The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1858-11-27
Gl)c Cecil }l)!)io.
ELKToN. NOVEMBER 81, 1855.

| The CONVENTION or SHAREHOLDERS. -
| The action Of the late Shareholders Convtn-
| ton at Cambridge, will furnish material for
! much comment and discussion throughout the
state. Already, among tie stronger pro-
| slavery portion OF the .eople and among the
| what purposes The future will show we
| find ,markab!e auimadvcrsonS made. and
iuSinuatinnS thrown out not Mt all crcditable
| TO The actors III the affair. For instance we
find in the State Il. his' Idrocats, a locofoco
paper published at Centrrville of Tuo> day
last, communication cnquring how 1t comes
chat the Committee appointed by the Con.
vcntion to prepare an address to the people
are all $50 Gar as The writer knows) members
Of the old Wing party. He therefore very sig
nlicantly asks what has become Of tie
great body of Democratic Shareholders on the
Eastern Shore!' Aud he farther asks If
eleventh hour " men are more trust worthy
than thusc who have borne the burthen and
heat of the day e
The Edlto, Of the Advocate then roce,ds
with Iris view of the subject TO which we shall
add nothing by way Of comment) as follows:
As we expected, the devil is in the wind for
mischief to slavery in Mary land. ard his
iornS are already visible in this convention
movement. We predicted in the beginning,
that Ii would result IL evil and its very first
step. as Indicated BY FORESTER" portends
the truth OF cur prediction. Who knows bur
that some Of those old Wing politicians. who's,
former schemes have ended IN bankruptcy.
may entertain the pur,,,se to retrieve, by II
bold stroke, their shattered fortunes and thnH
assert Their Independence Of their hitherto too
formidable rival, the Democratic party. If
III" regulation Of the cooicd population of this
State. either slave or free, is to be taken in
hnnc! and made IA business speculation o. hy
such men to the exclusion of Democrats,
where will their action land us ! Has not
Mr. Seward said that the only way to put
down The slave power is to Subduc the Demo
cratic party and i? y set Of wire pullcrs shall
undcrti he to direct This convention movement
against that parry. have they not AT least one
common Object with Mr.. Seward and will not
the attainment Of that object accomplish his
ultimate purpose? As soon as the negro
question shall BE- made such an issur in this
State nS to drive away from the support of
measures intended for the promotion Of the
slavery cause its friends, NAV we not bid good
by to the future welfare o this Hitherto cher.
i>hcd institution among us Is there any
more cflcctual way Of giving to that question
such an aspect thau that adopted by the
Chairman Of the Eastern Shore Convention
We atc wont to I,li,vc that he has acted in
nocently in the selection of the committee re-
fcrred to by ForrtStcr;" but there is error
in the act what ever may be the motive. We
have treated it in this way to show how it
may be construed, and await an cxplana-
nation Of what unexplained requires an exel-
else Of crclUlity to believe Is an accident
We give below the commlttr appointed to
frame an address to the citiz,nS If the State.
and recognize one ori-'aal Democrat among
the numb,r;
Dorchester CoUn'V.- c. f G"ll>boruugh
Elias GrlSwo'd, md DR. F 7. Phelps. SOM
crSct Comfy DR.. Geo. G. Dennis. and Hon. j
w Clisiicd.- II orcp$icr Counilt- Col G. W.
Jacobs and T,agie Townsend. Cmohac
Comfy, = George NJ RuS>um and Edward
liardcaStlc. Idjj0t C0nay Samuel
llambeton aud NJ. r. GodShorough. -Qnccn
A""'S Co""ty--Janes 7 Earle and John
Brown. Kat COo0ty. judge + +. Cham,
Der, and Hon. J. 4 Peace &c II Countp -
Col. John I. Gr"omc and Geo. h. Howard.