The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-12-06
IN A HORNETS NEST.
A Correspondent Explains matters and!
Expresses Himself IA Wei.

NORTH EAST. Dee I. 1854.
| The few items We sent from this place
| to THE WING two weeks ago, has kiHder
| got us into hornets nest. We will al
NIT we were badly frightened at first.
| but We soon got over it. lis a pity the
editor of the STIR hadn't brains enough
| to see, when we sail we thought it
might have been Democrat that broke
into the postotlice, to show his ignorance
he resorted to an editorial on the sub
| .ject, 1--WE only mentioned 1t in thu way the
| Democrats have said turn the ras1als
| out" Does any body with common
sense think that the Democrats mean
| that every man that's empl1yed by the
| Government is a rascal Now to he in ear
nest. our minds rests on M one as the
party who broke into the oil,a. We don't
know that it was Democrat, Republi-
can, Half-breed or otalwart, or do We
care, but we know he was thief We arc
inclined 20 think, Gas the eiiter of the
| STIR is so sensative) that he has been
sitting straddle of the fence So long that
| he begins to hurt, and is climbing down
On the Democrat side with a lot of tdiiey
thinking he can get into their camp, and
| get share of their loaves and fishes, and
get back again without anybody know
| ing it, or its probable that he mag have
run short of editorial subjects. If lie has
and his royal highness will allow, we
will venture to suggest political economy
| for his next leader. This is a good sub-
ject, large field to work in, and the
bars into it are always dnwn. He might
| bring out some ideas which wleu seen
| by president elect Cleveland might have
| a good deal to do toward shaping the
policy of his administration. We will
sail along this way for a while il We find
| it's necessary to lay aside our mark will
some reply to Prohibtionist. but we do it
with fear and trembling. When the local
option law was being agitated for our
county. it would have been folly for
either Of the two great political parties
to have shouldered it, the only chance
for it's success, was to throw politics to one
side, which done and the members of the
two parties who favo. ed it, worked to-
| gether tremendously. and we were sue
cessful in obtaining the law by about
| 100 majority. We strongly fuvured
this plan all through, believing if We had
good law, and it was rigidly enforced it
would be great benefit to our people
and our county. Other counties would
see our peace and prosperity unaer it,
would fall in line, and by that plan it
would be only matter of time To cap
ture the state. 1t then could be nailed by
Constitutional amendment.
Other states would see the benefit our
people derived from it, and wouiG work
on the same plan, and the work would
Some of the leaders Of the prohibition
party thought they had established a
party big enough, strong enough to
stand alone, notwithstanding the protest
made against it by level-headtd men,
went to work called National Conven-
ton, and nominated a president and
vice president. By this act they have
arrayed both political parties against
them. Neither party will trust them
for there may be in the future other po-
litical crankS like St. John and Daniel,
who long after notoriety. These men
went forth under the cloak of serving
the Lord and saving poor fallen human
ity. Their real object was to defeat the
Repu bhcan nominees which they did.
The prohibition party wrongcd their
best friend. These two gentlemen eau
yerv we'll soft 10 hack an tina end nf their