his
answers! All those "clrculurS' S'-there
was the rub.
Thus much by way Of clearing the
ground; and now 10 the few points, (for
he passes most of them by,) where Mr..
D. Scott processes to take hold Of our
article.
First: As regards the Aims House.
Mr.. d. Scott knows that wing Of this
town offered to build il for less than
$4,000. notwithstanding they gave il TO
a Democrat tor $500; yet he attempts
TO escape the cha-ge by saying it is ''too
pi,ilul TO notice." and by talking about
the complaints regarding the $4,000
proposal What have we to do with
complaints about the $S, 900 bid! But
as it is mentioned, we have sonle ques-
tons TO propound Did not the county
commissioners, or some part of them,
after they ascertained the sum named in
that proposal, give notice of the amount
to the person who obtained the con-
tract; or to those who did give him no.
,ice and did he not take advantage of
the knowledge thus impaired and add to
his original bid ! and was not that the
cause of the dissatisfaction Such a
report was at that time afoat, and we
believe truthful answer TO those quer-
ir. N1ulI opep a haSaIv nnf,ir troncar-