The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-09-11
The Copper " Primaries.'

The Copper g Primaries
Anthony Van Coriier's descendant has
sounded the assembly" and the unwashcd
will meet i'll ''primary this afternoon to
select five of their wisest men III each Dis
trict to attend the annual gathering of the
clans at Elkton on Tuesday next. The
object of the convention, we learn from
The Democrat, is to select candidates for
the forth coming fall election.
1t will be the duty of the convention to
select a candidate for State Senator, which
honor our worthy townsman, and distin-
guished ex-member of that body, stands,
with n speech cut and dried, ready to ac-
cept, and who, it is reported by knowing
ones, intends to % run the machine this
fall. Four candidates for the House of
Delegates are to be nominated. Among
the aspirants for these honors we notice the
able ex-member of the Sth District has been
in council, canvassing the prospects; and
the maryland Blacksmith of literary
renown, puts in proposals in a slogan
against the "mongrels." These are all
"good men and true willing to accept
the onerous duty of taking care of the
State in these perilous times. Others will
doubtless be found not wanting to fill up
the number, perhaps seven times told
Among the most prominent and competent,
we are told, is an ex-member of the Gus
toms.
Three discreet men are wanted to take
charge of the county affairs, and fill the
office of County Commissioners. Who
shall they be? Men Of public spirit, Of
large financial ability men who can resist
boring like burglar-proof safe; men who
have made the public business of the county
a study; men, in short, who have policy.
The present leader of the Board of County
Commissioners, in fact the Board, stands
head and shoulders above all others in the
Copperhead ranks for that honor. He has
given the office his individual attention
has dared in the face of the lawyers to con-
strue the laws and assert the dignity of the
office. He has even dared to scan the law
yers' long bills and ''cut some of them off
with a penny" which will meet the appro-
baton of the people, for they view lawyers
as kind of necessary evil not to be got rid
of. That lie failed in one essential should
not be placed in the balance against so
many important qualifications, all of which
point to him as "the right man in the
right place "a proper candidate for re-
election. The one essential alluded to was
inability to make head against the swarm
of Copperhead road supervisors, who have
ruined the public roads and bankrupted
the county treasury. Even Bonaparte
could not accomplish impossibilites-he
lost at Waterloo. The Prince of Tartarus
with all his .fnesse would fail to manage the
swarm of road members that settle down
on the Commissioners at every session of
the Board. This plague has its home in
the heart of the Democratic party, and the
only hope of escape by taxpayers from
this devourer of their substance, is the
overthrow of that party in the county
For this ravening appetite for plumber it
was driven from power in the county IA
years ago, but it is found, ON accession to
power after so long an absence, to still pos
sess its Unsuitable greed unimpaired. One
candidate for Sheriff is to be nominated for
which Office we hear of nineteen aspirants.
The position seems to be one much coveted,
and as Elkton aspires to furnishing half
the candidates for county officers-so the
District politicians charge-the candidate
for Sheriff will have to be chosen from
among her answering Democracy.
Elkton can present choice to the con-
vention of either "War Democrats" who
went son to Richmond and helped to
bag Lee, or "Peace Democrats" who
stayed at home and hoped the War Demo-
Gratis and Aboltionists, who went down to
subdue the Southern brethren might make
manure for Southern soil.
A County Surveyor is also to be selected,
but that Office will be tossed to the first
applicant, as there is scarce enough in it
to pay for the election tickets.
Being located at the central point, and
an unprecedented observer, we have ventured
to throw out a few suggestions for the ben
eft of the convention, which we think it
cannot do better than to act upon in its
choice of candidates.
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