The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-09-04
The Happy Family.

Reports from several Of the counties
bring us the melancholy intelligence that
the Democracy are getting by the ears, and
this family quarrel is spreading and inten-
styling. In Prince Georges county the
Conservatives have been sighted, and
the colored man is becoming torment,
like guilty conscience, to the party. The
Prince Georgian advises that the same tao
tics be practiced in this State, that have
proved SO successful in Virginia and Ten
nessee. limitations seldom succeed, cspe-
cially whel the victim on whom they are
to be practiced is wide awake, and if the
colored men of this State are not aware
that the Copperhead friendship, so recently
displayed for him, is not the shallowest ny
pocrisy, meant only to cheat him out of his
vote, then he will deserve to be defraudetl
In Howard county the Democracy talk Of
running two tickets. The straight-out Sc
cession and Southern Confederacy Democ-
racy are tired of the misnomer of econ
sentative and the outs of that great office
hunting party are on the point of declaring
war upon the ms. The men whom they
received two years ago, and welcomed to
their ranks with such ardent embraces, and
who by being beguiled by the siren song of
conservative, " now find themselves looked
upon by the leaders of the old Democratic
party, in about the same light that the
Chinese view the Europeans-as outside
barbarians, not fit company for the Demo-
cratic Celestials. The Record says:
Gone faction is accused of being Con-
servatives, who were once cold Line
Wings" "know Nothings," "Union
men, and now have the effrontery to die
tate to the pure Democracy, who shall en-
joy the emoluments of office"
You see the fight is about office, the ma
iority of that party being office hunters,
and there are not enough of offices to
supply all, notwithstanding they multiplied
them to an alarming extent when they
gained control of the State.
In Worcester county, in Talbot in Balti-
more county, we have news that the De-
mocracy are stripping for a family fight
about the offices.
In this county the party has been more
fortunate in having but few among them
who have brains enough to manage a con-
vention or get up party division, and
these have all been provided for with some
kind of an office; though small enough in
some instances, yet if it's but the ghost of
an office it will suffice and although there
is plenty of dissatisfaction, the dsaffected
are in want of leaders, and are as helpless
as dumb beasts in the hands of their Mas
tiers. While party drill and party disci-
pline are powerful to keep down insubord-
nation, the toiling taxpayers are looking
soberly at the terrible incfiicency which
squanders their hard earnings on roads, on
courts, on bridges, and on favorites who
spunge and suck the treasury dry. The
hungry, ravenous scramble for office, in the
party now in power in the State, has pushed
efficiency and honesty to the wall, and
where you find one competent Conscientious
office holder you will find ten who are mere
suckers; who care nothing for their official
oath, OF the duties of the Office. Only the
emOlumentS, De tney ever So slhdli, TecelNe
any attention from these Democratic Office
holders. Such things were not when the
Republican party controlled the State and
county. The wild cry of extravaganza
and corruption was raised against them,
but the records prove such charges to have
been unfounded and deliberate falsehoods.
We need 60 no further than this county
and ask the people which Republican or
Democratic rule required the heaviest tax
to support it !?