The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-10-09
"ALWAIS HAVE BEEN A DEMOCRAT"

"ALNAIS HAVE BEEN A DENUChAl.>
The Ring Democracy have little Satur-
day night club at Port Deposit, where the
candidates meet their friends and talk over
matters connected with the campaign, and
where these new aspirants for official hon.
ors attempt to make speeches, defining their
political status, as we'll as publishing the
stock of profound knowledge of politics
and craftsmanship they possess. What
ever else they may accomplish, they GER
tainly succeed in enlightening the audience
on the latter point. The first to give his
views on these subjects was the candidate
for Sheriff, Mr.. Shippers, who is sure to be
beaten most astonishingly-or all signs will
fail. He rose to "refute a calumny" he
said, and was glad of the opportunity
There is nothing like an opportunity for
any thing. Mr.. Shippers has been calumni-
ated by some evil minded persons who re-
ported him renegade Republican. He
had always been Democrat, he said. His
first vote was Democrat vote, and he had
been repeating the dose every year since,
and proposed to continue the medicine till
an office was secured. There is nothing
like having faith in your physician and tax
ing his medicine regularly. 1t will be GER
tain to cure, if it doesn't kill. There are
a number of "good Democrats ~ who are
enjoying Office in the county and State who
have voted fewer Democrat tickets in their
varied political life than any other, and
Mr.. Shippers insults all of these with such
silly boasting. Mr.. Gerry-Mr. Samuel
Gerry-wbo was searched out by the man.
ager of the packed delegation, which rep.
resented the Eighth District in the County
Convention, also made his maiden speech
at the little social club of Port Deposit.
He had been Democrat "from away
back" His grand father, his uncles and
aunts had all been Democrats, except one
there was one white sheep in this ances-
trail flock, that had the hardihood to do his
own thinking and wanted no office. He
didn't vote the Democrat ticket. That
kind generally don't; but Samuel was a
Democrat to the backbone and pledged
himself to serve the party we'll if he was
elected County Commissioner. And about
the first service required at his hand would
be to secure the Collectorship of the Eighth
District for the man who nominated him
in the Convention.
To be serious in considering such vile
cant. No intelligent man who is not on
the lookout for political favors, if he would
dispassionately consider such demagogue
claptrap nonsense, would vote for a man
who sets out to seek votes by such shame
less and slavish declarations. An officer is
elected to attend to the public business that
belongs to the department of the govern.
ment he is chosen to fill, and it is the pub
lie who own his services, not the Democrat
or Republican party. A mans thorough
un6tness is exposed by such ignorant talk
as these men seeking votes, have mistaken
for passport to popular favor. If they
have never voted any but "Dimocrat"
tcket-as such usually pronounce their
party title-and always expect to do so,
with what face can they ask Republicans
to vote for them? Do they consider the
ridiculous position they place themselves
in? If they do solicit Republicans to vote
for them, we hope they may have their own
party shibboleth quoted in reply. A can
didate who will attempt to gain votes by
the exhibition of such ignorant folly in the
face of the fact that the present Democrat
party of Maryland is largely composed of
men who were once Union men and Repub.
licans, ought to be Kissed by every Repub-
lican he approaches. He is Offering in his
stupidity the grossest insult to large per
cent of his party friends; worse than all
this he is clearly unfit for the office he is
striving to be elected to.
tE-" friend in need is a friend indeed