The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-09-20
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Charity Should Begin at Home"

AS the learned and consistent Editor and
NJ. d., of The Cecil Democrat has seen pro-
per to regale his readers with a lengthy edi-
torial, in last weeks issue of his ventilat-
Jag sheet, in regard to the " enormous debt,
heavy taxation, and outrageous frauds"
perpetrated by the Republican admnistra-
tors of the local government in the Dis
trict of Columbia, thereby admitting his
disapproval of, and denouncing in the most
bitter terms al! rings and frauds, and ex-
pressing his heartfelt sympathy for the
overburdened taxpayers of the aforesaid
District, would it not be well for him to
remember the old adage that, Charity
should begin at home" and devote a
small space in the columns of his ventila-
tor to the interests of the overburdened
tax payers of Cecil. Come out squarely
and truthfully, Doctor, and be charitable
enough to inform your tax-paying readers
how the State debt has been largely in
creased, the rate of taxation in the county
augmented, and that the general policy
under Democratic rule has been extrava-
CANT and expensive to the people. 1t would
be more to his credit than to raise the hue
and cry of "stop thief" in the District of
Columbia to divert attention from home
affairs where the people are directly inter-
ested, and to sections where they have not
the least personal concern. 1t wont do,
Doctor, it is "too thin we all know that
the close connection of the District of Col
umba with the national administration
has had the effect of throwing opposition
journals into position of hostility to the
local government of the District, and made
it a shining mark for SANDER and defama-
ton.
Yesterday, as it were the capital was a
disgrace to the whole nation. To-day,
with its magnificent avenues and streets,
it is glory and pride. Its capital has
almost doubled, the value of it's real estate
has increased 30 per cent; in substantial
growth it has surpassed almost every COM
munity on the continent while the taxes
have not been increased above the average
of other cities of the same class. Can we
say the same of "My Maryland ~ under
Democratic rule? 81 guess not" The
Democracy of Maryland came into power
clamerous for retrenchment and reform, and
will so out with largely increased taxation,
and an accumulation Of the public debt. In
a word the Democracy of Maryland stand
branded and blistered with broken prom
ises and pledges unredeomed. So qualify
your inyectiyes, Doctor, and inform the tax
payers Of Cecil why it is, that under DEM
0crdtic rule it takes six bailiffs to perform
the same work that three performed under
Republican rnle;; tell them why the bills for
medical attendance to the Elkton "Ijail
bummers" and "alms house paupers :" are
80 largely increased; and why it costs 800
per cent more to take out letters of admin
istration, or to procure other legal papers
at Elkton, Cecil county, than it does in
the adjacent counties governed by the
same statute laws. In fact, Doctor, you
being medical man, just give us a pre-
scription that will kill the ring soorlns of
Elkton, and leave the District of Columbia
to work out its own enterprise after its own
ideas. PREVIOUS.