The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-09-06

1.-THE dog returns to his romi and the washed sow
Il wallowing in the mirc'"
This quotation FROM holy writ is for the
benefit of the Democratic party, but we
don't propose to commit SO grave an error
in making the comparison, as to charge
that party with ever having been favored
by clean wash, like the ancient SOW of
scripture fame. 1t is fair to presume that
the porcine beast submitted to the afore-
said scrubbing very unwiliingly, and is
therefore, not amenable for possessing
clean skin, even so long as was necessary
to find an accommodating mud hole. So
the trait in common between the pig and
tho party was only interrupted by the
compulsory cleansing of the former. The
revolving beastlness Of the dog, though,
accords better with the party who having
once, twice, aye, a dozen times spewed up
its old denominations, now gravely publish
es to the world its purpose to return to
them again.
While the Democracy as national party
seriously proposes to return to its can
Gent land marks" it is in fact only a neg
ative party, which contents itself with in
dieting the Republican party, without pro-
posing any means to remedy evils COM
planned of, and herein fails entirely as
party capable of successfully managing
the national government.
In Maryland, however, where it has held
undisputed control of State affairs for
years, extravaganza, mismanagement, null
duplication of offices, increase in expenses,
increase of taxes, inefficency every where,
have marked its career; in proof of which
see Levy Lists of county expenses, and
Comptrollers' Reports for the last seven
years. All these documents bear testi-
mony in every line to the unparalleled
waste, extravaganza or robbery which has
been kept up by that party from the evil
hour it got possession. After years of riot
Gus living like Jeshurum, the party has
"waxed fat and kicked" or p: opose to
kick the Liberals and Conservative
allies out of It's ranks and plant itself
squarely on the old Slave and Safes
Rights issues of ante bellum times. The
Cecil Democrat does not stand on the order
of doing this thing, but calls to it's cohorts
to face about and march back. The party
has gone astray long enough. No more
dallying with the heather will be permitted
by the Editor of the Democrat. His faith
in the old and his contempt for the Con-
sercatiues and Liberals is not surpassed by
Brick Pomeroy. In vulgarity, however,
Brick still has it all his own way. We
have nothing to compare with the La
Crosse Democrat in ruf1ianism. The Cecil
Democrat has gone back to first principles
the La Crosse Democrat never abandoned
them,) and last week pitches into the col
ored man afresh, denouncing him as son
of Ham. No investigating committees
have been employed to ferret out corrup-
ton in Maryland, and the stainless honor
of her public men, the integrity of her Off
GERS, are subjects of much Boosting by the
Democrat.
No indeed. We never heard of Demo
cratic investigating committee; and be-
cause there has been no investigating CON-
mittees appointed to inquire into and ex-
pose the doings of this Democratic Mary
land government, is the principal reason
that the Democrat can boast of stainless
purity of her judicial robes, no legislation
peculation or promiscueus official thiev-
ing. This is what the Doctor says. But
the following is what the figures say.
Republican Legislature of 1866: "for the
per diem of members, clerks and employees;
printing and incidental expenses, SO, 154.-
or" For the Democratic legislature of 1870
for similar services, $175, 25460, a differ
ence of only s105, 900. The legislature of
1S72-the last-in the State-expenses for
abovc-named services, S1S0,474. The APP
preparation bills of that year authorized
the very liberal expenditure of $154 $50,
but $25, 524 got out of the Maryland treas
ury without authority of law. Republican
investigating committees call this thing
stealing. How do the figures in the Comp
trollers' Reports and the appropriation
laws on the statute books of Maryland con-
trast with the Doctors Boosting of the
stainless ermne of Maryland? And "not
a citizen too is suffering wrong or oppres-
sion under the laws and government of
Maryland" says the Democrat. Robbery
may not be considered oppression or wrong
by the party that perpetrates it; and if no
investigating committees have been at
work in Maryland, it is not because there
is nothing for them to do, but because
Democracy don't approve of them inquir-
ing into its official acts. But the question
of veracity is between the Doctors boast
ing and the figures in the Comptrollers'
Report. We know of no more appropriate
work for an investigating committee than
that of trying to find out the cause of their
differing. The Doctors reputation for
veracity is in danger, for the old adage
says Figures wont lie." We give these
few items as specimens of the immaculate
party's management in Maryland, with the
promise of more in the future We pro-
pose to let the light in cray by ray" so as
not to hurt the blind eyes which are to be
operated on at the infrmary across the
way this Fall.
FRISkY.
Tile Democrat, under the inspiration of
nsateria medica, is as frisky as a sucking