The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-05-21
The Dover Orgie.
A CARNIVAL OF PREJUDICE AND PROFANITY

SOUcHtCfCtUb.
benefit Of our Democratic readers:
About three hundred of the Democrats
of Kent county met at Dover, on the 10th
inst, in response to the call of the County
Democratic Committee. AS all white men
opposed to negro suffrage were invited to
be present to join the Democratic party as
a white mans party, it was expected that
a large proportion of the meeting would
be composed of dissatisfied Republicans
but it was ascertained that there were no
more present than are always to be seen at
any ordinary Democratic meeting. At any
rate there were not enough to warrant the
appointment Of Republican in the organ
cation Of the meeting or on any of the
Committees.
The meeting was organized by electing
DR.. Henry Ridgely as President assisted by
a number of Vice Presidents, and DR..
Shakespeare as Secretary; James L. VOL
colt, Jonathan Brown, James Williams,
George G. Graham and William D. Fowler
were appointed Committee on resolu-
tions.
The prevailing solemnity becoming pain
full, Eli Salisbury arose and stated that the
time had arrived when the audience expect
ed something to be said, and called upon
the Hon. Charles Brown whose clarion
voice had been SO often heard in defence Of
right. That celebrated carpet Dagger, of
"them 100" fame, arose and assigned in
| disposition as an excuse for not making a
speech, but he would say there were two
things in which he had full faith, one was
the christian religion as taught by the
Holy Bible, the other was the principles OF
the Democratic party as handed down to
him by his forefathers. The country was
very much clouded at the present time, but
the sun would shine by and by; he would
not die in despair but he never expected in
his life to see what he has seen. He had
never thought it possible that the present
state of affairs could exist, but thought all
might yet work together for good. God
never intended that the negro should be
the equal of the white man; negro suffrage
was a monstrous iniquity; and the time
may come when they may be our masters.
1t has not come yet, and we are craven if
we ever allow it to come. Mr.. B. excused
himself from any further remarks and
promised to be in readiness to speak upon
any occasion during the exciting campaign
opening before us.
| Owing to the solemn manner in which
Mr.. B. delivered his remarks, which would
have been more appropriate at funeral
than political gathering butlittle applause
followed
| The Committee on resolutions being
announced in readiness to report, Mr.. VOL
colt the chairman advanced and read them.
The first resolution congratulated the
| Democratic party on it's past history.
| The second denounced the Radical negro
| party, and arraigned it for creating pub
lie debt, banishing the circulation of gold
and silver, and substituting in its place a
worthless currency" and for striking
down the dearest guarantees of liberty.
The third deneunees the Radical negro
party as the browning act of their infamy,
for the passage of the Fifteenth Amend
ment, and declared it an outrage upon the
! people and a fragrant violation of the Con-
| stitution.
| The fourth declared that they would
interpose no obstacles in the way of negroes
voting, as long as the 18th Amendment
was the assumed law of the land.
| The last gave a general invitation for all
white men to unite with the Democratic
party as ''white mans party
The resolutions were. of course, unani-
mously adopted, one devout "white man."
Of a speckled hue, showing his approval by
calculating stentorious Amen while
another who, from the solemnity of the
occasion, had become spiritually inclined,
leaned against the railing which surrounded
the bar of the Court House. and enthusi-
astically exclaimed: "Them's my senti-
ments, by Cd. Give them h-ll." The
latter was, of coulse, ''pure white.'
Eli Salisbury being called for, took the
stand, and said that he had not expected to
make a speech, and was as much disap-
pointed as the audience that the elder Bay
ard was SO indisposed as not to be able to
be present, but under the circumstances,
he would be recreant to the Democratic
party Of Kent county, from whom he had
received SO many acts of kindness and
favor. were he not to respond to their call.
He had met his opponents thirty years
ago, when there was nothing at variance
between the then dominant parties, except
the question Of Tariff. There was then
nothing special to alarm the people, but
things have changed, the country is in
peril, party is in power who have no
regard for their oaths to support the Con-
stitution, their main object being to perpet-
uate their power. Diminishing all others as
with the question of negro suffrage. The
party that supports it had disgraced itself.
He would remind the audience how the
Abolitionists began to tamper with the
negroes many years ago, and netwithstand-
ing the warnings of the Democratic party,
| we now see tll0 IeSullS. LII WIS p1TIlCuldf-
ly windy on the subject of Carpet bag
gers" apparently eblivious of the presence
of Charley Brown. He declared the 18th
Amendment "fraud," and thought there
was no intelligent man in the country but
what believed it to be so. Secretary Fish
knew it was fraud when he wrote the
proclamation, and President Grant unless
he was as dumb as a .jackass, knew it was
fraud. We must treat the negro as a
voter, but no white man, unless he be a
traitor to the mother that gave him birth
would place himself Oh a level with the
negro, voice from the crowd, ''That's so
by Cd. I'm a white man. The DEM
ocratic party had thrown their banner to
the breeze, and sink or swim, they would
not ask a negro to vote with them. He
had yet to meet the first Democrat who
would stoop to conquer He was panied
to see, lately, a former citizen Of this State,