The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1857-01-31

hating times. The Congress Of the Ma
ton; Of which, in past days, the country
has had so much reason to be proud, now
contains, az is charged, men who sell
their natitucncie&by casting their votes
tor hribe-laerccnary perjnrers, blind
to all sense of right and justice and dead
to every sentiment Of honor. The late
charge Of corruption and bribery in Com
gress, made by the ". \. Times, has
gwen rise to Il VI gorous endcayor to as
certain the truth OF the charge and TO
hrng HE cuiprits, if there be any. to
Justice, or at least TO spread their names
| before IN outraged and indignant public.
lad the matter remained uasiftcd, here
after, any member might have been sub
lected TO The m&i,luation that lie was one
Of q body against which such swce; inc
charges were made, and which did not.
nevertheless, dare to institute an iuuairy
for fear of the proof which would have
been produced. And while we have no
fear tor any member Of any party from
'iaryiand, we are yet glad that tie in
vest'gation is being made. We desire
to see the guilty parties exposed to that
scorn and punishment they merit, so that
all lnputation may be removed from the
innocent.
Suspicion Is busy hunting out those
who may be guilty of the high crime
charged, and the question:; who is he {!
or, who are they assumes much interest.
the Times admits that members OF the
Republican party will be implicated in
Tie disclosures made; it asserts that
tscrc are facts which leave upon its mind
no doubt whatever ".hat members claim
ing to be Republicans, have been parties
10 transactions which were to make them
sharcrs in the pecunisry profits of bills
they we're to aid in passing''
No insinuation has reached US that
any Southern member is suspected. In
fact; the belief seems general that the
man who would offer bride to mcu-
Der from Southern state would do so at
the certainty of exposure and at the rick
Of a broken head, or scattered brains. -
Whatever mag be their faults, they are
not the elass Of men to be bough. up like
sheep in the market. As touching their
standing in this respect, read the follow
ing from the Washington correspondent
of a Republican Journal-the Phila.
North American -
'And ifthe truth must be spoken out. sla-
very seems to- exercised conservative and hon
orable influence The fact is notorious to
every observer at Washington, that nearly all
the wholesale schemes of plumber which have
been carried through Congress for years past,
all the corrupt jobhing. all the projects of
spoliation. and all the vile and venal combi-
nations, h0le been planned and carried OIL an
der the contro! and rHh the means Of Northern
managers. While they shouted the !oudcst
for freedom. and stigmatized slavery as
stigma to civilization, they took care to pill
age the treasury. by way of refreshing this
sentimental devotion. The sclfappointcd
leaders who were most exercised a few months
ago over the decentralization that would attend
the possible extension Of slavery. who mourn
cd over its alleged horrors, who beat their
breasts i'll agony at its mention. and who
led what profcsscd to be a great moral cru
SADIE, are exactly the men who Swarmcd the
Hobbies since Congress- opened, schming for
the success of new plumber. and contriving
the most andacious combinations with the
very Shareholders whom they affect so much
to abhor Developments like these, which
are every day forced before our eyes, serve to
disgust intelligent and honest minds al the
cart of these hypoclitcs, who are trading
upon principles, the integrity of which up
right men proudly maintain
''On the floor Of the House and on the floor
of the Senate for both arc notoriousy con-
lam,nalcd, the latter in q limited degree--the
profiigasc traders most known inside and out
side the hall, are not only northern members.
Tut they are members who have cndeayored
| 10 ligrt consrcuo AZ m sill the recent po-
lltical movements. Their names are banded
about with vulgar familiarity by tho very
Inenials attending upon Congress. and their
audaclous knaverv give qualification 70, more
than has yet 6len charged. They de7ote