The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-11-17

Key. Beyond the narrow circle OF us
echo, lay the great body of the RepuD,
llCanS. To them and their trusted
leaders in many former campaigns, no
summons to action came. Lethargy
and inaction everywhere prevailed.
But there was Il spirit still left in the
old ranks. 1t only needed the voices OF
old leaders to STIR it into life and activ-
ity.
That call was sounded, but it came
from no piping whistle of MIR. Warbur-
ton. 1t came choral echo OF the in
spring voices of faithful and honored
Republicans, who appealed to their
party associates, to come to the rescue
of their party in its sore distress. 1t
came as a call to the whole organized
body OF the Republicans of the County
to break down once for all, the flimsy
but still dangerous barriers, which the
petty ambitions of factional leaders
were building up about it. II was
call issued in the interest of no one
man, or set OF men, but to every sim
cere Republic IN who valued his party's
peace, and his party's success, above
the realizations of spoils seeking fac
tionists. 1t was a call for victory for
Harrison and Protection, for organiza-
ton, and for party life.
We need not tell how grandly the old
party responded, or what thrill Of
satisfaction animated its ranks in the
County. The far reaching influence OF
Senator Frye's speech on that occasion,
extended throughout the County, and
threw CONSERVATION into the ranks of
the factionists. The doughty Boss "
fled the State for the moment and
sought refuge in Delaware. He did not
stay out of the State, however, but re
turned to renew his old tricks. He
sought to revenge himself upon the
projectors of that meeting, which up to
that time was the sole inspiration of the
campaign, by vindictlvely refusing to
notice (?) its presiding officers who
were prominent and influential local
Republicans, and ordered his bench
men to garble the report of it, seeking
lent any prestige to any other Repubh
can than himself.
Although confronted by new and
unwelcome condition, still another re-
source was at hand for personal achieve
ment.
A County mass meeting had been
called. Here was means liberalization
as well as self gloriication. The sequel
to that meeting was one of the morti-
flying episodes of the campaign. Stirred
by the impulse of the meeting of Sep
TENDER the 10th, the terminated Re
publicans made grand display at Elk
ton on the 1Sth of October. In num-
bers and character it was worthy of
their cause. They came, to find not
one OF the four advertised speakers OF
National reputation present to address
them, and Senator Henderson VINO
headed the list by his own declaration,
was in utter ignorance that he had been
so advertised. 1t was a transparent
trick of Mr.. Warburton's for purposes
of self glorifcation, the modification at
the discovery of which, the excellent
speeches delivered by other gentlemen,
did not by any means mitigate.
The miserable failure to successfully
organize a meeting at Elkton in open
and unconcealed antagonism to the
grand out pouring of Republicans at
the Rising Sun on the second instant,
and the attitude apparently friendly but
in reality hostile, assumed by MIR. War
burton towards the North East mass
meeting, are scarcely less prominent
instances of vinGictive and personal
politics, which has just cost the Re
publicans OF this county well deserved
victory.
The exposition we have made of Mr..
Warburton's political methods has pro-
ceeded from no personal feeling on our
part Indeed the duty has been ex-
ceedingly distasteful to US, and we are
sure that the great body Of Cecil Re-
publicans deplore as much as we do.
the necessity for it. But in the interest |
of the party, and that the people might |
rightly understand where the response
bility for Gen. Harrison's defeat in the |
County rests, we have considered it
our duty as the Republican journal
of Cecil County, to lay the facts before
the people. Having done SO, we now
leave the subject, and so far as we are
concerned, submit the whole matter to
the Republican party of the County for
such action at it may see fit to take when
the proper time arrives. When that time
does arrive, the question for the party
to decide, in our judgment will be,
or not it is willing to submit
longer to the offensive dictation and
inefficient management of Mr.. Warbur-
ton and his Democratic coadjutor.
TIE REPUBLICAN VICTORY.
II Means the Reappnrtionmento of the Con-
gressIonal Districts.
WASHINGToN, November II.
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