Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-01-13
isoliEicaI Amenities.


the amenities OF civilized life, SAYS
LoaelD,3 Moo4sifne. appear to be gradil-
nlly getting more and more into the
background since the beginning Of the
present electoral campaign Iii order.
however. that candidates may not he at
loss to find suitable expressions where
with 10 dcmolish their adyerSaries. ne
beg to furnish i few which we have
ciilled from the radical speeches of the
last ten Years. and which may possibly
have a freshness and sparkle about
them that viii command attention:
/ will not gentlemen, initiate the
cowardly blackguar.lism Of my unscru-
lous opponent, whose language would
sleiile the lips Of Billingsgatc fishfag;
but will ensleavor to prove that his life
from his cradle up has been one long
!nethpdical. heartless, cruel lie.
Sophocles has told rs that even IN ass
possesses nlodicum of wisdom: but
Soplloclcs. lay gentle voters of Shuttle
B6roagh. had moi. when he penncd those
immortal lines, taken into consideration
that man named Pugsby was ever 90
ing to appear in the arena of life. Had
he done SO he would never have written
Them
Gentlemen, | will not pretend TO the
possession of the sagacity shown BY
Mr.. Frumcnty. He Is barristcr. . @.
G.. and, according TO what his sllbsi-
died journal states, 4 learned man; but
permit me to tell you that his great
Grandmother mended chairs in the time
of flle' Third George, and his wife's
cousin four times removed is ut present
boarded and bcdtled ut the expense of
his down-trodden country.
You aal know my opinions They are
those Of the majority; if they were not
| would have embraced opposite views.
You all know the character of the man
who yesterday had the audacify TO adj
dress YOU from this platform. He IS a
political charlatan, whose panaceas are
a cross between registering roguery and
tin-pot theft. His ideas are too little
for 4 highwayman and too large for
larceny on petty scale.
Is it necessary, gentlemen, to 20 into
particulars of my adversary's career?
Is it necessary TO dwell on the fact that
nc has been convicted of tampering with
the first essentials of public probity?
Is it requisite to point out that he was
once found guilty Of travelling in a. first
class compartment with a sccond-class
ticket No, wot not, for the facts are
we'll known to you; but should con-
slider myself as failing in my duty did
not inform You that he plays penny
Nap, and has been known TO back the
favoritc for q crown when the whole
world is aware that his wife slaves so
that he may indulge in these cxtraya-
giant diversions. And docs this swash-
buckling pirate. who has the audacity
to seek your suffra es. suppose that you
have not penetrated the thin veneer of
his rascally schemes? do not ask You
to examine too minutely into his pedi-
gree. All say is inspect his features,
and If out of the Newgate calendar you
can find vilor lineaments / should be
glad to know where they may be seen.
A villainous husband, cruel father,
and rumor even hints, Q parricidc. This
is the person who has dared to issue to
the free and independent electors of
Mugville an address tceming with patri-
otic sentiments. regard him rs q
hopeless rapscalIion, il hnished liar, d
sorry lnave, and, in political sense, a
consummatc idiot, and am prepared
to abide hy what say. | can even
procure ,iiidavits to prove il.