The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1857-10-10

| MS case NhS brOii@nt ~ tore the grand iilrv.
no witnesses could hc found to enable hem
to make a hill. They were all sccrcl,l
away. as il by magc. The vllainy and
rascaitv that surrounds our courts Of juStic,
| here, and Of such character that tEeic are
serious approximations on the part of a po'-
ton Gf The community. that it will 'cad ia
the formation ofA "v,gilent committee" Ii
such thing should occur, the raScalS ho
control our businrsS offices will have TO make
Il fearful stampede 10 California. or some
other place, beyond the reach Of an outraged
community.
And again in the issue Of September
Goth the following choice descriptions
appear.
The decision Of Judge Lewis Of the Su
rremr Court, who j, c,cd In the recent case
II DcrIingcr vs.. Fraud and Corruption, that
any scoundrcl whr is about hring tried in the
court Of Quarter Sessions can by swearing
either true or false, tina: the Judges Of these
courts. are partial. aud that he cannot have y
fair trial. is snili lent grounds, to have his
case tlicd in Il c Supreme Court This logic
50 insulting to tn" Judges If the lower courts
has crta.ed a soft Of Judge Lynch Ike OK
citen'cnt. In truth we are fast apr onchng
that crisis! so the devil will he to play.
| 1huS'yon see our city, once the model city
of the Union, has btcouc Il SORT Of O. morah.
| immortality aud wee al,ounds, our streets
are nightly crowded with wtl dressed pros
S'itu'ts whose biazn impudence nanlfrStS
| itself in Thousand coarse vulgar ways
Some of our obscene periodical stores are fiji
l'd with obscene books ard filthy pictur, :.
agtn's sell them throughout the city. uadrr
the very nose Of our authorities who chuckle
al their aulacily, ana pail up their shirt OIL
lars in ccstacy.
| Gambling, Policy Tickets. rowdyism is
rampant. and even our church's have been
| closed FOR the last several weeks. to afford
| their preachers and members to go on n fro
| lie. What are We TO expect? What are we
10 presume! The future will tell the tale.
and Id Mex will record it.
This is good Democratic authority and
is only summary OF the items which
daily fill the local columns Of the news
papers, and yet this, too, is moral Phila-
dclphia in the charge of foreign Locoto-
eos. Is Baltimore worse than this -
Are forging, "witc-killing" etc., among
the fashionable amusemcnts of "thc
higher classes of Baltimore? Instan-
ces of his kind could be cited without
nnmber-the breaking up Of Locofoco
conventions BY the ''oath- bound' ".Noi-
| iy .Nuguires" the overrulng of all
respectable citizens in the recent nonl-
nations-the nomination of Ludlow, and
| hundreds of other instances could be
noted to show tie morality of Philadelphia
Locofocos, bu. this is sufficient. viii
any Maryland Locofoco dare deny the
charges Of his brother of "Thc Delaware
Democrat" Dare an, man say that
Baltimore is as evil as this Democrats
description of philadelphia! We chal-
lcngc the proof
Again: 1t Is stated b. the same olgans
that the trade baltimore is gonc-tlat
The whole city is on the verge Of ruin
that whole families are moving away "to
escape from the pestilence that walks
over the city like an armed force"-that
"thc rowdyism protected, fostered and
armed by the merchants Of the city and
their corrupt Mayor" "palliated and
defended every morning by the Baltimore
Clipper, is Fastening the doomed city to
dcstruction,' etc. etc. Without deny
ing these absurdities, which have their
origin in brains so corrupted by party
zeal they know not where they are has
tening, let us look at Philadelphia
Where is the trade of that city alas
CAN save the fame of its glory has gon.n'
The trade of Philadelphia has ceased.
If Baltimore is verging upon ruin be-
cause her banks have suspended and
decreased, where is Philadelphia Banks
suspcnded-large business firms falling
every hour-manufactories suspcnding
work and men thrown upon the comnu-
nifty idle-famil.cs starving-the large
hotels (notoriously) not paying expenses:
merchants notifying customers to settle
bills in specie or foreign notes.-the re-
tail trade alone in opcration-the popu-
lace rioting in front of banking houses
business everywhere suspended and "a
ta'kness worse than Egyptian" over
the whole city. This is Philadelphia.
( Is it thus in Baltimore ! True the Banks
have suspended but what was the cause;
the failure of large houses in Philadcl-
phia & New York the suspension of the
banks in the latter city. But have any
large firms failed Do the shop-keepcrs
refuse their own city notes? Is not
credit good and tho people comfortable !
Are not "Barnum's and the Gilmor'
crowded to excess, and trade everywhere
thriving and successful! No man who
loves truth daies gaiusay it and yet thal
is Locofoco Philadelphia this Alaeri-
can Baltimore.
If Baltmorc's crime and rowdyism is
attributed to the "corrupt Mayor and