The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-09-21
LET Us HAVE AN OPPOSITION CANDI
Dale.

If sixty days ago a man had pre-.
dicted that the conservative elements
of Democracy in Massachusetts would
prove Intellectual to prevent the control
of their State Convention from falling
into the hands of man like benjamin
+ Butler, he would have been laughed
down as lunatic But what seemed
almost next to impossible in Massachu-
sets. has actually come To pass there.
and now we need not 20 out of Mary
land to seek almost similar surprise.
Thirty days ago man would have been
voted fool and an idiot TO hazard the
prediction, that the Democrats OF the
Second Congressional district in Mary
land would, even with their conceded
party majority, risk the nomination OF
as unacceptable n man as J Fred c.
! Talbot This nomination is in no re-
spect, except in degree, less an evidence
Of party decentralization in MARYLAND
than Buffers nomination is in Massa-
chusetts. How can the nomination be
accepted other than fresh indication
of the increasing influence and dicta-
ton of the worst and least respectable
elements of the Democratic party in
the district . What do Democrats mean
when. on every hand, they mildly con.
fess that the nomination is not the best
that could have been made. Is it not
practically confession that they At
heart regard il as The rorst' Not only
has the Baltimore = Bulletin" the rep
rcsentativc Democratic newspaper of
Maryland spoken unrc>ervcdly upon
the unaccep!ability of Mr. Talbot :
nomination, but communications Ike
the following also indicate unmistaka-
bly, the sentiment of the intelligent
classes of Democrats:
SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
The humiliating fact is realized by all
intelligent Democrats that J. +. c. Talbot
is actually the chosen standard bearer of
their party i'll the Second district of the
State.
In private life Mr. Talbot &" may" be an
amiable, kindly, well disposed man, whose
personal integrity may be uuquestioned
and if content along the cool sequestered
vale Of life to have kept the noiseless tenor
of his way, might" live and Idle" re-
spected, and on friendly terms with his
rural neighbors. But for member of Con
gresS, a more unsuitable individual could
scarcely lie found. 1t is doing him no in
justice to say his intelligence would all he
needed To discharge with satisfaction the
duties of one of the doorkeepers of the
House i'll which he aspires to sit as a mem
Der. His nomination, which was secured
by working among the trough" element
III and around the breweries of Canton,
Belair road, and quarry men of Texas
will insure the election of ihe independent
candidate, and one should be immcdi ltely
put in the field.
Let some g,2i citizen be brought for
ward, and all respectable Democrats will
vote for hin.
y DEMOCRAT VINO WILL NoTE
FoR An OProsING CANDIDATE.
baltimore county, September l6th, 1873.
If, then. dis;asteful men like Talbot
are foisted upon ii, contrary to the wishes
and desires Of the more conservative aud
respectable men of the party, for what
reason can Conservative Democrats de-
sire the party success. This question
should come home to all intelligent Demo
Gratis who have adhered to their party
from conscientious conviction, instead
of being held there by the force of old
partisan prejudiccs and associations,
and this class of Democrats must he
very considerable in the district. Ger
tainly we know this element is large
one in three counties of the district,
particularly so in Baltimore county, IA
Mr.. Talbott's own defeat in 1879 well
aitcs,s We claim that inicligcu; and
successful business men, and who have
Il large stake in the future soundness of
the finances of the country, ought to