The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-12-02

tie work that tells N the count.
He draws largely too on BANKS EN en-
to the graceicss assumption OF the name,
and like bird of evil omen, fits here
/ and there, fouling the nest in which he
alights. Harlcquin-lilic, now YOU see
him, and now as readily be vaniSheS 10
the view. Who is he Where is he
This busy, meddIing manipulation! This
smooth and oily tricketer: This uues-
ton, let the letter Of our correspondent
/ answer
GAINESVILLE, Florida, Nov. %, 1876
i DEAR -: | have been travelling
| through this State since the ll'h instant,
| aud leave here TO day for Tallahassee where
i there crowds of the SoiomouS of the
nation to witness the count of the vote of
! this State.
/ There is no doubt but that it went fairly
/ Republican, but the Democrats here have
practiced the most damnable means to win.
even to committing muI der, and false swear
ing, while all kinds of threats and in1imi-
/ dations have been made and practiced. But
/ | think they will lose in the end.
On my arrival at Tallahassee. | had hardly
| finished registering my name at the hotel.
when the inecua5le Michael Bannon stepped
up. Michael thinks he is smart. and tax
/ ing me for Democrat. let himself out,
encouraged by my conversation.
/ He is travelling under the name of Mr..
/ Banks. saw him register it at two
/ places. He is passing himself off an
/ agent of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
/ for the purchase of the road from Ialla-
/ hassee t, Jacksonville.
! He left Tallahassee on Saturday morning
| for Baltimore. and informed me that he
/ would return in few days
| suppose that he is gone for some mules
| lmoney} The Democrats here are deSper
ate. and will resort to any thing to win, in
fact they talk fight.
! | believe that | am the only Republican
| here in Florida that has seen Michael to
! know him. Yours,
But Maryland Republicans have seen
Michael to know him, and that full Well
They have felt him, too Felt him in
and out Of the baIlot-boX in his ubiQui-
tous political presence and achievement,
when the tide Of Democratic voters was
running low Felt him at Annapolis
when the tardv wheels of Legislation
wanted grease Felt him in his threats
of vengeance and revenge when cN-
posure of his political tricks excited his
| placid features Who has not known
| him politically, to recognize him as the
| head and center of one of the most cor
rupt political rings that has ever adopted
the cry Of party reform? Who does
not wish that such knowledge of the
man could have been restricted within
the limits of Baltimore and Anne Arun-
del? St Michael, the pure and pricStlv,
under the magic wand Of Democracy
| transformed into Banks, the l0co-loco
dealer in mules Shades Of jackson
| and Jefferson defend us. And on such
an errand, too. 4 tratlicker in rail
roads. Cumulative of Tilden. the rail
road wrecker
Michael, we charge thee, ding away
ambition by this cen TIlden fell. So
innocent, too, was he, that scarce could
suspicion find hook on which to hang
itself. " purchase railroad =" All !.
Bannon thy raillery is sublime, But
Hows THE COUNT! Imagine the wink
of that knowing eye, that suggestive
| leer, that INSTRUCTIVE nod. We need
know no more When the heightened
moralists of the Democratic press of
| Maryland sit down in the quiet of their
sanctums to glorifv the personal deitics
Of the great and glorious party of
! Reform" we wot not that St Michael
will ever fail of recognition Of his merits,
and when he reaches the gates of
the Democratic paradise, will find them
not ajar, but standing wide open for his
| triumphant entry.