The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1858-01-23
Gov. Hicks inaugural.

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70 William Pinckncy. of Maryland is due.
IN great part. the glory Of the vindication and
settlement of this principle. 1.-THE Compromise
Of 1920: and to his fame we may look with
feelings quite different from those with which
we contemplate the action Of those Maj yland-
crs who took part in bringing ON the country
all the strife, and bitter ahimosity, and i'll
will which has been the direct result of that
ill-;imcd, useless, and incXcuSable measure
known as the Kansas and Nebraska bill
The policy of Maryland was utterly opposed
to that measure, and her policy has been the
policy of all the great men of the Union
from the time of its establishment till 1854
1t was adopted whsn Texas was admitted
1t was repeated at the organization of Oregon
1t was rcatlrmcd in the compromise of 1850.
1t YVES complained of by no State, nor by any
respectable body of the people. 1t restored
and secured the peace of the nation Tor thirty
years, and until it was ruthlessiy pulled TO
pieces by petty conspiracy of political as.
plIants. 1t was abrogated with the intcn.
ton of once more alarming the fears of the
South and exciting the prejudces of the
Moth and was so SpcCiously contrlvcd that
it could be used, as il was used. for a bibc
to the sectional feelings of both the North and
the South. The people of Maryland saw,
with alarm, the most powerful sectional and
fana,ical combination against the interests of
the save.holdng States ever known in our
history, arise, and grow strong, and attempt
to control the Government of the Union
That rise and that strength, and that at
tempt, which nearly succeeded, was entirely
due to the passage of that bill. 1t secured
the success Of another sectional faction,
which. under pretence Of peculiar friendship
to the South, and Southern Institutions, mas
now when they had an opportunity of show
ing their devotion not only completely failed
in their promises, but actually betrayed the
very interest they profcssed to befricnd.
1t is a matter of Generalization, gentlemen,
that in the exciting contest which ensucd,
after the violation of that great compromise,
and notwithstanding her feelings and preju-
diccs, Maryland remained firm in her convic.
ton and uolcy, and refused to lend herself
to either faction. She prefcret; to cntrust the
dcstinies of the nation to one who had been
tried and .ound not wanting, rather than con-
fde to either of those whose success was only
the temporary triumph of section, and
signal for the renewal and continuance ola
frultlcss and emLittercd agitation. She is
ready again, and again, to cast her influence
and her vote in favor of the party and of the
man who shall represent tho nation against
the factions and the Union against those who
attempt to pick it to pieces.
As her patriotic men in her revolutionary
Line sacrificed all private interests and sec.
tional feelings 10 the common cause, Their
sons now recognize the union of these States
as the first nolit,cul necessity; the only re-
lance and hone for each and all and the
thing which thev are resolved to maintain at
everS hazard and to the l,sf extremity.
Such have leen and ave the opinions Of the