The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-10-25
The Radical Hippodrome.

Darby and Creswell.
The meeting was called for eleven o'clock
in the morning, and long before that
time the faithful, especially the sable colored,
began slowly to drop into the city. Three
bands were employed to furnish the enihusi,
asnl, and these and number Of people gath.
cred at the Court House a short time prior to
the hour advertised for the performance. The
Hippodrome not appearing, the bands held a
concert or band contest for an hour or more,
when hunger admonished them that il was
time for dinner. Dinner over, the bands,
who were dined at separate hotels, marched
with lively airs to the scene of action, each
being followed BY small crowd. BY one
O'Clock the court room was flled. Ebony
countenances were interpreted in the crowd,
and black lining appeared on the upper row
Of benches. The colored man and brother
was there in force, with his sisters, cousins
and Aunls, together with the small children.
Moses Shaw was called to the chair, and
the performance began, Mr.. James A. Gary
being the first actor. Mr.. Gary is evidently
not accustomed to stump performances, aud
he said his piece in a conversational way.
Much OF bis harangue was based upon the let
ter of Col. Eugene I, Joyce, who Mr., Gary
vouehed for as an honest Democrat. Col.
Joyee's honesty, in the eyes of the Radical
party, consists in his abusing the party that
made him what he is. He was formerly
naf.,narnffe of.lsuarf hot haaauu.. fhak
did not rc.nominate him for the State Senate
he has vented his spite by telling what he
knew, or thought he knew, of Democratic
management, Col. Joyce's story, we believe,
has been exploded, but Mr.. Gary never has-
ing heard Of il, reiterates his statements from
the stump and imagines, no doubt, he is max.
ing good impression. Col. Joyce, however,
is politically dead.
Mr.. Gary closed with an apology for his
speech, saying that he only possessed the
abilityto make statements, and his statements
for the most part would not stand the test Of
a comparison with facts.
Mr.. Darby was the second performer, and
he prefaced his remarks with an apology. He
said that he had been living so high, dining
and wineing and fooling around campaigning
he felt inadequate to speak This wineing
business, Mr.. Darby confessed to, does not
tally with the Republican platform of Cecil
where the chief plank is local option. There
they are charging that the. Democratic party
is guilty OF all the dissipation, but IRON Mr.
n 4 = ~
Darby's own statement he can hold MS own
with the average Democrat.
Mr.. Creswell, the Honorable John Andrew
jackson Creswell, closed the afternoon Gu
tertainment- lie spoke with rapid tongue
and loose assertion, as though he were talk
ing to an audience of strangers, who knew as
little as he desired them to know. Shakes
peare said that man in his time played many
parts. and he must have had a Creswell IN
his minds eye when he penned it. Mr.. Ores.
well has played many parts, and as various as
any political acrobat in the Radical ring.
We know him, and know him well. We
knew him as a law student with Col John 7,
Groome, and we saw him challenge that old
Romans vote during the dark days OF Radi'
cal rule IN Maryland; and We saw HIM reeede
from his position when men OF his own party
insisted that Col. Groome should cast his bal
lot. We remember him before he possessed
the property, OF the taxes upon which he now
complains, and we know how much OF 1t was
obtained. We knew him when he spoke
himself hoarse making Democratic speeches.
We heard him at the outset OF the late civil
war, IN the Court House at Elkton, when he
made the famous speech in which he declared
hisintentionto beatbaekt the Yankee hordes'
should they attempt TO cross Maryland's
sacred soil to subJugate the South. we re-
collect his sudden change a few weeks after,
and we witnessed his election to the United
States Senate by Legislature convened
against the Will OF tue people, we re-
member his call to the position oil postmaster
General, alter the citizens oil ms own state
had forced nun oaek 10 private me- We re-
member, too his course III the Chorpenning
job, &C., &C.
Mr. Cres~ell, to those VINO were not Ia.
mlllar with his record might have appeared
to be great hnaneler' lie mas READ all Tue
reports Of the Comptroller OF the treasury
and he can readily detect how false they are
He should have used some OF his financial
capacity and paid a little more attention to
the affairs OF the National Bank at Washing
ton, Of which he is president. The cashier
Of bis bank month or so ago made away