The Cecil Whig., 1882-05-06
"THE NEW LAW UNTO THE PARTY

| temperate or impersonal. would fail in
provoking ill-natured filings at, and petty
| personal attacks upon, the editor of this
paper. 1t would be. of course, placing
| too high an estimate upon the average
| manliness of local retainers of Mr.. Cruik-
| shank. to assume that they would an
swer argument by argument and refute
| Ivy convincing statement of facts. any
| false position that we might, as a public
| iuurr alist, assume relative to his candi
| dacy.
In the interest of the people of Cecil
| county and of this judicial district, we
| took issue with Mr.. Constable and Mr..
| Cruikshank in their attempt to drag the
| judiciary contest into the mire and filth
| of factional politics.
| 1t was. in our opinion. an unnecessary
| degradation of an important office, in
which the people had paramount in
| trreSt.
Had Mr.. Cruikshank' candidacy been
| the result Of u wel-formuated expression
qualified electors of the district. and
one based upon his especial fitness for
the position. or the unmistakable out
come of popular sentiment in his favor;
or had his candidac, been in anv sen>t
| the demand of Democratic sentiment
| either in his own or in any other county
III the judicial district, we should have
| mad no ground to except t" it. save that
| If confessed personal untitness-did it
exist-for a position upon the Bench.
| We are frauk elr.u.h to Confess thar
aad that ground of objection been the
ouly one lett us. we should not have sunk
nnr character "f impartial journalist III
t'at of all unrraSnning partisan. and "p
posed him simply for the sake of fight
| in. him.
W ai>,v,a.A n the ontsel, aud SO
| !'>rliin ""r- an Ho.S'nai rhi"ati"u ln
! ni~ "and'i"">. ~ tar e IL involves any
| iu,,>ti.." ~ prcsona' fitness t.. Tie ,tiiru
ne seeks: bur f'nn'i "hlr"t,";, t" A. ps-
| itical methods. which dali, strengthens
tS his canvass grows Older.
| This ohjrcti"n reasonably taken and
| itn,pcrIrelv stated We are more than
e,p, fully convinced is sustained by the
| h'>;"rT ot the ficts which preceded the
| aDnuriitaiu,. Il nj his caudiddcy, and one
! =. !ilcii ii lar. uIliub.:.f his ,,fn,.f ln-
| i.t,caI friends III the county il,dnuht,dly
entertain.
| From All open and proper discussion of
it, we shall not be deferred by all the
accumulated abuse that every splenetic
~cribhler in both Democratic papers can
throw at us.
And just here pertinent question.
By ,chat right. ethsr moral or political.
do ttc0 mfn propose to use the trenty-nine
hundrea Democratic rotcrs Of this county.
| to odrdnce merely personal interests
This question can be easily elaborated,
but we limit it to this simple paragraph
Mr.. Constable and Mr. Cruikshank
! propose to play a game of political bat
| tedore. The Democratic voter is to be
pose to play game, and to make nomi-
nation for the judgeship to suit them.
1t is "a part of their plan. present and
! future. They summon their retainers.
word along the combination " line, and
by the promise of patronage and the
prospect of place, compel every mans
personal allegiance to their individual
interests; Mr.. Cruikshank's immediate
realization. the judgeShip; Mr.. Consta
blr'S prospective one. the L. S. Senate.
From this coalition. every Democrat
nf doubtful 10. atty to the persons of
'hese two gentlemen is TO he shut out.
Those that work Cor it are IT, he re-
wardcG. these that oppose it are to he
punished.
Patronage is dispensed to strengthen
it now, and will hereafter be distribute, d
t. maintain it.
This cnalitinn." it will be readily
seen. assumes that the irish nf tS pro.
irtors is ihrntic.l with the riW "i the
iactnrs-D, mnc,a,ic v"rers--h, wh'ch
1t al.'ne ra', !" "a, trd.
With ,h.sc tw. gentlemen. IRISH
AMI 'WW -" >,u'n, mons terms
Our Wish an.i the voters viii are, III
tn il vocahnlar. one anG the same.
NV til" fact is that neiti"l h, u. mo
cratic vnl"ls' with I.r will is t" hr con
suited about il.
The primary will he carried b. the
wril-driil,i d f IL '~erS u thu "iuot,
and he Cuti,t, C,.n,tnti"r hc pn.He.,
with rh.. fnllrw.rS rf III" .!ew :u,i
hinatinn.
The will "i th,- '.am masters v.'
lie Il new law ll,r,rs, ,,t.i,
This ls ndo.d. poi.,lcal '' bosslstn " of
the m"St Offensive sort.
And v ,ilr II is ~ let not TIL, sac.
| Bourbon master. tnIg-1 that til. d if If
popular sentiment in both the political
parties. ',e country over. is emincrtly
saillst ju>' mel. inhi, i,,u,I die, atior
But III. nrltrr .tAs TIN, s.ntiin, ut vas
we'll formulated lii Prlns rana:
We believe that nominations of can
"didates should proceed freely from the
body of the party, and that a nomina-
ton dictated by self perpetuating
leadership. long in advance of the par
"tA's consideration Of the subject. and
then imposed upon it by the machine
methods. is justly regarded as offensive
by intelligent voters who value their
rights as citizens"
This is sound political doctrine, and
should apply to every elective office, the
candidates for which should be repre-
sentative of party opinion. voiced by
those who constitute the rank and file of
the organization.
If the principle be the correct one. as
applied to ordinary elective offices, how
much the more imperative is it, that it
should be regarded when So important
an Office as the .iudgeship is concerned.
The dignity of that office should be
unimpalred by the taiut OF personal or
partisan obligation.
The nominations for it should proceed
freely from the body of the people, unin
tinenced by partisan j"bbery. or by indi-
vidnal considerations.
Will Mr.. CruikSlIank' 5 candidacy stand
the test of the application OF such IA doc
trine :?