The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-03-20

in the shape of movable property, appro-
priating every thing they could lay their
hands upon. with the reckless abandon
typical of the professional highwayman.
Among the congregated fancy could
been seen respectable professional men,
from all the cities, Boston in the East and
Chicago, st. Louis, New Orleans and San
Francisco in the West and South, lawyers,
judges and doctors, prominent men at
home, but fascinated by the -barbaric
arenic display, had for the moment laid
aside their personal responsibility, and had
put themselves upon the social level of the
sluggers and thugs, to see blood scientific
cally spilled on the iistic arena.
We cannot recall that an EN-U. S. Sena-
tor reported the Coburn and McCool fight,
as Ex-senator ingalls, did at Carson, on
Wednesday, but in all other essential par
ticulars, the Cecil fight was an up-to date
affair, as a bloody prize ring encounter.
The scenes enacted at Charlestown, Nd,
in - in violation of Maryland laws,
were re-enacted at Carson, on Wednesday,
by permission of Nevada law.
Gloss it over as sensational newspapers
may, the scene on Wednesday, was as an
exchange suitably terms it, "a great con-
vention of degenerates, - and disgraceful
spectacle in a country, which claims to
have reached the high tide of civilization.
As prominent daily forcefully says:
With gambling licensed institution and
prize fighting under the shield of law, it is
not surprising that the State of Nevada,
this week, was the Mecca of the most dis
reputable elements that ever assembled at
one place in the country's history. The
crowd that shouted itself hoarse at Carson,
with the varying fortunes of the fight, was
was study in human degeneracy not often
witnessed outside of barbarous, churchless
and schoolless communities. This gloriti-
cation of british instincts and savage
animalism brings to the front new hero
who, to the country's shame he it said
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will be followed from city to city with
greater curiosity and interest than the best
the most worthy, the most deserving, the
most exalted personality in the land could
excite. The influence of this exaltation of
mere brute force upon the unthinking and
impossible portion of the public is in
every sense bad and deplorable. 1t holds
up for admiration and imitation unworthy
models The evil is continuous, inasmuch
as the hero of the prize ring is always
under challenge, and new candidates for
this kind of glory are constantly appearing
The champions of the hstic arena secure
great publicity, and their contests cannot
be absolutely ignored by the public press
They must be noticed like any other un-
pleasant event, but as little notoriety as
possible should he given to them in the
record of daily occurrences.
Such saturnalia as that Witnessed at
Carson, Wednesday, ought not to be pos
sible anywhere in a nation like ours. But
we have made very sensible progress in the
right direction, as the statute books attest.
Even Nevada may finally reconsider the
legislation making prize fighting lawful,
when the stain of the Carson incident upon
the reputation of the State is fully realized.
No community can prosper which makes
itself the rendezvous of the lawless elements
of the country at large. A State which
gives hospitality and warm welcome to
these people must pay dearly for its impru-
dence and rashness in the long run.