The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-04-16
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'cho!ng confusion. Down went the re
>isting Senators house, Il iumbled, inan
mate mass. for in sooth it was regular
blizzard that had struck him. David
Davis himself could not have withstood
it.
In the dust of his humiliation lay the
struggling Senator.
Cameron had slain him.
IIoar had slain him.
Hale had slain him.
ingalls, had slam him.
Plumb had slain him.
Even Pendleton himself joined the con
'plratorS-ail victorS-on the facts.
And now he lies at the feet OF his ad-
,ersarieS tors de c0Htb,H
With his prover0al consideration fol
The feelings Of others. the Vice. Presdeh,
,llowcd the PROSTATE Senator a short
,reathing spell.
Silence for Il moment reigned around.
After this di>agreeable epiSoie, and tl,'
senator. metaphoricllly speak NJ. had
egained his legs. studiou>ly avoiding the
iudirectest reference t. the rock on which
le had just spIit-ficts. -he resumed
with less auction OF manner. the rcadin.
# his composition.
And now was he indeed at home. III
he more conyeni,l phase of his subject
.nd one easier within the Senatorial
Grasp. 1t might be termed the mRt0ntta
" gastrouomic side of it.
is their appetite. said the orator.
so Unsuitable that it cannot be appease,i
until they have devoured also our one
little eve lamb, at u time when. in the
course of nature. it ought not to be LED!
IT" the slaughter?
This pathetic appeal to the sanguinary
Republican butchers of the Senate was a.
>eaSunable as Suggestive. At what age.
IN the curse Gt' notUre, these political
lambs are tit to grace the Radical sham
Dle>, the Senator lett to the imagiuationo
lis hearers. The figure, however. was ex-
ceedingly graceful Thcre isa simple. but
no less beautifully poetic idea ruunin
thruu gh this metaphor OF the innocent
little lamb rs II litiimy type Of the Wash
rnston politician. There is au cver!a>t-
,ny and eternal fitness in the comparl-
SON. at once apparent to the meanest IN
,ler>taudiu-. The average Bourbon poll
::ician CANDLES. \ Lamb glmbnls. Dun
lreary. even, were he living, could have
seen it.
Con.ratuIatirg himself that he had
made Ut least one telling point i'll this
.frishy figure, the Senator resumed:
For twenty Years successfully a
President of their party has presided
at the National bahpuelin. t:thle and
has dispensed the delicious valds with
(which it abounded among those OF his
''own political household"
How many fat places the late retiring
President had, during the last four Years.
di~pense, 20 GOOD Southern Buurbons,
tie Senatorial orator dit hot mention.
But We never muimUrel. We learn
ed Ia cuiti"ate frugal and abstemious
habits
But arhcrG in the name of reason and
comnioi sense had these political virtues
been acquired? In the sci,ooi OF Mary
land Democracy? Why this reckless
assertion of the Senator's makes eacl
, b1i, Of
Oh end. ED later than the 24th ultimo,
"A number OF prominent Democrats oi
NiTi land addressed the present Governor
an open letter. iii which. while depuring
the RECKLESS expenditure of the people
money by the itinr mana .fis-tG whom
Senator Groome owes the honor of his
elevation-closcs by using this language
" y widespread and deep seated reac,
"u"n of pubiiG sentiment has taken plac,
since the election of 1919 aud di~ap.
"p"intmcnt and ,liatruSt have taken tn,
place of harmony and confidence. The
'Ee"rle have been deceived by false
promise, ,,i,., ilIiir confidence betrayed
1t is currently reported that the en-
'penSes Of the l;t>t Legislature were ex-
"travagant beyond all precedent (Sl20,
"0l) 90 and that So far from al,r,iiny
. the people d red eSs of grievances. adj
"ditional burdens have been saddled
| upon them.
Signed-.IoIn V. L. Findley. of Balti-
! more: E |. l.. I. lIardcastle. of Talbot
| Bradley 7. johnson. and others.
To what Il mean level the Senator ;
vap"rY appeal sinks beside the facts and
figures of the Democratic Ring corrup-
ton as voiced in Gov. Hamiton's repl,
to the above communication
How petty, stale and unpr3iitahle this
Senatorial ga>cnnade by the side of the
tell-tale exhibit of rnbhed and depleted
State Treasury 1T the hands Of the Sen
ator political associates in MARYLAND!
How pitiable the spectacle OF this mo,i-
stTouS Senator. with the whine OF a school
boy on his lip. lamculin. the loss OF gov
eminent pap. while the story vi the RIM
rohbrries told 10y the Democratic Gov
ernor of Maryland. ON Tuesday last. is
fresh in the public memory.
No wonder. when the vapnrings of the
Senator had ceased. to his motion to pro-
ceed to the consideration of executive,
business. made as II test Of the effect OF
his speech-thc Senate fairly Numbered
MO-
The Senator was squelched by vote
of ;. to 20.
GOING FOR THE RING,