The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-06-05
SELECTING THE FITTEST.

SELECTING THE FITTEST.
When the Democrat is driven into cor
ner, q feat-albeit, not difficult to accom-
plish-how it roars like sucking dove and
manifests equal innocence. 1t uses great
many words in getting away from that
manly declaration of independence, and
fairly owns up that it would much rather bs
a servile tool than have the independence
to be honest and do right. Newspapers or
individuals may be warmly attached to any
political or other party, and yet be inds-
pendent To stick to the truth and refuse
to give support and eountenance to nomi-
nations that are known to be unfit to be
made is true independence.
There are certain principles of govern
ment, real or imaginary, which are assumed
by political parties to be fundamental to
their existence, and which it is right and
proper that individuals and newspapers
should sustain and endeavor to perpetuate.
If such advocacy is from conviction and
with an honest purpose, such course is
not derogatory nor in the least at variance
with true independence But when apolit-
ica clique of skillful wire-pullers manages
to place men on the party ticket who are
known to be morally unfit, dishonest and
incompetent, is it true manliness and indie
pendence in journal to advocate such pub
lie corruptions? 1t is poison thrown into
the very source Of the stream, which en-
dangers the health of the whole body poll
tic. We did not criticise the Democrats
advocating the ascendency of the imagin-
airy principles which it claims for its party.
1t can do so and yet be perfectly independ-
ent if it has the true grit to be honest.
But when it knows some of its party noni-
nations are perfect scallawags, as it knew
some of them on its last ticket were, there
is neither honesty, independence or moral
duty in hiding the fact and assisting to
deceive the public and foist them into office.
Such course is not in keeping with the
theory of selecting from the fittest,' even
though it be from ga party fit to select
from" Now the Democrat, which, under
its present management, processes to be
patron and teacher Of morality and the
christian virtues, need not select the Jfttest
from the Republican ticket, or even supply
the place on its ticket which has been filled
by bad selections, or rather packed by trad
ing politicians, with the name of an "inde-
pendent" but if it falls in, covers up the
party wrong and assists to inflict that abuse
on the public, it is slave and tool in the
fullest sense Of the term, and guilty of per-
petrating a crime. This is the point we d.
rected the Democrats attention to when we
commended its advocacy of selecting the it,
test, and encouraged it to pursue an indie
pendent course, which was simply to insist
on having the "fittest" and refuse to assist
any other. But it turns with a fierce howl
from the contemplation of such thought
and declares that it prefers bondage, SER
Witty, party vassalage. clique rule-any
thing with its party leeks before independ.
ence and nobility. But the Democrat gets
away from this issue and behind make
believe-that we asserted that John Nor
rissey was once a candidate in Cecil, &C.
That is too thin, Mr.. Democrat, and shows
weakness as we'll as the Whitehall feathers
Morrissey is the type of what you have
often voted for and advocated in Cecil,
blackleg, gambler, corrupt, immoral
man, such a nomination as is not fit to be
made; and yet the Democrat acknowledges
virtually in its last utterance that it stands
ready to advocate the election of such men
whenever it finds them Oh its party ticket.
And to this complexion does its boosted
"selection of the fittest " come at last.
If it were german to the subject we
would reply to the balance of outside talk
it attempts to get behind and out of sight
of that Selection of the fittest."
THE RAILROAD WAR.-On Tuesday the
Postmaster General received notice that
President Scott had stopped the Baltimore
and Ohio through postal car from Wash
ington to New York, at West Philadelphia.
A postal car had been furnished by the
Pennsylvania Company, and the mail was
transferred to it. The Baltimore and Ohio
Company, on account of the refusal of the
Pennsylvania Company to allow their pos
tai cars to run on the latter's road, are COM
PEELED to give up their contract for carry
ing the mail between Washington and New
York, and Postmaster General Jewell has
given the Pennsylvania Company the trans
fer of all the mails between those cities
Formerly the mails were divided between
the two Companies. Col. Scott promises
to transport the morning mails from Wash
ington to New York one hour earlier than
has been done heretofore; and leave New
York one hour later in tho morning and
deliver the mails five minutes earlier in the
afternoon in Washington than has been
done before the change.
The above announcement, which was pub
lished the next day, was premature it seems,
there being no detension of the mails by
the refusal of Col. Tom Scott to allow the
postal car of the B. s. o. Road to run on
the Pennsylvania track north Of Philadel
phia. Postmaster General Jewell did not
panies, but rather protested against the
factious action of President Scott in let
ter addressed to that gentleman stating
that he preferred the mail should be car,
ried over the double track road of the B. &
o., between Washington and Baltimore,
than over the Potomac road, which is
single-track road. The next day there was
a postal car Of the Pennsylvania Company
furnished by some means which took the
mail through from Washington to Balti-
more on the B. s. o. Road, and was, of
course, run through to New York over that
Company's road above Philadelphia.
The latest phase of the contest is, that
the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad will
hereafter get all the through mail work
between Washington and New York, and
there will be no Baltimore and Ohio postal
cars sent Dorth of Philadelphia. But as
compensation, tho Baltimore and Ohio is to
have all the transportation of the Western
mails coming by way of Washington as far