The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-09-21


that thsr candidate for Governor will be
aided, or the Wing cant, late injured by
ii, If they succeed. The questions are
altogether distinct. The members OF the
constitutional Convention are elected,
and over their proceedings, tn" Governor
TO be elected, whoever he may be, can
hav. no control. The Convention is TO
meet in November, and the Governor Is
not to be inaugaraed TIL the January fol-
lowing. 1t is not improbable then, that
the Convention will be able TO get through
Eilh its business, even before the new
Governor IS naugurated, or il it do not,
he will still have no control over It's pro-
ccpdinys. H. may neither say, by v.T-
tue of lis office, what shall be done by
the Convention, or what shall not be done
He may not even recommend any thing
10 them for their adoption, and he has no
veto over their proceedings.
Thee may be some art in trying to
mix up the Governors election with the
formation Of the new Consttutio? in the
advantage which it seemingly holds out
10 the opponent OF the Wing candidate.
1t is known tina, the Wings OF the State
differ IN regard to many Of the provisions
which iii proposed to incorporate IN
the new Constitution, and the design is to
represent Mr.. Clarke as identified with
one side. or as opposed to the other. Al
is the error Of many Wings that they
will have :heir own notions, and that
they will follow them out, even though
the party may suffer by it The Losofo'
COS understand this; and they know too,
they have little risk to run on that score.
"Stick to the party" is not only the max
i'm, but principle with the great mass
Of them. Their candidate is not liable,
as they know, to lose votes, by any opin
ions he may profess about changes in the
Conslilution,-with which, indeed as
Governor, if he should be elected, he
would nothing to do,-and they, there
fore. care little what opinions he may
profess He cannot change their votes.
But they think that it is different with
Wings, and hence thu effort to make the
election turn upon Mr.. Clarke's views,
about changes in the Constitution. 1t is
a trick to mislead those Wings. who, as
we say ale liable TO the honest error, OF
requiring the candidate TO agree with
them in all things. But the trick will
fail The Wings OF the state differ as
fhcv know among Themselves, about the
alterations IN the Constitution, and MIR.
Clark" must necessarily hold opinions on
The subject with which some Of then, do
not agree. But he ls not to be elected
Gov rnor COR any purpose OF carrying his
own Or others u" VS.. h. is to he elect
I'd Governor because h. is Whlg--an
al and veil deserving citizen who
will watch over the interests oil the state,
anil discharge faithfully every duty that
nay BE corfded to h,m. -Rh. Fatrih
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THE WIG SrIRlT AMAZING We
think we cannot mistake the signs OF the
times. A few months ago there was a
lis,lessness among the Wings in regard to
the result of elections They could hard
ly be moved 10 take part in political con-
tests, and when they did so, it was with
tina, spirit of seeming indifference which
is sure 10 meet defeat. We call ii seeming
Indifference, for It was not really so.
They were troubled, not to say disp,ritrd,
with the wranellng in Washington, among
the members of Congress, and with the
shirt which was exhibited in some parts
Of the country, where better things were
expected.
In this lime Of dissatisfaction and trou-
bic, elections took place in some Of the
States, and when the result began to reach
us, the inquiry was, what have we saved
rather than what have we gained So
we lost North Carolina as true a Wing
State as any in the Union, If the Wings
can only be induced to 60 to the polls
So we seemed 10 loose ground in Ken
tucky-a Sale which is Wing TO every
tie that can bind men together. And so
in other States.
But the reaction is com,nr-indeed it
is come. We have, in the Western pa
pers that come 10 hand last night, the ev-
idence OF it:
At the special election for member 81
the Legislature, al Louisville. on Monday
the 7,h instant, Granger, the Wing cam
drdate, was elected by 25i majority over
his Loco opponent, Harrison. At the
general election in August, these Two
gentleman had lie vote
We see here that the Wings Of Louis
ville,-no doubt for the reasons we have
noted-allowed the election Of August to
60 by default. Their opponents only
not succeeding, gave them chance Of
retrieving their ground In the mean
time the adjustment bills had passed Con-
gress. The disorder which had prevailed
there. had given way to harmony; and
III. talk-tor it was nothing more than
talk--of disnnion had given way to that
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