The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-10-25

| 'N9tti nav anu 'i'TVN ttliEl
about three-quartrrs of an hour by IN clio
qucnt and earnest appeal to the audience t
support the Republican ticket.
| MIR. CreSwell made one of the best Spceche
we ever heard, and was eagerly listened Il
| by the large concourse OF people, amons
which We're many Democrats. lie Spol,
with his accustomed vim and eloqusnc,
and was frequently and loudly applaudel
by the audience. ,-,--.-
MR.. GARy'S ADDRESS.
Hon. James A. Gary, after the enthusiasm
which greeted his announcement had sub
sided, proceeded To address the meeting. Hi
did not propose, lie said, 10 excite old issue:
or 10 wave the bloody shirt" us it wa
called, to kndle sectional unkinduesS; bu
would coniine himself 10 the consideration
Of the eNigencics Of the hour which concern
especially the States prosperity and have
! no real relation to the antHgnniSln of any
party. As he had passed through count,
after county, and seen the great Assem- blase:
of people, and heard the sentiments Of mel
of both political parties, lie WAS satisfied
that the great desire of the people cumina
ting in 1879 for an honest and economics
administration of the State affairs grew o
conditions that still exist, and will not ht
aliayed until the influence that is to ham.
and perprtuates the wrong is overthrow
nr. Carroll in Il recent speech had aCknoN
ittlIefl INC necessity OF INC Iltllb! o.
, wrongs which srievcd the state as 1nucl
when he WAS elrctad Governor as they dC
now. Why was it Mr.. Carroll did not make
some effort to bring about that reformation ..
Ii lie had exercised his full influence and
acte, rs his honorable instinct must have
prompted him. the legislature would have
been compelled to aid him at least in some
degree The only explanation of his failure
is his obligation to Il set OF men to whom he
| i,,j, t,l t.,r \o+ hainC
elected by the people, lie seemed to have left
their interests out of his consideration, and
served those only VIII" gave him place. Mr..
! Hamilton, who desires to succeed Mr.. Car
roll under the same influence, is gentle
/ man OF the most cStlmabic personal quail
ties, and, believing this confidently, it is
, difficult to explain the Inconsistency Of his
| going through the counties in this canvass
, and declaring himself :. simple farmer and
nothing of politician, when almost every
/ one knows that he is Il lawyer. and has held
| office nearly all his life The fact of owning
/ land under cultivation docs not make me :,
/ farmer by any means, for my business is
manufacturing, and my interests are pri-
! marily in the city OF Baltimore. While on
1 this subject, it would be well to say that
| MIR. Hamilton docs himself injustice in the
/ light of the protestationS Of intended reform
! which he makes. He has failed to deny the
/ statement made by Colonel Joyce, under
| signature, and printed in the newspapers,
/ that an understanding exists that he is to
/ BE- elected to the United States Senate and
! succeeded by \. j. German. Mr.. Hamilton
! should not rest under liz, ilnputation of
canvasSing the State for Mr.. German "a
Governor, and promising reforms himself,
which he must know are ncver intended, if
he is aiming to lie Senator, and intends
I giving place to the leader OF the ring. Col.
Joyce has not only published this statement
but he has given his positive personal as
surances of its truth, and it deserves some
notice at Mr.. Hamlton's hands. II MI
Hamilton is not in the clutches of the ring
he should disclam his connection with it.
This he has not GGne, lie is careful, it may
be Observed not to ask those whom he adj
dresses to vote for himself: lie asks their
support for the entire ticket. This shows
his good taste; but if he does not mean to
remain Governor, if elected, he should
make it known in plain language. Ap-
plause.
In conclusion, MIR. Gary spoke OF his
earnest desire to see the State OF Maryland
a sharrr i'll the national supremacy, and
closed with the assurance that if elected he
would be uninfuenced ana independent in
all his acts, considering only the interests of
all the people.
HON. J. MORRISON HARRIS,
the next speaker, was Introduced as tie
Governor De .jure, and WAS met by cheers and
great applause. His speech was an able
effort, and WIS delivered with unusual force,
reaChin. IT times to bursts OF eloqurncc.
Mr.. Harris began by returning his cordial
thanks 10 the voters of Cecil county for the
support they had given him in 1915; when
they had overcome, in bis behalf, Il Demo
cratic ma GRITTY Of nearly tour hundred, and
given him Il hundred and more majority.
He said that he would not on this occasion
go over the ground he had covered i'll
speeches i'll other sections OF the State, but
proposed only to suggest, especially to his
Democratic hearers of whom lie WAS aware
large nun.usls 3e.e present, and many of
them among his supporters four ycals ago,
two lines Of thought. Their opponents had
sought to force into this canvass the dis
cllsson of the doctrine of State rights. 1t
had in the sense in which they sought to
discuss it, no connection with this canvass,
ard is consideration properly pertained to
the canvass oi Tao g0lnlH,s year ON the
line ON which he proposed 10 disCuss tne
question bctsTe them to-day he announced
himself as II thorough States right man.
He believed that the Old commonwealth of
Maryland had rights that should be vndi
Gated and maintained, and he prayed they
nj t II 7""f~ft st ,t snSi@f u 4Af "ant
it? The mere organic iaH &nG. the ma
chincTy that gave il operation and effect.
There were but the framework and tho
skeleton of Ii State, but were not all. The
royal rights and franchises OF citizenship.
the sacred panoply of enforced law, the free
expression of the individual will, the pure
and honest ballot, the people and the
peoples Sovereisut y-the>c made the State.
You and are integral and essential parts of
sucl4 i State, clothed with lnumentouS rights
and charged With grace tnsnonS,Gi litie&
We are not concerned to-day with the ideal
State. theoretic and intangible. We are not
Interested Just now and here with nice
analysis OF articles III organic law or delicate
construction Of acts OF Congress, bat with
that practical entity that involves rights
and calls for the performance OF duty
There can he no FREE, no American, 10
Democratic State where there is not Il free
and unebstructtd suffrage. That is primary,
underlying and essential. Applause. J.
Our oppoAyn.5 IN tE!S G..nSaan cGen e ~
flame passion by insisting ihat The E-pUb-
lican party favofs and desires undue
federal interference with elections, and
would endanger Tie iresioin I'll eicptio,:s Is
tho presence Of soldiers at he roiiS. None
could ,.tpTs.'ate this more than would; but
the fear is idle, and, my Democratic friend,
you know 1t to be SO. But il il were
pressing danger ana present fict, what
them We would not stop to ask with
delicate caSuiStry how much it hurt he alb
Sfract aoCttine Vi @t;ite rights, and iuchGhed
upon that intangible thing. the theoretic
States hut smarting under bur sense Of
practical wrong, we would cry ont because
it wrought oar personal Observation-Disclosures.
That would be the insult and wrong the
INSTRUCTED poll, the trammeed vote, the
power behind the chartered rights that
checked its full enjoyment. This, then, is
the point, and if you charge the Republican
party with tho threat OF Interference, ]
charge the Democratic party with the ac-
complished fact. What care | for visions of
the federal soldier projected by the heated
fancy Of the musings upon the canvass of
this election? Why talk to me about the
imagined hayonct between me and the polls;
when in the past l realized and in the
future feel tha, viii meet tLa rerGiver of
the ruflian, the fraud Of the repeater. and
the stuffed balet-box of the impure Judge
Tell ne, my Democratic friend, where you
draw the line Of your fine discrimination.
The inGESputable axiom says, that things
that are equal to the same thing are equal
10 each other" and SO that your and my
diStranchiSemcnt is worked, what practical
odds IS il 10 It's ',y which process And i;
it not accomplished Take the canvass of
1915 for illustration. You felt then that
grave questions were at stake. You realized
the fact OF great wrongs, and you desire to
aid i'll their redress. You discussed these
questions with your nei .hbors, and you
met i'll conventions, and you deliberated is
to candidates, and you went to your polls
and voted And you fondly thought you
had enjoyed your State rights, and in your
measure indicated the popular will. You
wasted time. You Were utterly deludcd.
You had better have stayed ut home and
played with the children. tou had no