The Cecil Whig., 1881-09-10

farther SoltH lhan " aAHInntDn. W ltll
this is combined an excessive quantity %.
vapor, which, for some reason, has not
but remaining in the atmosphere makes
the heat more irritating and oppressive.
How long this remarkable state Of things
will continue remains to beseen.
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS
There is no Disgusting the fact, that the
Democratic convention, which assembled
in Elkton on Tuesday last. was not. in
any sense, an enthusiastic or spirited
body. Even those who assumed its man
agement. did it in perfunctory sort
of way, as though the task was dis
agreeable one. and to be got through
with as easily and quietly as possible.
This was especially noticeable in the case
of our cotemporary of The cecil Demo-
rrat. for she nonce the single handed
leader of the old Ring forces. He seemed
to carry about him an apologetic air, as
though having deliberately determined
to be seen but not to be heard, and like
his conspicuous party prototype. the late
Representative in Congress from Mary
land. the great and good Thomas Swami,
spoke in pantomjn,e only, apparently max
ing signs and gestures alone to the chair
man of the convention, but which style
of dumb oratory it puzzled his auditors
to interpret. Scarcely more effective in
manner of address was his party asso-
ciate, the orator of the Octoraro, the
Lieutenant of the combination hosts.
which, in the campaign Of 1879, like the
Goths and Nandals upon ancient Rome.
Democracy. He evidently felt painfully
the absence of his Chief. whom untoward
illness had prevented an active personal
participation in the early work of the
campaign. One strikinsly noticeable fact
was the absence of all the old leaders
IIarpy. Talleyrand, and Richelieu. 1t is
tie interest in Mr. Bratton'S candidacy
for the legislatures previous to the assem-
bling of the convention, but they were
for reasons best known either to their
party or to themselves not conspicuous
in management 1t is true that the vet
eran clerk of the Maryland House OF
n.1, L..
political paradise, Il seat by the presid-
ing officer of the convention; but as one
swallow does not make summer, So one
kydd does not constitute a first-class
Bourbon fold, even when supplemented
by one little eve lamb. and both reSpon-
sive to the will of the Senatorial Nathan.
Take it all in all, never perhaps in the
history of Cecil Democracy has a conven-
tion of the pc"rfg ever assembled at the
county seat under more distressful and
unfavorable conditions. There was not
man who sat upon the floor of that con-
vention as delegate that was not pain
fully aware of the unhappy divisions ofhis
political household, and of the personal
differences and grievances that had dis
tracted and divided it, until final defeat
now stares it in the face. Any delegate
could readily have recalled the compare
lively recent period when the undisputed
wills of the old leaders constituted the
party slnbboleth, and the grand old or
ganization, with the sanctiiied odor OF
whisky about its skirts, tolerated no op-
position and deiied any successful com
petitor i'll the field But the prestige OF
the old regime. with its old Bourbon and
its old leaders, has passed. They have
all fallen in one common ruin, under the
tread of progress and education. The
crack of the party whip no longer excites
obedience, but only derision. Younger
leaders, equally ambitious but less bound
by the obligation of party tradition and
usage, have usurped the places unwill-
, ingly vacated by deposcd party masters,
and the rank and file resent the dictatiou
which their fathers vainly gloried in. In
other words, the people Of Cecil county
bave, to their credit, taken a few steps
forward in the direction Of individual
freedom OF Thought and action. We can
AT least congratulate each other, Repub-
lican and Democrat. thar unpalatahic and
unworthy nominations cannot he made
respectable Gy mere party Endorsement.
This is n condition peculiarly unfavor-
able for Democracy, but it is a good one
for the people. Besides, so far as Demo
cratic management in Cecil county is con-
cerned, the people have already more
/ than once, not only indicated bat de-
SANITY diminishing maioritieS. by which
the Democracy have held the county for
several years past, indicates this lack of
confidence ia Democratic management to
which we now only rcfer generally. but
which a. the campaign progress We shall
take occasion to present i'll detail.
Prohibition. too, is Il condition unfa-
vorable to Democratic success. 1t is a
fact unnispmtable. that whisky has been
III Cecil county, us rlserh..., = potent
factor in Democratic politics, and pow
erful agency in its success
We repeat. then. that We believe the
Democratic convention Of Tuesday made
its nominations with less prospect of elect
ing them than any recently made. The
mere pcrS"6hct Of the tic!te; will have
little influence in its election or defeat
With no one name especially strong, and
several that are exceptionally weak, yet
the ticket will, in our opinion, command
the aggregate Democratic vote. That.
however, is not now sufficient 10 elect it
in Cecil. The substantial business classes
of Cecil county hold the balance of power
to-day. and as we have already intimated.
We believe that the personal records and
indiyidual fitness of the candidates for
the offices for which they have been nomi-
mated will be more considered liz ii,eh,.
than any mere political record they San
offer. Whether. Judged by this standard,
the Democrats have nominated wisely,
we can safely leave the discussion until
al the nominations have been made.
DR.. Agnew on the President. C.se,
BrRLISGToN, y. j., Sept. 7.--Dr. Joseph
Parrish, Of this city, has received letter
ifo;;l DR.. Agnew, one of the Presidents
consulting nbgGicians. and from it are made
these extracts: " There has 1,esp IGthin% ir
President Gartield's case demanding any
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