The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-07-10
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ELKTON, JULY 10, 1869.

What the copperheads would term a
very interesting family fight, is going on
among the Republican officials of Baltimore
or rather between the outs and the ms
His Honor Hugh L. Bond, ex-Judge of the
Criminal Court of Baltimore, figures as the
high cockalorum of the outs. The Judge
is charged with the commendable business
of trying to get up charges against the Sill
pervisor of Internal Revenue, who is Il
brother of c. G. Fulton, Editor of the
american, in order to have him dismissed
from his Office, that the Judge, or one of
his party might take possession.
The United States Marshal, Edward Y.
Goldsborough, is Bond man from his own
showing in fiery card published in the
american of Wednesday, purporting to re-
pei certain charges which he says, were
made by that newspaper, alleging that he
had been used as tool by Judge Bond in
selecting jury in the Bond interest, and
opposed to the Fultons. While the Mar
shall fails to successfully repel the charge,
the American, pretty clearly proves that
Bond made willing tool ofthe young Marsh
al. The Supervisor of Internal Revenue, how
ever. after two weeks investigation by
the Bond jury, was exonerated from the
charge of corruption or incompetency, which
it was alleged the Bond interest endeavored
to fasten upon him. Mr.. Boutwell,, it seems,
is partial to the ex-Judge, having allowed
that smooth tongued politician to ''wheedle
him. which is not much in Mr. Boutwell, S
favor as man of disccrnment. 1t is said
the humorous Judge has succeeded in
Z" shutting up the eyes, of several of the
prominent men of the nation, who are styl-
ed ultra Radicals; among them we have
heard the name of Mr.. Sumner mentioned.
The Judge it would seem is fortunate in max
ing interest with those leading Republicans
who are separated so widely from him, that
they hear only his fine professions, being
too remote to witness his dirty tricks
Those who are higher see that the dema-
gogue, like the
s.Trail of the surpent is over them all.
We saw enough of the Judge and his party
at the Front street Theatre Convention,
which assembled to nominate Delegates to
the Chicago National Republican Conven-
ton, to satisfy us Of the sordid motives
which influenced that self constituted
champion of the colored race i'll Maryland.
If the prominent Republicans. i'll and ont
of the cabinet, saw as clearly through the
Judges selfish philanthropy as the coloFed
men of Maryland, he would be less able to
annoy and keep up petty wrangling mis-
chief in the State, under the false name OF
.:splt in the Republican party But ii
is said that every dog has his day : which
being interrupted into modern English,
means that the fussy Judge will have fiji
ished his day when the Fifteenth Amend
ment is ratified and the colored men of
Maryland show their thorough knowledge
of his motives, by voting him and his little
cotere of Office hunters and political
scheemers down. 1t is misfortune that
leading, and in other respects, sasacious
men of the Republican party of the coun-
try, are so deplorably easy humbugged, as
to be unable to see through the transparent
demagoguery of Judge Bond. There is
scarcely a colored man in the State who
does not thoroughly understand the hollow
friendship which the Bond faction has been
trying to make capitol out of, to use for per-
sonal interest at n future day, when they
expect the colored man to be placed in pos
session of the ballot. The whole game is
exceeding simple when understood, and
not difficult to understand either. 1t all
consists in keeping up n persistent saoN in
the interest of the colored man, hoping that
in the future it will pass for real with him.
The copperheads proclaimed that the he
gro was natural born fool, but they have
never succeeded, as yet, i'll = fooling him
and the Bond courtship, VIC hazard the pre-
diction, will turn out as utterly f'llacious
as the co2perhead prophecy.