The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-07-31
The War of the Roses.

The War of the Roses.
A few days since, Judge Bond sent his
fu%,enE,n. one Dr.. Brown, a bright mlllat-
to, to Frederick to eniishten the colorcd
brethren in regard to the Judges great
love for the race, and at the same time to
abuse the Republican party i'll general, and
its leading and most prominent men i'll
particular This DR.. Brown, it may lie
remembered by some of our citizens, lee
tured in the Court House at Elkton, some
five or six years ago on phrenology, and is
quite an Intelligent man with good gift
o" the CAB Tie Dr's. business appeared
to be that of an itinerant lecturer on phren-
ology, until Judge Bond picked Linn up to
do his dirty jobs of stabbing at leading Re
publicans, and through them at the Ropub-
lean party.
Some of the Republicans of Baltimore,
finding out that Bond was sending his
Lieutenant to Frederick to attempt DEM
onstration, sent up to that city, to take
notes and counteract the scheme of Bond and
his fugleman, Mr.. w. L. Saunders, who
is one Of the ablcst speakers among the
coiorcd men of the State, and who is {;
straight-out Republican, and unlike phren-
illogical Brown, above doing the dirty work
for any dcmagoSue.
That portion of Browns speech which
was most abusive of leading Republicans
AID the Republican party, was snapped II?
ly the Dengo.rdt and Published with infinite
gusto.
The same evening. after the Dr.. had had
his say, Saunders organized Il meeting ana
made a speech, portions of which we give
below:
Fcllow-citizcns, in common with some of
you. had the honor to listen to an address
to-day from Il ieaFHGa and p0'He gentleman
mailing from Baltimore as ''the eloquen.
defender of the black man rights. Now.
am opposed to controversy amnn9 hepub-
licans but in this case viii excuse myself
by assuring you, my friends, that only de-
sire to correct SOME errors of fact presented
by that rerg tetr"ed and i)o!Ge gentleman
Mr.. BROWN.
tiS IiS'tIp'S'S IL Sl'llj III tiic ltcpuDilCtiH
party upon the relative merits of certain
distinguished ,dividu;;ls. This | deny,
and assert VIZ n + fear of contradiction
tL-s the Republican party in Maryland,
white and black, is Ss:-@uch a unit as III any
other state in the Union, and that the idea
Of a split only finds lodgnrcllt III the brains
of a few disappointed oifite-seekers, who
hope to better their status By keeping I'D
n dissension among colo.cd Republicans in
Maryland. How far they lave succeeded
you can Judge by the experience Of the
"e'o7"ent adeocate " here to-day.
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The gentleman is pleased to pitch into
what he terms the ''Crcswcll wing as
weakknced Republicans, opposed to con-
ccding full rights to colored men, and char
acterize The Baltimore american as a lying
sheet Now, suppose these weakened
gentlemen viii lose great deal of rest
when they find that Baltimore mos7 Z" el,-
>xsnt defrhdsr' does rot approve them.
an ] s,ippose Mr. Cseswc!t will resign his
Ii;cs .,'-prsasidsnt Grant Cabinet and the
.4n,cricaa de df grief, These attacks Upon
Republicans are III bad tas.c AID iinJerer-
Gus, and will not tend to make friends for
those who make them or encourage them.
| know Mr.. Crcswell us the coworkcr and
compatriot Of Maryland's brightest son.
Henry Winter Davis, and also know that
the cloak of that departed statesman has
fallen upon worthy shoulders in the person
of Hon. John \. J. Cresweil, and that he
fills to-d,y, fully, what would have been
filed by his departed friend. Mr.. Creswell
is a hightoned, courteous gentleman, far
seeing and liberal statesman, and the best
friend Of human rights now Twin; in the
South.
Mr.. Brown attempts to cast reflections
upon colored men in Baltimore and else
where who hold positions under President
Grants appointces, charactcrizing them rs
"spittoon washers" Now | know many
of these gentlemen, aud know also that he
could not visit their dog kennels or asso-
ciate with them on any terms. and would
no more utter the insults you heard to-day
i'll their hearing than attempt to fly to the
moon; his language is bcgotten of Il petty
spite created by disappointed hopes. This
person was PROMISED Il position such as held
by one of my dear friends in Baltimore, and
would have accepted it. but bnt did MT &C.
tie chance. 1t is the old story, you know.
of the fox ard the grapes. 1t would not
have been ''spittoon washer : if he had got
it; OH no.
you many times that he is Il Republican,
Well, that depends upon what he considers
Repu5licanism. His record is Il doubtful
one and classes him rather among the weak
lneed. do not know much about his Re
publicaniSm, but do know that he wrote
Il letter to Chief Justice Chase in 1868.
after General Grants nomination, asking
him to accept the Democratic nomination
for the Presidency, and know that he ad-
vocated the claims of Walker in his sunny
!Souh-Accomac county, Virginia. This
may lie RepullicaniSm. but is no. the kind
taught in the political school in which
received my limited education, but is Just
the kind. my friends, that you must avoid
as you value your future salvation and that
of your posterity for unborn generations
| hold the letter written to Mr.. Chase in
my hand, and defy the gentleman, who is
in my hearing, to deny its authorship.
The gentleman also stated that President
Grant favored the Walker men in Virginia;
this is falscllood of his own manufacture
He might have told the truth and said that
Mr.. Chase did. lie also states that the
June Convention was conducted in all fair
ness for the Lest interest of the colorcd poo
pie of the State. Task you. feiIow-citizens,
were you properly represented in that Con-
vention? [Cries of Nor ''no!'l This
would he the answer of all honest colored
men in the st lte. And stand here, and
pronounce the account he gives tissue of
ialSphpDlS from hppiu,,ip,r tn nnI