The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1857-10-24
Our Correspondents.
Correspon lsnce of The Ceci! WLig.l
BAETIE0EE NOW AND TryEy-
B.LrIMoRE Oct. 21st, 1851.


2. C. Ricketts,, Eq.-Drar Sr:-En my
communication Of OcLoter I0lh, PROMISED
to give your readers an insight - the mo
tires and the character Of the dcfamers o.
Baltimore, but with you: permission vii
a@aih refer 70 he condition Of things rs they
" ere under !Gcotaco rn!e ~ dis city. And
for tiiis reason lci lie cal! year attention &c
u,atters ~ they existed during Ike inc oi
the moi IN !o34, when Cor threg whole days
th Clay Was undlr the coHi'ol Of a gang u
Williams, Snrh ~ throw the present ,;o!s Gem
pleteiy IN the shade. AT that time the city
was governed by iocofocos; the Mayo, was
ST utterly uuiit FOR the position tha. lie re,
>lgntd his Office for fear, and in that time
the Dwelling OF Erv,rdy johnson was sacked
also that Of J"ha Glenn also ;lGt OF j. y.
Morris aad ore or two others: bat | far II
is very convenient for The locolccos to forget
al! ahnu! these things nov.
And again let me ask do these same loco
focos remember the attacks often made oi
The old Chronicle office in Gay Street? Why
at nearly every Election this gang w0ull
drive tie Wigs like hounds before them and
break furniture and windows and commits
deeds which a5e not Thought Of now by the
most drpravyd eXccp, lie he O locorlro. Ask
rioling and nGb,sh disposition exists uuw
lhat did then. Ask him il his boxes arc
turned ON, into ;he street new as they wvr,
then making ITO difference whether they con,
tain,d goods or not-over they went, under
locofoco rule, and the damages they had tc
bear.
How often has the Patriot and Clipper
Offices suffered from these same v!tlol,S Io-
Il, IL
personal security under l.ocDforu rule ask
,hcm If thty remember how at discussion
hIl at Tie New Market Engine House T.
Yates Walsh then on the Wing Legislative
uckc' was stCntd. Iililicd aud finally ccm-
died to leave with a bruised eye from be.
Jug struck with stone. And such was the
cIiict Of Tie outage Committed tina,
with hut one exception, We have not had 4
Joint discussion in this ely since and such
was the security that or ci,iz,ns knew lbcy
had under Loc"ioco rule. Htuf one was held in
Me day tine; tor all decent persons knew at
night there was 10 security.
/ is & fact .Anentahlc as it is st the time
when Stanabury and ioliins were Mayors No
man went INFO the streets at night, unless
he could mol possibly avoid il so great was
the danger and 50 frequent the 10 4b.riyS and
murders pcrpetratt1; and TO prove thiS Let
any one take the trouble to inform himself Of
the truth Of this statement. Aud here let
me say that it was under Smith llulllus' ad-
mIni,tIation dat the FIRST effort was made to
incr,a,c the pohce. and the bin was offered
and wa, under cCnaiulratiOn in the council
for some tir e.
But Mr. Editor t me ask these. Locorocos
one or two more questions. They certainly
have not forgotten how, in times gone by
the city vas dI-gractl by fireman. riots
when land how often on Sunday they would
fight OH Baltimore street and shoot and kin
for hours. Do they rccollcct how they threw
stones from tne New Market Engine iiulSr
at Mayor Jlromei Do they remember Of de
facing his store. These same New Market
Williams, who have crowded our PcnittntiaYl
time and again :who III 1910 went to the
old l2.h ward and hunted the Irish Whigs
and Am, rcAn Wings from the Polls, wl,h
clubs and bricks allowing no one to vote uX-
crYt he was Il locuiuco! q no; those things are
all forgotten by ihlm but not hy Us, and
this day rs of Old thee same New Mar.
kvt roWlcs. is the cause OF more crime
than the balance Of the city. What can by
expected Other than c!imc from mon who lived
and no one ii ows how, having no visible
means Of support ! How do they 1--we The
county people WHO tend the Lc&in. ton
MarNel can testify to The great difference chat
IS NOW compared to what 1t used to be under
L"to.oco Rule tier goods and pro ucc is
not s,aIen nov as It was thn: AMI ihu
bltclvls sails are not hroEeA Oxen and robbed
now as under LpcoGocu Rule. | can bring
facts abundant TO prove ali | write, and one
Oi great Importance Is That the reason Bal j.