The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1856-02-23
Tbc Cecil lDl)il,.
ElKTOX, FEBRUARY 23, 1856.

last issue we would this week refer to
the vote Of Mr.. Davis on the final ba l.
lot for Speaker of the House of Repre-
scntativcs. There seems to be reason
that notice should be taken, here in
Cecil, of the controversy which has
arisen in regard to that vote. In the
American Caucus for U. S. Senator, at
Annapolis, Mr.. Davis received the votes
of the Senator and all the Delegate
from this county on all the ballots had
before his name was withdrawn, and the
popular feeling of the party here sus-
talns them in giving those votes.
Here, we trust, the s'holy horror" of
the Pierce party at Mr.. DIS vote for
Fuller is fully understood. During the
contest for Congress-, through which he
came so triumphantly, their fear of his
popularity rldpowcr led them to attack
him in a manner, which for malicious
ness and violence, had before been I'M
known in Maryland politics, and now,
because he would not stulify himself,
desert Mr.. Fuller the only National
candidate, vote for southern ultra
locofoco-utterly incompetent for the
position at that-and lend his coun-
tcnancc to the merging of the American
Party into the Southern, fre-catine
Democracy, (after he had all the while
steadily refused to vote for the plurality
rule,) we find the same patriotic pacl;
who howled after him 50 furiously dur
ing the Congressional canvass rebuilding
their hungry yelpings with the same
purpose in view they had then-the
running down Of the man they fear; and
fearing, hate.
In this case their course is not sincu-
lar. 1t is but their old system of try
ing to dog down a formidablc and dread
ed opponent. Their attacks on Henry
Winter Davis are but duplicates of their
attacks on Henry Clay, and in the pur-
suit Of Davis they are following, in our
opinion, the man., who of all other young
men in this country, in character and
talents is most like the illustrious man
we have named with him in the same
PARAGRAPH.
And as is ever tie case, we find some
cascillating Observation-Disclosures OF
the American party, for the moment led
away by the cutlery Of the enemy. We
pity all such men, and recommend that
they seek counsel of their friends rather
than Their foes and to the Editor of the
Baltimore .Hmerican Democrat we woulC
respectfully hint that when lie seeks the
absorption of the American Party into
Southern fire-eating locofocoism he goes
little farther than his Maryland readers
will either follow or permit; for assured
ly his course has not tended either te
the advantage of that paper or of the
American cause in this State.
The Americans Of the Maryland Legis.
laturc recently by resolution viewed will
delight the final determination of thcil
Representatives, to secure an organiza.
ton on a sound National basis, and tn,
American party Of the state with on,
voice, said ESQ do We; our representa-.
tives are right" When did Henry
Winter Davis change from that deter.
mination, so adnlired--so culogised.-
Never. Steadily, to the end, he stool
the same. Steadily to the end, h,
voted for the only National Candidate be.
fore the House. If any man say tina
the condition of things was changed whcl
the locefocos took up Aiken in place O
Richardson, lie says what is not true
If Banks represented a Northern faction
Aiken represented Southern faction
and to have voted for the latter woul,
have been as great departure from tn,
determination referred to as to hav,
voted for the former. The only eroun,
on which even the impudcnee of locofo
coism can claim that Davis should hav,
voted for Aiken is that he represents
southern constituency; but clearly h
could not look to the North, or look t.
the South, while standing on the Union
National basis on which the American
party had placed itself; and those VIII
expect Winter Davis to fan one fac
ton to defeat another mistake thei
man. The adherents of Aiken we're tn
same men who, as Richardson men, la,
denounced the American party, and tn
sentiments of Aiken were equally a
dangerous to the Union as those of Mr.
Banks. A string Of queries have bcc1
parade d with certain answers purport
ing to be those of Aiken, (which could a