The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-04-15
He RISES, BUT DOES NOT EXPLAIN.

To suppose that a mass of verbiage
| would answer and satisfy their honest
Juesti"ninrs. and that string of high
down sentences. the meaning OF which
| 40 man could tell. would stifle all fur
her discussion Of the strange political
position he had chosen to assume. was
neither creditahlc to the intelligence of
the gentleman who INDUCED the suppo-
>ition. nor tiattering to those to whom
his letter was addressed.
The burden of the charge brought
against Mr.. Crukshank was, not that he
sought the judicial nomination. but that
he sought it by questionable political
methods. No man lin this free land :"
questioned his right to the enjoyment
| # lau,iable AMBITION
| No man questions it now.
\ seat upon the Bench. is Il position of
i'.Inor and "s grave responsibility.
It is no mean tribute ~ TIE character
ami attainHe'itS .,f :. man. tn he thought
| worthy t" fiji il. Toward il, any citizen
has right IL tnrn his eyes, and, in pur-
-uance of 4 laudable ambition = to reach
it. if he can. provided he attains it in a
| lardable way. and without entangling
| alliances. or partisan bargains.
The people of Cecil county saw two
gentlemen. hitherto bitterly antagonis
tic-gentlemen who for years had been
outspoken in their hostility to each
other. who had been violently and vehe
nnently waging war upon each other. sud
| denly reconciled and brought together.
1t was known that one of those gentle
men. with the view of furthering his Sena-
| torial aspirations had submitted to- the
friends of Judge Stump proposition
that had all the Odnr of an attempted
political bargain. That that proposition
had been declined, and that thereupou
Mr.. Cruik shank'S candidacy had been
announced. not by himself, but by his
former foe.
Immediately the assertion went forth.
not from his enemies. 5ut from his friends.
that Mr.. Cruikshank. in order to pro-
mote his otherwise "laudable ambition"
had stopped to a political dicker, and
had consented to be the means whereby
| the Judiciary should BIZ dragged into the
mud and mire OF desperate party CON
TEST. His candidacy was demanded by
no element of his party, save By ono man.
who by political methods, peculiarly his
own had reached the doubtful position
Of party " Boss"
From one end of the county to the
other. thoughtful men saw the hand Of
the politician thrust into the temple of
justice, and foresaw what might follow.
/ There has been trade 1T is bar
gain were expressions heard on every
| hand.
Mr.. Cruik>hank's course was perfectly
clear. There can be no doubt AS to what
he should have done in view of the situa-
ti"n-pr"vided the charges were untrue
and the accusation false. A frank open
! candid letter tn those 80 whom his ap.
peal will finally be mad - stating the
facts that had led up to his candidacy. and
repellns "the iusinuationS' that had
been ST. freely INDUCED. would have sat
listed his friends, it it had not di,armed
his enemies.
But what course does he pursue?
5" far from adopting course which
was perfectly iustifiable and beyond con
troversy, he treats his fellow citizens to
| Il mass o! iudIrcctinn. and studied effort
to befos.
Hear him:
" hen the representatives If, what sew
"riii crucial tests have demonstrated to
be. lii. mag r portion OF the Democracy
OF the COUNTY. v"tCiug Il sentiment of OPP
! position To the further continuance of
Judge Stump on the Bench oi he Sec
"nd 1uii I,l Circuit disregard the fan
cicd barriers which iauiiuual strife has
in!erpuseti aud offer the oliye branch to
ths'sr Whom they have cuutendr'i against
81 earncsti! and successfully. by tender
lna their support for an honorable office
t" ole " h" has been i'll popular opinion
located Iii the ranks of the opposition.
! the, surely do as much as the most ami
able advocate OF peace aud unity could
expect to demand.
"Tho olive branch" indeed,
Does Mr. Cruikshank imagine that he
is addressing infants who have just slip
p. d their swaddling binds?
! Does he hope to impose upon men who
are familiar with Mr.. Cun>table's meth.
DDS. his disposition. his aims and his
plans, by any such twaddIe as that?
Mr.. Constable has not been in the hab-
it of offering olive branches" Co his en-
emies for the amiable purpose of '.peace
and unity"
He has not yet grown famous as an
apostle of the beneticient gospel Of love.
Bewildered by the glittering prize set
before him. dazz!ed by the brightness OF
! that coveted honor. MIR. Cruikshank may
! have argued himself into the belief, that
! the temporary bait was only an "olive
! branch" but he must excuse the rest of
the world, if it declines to place itself in
the category Of gudse"ns.
! Ii. then. the Representatives. of the
major portion of the Democracy Of the
county, in rendering their support to
Mr.. Cruikshank, were not actuatcd by
desire to offer an "olive branch for
what purpose did they tender it?
For what reasHu'
In pursuance of what: Why:
What was the plan adopted?
What were the conditions imposed?
These are the questions daily asked.
1t is not for us to answer them.
Again:
THE favorable opportunity thus pre-
sented to the entire party to harmonize
on a candidate for the Judseship. was bv
no means the least of the reasons which
Justified the undersigned in consenting
To become eaiiddaie,'
Does Mr.. Cruikshank really mean to
tell the people of Cecil county, that even
he himself believes that his candidacy
brought about and announced in the way
they all know, presented a favorable
opportunity to harmonic the entire
"party9''
Has it done sor
On the contrary, has it not precipitat'
Il party contest that promises to be the
most hitter in the political history of the
county?
IL i. useless to push the inquiry fur