The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1857-10-17
l)olitifal.
Correspondence of The Cecil Wing. |
Letter on Politics.

BRICK MEETING House, Oct. IA, 81.
Mr.. EDITOR i would say a few words to
the voters of tccil, who may, possibly, save
some reflections of sadness by weighing the
matters well whch are herein spoken of. We
are on the poiniof a very important election,
to the State of Maryland, and to the several
counties comprising it; and the result Of that
election will carry its import and effect to an
extent beyond any present calculation. But
just us the voters will it, so will the effect and
consequences follow and he felt; and for the
character and extent of these consequences
we cannot be too careful in making an inves-
tigation. Look to the adjoining States, where
the American Party has had its victories and
its defeats; l. {. defeated by its own votes
and its own unwatchiulncss. And yet those
defeats are claimed by the Foreign Party as
being achieved 10y themselves; thus slaughter
ing the Americans with their own weapons
Yet in those States the American Principles
still live, and are taking root with the fullest
hope Of springing forth anew, with more real
strength and confidence than ever before
therefore voters of Maryland do not, by your
votes, crush this dear hope of other States
along with your cherished principles at home {;
Tor just SO far as you support your own prnc-
pies ut home You give strength and encourage
mcnt to the American cause through all the
surrounding States and Just so far as you
support the Foreign Democracy you are des-
troying the confidence, blasting and crushing
the hopes of your party in other States, and
at the same time giving aid and strength to a
serpent that will turn upon you with its poison
GUS sting. Therefore look to and protect your
own platform; it is sound, not a plank loose
or missing. Look for the platform of the
Foreign Democracy, you can see nothing but
the shattered frame, rddled full of holes until
it is wreck by shifting, changing and tearing
out planks; they cannot hold it together and
they want your aid, and will use all manner of
deceit and persuasion to obtain it. Therefore,
before you give them that help, investigate
carefully, and picture to yourself the result
that might follow, the character and extent of
which yon can form but limited idea. The
effect will be felt and its influence marked
just as your votes will it to be done. You
must know that Maryland stands as Il bright
llminary to the rest of the Union; then stand
firm, that she may maintain her position. All
eyes are upon her; the hope and strength Of
the American cause in other States depends
much upon the influence and encouragement
given in the result of this election; therefore,
as you prize the American cause in Maryland
and in every other State, refuse to give aid to
every man on the foreign ticket, from the
least to the greatest; if you give them mite,
they will make mountain of it and claim it as
their own; and it will have its effect, to an
extent that you cannot calculate, and YOU
will have the sad reflection that you were the
cause 1t.
Again, say look at your platform and at
the men you have placed upon it. defy an
exception to one of them; they are all Amer
leans and in the cause Of America. And
again. look at the shattered remains of the
locofoco platform and the men that are
around it, for they dare not venture their
weight upon it. What position do those men
hold to Americans see them and hear them.
before they were put in nomination the most
vIrnlent epithets, curses and nck-names were
sugar in their mouths to be thrown upon the
American cause and American citizens; upon
their neighbors and relatives; they are the
men that now come srinning, whispering and
fonlln. on you-not that they love or esteem
you or your principles, but because they
despitetully curse and hate you, and they
have no other way of destroying you and your
party but by their Exceptionally getting you
to accomplish your own defeat; therefore if
you glory in the name of America and in her
cause, stand firm to the men YOU have chosen.
The opposite party may say that you and they
have always been good friends and neighbors;
so you should be, but friendship in dealing
and civil matters does not argue that YOU
should traffic and trade with your political
opinion. The man who thinks that the loan
OF horse or few dollars should interfere
with the free Suffrage of his ncighbors, is no
longer tit to enjoy the blessings of our free
institutions; the safety and security of our
country is blank, when the citizens get to
think that great boon granted in the elective
franchise is so trifiing a matter that fixed
principles have no bearing, and that the sut-
fragcs of the people can be traded and trafficcd
in, like some worthless commodity; therefore
let each and every American stand firm to his
principles, as you love and prize your country
and its liberties, hold and esteem your right
OF suffrage sacred; neither to be bought nor
trampcd upon, and you need not fear the
result. Ansr,nrs.
The PUBLIC PLUMBER PARTY-The De.