The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1866-11-24
The Cecil W mig.
ELRT0N, NOVEMBER RI, 1866.
Mr.. Weldon, the Representative,
and MI, Weldon, the author.
"a little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the wisest men


"oiiicial' speak for himself:
"Allow me-" says Mr. W.. "to inform You that have
been u contributor to several papers and auoag others
I'M tcrH wing while IL was in the hands Of the late
lamcntcd Z. {. Ricketts,"
"Lamented p. c. Ricketts!' Very much
amented when dead, but there Was no end
to the abuse heaped upon him when alive,
by such political knayes as the 'oiiicial''
when he held them up to scorn.
'Snce Tie Wing passed into the hands of the pres
cnt branless specimen of humanity | have felt un-
willing to throw away my time III writing for its col
lmns.'
All! how unfortunate Tile Wing was, not
to perceive what a treasure Mr.. W. would
have been to its columns. To compensate
in some measure, for this irreparable loss,
we are tempted to work his last letter into
hash for our readers. We could not expect
Mr. W. to waste his valuable time in writing
for The Why, while the sorghum season
lasts at least. Between his Representative"
how he finds time to write those model let
tiers for The Democrat.
Now, Mr.. H., you have evidently made yourself quite
uficions in this matter and shown yourself up in
most ridiculous light"
Well, yes, rather 'oflicious,' Your High
ness. We are apt to do so when political
sneak crawls into the Union party for the
purpose Of being elected to an office, and
then strikes it with his Copperhcad fangs.-
Had Mr.. W. shown his jeff Davis proclyi,
ties before he was snalled onto the Union
ticket, in the fall of '65, he would not now
be playing his little ''oflcial" role.
sSomcbody has been shown up in rdicu-
lous manner, certainly. After the people
have read Mr.. VS. literary efforts, they will
be able to Judge who.
Suppose review your course"
Well, suppose you do, Mr.. W. We give
you the benefit Of our columns to do it in
First you say these men are all that could be asked
for. $50 they were When next hear from you,
what do you say: That one Of them was member Of
,he last Legislature leaving to infer that ynr knew
nothing of the other two, which is fact in regard t"
| one of them at least
Nothing less than the diplomatic mind Of
the ''oflicial representative. of the LIST dis
trict" would draw such an inference. One
of the men had been u member Of the Lcgis
lature, and they were all three selected by
true Union men Of the district, without re-
gard to Mr.. Weldon and his Coppcrhead as,
socatc5
"When we hear from you again you tell us that you
have no doubt of their fitness for the position
We had "no doubt of their fitness" and
the sequel proved that we were correct in
our opinions.
"Now il you are paid c,r showing yourself M in such
hight, II, doubt YOU can reconcile your mind to til"
c"nciu'!' that il is all right
We fail to see the brilliancy Of those par.
agraphS, particularly the latter one. If 9TH
ers paid us what they owe us no better than
Mr.. Weldon does, we don't think we could
reconcile our ''mind to the conclusion that
it is all right"
we regret very much that We cannot return the
compliment You have passed upon IA in allowing at
least, that have been advantage to the conscrya-
tive party, ir really have never thought you any
aivHntg" aHy party, and You certainly
OH" Of .Iunyuns Dead Ducks ~ can he found in Cecil
or indccd any other comfy When yau speak of the
Union party. whom do yon mean: Where were they
the 9th of November"
Mr.. W. hoped, no doubt, to have been Of
great advantage to the ''conservatvc party,
bat his ''ofici4l" arrangement failing, he
advantagcd the copper party to the extent
of just one rotc, we reckon.
We presume, after the public have read
Mr., VS. letters, thcy will readily conclude
that, i'll that Eentlemar august opinion, at
least, there are but t%o pcrsons-himseif and
Andy Johnson-of any particular "adyant-
age to any party The 9Th of November
revealed the fact that there were about half
a million of ''.johl.aons Dead Ducks, and
very few Of johnson dead Dogs. -
The official Of the lst district is certainly
las near one Of the Johnson d. d as can be
found in Cecil or indeed any other county"
When we speak of the Union party, we
do moi mean to include any such political
hypocritcs Is NJ. Weldon. And as for the
"conServatiye party" i has not been heard
of since the election, and 1 never will be
heard of again.
"lioping You have learned hy this time that the
Comfy Commissioners can get thraugli with the hus-
ness ul the county without your assistance, will drop
this controversy at least till hear from You again,
Yours, truly, w 7. WELDON.
The Couaiy commissioners appear to have
got ''throngh'' very VII, so far, without Mr..
W, if we judge from the short say he makes
at the sittings of the board, always being in
splitter to get back to his molasses boil
ing in the LIST district. II would seem that
no one else has discovered the "oAicial's s.
vast nportance-but himself.
We hope that he will not give up exhibit
ing his pyrotcchnic illusions through THE
Democrat. In pleading thc ''rcprcsenta-
tive's cause, the people will soon find out,
if they haven't found out already, that Mr.
w. has a fool for a client; but what does
hat signify, il he continues to make sport
for our readers, in spreading his official
pIumes like q turkey gobblcr? Now that our
readers haze been informed ''that | have
been contributor 70 several papers, and
among others The Cecil UAig,' they will be
extremely anxious to hear often Pom this
menlbct Ct the ''latc lamcntcd y. G. Rick
etts - corps Of correspondents. Albeit,
VIC advise him to republish his old eompo
stions They must have been superior to
his present illusions, or sure we are, that
Ricketts, never would have printed them.