The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-03-05

'Xmcss rcgrc, that they had ever formed a
connection with it.
Not so with NE. | am proud to arknnwl
edge and proclaim that am one Of the Oidp.
OF United Americans, whose principles a,e
| sound whose objects are patiiOtic. and who's
or ds arc 10" tie good of the Whole, whether
CT native or foreign Li;ih.
| We arc no cpcmics TO foreigners. We know
| that there are many good wise and vii;uous
mtn among them, who ATE conservative in
their vcws. patriotic iE their aims, and cmi-
icnlly useful citizens. If all were so, then
no American organization wouid have been
necessary, in our free and hosritahle land :
| and if nur constitution enabled us to draw n
line Of distinction between the viituous and
the vicious. the men of substance, End the
men of straw. the II en- Of independence. and
the purchased hiicliNgs, the mon Of r,ason
and pssson-wc would gladly separate the
verify from the worthless. and admit the
one, and shat out the other from all pariici
l,s'!on III the management Of those inS,tu-
tons, which fOl the sake Of our waI.woin
fathers, for our owl s~kts. and for the sake
of our Children, and oul childrtn'S children,
We feel bound TO hand dHwn uni,niaiied as
wcitcv!vcd thrm from those who Cnt U,fule
us.
Brt We have seen policy adopted in those
Old ctun'les that aic riuihd with rorula-
non they cannot support OF employ to adj
vantage throwing wide open then. prison
houses, and their aims houses and belchiny
iorth upon our slioi's, thousands Of idle, dis.
o'ute. worthless and drinAvcd men. who ~.
not only unused to. but unfit for self govern.
ment, and ,nlrtly incapable Of Approaching
| the SS!i'sS oil Tree government; never car
ing 10 clalhI the benefits Of the law Of ia tuna
llzaiion, OF the Eight OF v, ting. until unworthy
appliances are leSorted to, to bring them up
w COMPANIES, and '.stial!enS, n I'D icrimcuts,
TO swear SEINE INES truly, and often falsely,
to the time they Lave been among us and then
march to the polls in solid column, and d, i've,
ny brute force, the quiet, p,acesbie, ustivc
cliizcn from the exercise 81 his hrli.Iisfit, and
hhih'bpue'' privilege, rnd th,n deposit then
own VOC. Wi,lUut knowing the names Of lhcir
candidates, the principles they maintained.
he "Eic, they were TO ill, aid without car
ing Tor tie co,istq GrnceS u; their led on
by me de,i runE and Interested denagoruc
with money III one hsni aud whistcy bot
lie III the other, aud Tic cry Of democracy ON
his lips, they have followed wherever they
were l,d, AID have done whatever they wcIc
bid.
For twcnty-odd years we Lave seen the bal,
lance OF power. in the division oGIs,sics, held
hy this class Of people Though whose insiIu,
ln,malit. Presidents have been elected. L'ei>-
ls;i'c bodies clo>tn md The legislation CT
,'thc cnuutry contio!l,6.
We have f,lt ard Aufl,cd under tic " ili.
c'lEs and hIlhti:,r irti#tnccs that they hs,e
,hu. ,Keici.cd. We have fcl! a painful APP
rrhtn>i"n for Tie safety OF .LoS, insi;u;icls.
" u.Gh are IS essential to tie w,ltsie aud
haHpnc>s and as dear 10 the hearts Of the
substantive GHd ylrtunus tulc eNelS, a. to
| ourselves !; aud We lave believed, in the
| honesty Aud slnc.ii,y If our hearts, that 4
| due regard 10 tstliutisiG, and love Of COIN
| Try required 1T our haudS s,pie uurt e.
aLatt this 'a,ldiy incI...ing evil, wnirh, il
| not controlled i'll ttnc, vii Ia come 50 pow :
ei'nl and ,flc,Iye ss TO make II rrsih;less
tor whist 10 enc sFiiCh.TGs that they
VIII ever constitute msjpnty CT thitns' Ives,
ih'y ii. icvcr lsc.; for these who will pro-
less sympathy. aud yet III cnncctt Wll
them for the fa,OYS tlcy cau tts.ow, viii
Cher olA'.nt r,iht'rc,mtn,s. they t.cc,!ins
u more and more important clement with
esch succeeding year
lhtrr has been 10 general election in tho
l hittd states for tic last twenty-five years
IN Inch Me native vote Was not very largely
| III oprusi ion 10 the D.mcclacy-vt how
| seldom hav- we SuCcvcd,d her III the 5. ale
OF In iu;Iai elections. Until Si,iiin q y,nr ~
| two past, when the native clement has t,cl
a,cr>ed y the vici,ncr, folly and msdn,s,
ri ihe !'r,'gD Population.
In the contest Of 1856, the popular io,ity
against TIC Democratic nonin,c vas 31S,
40. Now 'ate from his poll lie solid VI.
broken column Ut or SEQ go foreign votes
and ste what an immense disparity it leave
between the native el,ment of tn, D,mucrac,
and the Opposition. Yet the Democracy sue
cccded.
And now, | would ask, are there enough
of American born citizens, and foreigner.
Now Eatura,istd, to control our own affairs
And are we capable q! doing so without fur
Their aid liso, why should It be sought ant
court,d Can 1t bc a source ofs,lt-conrratu
lstion to any rejecting uind, that an over
whrlming majority Of his own country, ner
equally interested in the welfare Of the Stat,
with hims,lf questioning his policy, ant
trembling for their mutual safety, should b,
beaten down, their counscis spurntd. and Tie,
,nsolvcs excluded from all participation il
,htir common concerns, by the aid OF thos,
who, to a large tx.tnt, neither knew nor car
I'd for what they did.
1t is not proposed to interfere, in the s,i.ht
est degree, with the acquired rights of thos
already here, and we could not if we would
We are even willing that those already her,
shall be allowed to 60 on and perfect thc
claim, to participate with as. under the Law
| MS il now stands Int We ask inr pypSncc