The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1857-02-07
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Consistency of LO cOfOcOfSn,.

readers of that respectable sheet practical
proof"f the beautiful consistency of modern
Locofocoism. This vrrsciors individual com
menccs with a statement of the wonderful
fact that Whisky is about to 'engulph"
Por! Deposit, ard then gives as a cause why
men drink so much orthc poisonous article
why whiskey thus flows like a tide"-thc
Revenue and License Bill: passed by the last
Legislature ofwhich Hon. Anthony Kennedy
| is the author. Wonderful discovery and
certainly worthy of the gapent source from
| which it cn,aGaics.
The bill. thus spoken Of, was passed br The
votes of erery Loeofoeo member Of the House
Of Delegates, save one. Every Locofocs mon.
Der advocated its passage and the orators Of
that Party We're loud in their praises of the
extreme rroplicty Of the measure. When
Mr.. Testers hill, requiring every man who
applied for license to procure n certain num-
Der Of sisncrs from his n,ishborhcod, came
up for discussion crery Loeotoco member OPP
posed II and all Of them voted against it. If
then this bill is great moral wrong--if i,
sinks its author into '"etcrnal prrdilion. :"
every l.ocofoco member of the last Maryland
House Of Delegates will accompany him
thther- will fall when he goes down with
rum"
But the bill Of Mr.. Anthony Kennedy L.
S. s." cannot have produced the result which
III Il t,,
drink whisky wiH haze It. despite of license
laws, OF even, p'ohibitory liquor laws. All
the bills or acts of all the Legislatures in ex-
istcncc cannot stop the sale of Liquor, and in
this article, the number of places where it "
sold has no ,lf ct on the actual amount dis
posed of. How then, can license bill, diff:
ering but little from the former ones in tl,i,
state, save in the rate Of license. be the cause
of all This river which is about to bury
this man "Shenandoah." In Delaware the
American Party in the Legislature, at the re-
quest Of hundreds Of Loecfoeo petitioners. pass
cd Prohibitory Liquor Law. All men be-
'ieved it to be salutary measure, and the
American Party prepared to sustain and live
up to the requirements Of the Law, but in
little time Locofoco tavern.keepers common.
ced to sell the article secretly; then the grog-
shops com mcncld and soon the "rum.holrs
| were more numerous than ever before. The
Officers Of the Law tried to sustain the Law
- fined and imprisoned several of its violators
and then tie cries Of oppression " "poor
mans rights" ctc, were heard, ard the Lo-
cotocos were indignant that men should lie
| thus punished for Rotating statute. When
the election of 1856 approached the Alncri.
can Party nominated men fer the Legislature
pledged to sustain that law. The Democratic
Party nominated men pledged 10 REPEAL ii. and
by the aid of rum, rowdyig,n and illegal vo-
ting, elected their candidate and are now
preparing to repeal the Prombitory Law and
enact a "damnaLe law which will send the
tide Of death and dcsolation sweeping over the
State"
What does Shenandoah" think Of this
| plain statement OF facts? Are tho I.ocolocos
in Maryland a whit more opposed to "ru,n. !"
than the membrrs of the same party in the
| adjoining state? Is it not known fact that
Democratic orator from this County, while
speaking from a stand in Delaware during
the last campaign, declared that ''Democra.
cy is good thing-it makes man sleep well
cat well, live well, aye and drink ueH too y
Is it not all acknowledged fact that the Loco
ioco Party in this county have maintained
their asccndancy during Il long period of years
by the aid Of this able coadjutor and auxillsry
"Rum!" How then docs this modern Loco
TOGO dare to attack this law! How does
Locoloco in Maryland dare to stand up III open
daylight and speak Of the 'miscres of tho
widow and children Of rum drinkers ..Oh
consistency" thou art jewel found
in Locofoco.
The next Legislature of Maryland will not
request MIR. Anthony Kennedy U. S. S. to
resign" his Scat. He is there for the next six
years IN spite Of all the Locuiocos in Maryland.
But the Legislature will probably "subserve
the interests Of the state" by passing "a Reg
istly law, which will prevent the '.ilnporta.
ton and colonization Of foreigners as prac.
| tiscd by the Locofocos Of Port Deposit at the
last election. AMERICAN.