The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-09-13
A FALSTAFFIAN COMBINATION.

HpIICtl httl lllIil. UIilSN iIS W 40 a.
wise as he looked he was the vcriest
hypocrite on earth. Now had heaven
blessed this man with :. peep at the
twenty-scvcn chosen apostles of a puri-
fled Democracy, whose self-imposed mis-
sion on Tuesday last was to rescue the
body Of Cecil Democracy from the tolls
and coils Of the = Ring which, like a
huge serpent, they said, was about to
crush it to death. he would have cx-
claimed with equal force. that, unless
they were rs honest as they looked. they
We're the ycriest political knavcs at large.
Indeed no more eGrcSious partisan hum
bug was ever perpetrated upon the pee
pie of Cecil county than the prctcnse of
their hackers. that the nominations Of
Mcssrs. Alexander Ii. Briscoe. Harry
ID. Miller and Charles Carroll Crothers.
was Il boHa fde revolt of the honest
masses of the Democratic voters of the
county against Ring dictation. 1t is a
sham and a humbug: and the lucky plot
tiers. over whose doorstcps the shadow
Of the public offices we'll nigh reaches.
chucklc heartily at their work, rccogniZ-
ing in the temporary discontinue of sew
eral local leaders, i Nemesis, soothing to
old sores carried for years about their
persons.
We propose, for the benefit Of those to
whom the truth is neither rare nor I'M
wholesome. to inquire whether honesty
or political knavery was the prominent
characteristic of these regencratc gentle
men. each of whom. it seems claims an
individual Messiahship in this new birth
Of the Cecil Democracy. As apostles of
the new gospel Of peace. they had pro-
missed the children of the Democratic
Israel a speedy delivcrance from their
political bondage in the county. As
Moses held up the brazcn serpent in the
wilderness for the healing of the tribes.
so they held up before the rural Demo
cratic clans the giitlcd bait Of office for
the healing of the Cecil Boulbons.-
I There was no nibbIing at that bait. 1t
was swallowed hook and all. Under the
guise of spontaneous revolt Of the up
per districts Of the county against the
dictation Of what was termed, by some
of their brethren. the Elkton oIiyurrAH
another local coterie, equally, if not more
INSCRIPTIONS. than the combination it
sought to supplant, entered the contest
for party supremacy. In other words.
they formed another Ring, retaining its
center at the county scat, but embracing
t.. They formed a combination often
sive and defensive. mostly the former
1t was composed Of plcdged men, bound
by the obligation of mutual personal in
terest. and inspired by common mo-
tivc-SroILs. 1t would not tolerate a
member Of doubtful allegiance. Having
pooled its issues liberty OF opinion and
, individual preference were debarred. and
performance of personal promises was
made y forfeiture Of all combination
privileges. 1t was q sort of political CO.
J
course, the intolerance of all similar or
CARNATIONS. \ conspicuous instance,
! illustrating its character. can be cited
/ district delegate, Mr. Barrett, was
under previous obligation to fellow
/ Democrat, Mr.. lamar, outside this COM
bination. lie was regularly accredited
representative of his district. yet he was
/ forced to retire from the delegation OF
which he was member, ard another
I Observation-Disclosures in his stead.
! The SANE mCa "ho. ,from 1875 Ia t,-duy,
Aare d.noHared tie attempt to spboyn .Nr.
| Et'riA 10 tie uxes ef tie Hhyr- CARROT
/ ring ii tie GUJerHGt0yiN coateSt Of Mat
/ gear, prarticed successfully tie same ueA-
! teal proceedings on 1WesdetY htat, at tie
/ Felton, House, IL the toi"n Of E1Itep. This
/ indeed, i'll view of the Sanctim onious pro-
/ LESSONS of anti-Ring Democrats, is rich.
rare, and refreshing. Take the charac-
! ter of their nominations as Indicative of
| the true inwardncss OF the combination.
over which respectable Democrats are
asked to shout hosanna, and for which
| violence has been done more deserving
men. as we'll as to the sentiment of the
/ party.
/ Arthur W. MITCHELL man of unusual
personal and social qualities. who. al
! though devoted Democrat. has never
made himself offensive By his PARTISAN
| ship. was turned down to make room for
! the narrowest minded and most ntolcr-
ant sccessioniSt that the Sixth Election
! District, or. indeed. Cecil county, has
| ever produced, -Alexander II. Eriscoe.-
who, when Virginia passed her ordinance
OF secession, = Wished t" God that Mary
land was in the same proud position. "
I \ chronic Office seeker. whose name has
disturbed the harmony of every Demo-
cratic convention from the days of An
drew Jackson down to last Tuesday, the
date of his latest disturbing demand for
party spells, \ gentleman conspicuous
| for nothing under heaven except his zeal
Gus devotion TO his party. characterized
! by ncithc" eminent social. nos admirable
, business, qualities. and who the best in
| formed men of his party conccde cannot
command a single vote outside his close
party ranks, by virtue of 4 non-partisan
obligation ever conferred by him on a
fellow citizen
Is there. again, a Democrat iii Cecil
county, outside of his personal and dis
trict circle who believes that Mr., Harry
ID. Miller is the preference of the Demo-
Gratis Of the county over Reuben Z.
lamar. on ans fair question of personal
record? Is it the recommendation of his
service in the Rebel army that cntears
him to the hearts OF his party? and that
as one Of his Gibraltar gyratcrs expresses
it lie stood the Yankee bullets for
three years. and by c.. We'll elect him
for that Does the fact that Il Union
Soldicr-John McCau!ey-reccivcs one
vote, and Il Rebel soldier receives twrntv-
eight, in a Cecil Democratic Convention
mean anything? Nine out of ten of the
Democrats of this district" writes Il Dem
ocrat. prefer Mr.. lamar but the combie
nation delegation went against the wishes
Of the people.
Was ii Il spontaneous demand Of the
local option Democrats Of Cecil county,