The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1856-08-23

people rejoicing in tile advent OF an era of
peace. Three suns have run their course and
now
lie Is at supper-not where he eats. but where
| he il eaen. 4 certain con, ocatiun of rolitic
woru.s cen nj him.
| Since he mscnllcl the morning stqr
Nor man Lcr lind hath ia len 50 far
When he assembled the chair of State n
! great majority Of seventy in this House.
nhscqncouSly awaited his will. The sun
had not thrice run his course ere that ma lori
ty had shrivclcd to seventy -four men. Their
place knows them no more. This side of the
chamber is a chalncl house Of dead Demo-
Gratis. The few survivors tread mournlllly
as they cross it-as Roman might walk
over Cannae. ''Thc bloody ghost OF the
murdered Wright" still to the eye of the
gentleman from Georgia NJ. Corn disputes
the stool with his successor of flesh and
blood, Mr.. FULLER, and many other
Specircs have left untimely graves to warn
the pale survivors of their fate.
My honorable friend from South Carolina
was early at the scpulchrcs of the righteous
IN New Hampshire vainly scckly signs of the
day Of resurrection of the body. But the
snow still lay on the marblc-thc crocus of
The carly spring had not pushed through the
frozen soil-and he returned sadly, chanting :
"A cold. dcceitrul thing is the snow
Though it come on dovc-likc wing-thc false snow
| lis but rain disguised appears;
And our hopes are frozen tears-likc the snow
Indeed sir, the resurrection Of the Demo
cratic party at the North is an event not at
all anticipated there. IT has sunk from view
like water spilled upon the ground, not to
be gathered again.
A stubborn resolution has been manifested
at the North Since that great day there has
been nothing which shows that my honorable
friends on the Democratic side of the House
have majority in one single State north of
Mason and Dixon's line. There is not one
single fact that shows that they can carry
State north of Mason and DiXon's line on
national politics even by plurality. The
account loss and gain stands at sct-of If
in Pennsylvania Democrats and Wings and
Americans have combined to elect a canal
commissioner by a plurality only, in Maine
Democrats and liquor men have united and
carried Il local election by a plurality. In
New Hampshire and Connecticut the Ame,i-
cans have carried the local elections by plu-
ralities. If New Jersey has given Demo-
cratic ma jorty in a local election, California
has come to the Americans by great ma
jorlty.
The faithful fondly hoped that some of those
elections indicated a change of tide. They
forgot that Falstaff' parted just between
twelve and one, cen at turning o the tide"
If there be any computations of conscience
forcing them to cry out, God God God let
them beware of those Dame Quicklcys who,
to comfort them, bid them not think of God
and hope there is no need to trouble them
selves with such thoughts yet: for when the
parting Falstatf so cried and was so comfort
cd, and had more clothes laid on his feet, the
comforter, Dame Quickly, knew there was
but one way, and when she put her hand into
the bed and felt his fcet-they were as cold
as any stonc-and then she felt to his knees,
and so upward and upward, and all was as
cold as any stone"
Sir, the fatal hour has come. Even while
| speak, the stricken field of Iowa brings to
them defeat and disaster crushed hopes and
cruel disappointment. Their feet are already
cold in the North, and as we feel upward and
upward and upward towards their head in the
South, all is cold aSany stone. Ills vain to
ask for more clothes on the feet, for their
passing bell is already tolling that men may
pray for the parting soul. But. sir, they are
not without consolation. There are true
Bardolphs, who, when told Of their death
will cXcam:
Would were with them whcrcsomc or
they be-cithcr IN heaven or in hell ~
Now sir, why is all this We need no
elect ON statistics for the response. They
were the triumphant and dominant party at
the North ere this great flood. Now they do
not number more than fourteen members from
the populols North in this hall. They were
the party said to be specially devoted to the
interests of the South at the North before this
great flood. None so sound, none So uishak en-
none 50 true 10 defend the South, through
thick and thin, al all hazards, and to the last
extremity, as the Democrats of the North
Where are they gone! Are they asleep, or
ON journey, or at the feast" or have they
forgotten their duty or have they become
mad, or have they played like chil,lrcn-cast-
ing ono vote for my honorable friends and an
other for their honorable opponents!
Sir, the American people have been bred in
American habits. They are not in the habit
of capricous and causclcss change. And yet
there is a change mean to speak the cause
OF that change out loud 1t is, The repeat Of
me DIsso"n Compromise, the enactment Of the
hdnsds' Nebraska act, md the out,dees in The
TERRITORY Of Kansas, denied or defended by
my honorable Democratic friends. They
| "trc WaTleu ny Ille nOnofaDie oenalOr ITOtn
illinois, who reported that measure, ia his
first report against ii, of the dangerous conse
qucnceS, and they would not heed the warn
ing-In an evil day for his reputation he al
lowed himself to be overcome by party and
personal ambition, and to be dcluled by the
hopes ofparty domination. He allowed him
self to be dcluded by the supposition that he
could bring to the support of that measure
the great body of Southern men, Wings and
Democrats, and that the temporary excite
ment would only raise the froth upon the
surface. while the depths of the ocean would
roll on in their sluggish sleep. Sir, he cast
the javclin against the cave of HGlus, and all
the winds of strife have rushed forth across
the ocean and cast up tempest which leaves
Of the vast fabric of the Democratic party
nothing but scattered and broken fragments,
cast on the shores for the wreckers to collect.
and. as they measure the dimensions of mast
and spar, to wonder what great admiral it
was that has gone down in that terrific sea.
Sir, is not that the reason ! do not ask
gentlemen to tell me whether ii is an adequate
reason. do not ask gentlemen to say if the
North is reasonable in her anger. | simply
ask gentlemen upon their candor and honor if
that is not The reason Of The existing condition
OF things! There is no gentlemen here whose