The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-05-21
For The Cecil Wing,
CECILToN, May IS, 1870.

Mr.. EbffoR Il have seen in The DEM
ocrdt of the 18th inst, communication
signed CLERK of the Election which the
writer says is an answer to an article pub
lished in Tile Wig of the 1th, supposing
it to have been written from Cecilton, by
some one he is well acquainted with :; but |
did not read it as communication from
Cecilton-only as "items' yon had col
lected in relation to said village and vicin-
ity.
1t appears the "Clerk of the Election
has been SO ambiguous in his communica-
ton from having SO many helpers) as to
cause various opinions as to who this at
tackled party is. have been asked who
the clerk of election was, they supposing
that had been clerk of the election, and
this writer was pouring out the walls of
wrath upon me as the clerk. This writer
says, He says the clerk was very nervous.
He did not state the cause. I admit the
fact, and pity from my very soul the man
who could witness his conduct upon that
day without trembling for its consequences
in the FUTURE Now, what did Mr. Clerk
do, to cause this trembling for the future
He became so much excited after the first
Niger had voted, that he exclaimed, the
man that prepared that ticket would die
with the cholera before August. Serious
prediction but he afterwards seems to
conclude
"Fll rave no more in proud despair
My language shall be mild though sad:
But yet I'll firmly, truly swear,
| am not mad | am not mad
The Clerk says, ''Why did the gentle
man single out the Clerk of the Election,
a man whose name and occupation ranks
far beneath that of the gentleman9' What
does :" Clerk" mean? Will he acknowl-
edge that the occupation as mechanic is
not as honorable as the occupation of
farmer, or does he mean, because one man
has more money than another has, it con-
sequently makes the one with the most
money to outrank the othero If these are
his principles, they are not mine held
that character is the true criterion of rank
not the riches of a man. I know that
his party is very aristocratic, and that the
rich man is great man with them but l
did not think ''Clerk was ready to make
such public acknowledgment of it, as he
has done.
Mr.. Clerk again says, "Let nae whis-
per in his ear-negro social equality. With
whom?' he asks. 81 answer for such
men as the clerk of the election What !.
does the "Clerk " say he wishes it if SO.
leu nlm ndVe IL, WIFI MS eye steadily
"Fixed on the sun of liberty,
By rank, by faction unbeguiled
Remembering still the rugged road
Our venerable fathers trod,
When they through toll and danger pressd.
To gain their glorious beqnest,
And from each lip the caution fell
To those who FOLLOWED, Guard it we'll"
Now, to the rescue, comes one of his
helpers, Of the Chameleon order, and the
"Clerk says fer him, " Let his pro slavery
record, his ardor to enlist the slaves of his
neighbors, while he restrained his own, his
eagerness to follow certain squad of ne
groes, among whom was slave of his
own, until he obtained certificate for the
one he had lost which is, pronounce
false, and defy either Of them to prove it.
And again this assistant says, "Ana the
patriotic efforts by which he remanded the
same negro into slavery again when he was
rejected as soldier" This slave did come
home sick, and not able to work, and was
not his master bound to support him under
our laws? He came home, and after he
recovered he went to work, and remained
with his master until the Constitution of
1864 freed him-his master voting for that
Constitution, both in the Convention that
framed it, and at the polls, when it was
voted ON by the people, considering that
vote conferred more honor than any he had
ever cast. How stood this able assistant
at that time, and until he was appointed to
Office, which was about the time of that
certain notice - that appeared in Cecilton
about September, 1862 That Fall this
assistant was so shocked at the course of
THE Wig advocating negro evidence against
white men, that he declared he would re-
sign his Office before he would take the evil
dence of a negro against a white man.
He left the party, but did he resign, or will
he resign? And yet, soon after that, we
have evidence he believed
"The white and black, the red and brown,
Are, in the hoods, of equal note
AS to the issues in that "certain notice
spoken of, they have passed. and have be-
come a fact, and it is well known after those
issues were taken the part advocated by
that gentleman who has been assaulted, and
he did not have to participate in the hang
ing Of negro to prove his principles, or
where he stood in regard to them.
Now, Mr.. "Clerk," when Won AGAIN
write for publication, write the truth. and
something you know yourself; and not to
be running about, calling to your assistance
the sneaks and political chameleens as YOU
have done in this case-gathering SANDER
here, and another there, until you think
you have immortalized yourself. All that
is asked is JUSTICE.
B-At the cor. of Sd & Orange sts., in
the City of Wilmington Del there is an