The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-08-31
THAT ssCLUB."

There was call in the "Black- Republic
an" Sumner Greeley 'sorgan" of this town
last Saturday, for the formation of Gree
ley and Brown ''club," the manufacture of
said "club" to be accomplished at the
Court House tonight. That Greeley
business has broken the poor Democratic
party SO effectually that it requires no
further pounding. One hundred and thirty
odd names are printed to this call in two
columns, which are headed with the names
of H. Mccullough and DR.. II. H. Mitchell.
When two such hardened Democratic sin
ners are found at the Greeley "mourners
BENCH" and the call to this repentance
discourses about "Libe raj principles, the
astonished discoverer is brought to dead
halt, and he sets to work making further
Investigations. In another part of the
same paper he finds another "calE' which
is headed Democratic county meetings."
and "The Democratic, Liberal and Con-
sentative voters" are called to attend
these meetings. The said meetings are
ordered for the purpose of electing dele
gates to County Convention, the duty of
which was to appoint other delegates to
State Convention to nominate Congress
ional candidate and Presidential electors
Liberals in the parlance of the day signi-
fies members of the Republican party who
have followed Greeley and Gratz Brown in
their wild-goose chase for tie White House,
where Greeley and Gratz and all the rest
hope to literally batter their watermelon.
Now let us look down these columns of
names, called upon, according to Sumner,
to manufacture club to further beat down
that fallen old sinner, the Democratic par
ty. We fluid here most promiscuous
mingling of F F's and Plebeian names,
many of these the regular sans eulottes ofthe
Democratic party, bnt only one straight
out Republican, with one, two or three
other diluted specimens Of that stock
While the old Democratic teeth and claws,
and cloven foot stick out from every side
of this collection of names; the wonder
is how that small mustard seed of Repnbli-
canism is to leaven such 4 sodden lump
Now, the proportion of Republicanism
which appears in this Elkton list, is just
about fair sample Of the Greeley strength
throughout the country that has been
drawn from the Republican party. Any
man with five grains of common sense, who
looks at the two calls referred to in the
same edition of the aforesaid 'Black-Re-
publican Greeley-Sumner organ will see
the hypocrisy Of the old sinners who are
pretending to kneel down in penitence at
the Liberal anxious bench. When the
meetings are for the purpose of placing can
didates in the field, the call is very en-
phatic on democrats" when there is to
be gathering for passtime and spouting
purposes, the old party name is kept out
of sight, but the individual members Of the
two meetings as precisely the same.
This Greeley Brown scheme to butter
Democratic watermelons, is two thin to
fool any one who has sense enough to go
in doors ont OF the rain, and we pity the
unSophlstlcated, honest-mlnded few who
have eyes and see not, and ears that hear
not: but the soreheads have watermelons,
like Gratz Brown, of their own, to butter,
and they run willingly with the Democrat
ic pack with clear understanding of the
whole business. Unfortunately for these
would-be Simple .Simons the great mass
of the people understand the trick as we'll
as the players, and every day makes it mora
and more manifest, that the ''clubs"
manufactured by cunning old Democrat
politicians, and sprinkling of scabby
headed Republicans, with here and there
an honest goose to verify the old adage
that ''all the fools are not dead" will con-
stitute lumber for the Salt river market.
Only that and nothing more. "Any thing
to beat Grant" Lee and jeff. Davis
tried srery thing to beat him and failed
dismally.