The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-11-07

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the men of his choice at the polls by
an emphatic endeavor to vote, not
alone the one ballot legality permits,
but as many more as he can dishon-
estly and without detection ''stul'' the
box with. How long are we going to
allow the repeaters to repeat? Doesn't
I the voice of every honest voter and
politician in the land erie out thun-
derously for his suppression? Set down
on him, men of the nation crush him,
upholders of high principled Union
and let his determination be sudden
and eternal. The "worker" is an
other individual against whom the cry
of suppression is raised. He is, veri-
/ tably, a political Satin. He is the
! willy tempter to whom the central com
mittees intrust their funds to be used
q by him in covering the necessary ex-
penses Of the campaign Oh, pitiless
4 lie, to blind mems eyes to the guilt of
pltiless liars Ifthe necessary expenses
of political campaign are such as
those uses to which the "worker" puts
his funds, then it were better for hui
mainly to abolish campaigns and their
every essential surrounding. The
worker is the man who will by
your vote, if you want to SeNit. The
worker Is the being who will give
you a dollar, or its equivalent in rum,
for the use of a sacred privilege with
which the constitution invests you
He used to be sly and secret worker,
enticing his victim to some secluded
spot or unfrequented region and there
completing his bargain for the victims
ballot; but now the bride money
passes from hand to hand in the open
highways and none who see are loYa
and upright nlen enough to enforce
the scathing edict the law has uttered
against such traffic. Under these two
conditions, the presence of the repeater
and the worker, politics are on very
fourishing road, indeed, to purity and
lofty perfection. But the dilatent nov
makes his appearance and, Of course
adds a third helping hand to thel
moral elevation. The dllatent, to sun
him up plainly and with all due Sc
verify is scoundrel and a traitor. |
he ever comes to the polls at all, it
at the last moment, and seldom doe
he plant himself in his characteristic
Incidence before the sacred ballot bo
before it is closed. The dlatent is til
being whose opinion of himself is s.
-r and insignificant that he doesn'
Mix it worth his while to vote at all
His morning slumbers must not b
disturbed when the ballot calls othe
men forth to duty and action, his bust
ness cannot be neglected Throughout
the day to cast vote, when evenin
approaches the victory is SO certain &c
one side or the other that it will max
little difference either way if he doe
vote, so he quietly wraps his meagl
handful of conscience up in this me;
gre degree of consolation, Grams h
Gands into the pockets of his pant
and wabbles towards home, he is ger
orally prompous individual, with
satisfied faith in himself and his al
hons. These are the corrupt barnacl
chat cling to the great ship of stat
while pursuing its course on the t
multuous political sea. They can on
he removed by the incessant labor
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