The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-09-21
The Greeley-Sumner &c RIacl, F

"lne Greeley-Sumner - Black Re-
publican club tried it again last Saturday
night at the Court House. Three strange
speakers were advertised, but only one put
in an appearance. Mr.. Baker A Jamison
of Baltimore county. Mr.. Jamison seemed
to be native Of St. Mary's county, by the
praises he heaped upon her Democracy
The speaker ignored Liberal and OPEN
ed with eulogoy of ultra Southern democ-
racy. Mr.. Jamison proved very mild
hammered" man, and seemed to feel pain
fully the awkward situation he occupied,
for he had to bring Greeley into the midst
of his secession Democracy occasionally,
which seemed to make him feel that he was
making very weak effort, which in truth
he was. Mr.. Jamison shed no new light
and very little old, and at the end of twen-
ty-five or thirty minutes he set down, when
halfthe small audience had left the room, and
received just enough applause to express the
relief the Democracy felt at the early con-
clusion of his speech. Alas, our Greeley
Sumner Liberal Bour b ND m ocrati C
friends dubbed Mr.. Jamison dear at the
price of his railroad fare. His milk and
water effort was entirely in the interest of
Democracy, but so feeble that many of the
old Democrats left the house before he was
through; piece of aggravated bad man.
ners. "Haines, Haines, Haincs," was
then called for, in which the Republicans
joined, who out Of curiosity made up large
portion of the audience. All anxious,
doubtless, to hear what the Vice President
had to say for himself and his Democratic
associats, but the Vice President slipped
out of the difficulty, by pleading that it
would appear presumptuous in him to speak
willie his chief, the worthy President re-
manned silent. The President, Mr. Consta-
BILE, was then called, who after awhile, and
very reluctantly, to stop their nferal cat-
ter--he looked the latter part of this SEN
tence-got up and said lie had nothing to
speak about. But it was necessary to say
something, nevertheless, and so he told
them that the Government was in the
hands of thieves, that every man that had
any trust what ever under it was a thief:
that after deliberation among the honest
Democrats and Liberals :" they had con-
Guided the best thing to be done was to
pick out some honest old cuss of a farmer
who had no sense about State craft, and
making him kind of trustee President,
send him to Washington to watch the pub
lie treasures, to keep these thieves from
stealing everything entirely, and carrying
off the White House when all else was gone.
After getting this old Chappaqua farmer
appointed as Trustee or receiver of public
property, then we would go to work and
discuss principles; that the present was no
time for discussing principles. OF course
this talk about stealing the public property
was intended to be taken in a Pick wicklan
sense, as there was nobody worth talking
to who did not know that during General
Grant S administration over THREE HUN
DRIED and THIRTY MILLIONS of the
Public Debt has been paid and the annual
taxes reduced sos, COO, 900 and the annual
interest on the Public Debt SIS, 900, 900
which is clincher to all such loose stories
about stealing by the President and officers
of the Government.
The facetious idea of appointing Greeley
as Trustee is capital. He will be required
to give heavy bonds before entering on his
trust, and jeff. Davis will have an oppor-
tunity to reciprocate by going on the Glib
eral" Trustees bond. Ha, ha, ha; the
whole opposition too Grant and Wilson
has become the laughing stock of the coun-
try, while the Hero of Appomattox goes
forward "conquering and to Conquer"