The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1857-10-17
Baltimore, Now and Then.
TTFrom business man in Baltimore city,
we have the following statement Of iacts:-
Correspondence Of The Cecil Whig
BALTIMORE OCr. 10th, 1857.

p. G. RICKETTS,, Eeq-Der Sir - am
glad to find that "Botrmm' has drawn the
comparison between Baltimore and Phlladcl-
phia, and if he bad only gone little farther
and noticed New York, and showed that LO-
cotoco city beside Baltimore, your readers
would have seen greater difference in NOR
ais, honesty and honor in favor of Baltimore.
VIII you permit me to refer to Baltimore
as she was unCer LocotOco ru|e And the
first item | notice is, that in 1910, in broad
daylight when hundreds { people were here
attending the Wing Convention. a stranger
was struck down and lascly murdered Now,
| ASK, has such thing occurred under the
rule of the American Party If so, will some
Of our locotoco friends say when.
Again you will probably rccolcct the Smln-
eIeree Parity" that inhumanly murdered a
stranger on Howard Street, in lS4l or ., on
the fourth day of July; and if those of the
locoloco party who are so anxious to cry
down the city Of Baltimore now, will take the
trouble to look over our docket they will find
that five Of this same Swingleiree Party were
convicted and sentenced to the pentcntiary.
but afterwards pardoned by Gov. Thomas:
and those of that party who still live, are
prominent members of the lucoloco party.
Now again, can this same lorotoco party
remember that under Smith lolin's loco(oco
rule, the Locotoco Empire Club of Baltimore
beat almost to death a company Of five young
men from Philadelphia first attacking them
in drinking house on Monument Square
and then following them to the Depot, and
then again matreated them so that the pas
scngers cried "Shame!" at the police who
stood by and never attempted to rescue them
from the hands of the cut-throat club. Do
they remember the severe and Scorching arti-
Gle that appeared in the Pennsylvania, then
edited by Forney believe!
Docs this same party remember the robbie
ry of the Eastern Shoreman, in the day time
IN one of the most public streets of our city.
when this man was lassoed and robbed of So
800, on Lombard Street, near Light ! Do
they recollect how Mr.. Nicholson was knock
ed down on the corner Ct PaGa and Baltimore
Streets and robbed of some l3 or Sl4 coo g
DO they recollect of some Of the pupils Of the
Swingletree Party, going in to Barnum' S
lower bar and breaking large marble
slab over poor Nc 'Elroy's head De they
recolect this same offspring of the Swinglc
tree club numbering that poor harmless and
inoliensve German: Brendcl, at his brewery
on Saratoga Street, and the whole party get
ting off scot free DO they rccollect the
murder in Park Street by ono of this same
Swingle-tree parry after he had been pardon
ed out by the Governor for numbering the
Waggoner in Howard Street, on the fourth of
July!
Now all these crimes occurred under Loco
f0co rule in Baltimore.
And as regards clubs. They profess to
have holy horror for them. Here are few
of the names of clubs under Locofoco rule:
Cum Balls" "Screw Bolts" Arabs"
"Stingers.' Rangers. pioneers" EN-
pres" Pirates, 5" "Mohawks,"' Wreckcrs,"
and Others which have forgotten. If had
the time at my command so that | could
look over the record Of our Criminal Court
could give you some items that would aston
sh this hypocritical faction, and could show
them by theproofi, that in other days as now,
they fiel our peiitentiary, as well as our
Aims Houses. lam really glad to see that
your people are waking up on this subject
and do trust and hope you will not allow