The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-07-26
Big Elk's fervid or feverish imagination =?


agance and waste of public money, falling
prices, increasing indebte .luess, with dimin,
ished means of payment; corruption and
general depravity which formed the bur
den of my letters, to be put on level with
crazy mans mistake in attacking a flock
of sheep or a windmill, believing them to
be monsters or giants? Are the people, is
the Editor of The Democrat, willing to
believe that the above evils have no exist
enceo If not, his parallel between Big
Elk and Don Quixote has no existence.
1t would not require very brilliant imagi-
nation to institute comparison between
the Sage of The Democrat and the above
hero. | fancy see that gentleman mount
ed on his richly caparisoned editorial steed,
brandishing his maiden lance and painting
for some foeman worthy of his steel. He
has heard of wrongs suffered by the peo-
pie perhaps he lead of them in Big Elk S
letters and he resolves to seek ont and
destroy the wrong deers. He takes the
road to fame; he however omts one pre-
caution, which his ancient prototype found
useful and convenient, to have his servant
SancO PanZa by his side to counsel him in
danger and assist him in defeat; our mod
ern knight glittering in tinsel, and armed
to the teeth, and full of confidence in his
mission and his prowess goes, rs far as |
know, unattended on his perilous adven-
ture. He had not proceeded far till he saw
what he took for a giant; it was the pro-
tective tariff. His heroic blood took fire,
and having no trusty conservative Sanco
PanZa at hand to advise him of his danger,
he spurs his blooded charger full tilt
against the naked facts, and they endorsed
him and put him hors de combat. | see
him leading back his limpinr horse: his
To-, I.
returns covered with dust and sweat: his
gaudy attire is battered and torn; he is a
sadder,-may we not hope-a wiser man.
He is not subdued; he looks back and NUT
tiers, " | III fight YOU again when the wealth
er gets COOL
Now here is comparison, the correct
ness of which ne reader will fail to recog-
nize; perfect and complete in all it's parts,
the Editor of Tile Democrat himself being
Judge. Like most anti-tariff writers, The
Democrat makes lunge at New England
in which offensive epithets are applied alto
gether out of their usual and proper mean
ings. lie says: "New England has taxed
a continent to build up her factories. -
What power has New England to tax any
body outside of her own limitso The alb
surdity of such remarks makes a reply I'M
necessary.
From the frequent use of the word GO mo-
nopoly' and monopolist in The Demo-
crat in reference to our manufactures and
manufacturers, one might suppose that
New England had some exclusive right not
enioyed by other sections of the country:
but such is not the case. Maryland has
every right enjoyed by Massachusetts,
Elkton and Warwick have the same rights
with Lowell and Fall River. Those un-
n mr. FOR NO. n h,t NOVA
verbiage, calculated. if not intended, to
deceive and misead the ignorant
The assertion in The Dem0crat, that d" the
farmer cannot compete with the manufac-
turer in the essential article of labor -
&c, reminds ME SO forcibly of what this
same class of writers used to say about
'capital owning labor" that the identity
of their purposes is plainly apparent. All
| wrote for The Democrat on the tariff and
other topics was done in no partizan inter-
est; but if that sheet will insist on going
before the landless laborers of the country
with a proposition to reduce or destroy the
tariff because it raises the price of labor in
order that large land-holders may cultivate
their lands to more profit, they are well
come to all the capital they can make out
of that large and useful class The people
will meet you at Phillipi," Mr. Democrat
see nothing sad in man leaving farm
in New England, or in Maryland, if | know
he has bettered his condition by the change
| know there are thousands of farmers
struggling year after year for a scanty
subsistence, who had better leave their
lands behind them if they cannot sell them.
They would make more in one wear in some
mill or mine than they now make in three.
The reason is that production has out run
consumption There are more sellers
than buyers of agricultural products, and
consequently they sell for less than it costs
to produce them What then is the rene
dyo General jackson, in his celebrated
letter. written about the wear 1924, to DR..
Coleman, so clearly stated the case that
cannot refrain from giving his views.
The General said "Withdraw 300, 900
of our agricultural population and shut
them up in factories where they will be-
come consumers instead of producers
This is the only way possible to benefit the
farmer" What is the remedy proposed
py the The Dsnocrdto In a late number
of that paper the Editor warns Young
men against leaving their homes in the
country. "Stay at home" says the phi
losophcr of Tie Democrat "Stay on the
farm, boys; keep away from the towns,
lest you loose your health and morals too,
ana 90 the DlQ genelaIlV. lead the
agricultural articles in this paper: plow
deep, manure literally, cultivate thorough
ly, and you will insure increased crops:
and then what -? Why still further depress
an already over stocked market. Now
which plan looks most advisable That
of General Jackson or this of Tile Cecil
Democrat? Let the thinking laborers of
Cecil answer. We are told it "takcs a
given weight of food to supply the world.n
&c. have no objection to that as an alb
stract propositions; but when that quaint
ty has been produced and exceeded SO far
that it sells for less than the cost of repro
duction, common sense seems 10 saw with
draw some of the unpaid labor from this
over burdened business and employ it
where it will be better paid and that is
lust what protection is doing.
If all the factories in this country which
owe their origin to protection we're closed
and their inmates were obliged to become
grain raisers, what would be the result >
Any man with half an eve can sec that the
prices of grain must be still more depress-
ed, wages would fall, until in a few wears
they would be down to level with Hin.
doostan and Mexico, where a DAYS work