The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1858-10-23
CHE Cecil ll)l)i9.
ELKTON, OCTOBER %, 1858.
The late election in Baltimore was for,

Tile late election in Baltimore was fore
ordained by the ocofocos of that city and of The
State to be made a subject Of whining and
complaint and lying, with the nope of enlist
ing the pity Of some portion Of the people IN
their behalf, and finding profit by it in the
end. Their whole cours" before and on the
election day, and since shows this. AS re-
CARDS their lies they are, generally too bare
faced to gain the citdence of simpletons
Take, for instance, the following letter from
a locofoco to the n. Y. journal of Commerce,
written two days after the election:
BALTIMORE, Oct. Is, 1858
To THE EDlroEs OF THE JouRNAL OF COMMERCE ::
Gertlemen.-Wth Us this is the reign of terror
Now. while | write. bands of rufuns stalk through
the Streets armed with muskcs, horse pis OILS and
billes. No one may venture out after dark citi-
zcns arc leaving our city, for there is no safety
either for life or property. Our press here dare
not give utterance in their columns to comments
upon the outrages committed. No one not ronnec
ted with the Great know-Nothing party u can
sir abroad. Democrats are obliged to close their
stores, and. in some cases those particularly OBJ
nexious to the now dominant party are obliged to
sell out their property and leave the city. Aged
ana respectable citizens are assaulted and killed
Only last night, gentleman in this city, much
pccted by all who know him, was assaulted drag
sed from the very penctralia of his home and beat.
en- in so brutal a manner that no feature could be
cognized and this by "Americans" What II
mockcry of the name His wife and daughter
thew their arms round lis body for protection
only to be beaten themselves, by these devils in
human form. | have never before written to the
press, or asked the insertion of any article--but |
do for this. And why? Because human patience
is at last exhausted. No one is safe and it now
lies with the press of the country. by giving
publicity to these outragcs TO effect if possible, II
reform. An OUTRAGED CITIZEN
The intention Of that letter was to have it
copied, generally in the locofoco papers of the
country. The writer Of it knew it was false;
the people Of Baltimore know it is false, and
any locofoco paper in Maryland that copies
1t will know beforehand that it is false. The
man who wrote it will never dare avow tue
authorship The Baltimore Clipper says of it.
From beginning to end this letter is a
bareiaced falSehood The author of it has un-
necessarily drawn upon his imag inaticn for the
incidents nc pretends to relate 1t bears in
trinslc evidence ofhaving emanatcd from some
INSCRIPTIONS PAL tizan who would rather rcvel
IN falsehood than tell the truth when the
truth would serve as well. Not one single
statement contained in this characteristic pro
duction is true. They are all false as the
most black hearted malice and reckless de-
pIavlty could possibly conceive 1t is by
such outrageous false hoods that the opponents
OF The American party try to prejudice the
people elsewhere against our city. The
tiend ncarnate could not have invented
more hclish lalsehood- The name Of the crca-