The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-05-18
WHY COX STAID AWAY.

Introduced in tie Political Mechanical style.
Alas! he came not, and night, sable goddess,
from her ebon throne,
developed all in gloom, while anxious
brothers,
Mccullough, Ellis, Groome, impatient grew
with
Welcome long deferred. But what of that {?
Mote. Hare begins tile rhyane.)
The Shutdown Samuel, statesman, wit and
poet,
Was guilty of no breach of faith, did you
but know it.
The elder Samuel, he, of unpaid income
fame,
Needed the lesser Samuel's aid and name
In risky play at dangerous game
of politics.
Fen little children the story know,
That little Samuel long ago
To the masters voice, whether loud or low,
In responding was not slow.
Ergo,-samuel of the latter day
Acted in the self-same way.
Prompt was his answer to "the party" call,
Which rang like a clarion through the
hall-etc., etc, etc.
NOTE BY THE EDITOR As this
oratorical effort of Mr. Cox was the
grandest of the habituallv sublime (his
admirers are always at liberty, of course,
to select their own adjectives when
praisiDg this or any other sunset)
speeches which he has delivered-and
afterwards rewritten in the House Jour
nal-during his long, useless, eventful
and arduous career as Biblical contor-
zionist and Christian Congressman, that
our readers may fully realize its rare,
classical beauty, we publish herewith
the argument that inspired it, as PRE-
LUBE reported by the n. Y. Graphic:"
Hon Clarkson n. Potter, Democrat,
of New York, (rising and unrolling
spool of resolutions)-" Mr. Speaker,
| rise to q question of privilege, lmove
that committee of eleven be appoint
ed, seven Democrats and four Kepubli-
cans, to investigate Republican frauds
in Florida and Louisiana
Hon. Mr.. Garfield (Rep.) move
to amend by including ALL frauds in
ALL States, without regard to party"
Mr.. Potter Dumping up eXcitedly,
and with a flushed face) - No, sir!
That amt fair! rose to a question of
privilege, and | insist OH having the
privilegew
Mr.. Conger (Rep )-"I'd like to know
what the gentleman from New y ork
calls question Of privilege p
Potter: -" Why, you stupid dunder-
head, mean the privilege of having
your side investigated and not having
our side investigated. That's Il privil-
eye, amt it ~
Speaker Trapping enthusiastically
with his gaveD-" decide that it is a
privilege"
Hale (Rep -" 1t seems to me that
this is not what the Constitution and
rules of the House mean by the word
privilege For instance, l hold in my
hand some evidence of corruption by
friends of Mr. Tilden; some kilograms
(screeches and cries of "order" from
the Democratic side making it impossi-
bic to hear what was said except in
bits, as follows: "'Taint fair faint
fair!'-" Can bulldoze enough colored
voters y" Shut up! Put him out y
Perfect chaos reigned)
Then rose the classic Cox, (making
himself heard at last by superior per-
sonal magnetism. In that emergency
plain English would not avail y" Mr..
Speaker, it seems to me that NON CON
STAT ALIUNDE NON CoMpos vIDEo MEL
FORA PROLOGUE DETERIoRA sEoUoR-it
certainly seems so to me-
And so it seems to US, and so like
any good talking or sewing machine it
will seem (seam) to ANYBODY. The eX-
PLANTATION is sufficient, the apology is
ample. and the reason clear why Cox
staid away from Elkton We may be
happy yet, however, for we learn by
private dispatch received from Mr. Cox,
just as we go to press, that the delivery
of his wonderful, astonishing, unparal-
leled and perpetual lecture on the
" Poetry of Mechanism, in Elkton, is
not contingent upon the successful re-
suit of the Florida investigation. This,
we hope, will prove gratifying inteili-
gence to the thousands of his admirers
here, since we may yet enjoy his lee
ture during Mr.. Hayes presidency.