The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-11-01

This quiet, comparatively, but intense
ly interesting campaign, as far as argu-
ment and exhortations can 60, is ended,
and we have nothing to add to what we
have laid before our readers, and endeavor-
ed to impress upon them with all the ability
we possess. 1t has been canvass Of more
deliberate thinking, divert of party bigotry
and bitter personal feeling, than we have
ever before known, and the whole people
are to be congratulated therefor. They
are immensely the gamers in such cam
paign. They do not look upon the oppo-
site party as enemies in such contest,
and aliens, as it were, but as neighbors
engaged in an effort to better each others
condition; to assist one another in cutting
down taxes and introducing better state
of affairs in the management of our public
roads, our aims houses, our Courts; and
eventually in our State government, our
public schools. We desire to make our
county and State attractive to strangers
and men of capital, that the manufacturer
and the mechanic may pitch their places
of business among us. We have thousands
of natural advantages which would be
improved if this sorely needed element to
our prosperity were invited and induced by
more enlightened policy to come into the
State. We will cite one case i'll point
The Mccullough Iron Company, who have
extensive iron manufactures in this county,
are at present erecting other mills to carry
on their charging business, in Wilmington,
which they had designed to build alongside
of their works in this county, if the dog
in-the Manager policy had not been pursued
toward them by the " Elkton Ring, "
which, jealous of the political influence
that endangered their control in State and
county, basely attempted to brand the
Company with crime and WELD the power
of the Courts against them as common
felons. While this party has retarded the
growth and prosperity of the State and
county by a jealous and unfriendly atti-
tude towards enterprise and enterprising
men, it has devoured the peoples sub
stance with voracity that grows by what
it feeds on.
All of these things and many more have
been calmly considered by the people. No
campaign was ever conducted in more
business-like and dispassionate manner.
And we cannot but congratulate the peo-
pie on this advance over the old regime of
being managed and dictated to by party
politicians, who left no trick or false rep
resentation untried to work up a blind zeal
by mere party watchwords. We remember
one leading trick used to be for some bold,
loud-talking fellow to proclaim that no
true Dimocrat " ever splits his ticket:
and while this was made the true shibbo-
leth of party to the honest masses, these
"Ring" managers would trade and make
bargains among themselves, by which
office and place was secured or retained,
without the least regard to party creed
which they so loudly proclaimed, and none
know more about this kind of business
than the "Elkton Ring" of to-day. We
hope the whole people will continue to dis
play the liberal and sensible spirit in their
political affairs which they have evinced
the present Fall. If they do they will be
largely the gamers in few years. The
tricks of "Ring" politicians have cost
them uncomputed sums Of money.
BRING OUT THE VoTE.-It cannot be
too often or to warmly urged upon Repub
licans who are such from principle, that
they have a single duty in the present
campaign. That duty is the polling of
full vote of the Republican ticket. The
Republican State ticket is composed of
men of unimpeachable character. Our