The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-08-03
DEMOCRATIC CATECHISM.
Compiled from the writings of that great
apostle of the Party y" Uncle Horace"
What is a dem0crat9

computed IrOH tne WritiuSS VI Iha' 3 ie"'
oostle of the Party Uncle Horace"
What is democrat?
every one who chooses to live by pug
ism. or gambling, or harlotry, with near
every keeper of tippling house, is
Democrat.
What constitutes the present Democrat
party9
"The brain, the heart, the soul of the
democratic party is the rebel element at
he South, with its Nothern allies and
What is the Democratic creed?
"The essential articles of the Democrat
creed are to love rum and hate niggers.
he less one learns and knows the more
ertain he is to vote the regular ticket
rom A to lizard"
Who are Democrats?
i: The pugilists, blacklegs, thieves, burg
ar, keepers of dens of prostitution, &C.,
ynost unanimously Democrats.
:. ARE the fathers Of mulattoes?
brndre3o know that there are several
trv and 'ousand mulattoes in this coun-
serions dopresume that no one has any
nine tentbs that the father of at least
' them are white Democrats.
"p n to. find Democrats
ton district VIII. you please to an cleo
morally rotten, gi, you will pronounce
debauchery and vic up in great part to
mainly by keeping p0yhose voters subsist
houses, grog shops andofices, gambling
fanny, and that districtrker dens OF in
nearly or quite every e} be found at
majority for that which son giving
Democratic party. Take ais 1tsell tne
debauchery in tue land, and haunts OF
nine-tenths of their master-spi. VIII nno
partisans of that same Democrat, actlVe
How are the young educated
Democrats?
every youth who is learning to sip :,
soak in the grog shops is being fashion
to the use of Democracy. His virtuo
parents may think otherwise-may be
norant of his haunts and his habits; b
if he is learning to love liquor and loo
company he is being fashioned to the Ell
of the adversary
What are Democratic virtues?
"To smoke is Democratic virtue;
chew is that virtue intensified; to dril
rum is that virtue in the supelative."
What would add to Democrat
strength?
If there were not newspaper mol
common school in the county, the DEN
cratic party would be far stronger than
is
} Who are attached to Democracy?
GA puerely selfish interest attaches
lewd, rutiianly, criminal, and dangero
classes to the Democratic party"
Are there many Democrats
"This would amount to six in b.
exclusive of any other vermin, for eve
Democratic couch in the State of n
York, including those at Sing Sing a
Auburn
What would take place if the Democr
ic party should come into power?
at would come into power with
' hate, the chagBin, the wrath, the mort
cation of ten bitter years to impel a
guide its steps. 1t would devote itself
taking off reducing tax after tax until t
t Treasury was deprived of the means
S paying interest on the national debt, a
would hail the tiding of national bar
- ruptcy with unalloyed gladness and unc
cealed Civilizations. Whatever chasti
q ment may be deserved by our natio
a sins, we must hope that this disgrace a
humiliation will be spared u.s..
n Is the present candidate of the Den
n cracy Democrat?
S "He has said, saw the other da
q suggestion that l would probably be
best Democratic candidate to run agai
General Grant for President. l thous
, that about the most absurd thing Q,
= heard or read. If the Democratic pa
9 were called upon to decide between CIR
:, and myself, know that their regard
- what they must call principle would
S duce nine-tenths Of them to vote agai
e me. Why? am decided enemy of Il
h party even iii its most respectable
II poets"
!. What should be done with the ]
Klux?
81 hold our Government bound by
= duty of protecting our citizens in IL
= fundamental rights, to pass and enfo
e laws for the extirpation of the eXecra
u-Klux conspiracy; and if it has not
power to do it, then l say our Governm
is no Government, but a sham. / thu
fore on every proper occasion advoca
and justify the Ku-klux act. hold
especially desirable for the South, and
If does not prove strong enough to effect
, purpose, hope it will be made stron
and stronger"
= What position does Democracy sust
:, toward temperance
"There is not a State in the Tn
whereof the Democratic party is not c
'e spiciously hostile to whatever legislat
r. tends to diminish the number or the pc
" of the gros- shops"
S. What treatment should Rebels recei
D. "When the rebellous traitors are o.
nt whelmed in the field and scattered
leaves before an angry wind, it must
be TO return to peaceful and confer
I'd homes. They must find poverty at t
r. firesides, and privation in the anxious {
g, of mothers and the rags of children
e; Why are Southern women sensual
re "The women of the South, nursed
r. blacks filled with animal passion, inn
:. it from their nurses, and on arriving at
Nv age of puberty Immediately NANTES
as desire to crafty sensuality.'
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