The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-06-29
THE NOVEL ENDORSEMENT.

The Democracy's mode of choosing their
Presidential Candidate reminds us of a
custom that is common among some tribes
of barbarians, Of choosing wife. The
gallant having selected the fair squaw on
whom he proposes to confer his affections,
waylays her, knocks her down with club
and drags his affianced off to his lodge
before her friends can rally to her rescue.
This is very like the pleasant advances the
Democracy are INDUCING in toward the
wood-chopper of Chappaqua. An "Expe-
diency" correspondent and Mr.. Touch
stone, the whilom, in his "Union" days,
Maryland Blacksmith, are trying through
the veritable organ of the Democracy of
this county, which can say the hardest
things of their forthcoming candidate.
Expediency sets out to bring Touch
stone into the fold with the following pic
ture of his prospective candidate:
cat the outset, admit that Mr.. Greeley
is not now and never was Democrat, and
that it is a rare piece Of impotence to ask
old line and lifelong Democrats to vote
for him. | admit that he has been for forty
years bitter and able foe of Democracy.
| admit that he is a radical of the blacklist
stamp; that he is covered all over with the
sins of his party, and the Presidency of
the Hottentots would be fitting reward for
the service he has rendered the Ethiopian"
This rather staggers the son of Vulcan,
as well it might stagger Vulcan himself;
and he gives vent to his establishment in
such vigorous Saxon on the coming Demo-
cratic flag bearer as this
81 will 60 so far as to admit that Gree
ley deserves to be mads President of the
Hottentots u think he would make a
good one for that people. But the fact of
his fitness to preside over the ''Hottentots, :"
in my opinion, disqualities him for the
American Presidency. He will do for the
Hottentots," but "not for Joe,''
Expediency" attempts to frighten his
reluctant brethren who "can't see it,"
with the cry of "chains " and "slavery,
which piece of political rhetoric is taken
literally, and the Blacksmith - presum-
ing to know something about chains ridi-
cules it in the following fine vein of irony:
GO l must take issue with him when he
asserts that General Grant will rivet the
chains of slavery on the limbs of the BRAY
EST people Oh earth. Such an idea is
utterly absurd. Who will attempt to
'rivet chains upon the 6rarest people on
earth" What people on the face of Gods
earth, having any precautions to '6racery,'
xyiN o11nu, nD,ybn1,y fp { rfuof oh zinc ,
them? General Grant, with forty thous-
creation, - rivet chains upon forty mil
people on earth!' Brape! Heaven defend
us! Why, sir, if the three million, five
hundred thousand Democrats,-to say
nothing of the millions of Republicans who
must be chained with the rest,-will
allow Grant and Greeley to rivet chains ;
upon them, then they are the most coacardly
set that ever disgraced the earth! No, no,
- bravery is not the word that invites
'chaines, 1t is eouardice. But what is
the remedy take Greeley? He has been,
for forty years, boss of the gang manu-
featuring these chains! He knows how and
where the 'rivets belong and can slip them
'on upon us, and put the rivets in
quicker than anybody else!
The cratic smith, among his many
absurd theories makes some clever hits,
but the above is about the best lie ever got
off. Through fear of being chained, p"
the idea of taking the greatest expert to
be found in the whole Hessian camp at
putting in the "rivets " is capital-a piece
of political wit the whole campaign will
not excel,
Among series of questions propounded
in the same paper is the following:
elf a Democratic candidate with a
united Democracy, cannot beat Grant, how
can Greeley do it with his fraction of sore
heads and ome-half Of the Democracy?'
To use Uncle Toby's expression, we
would not curse dog so, much less a can
didate which the party is preparing to
accept, and would elect to stay at home in
preference to voting for man SO heartily
despised.