The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-04-01

which he has announced his candidati.
whether the judicial position he seeks
should be made the subject of political
which he aspires, be besmirchrd by tn,
unsavory details of IA partisan bargain?
Isn't the Office Of Judge upon the Rcnch
of Maryland, digniiicd in the Judicial
records OF the county. by men whose
high personal characters. uuilnpeachahle
integrity. undiScriniinating impartiarty.
and great legal attachments. have earned
for our State a distinction of which every
Mary lander is prnud-one that should he
.iealously protected by every public safe
guard that can be thrown around it'
Elective though the office be, is 1t not
one that the people. thr nigh their chosen
and legally constituted Representative.
should, of their own free act. and by
their OVID unintlurnccd wills make choice
81 men to tilln
Who exercises this prerogativr of choice.
wnen little coteric OF politicians. whom
,ne can count upon his fingers. parcel out
tnd distribute nominations. ia 'ii,tbtf
ance of purely personal plans III prefer
nent, and enc OF which :.,niu,tt'It, Mr..
Hruikshank is 81. king II, Just >ucll means!
We raiS,. no ISSUE afi,.crin. his personal
" legal qualifications tor the "ttirc.
We do not suggest even the suspicion
If Il doubt as to his high personal inte.-
rity and worth as Il gentleman.
In the way OF his elevation to the
bench. we impose no obstacle as against
he individual.
We ohjsct solely to tl, mems by which
he seeks such pretrrnrnt.
l. it not true that T. realize his .lmbi
,"n he has turned hi, back upon his
rarity friends. and done some violence IL
the reputation for candDr. fairness. and
tofnre conceded him?
Does he now propose to descend to :hc
;rena OF street politics, of personal 50
licitation. OF individual appeal. to win
success ia bitter partisan contest in
wnicia victory is only possible by just
such means?
In the heat Of this partisan strug. lie
which his questionable course toward
us former party friends has provoked
are not partisan voters to be begged. wor-
led, leased. and cai"led int" the sup
port of this or that candidate for the.
ndicial nomination. by every appeal Ia
:heir interests, and by every argument
hat will crafty their st.i!>lrne>s?
Is this condition OF Il preliminary can
sass for a Judicial nomination. conducive
" the dignity. or favorable as an intro
'uctiou. to a seat upon the Bench?
Does the safest road t. judicial honnrS.
re across the miry field OF partisan poll
lies?
Is the judiciary to which all classes Of
citizens equally look for an impartial adj
niniStration of justice, to be made the
inject of 4 desperate political contest.
md the play-thing of a party clique?
Shall the ermine of tue Judge become
rhe sarb of the politician:
We think not.
But outside of and be, ond the objec
.l'ls-npon the ground Of public policy
to such a partisan contest AS that pre-
ipitated by the coalition Mr.. Cruikshank
mas made, has he not really committed
IN objectionable inconsistency in the act
If making IL?
He has joined hands with the leader
at another faction in waging warfare
within his party lines Tor mutual aivan.
tage.
The alliance is at once offensive and
defensive.
Is not the prominence of the gentle
nan with whom he has formed this c,ah-
ion, solely the result of his industrious
ind pertinacious warfare upon other party
tnanagers, against the alleged ,ictatinn OF
party nominations. ami with which nln-
,gement Mr.. Cruiksllank has himscll
been identified, and the responsibility OF
whose failures he shares?
If the assumptions of the old man
tgement were offensive and intnlcrable
TO the Democrats of Cecil county, why
ire they not equally SO under the new
'yTasty. since the rank aud file of the
party are equally ignored by each
We assert. that in just the degree tina,
the Office of Judge is paramount in i'm
portance over that of Notary Public. is
the dictatiun Of Il judicial nomination by
one man more offensive to the people,
whom it most concerns in person and
property, over any office of less import
ance, be it ever so Extensively dictated.
Upon the eve of this Democratic brnil
in Cecil, we have but a single appeal to
make to Republican voters.
In view OF possible attempts on either
the one side or the other to involve them
in the struggle, We caution them to make
no entangling alliances. To allow no
personal appeals to individual voters, to
dissuade them from their party allie
glance.
The Republican party of Cecil never
had offered it a better opportunity to
C ,mmend itself to the conservative sent-
ment Of the people than at this time
Let it maintain the high position it has
always occupied on this question. Let
it demand that the Judicial department
of the State government SHAH IT, krps
lar above the debasing INFLUENCES Of FAC