The Cecil Whig., 1881-11-12
THE MAN :. WHO NEVER HELD AN
OFFICE" READS REPUBl.I-
CANS A LESSON.

With its characteristic malignity, that
Democratic newspaper in disguise. the
Baltimore lmCrtrdt, attacks Mr. stock
bridge and the State Central Committee
for its failure to secure the election OF
the entire Republican ticket throughout
the State. The unreaSonablencss Of the
attack stamps it Is the Scnile driveling
of deposed "boss. whose head and
stomach have both repudiated their
owner. 1t is true that neither the State
Central Committee nor its chairman have
assayed the role OF CltrtricjttD, or as
>umed any other ridiculous attitude be
fore the Republicans of the State. They
have. however. by every available means
at their command contribut Il to the
success of the Republican party i'll the
State, and whatever results have crown
cd the efforts of the Republicans in
Mary land. outside of the City Of Balti-
more, are directly and legitimately trace
able to their efforts, in spite Of the venom.
party treachcry and malice of Charles {.
Fulton and the little cotoric of placemen
by whom he is surrounded Indeed, the
Republicans in Mary land have seldom, il
ever, witnessed more mortitying and
humiliatinG spectacle than that Of their
alleged chief Republican "organ open
ly advocating the claims of a Democratic
candidate for the Mayorality, and by
every means in its power discouraging
the organization Of the Republicans
against him. To this influence more
than any other is to be attributed the
comparative detection of the Republican
vote at the recent Baltimore municipal
election. There is not Republican in
that city. unless he be Il fool. who does
not know that Il bold. aggressive. and
outspOken Republican daily newspaper
there, could WELD an immense influence
and would be a most potent factor in
Republican success. Instead of that the
Republicans see their pretended organ a
recipient of the Democratic party pa
tronage. They see it interested pecu-
niarily in the success of wing of the
Democratic party and contributing by
every means i'll its powe" to its success
They have looked recently in vain up
and down its columns for a respectable
article in favor of Mr.. Gorsuch, whose
very locality (Frcderick) seems to sug-
gest to Mr.. Fulton so many disagreeable
reflections. They see in it, not the me-
dium, through which Republican princi-
pies find expression, but only the dyspep-
tic outbursts of partisan malice and the
chronic grievances of disappointed
office seeker. (See Mr. Fultons recent
letter to Postmaster-General .iameS.) |
They see it, not the manly and generous
advocate of the Republican party in
Maryland but the vehicle for individual
preterment. striking down trusted Re
publican leaders whom it cannot suborn
to its personal use, and burying under a
load of Billingsgate, as occasion may re-
qure, prominent Republicans whom its
editor may choose to antagonize If
Charles {. Fulton had expended in argu-
ment against Democratic leaders in
Maryland One-haif Of the Yigor that he D
has wasted in venom upon prominent
men in his own party. the Republicans
would be in the ascendancy in Baltimore
to-day. Ills stupidity and malice have
proved Il Ear greater injury to the Repub- .
lican party in Maryland than the lazi- /
tees the party has selected since its or-
gin. Mr.. Stockbridgc can well afford to
spare all the reputation either personal .
or political, that Mr.. Fulton's mali.uitv
can rob him Of