The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1868-10-10
A Rich Speech at a Democra tic
POle-Raising.

The GAINESVILLE Courier furnishes report
of the proceedings of Democratic meeting
and of the speech which was delivered on
that occasion by James Ray, Esq, of Dis
trict No ,, Falls township. For the bene-
fit of those who had not the pleasure of hear
ing him we reproduce his speechin FULL
FELLOW CITIZENS: / came down here
from my pleasant home in the country, where
1 have spent the best part of my life in feed
ing pigs, hoeing corn, and drinking WHISKY.
l have found that little good old corn
whisky is good, it is wholesome, it is neces-
sary to keep the Democracy from oozing
out at my finger ends-as Marryatt says in
one of his novels. | am known hereabouts !;
many good old Democrats that inhabit this
darkened spot kave oftentimes taken charge
OF me and tenderly treated me as long as l
had money, when was not in perpendicu-
lar condition-while my Republican friend
above here many and many a time kicked
me out of his house in the depth of winter,
in the heat of summer, early in spring, and
late in autumn. And why, my Democratic
fellow citizens? Because | had been taking
a little ofthe creature to keep my patriotism
alive. You took me in, fellow Democrats
you fed me with the feed that is good for
me-you nursed me tenderly, and paid the
bills for all of US, and on that account 1 am
at this pole raising, to tell you how much
love you. Cheers. l am Democrat,
fellow citizens; don't know who Seymour
is. Marryatt in his novels don't mention
him, and the works on shipwrcck don't say
anything about him, and l don't care who
he is, whether old Or young, drunk or sober,
good or bad black Or white-he is on the
Democratic ticket and will vote for him.
[Great cheering. My Democratic fellow
citizens, am getting dry. l could tell you
about all the shipwrecks from Noah's first
expedition to the present, but l know you
are dry and will not consume your tune
l will say that the old ship is not going
steady; something is wrong, the rudder is
unshipped, breakers are ahead, and will run
aground unless we elect Seymour or JEFF
Davis, or some other good man. [Vocifer.
GUS cheering. The White House is in
mourning for the good old Democrats OF
yore. am an Irishman, and being an
Irishman, hate a .nigger; but am ready
to swallow niger, boots and all, five can
have the good old Democratic times we had
from 1856 to 1860. My fellow. Democrats,
the pole is up, helped to raise her, and
now all I ask ofyou is to raise me if ever
you should see me in need of raising. Now
let US all drink.
NEGRO HATRED-The extremes to which the
Southern Democratic press carries its hatred to
the negro would be amusing Were there not un.
DERIVING it an INSCRIPTIONS ferocity that needs
but the opportunity to give practical effect to
the most brutal teachings. The Richmond En-
qvi-cr fer instance, now calls the party thai
sr.stains General Grant "the cannibal party
and is prepared to prove it. The logic is as fol
desire to keep them free, and to place them Oh
an equality with the whites. Equality mean:
miscegenation. Miscegenation means the deg
radiation of the race. The degradation of the race
means fetch worship and the practice of canni
balism. Having proved its proposition by this
admirable specimen of deductivo philosophy
the Enquirer, in burst Of horror over its OWL
ingenious discovery, declares that to this com
plcxion must we come at last, we, tho once
proud Saxton race" which, to say the least, il
bad for the first families of Virginia. Of course
there are tools enough to believe such insane
folly, or the editor would not be fool enough tt
print it.
Curiously enough the same number of the En-
guircr has an article devoted to inducing the
negroes to vote the Democratic ticket, in which
it assures its readers that the Democratic move
ment among the negroes of the South ha'
already assumed significant proportions" ant
that the 90 cannbas' are coming into the Sey
mour party so fast that none will be left TO
Grant. Could anything be more amazngl.
stupid and ridiculous than this