The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1855-08-25
Thc Cecil ll)l)iq.
ELKTOX. AUGUST %, 1865.

HOLDERS AND NrERs-THE CEcII DEMO
GRAFT, &c, &c.-Whcn we "showcd up" the
ingredients of which the late oath-bound
locofoco district meeting, held in Eikton, was
composed, we foreSaw the effects it would
produce, not only so far as they have trans
Spircd but further ahead, to the time when
the disgust Of the people of the county, as
yet only felt, or at most expressed in indg-
nant words, shall come down upon them by
acts and votes. We forcsaw the power of
the blow contained in that exposition and
knew it would make Rome howl We
forcSaw and we said that the sting of its lash
would make even the thick -hdcd Cecil Der-
ocrat "giyc tongue Tile Cecil Democrat,
whose pompous little Editor, with an affected
dignity, as laughai,lc as it was ridiculous,
when last he ycnturcd contest with this
papcr-growimg tired Of the excrcise-drcw
himself off the field, and The Wing was to
have no .t.riher notice tr.s:.. hi,s,--we h,rw
and we said that our numbering of the pco-
pie of that meeting, would make him give
himself the lie. The exposition of that dear
l''' VI ''Ni'' do lIc dlpICS VI lttll
cycs--laid here in Elkton with all their cum
ming BY locoloco ollicc-holdcrs and locoroco
Office seekers and locoloco party hacks to
bind the people of the county on their solemn
aIlimltions to sustain and support them
against o power which they fear may take
the Offices from them, for that is the whole
design Of the NOV emcnt, 1.-THE exposure of
this darling scheme, the offspring of all their
tactics and trickery, was too much to be en-
durcd a commotion was observcd--a run
ming to and fro of the tuiihfal-little caucuscs
were held it was found necessary that
| The CecH Democrat should unbuckle its dig
nifty (!!.) and come away down with all its
force to notice The Cecil Wig and arrest if
possible the effect of blow so unlocked for
and threatening such disastrous consequences
Well let us see how much will be made of it.
How is the case of those oath bound loco
roco Office holders and hunters, flor "do
Soiemniy declare uM affirm" has all the force
of an oath, venin court Of law affected in
the least tie-rcc by the fact that the Editor Of
this paper holds an Office? lioiding an eff,
&c we did, nevertheless, expose their political
characters and their plot. Whatever may be
orr position, they arc what we showed them
to be and who we showed them to bc-thcy
are. nearly all, the old, CALLED and faded
hacks of locofocolsim in this town of Elkton,
trying to Sarecr IA the pc oplc of Cecil County
to stand by and support them, and assist
| II, l. II Al. l.,
Office hereafter as heretofore. Such is the
whole matter in nut shell and So let there
be no lodging on the question; whatever or
wherever re are does not affect the position
of those "immortal'' signers ;-wehave num-
bered and shown up that party of chaps in
their mannuyliug for the spoils, and we
leave them in the hands Of the people Of the
county who, as far as we arc concerned, are
perfectly at liberty to be led by the nose and
''rorH m TO scrvicc--lf they choose.
So far as the main issue between The Uhig
and The Democrat on this subject is concern
cd the above might he sufficient, but the side
wise limitations of that paper seem to re-
quirc and shall have little attention, in as
few words as we find possible.
That we have been several times elected
Clerk to the County Commissioners and now
hold that Office, which has been magniicd
into so much Importance by The Democrat,
is most true. As that paper ought to admit
we did our share to elect the present Comm,s-
sioners and though we had influential
| friends cpniIpl ,yLn hnvp co,pI m apInl aud
still shall command our services and who
have and still shall have our thanks it was
not through them we were elected. The
office is of that secondary character as to APP
proach the nature Of private clcrkship
County Commissioners have about the same
right to select their clerk un1ucstioncd as
the Clerk of the Circuit Court has to select
a clerk for his Office: the present Com
miSsioncrs thought we knew the duties of the
office better than any one else they were like
ly to get Certainly not Il ccnslrabe rule of
action,) and after their election, when We APP
piled for the Office they did not hesitate
in their choice. On what authority
The Democrat says we moved influential
friends in our behalf and have rcquiled their
kindness by utter indifference, we do not
know. but we here give it our authority to
say that the insinuaiion is an unqualified
ia'schood, wherever started and Whenever re-
pcatcl and so let it rest till the assertion is
avowcd. In conclusion on this part of he
subject: We have been elected to Office be-
cause we were thought to be fit for it and
because we had rendered such services as
wcIc held to cntitlc us to it. We have been
elected in spite of the most desperate efforts
of the locofoco wrcworkers and leaders here
in Elluon, on every occasion against the
Commissioners first on our account and then
against us personally. We have done the
work of the Office and earned every cent we
have received, and while the county Commits
sioncrs and all friendly people shall have our
thanks, when We retire we will be under no
more Obligation to them than they are to us,
and though this language may horlify the
sensitive Democrat or such persons as those
| celebrated sssigncrs " we are not afraid to