The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-11-07

That we feel disappointed, goes
without the saying
To say that we are surprised,
would deviatc from strict accuracy.
We were prepared for anything,
whether the expected or the unex
pected which might happen
We know enough of modern
political methods to realize their
power in quickening the popular
pulse, and we were not SO ignorant
OF modern manners and customs as
exemplhed in young Democracy
as to assume that such power would
not be eXerted.
We realized, from the beginning,
that nothing would circumscribe the
morality of the enemy's tactics, but
the limit OF Its availability
And we did not underestimate the
availability OF the tactics, which
modern Democracy has assumed
in lulling the fears and anxieties OF
the moment into cloyed ign rance OF
the causes that should produce them
| We recognized in sadness that
an ounce of placation, is worth a
pound OF apprehension.
While we pinned our hope to
logical remonstrance, our faith was
never strong, that right 7r0Hld pre-
rail before a Popular h1bHnah 50he'e
ehicane,y could 7,ieM a golden ~
7taVd.
The facility with which men can
believe, what it is their interest to
believe, or at least affect profitable
interest in illusions that hold the
word of promise to the ear only to
break it to the hope, was not an I'm
known quantity in our prognosis.
The dlalectics Of the young" gen
tlemen who have grasped the reins
OF power in the Democratic arena,
and are using the whip for all it is
worth, are big with unforeseen
dangers all the time.
Because we knew they ought not
to succeed, we were yet the more
strongly led to apprehend that they
would
1t was hard to accept the sugees
ton, that the methods of Saint
John the Innocent of all guile, of
the two Charleses, and Saint James
the Less" would outweigh the
innate remonstranCe of high minds
against the tricks of their trade, and
the ethics OF their morality; but we az
cepted the bitter pill, and discounted
the drastic results in advance.
In very truth, the time has come
when politics must be practical If
politics would win.
He who is too fond of the right
to pursue the expedlent," will get
left every time.
The Republican ticket defeated
on Tuesday, was formed on the
basis of a belief, that the ordinary
V0ter, 0oOuld resent the shameless in
huSi0ns on Popular Suffrage, that
characterized the late So.caHed Demo
cratic convention.
The sequel has shown its blunder.
1t is now clear, that in most cases
the ethics of the turf are the most
reliable he who would win must
do the best iockeying.
A grand steed whatever his
lineage or mission, cannot be grand
enough to win if he submits TO + :
lett at the post. :.
While not yet quite prepare.
urge 1ha- <e 4isr4F me me devii with fire,
our eyes are not closed to the spec
tacle of children CD doing success
fully the devils work, to the utter
discontinue OF pious veterans.
Till times change, there is little
hope that the tactics of men and
politicians, young or old, who deal
with human nature in the faith that
it is weak, will ever have to take a
back seat for those who deal with
men as they ought TO be rather than
as they are.
The plain fact is, that the Writ
Crothers = Smith - dynasty knows,
whether by the intuitions OF genius
or the formulas OF cold calculation,
better how to deal with the vanities
and fatuities of their subjects than
do men who deal with men as their
fellows; and the race for precedence
against them will be a losing one,
till the proper FIRE be found to fight
the devil with.
This is the simple logic of our
Republican disaster as repeated last
Tuesday.
We admire too much the skill and
proves Of our young" foemen to
stigmatize them unduly.
But the facts are not TO be hood
winked.
We must beat them at their own
game, or beat them at a higher, and
nobler. and worthier game, or sub
NIT to be beaten to the end.
THE first five districts came up to
K eDlIbIlCan eSneCtatI0nS-Mr Croth