The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1860-11-24
Address OF the Douglas State Central
Committee

w iooae "i au'iieSo anu can Slale NonVen
ton. The Address was published on Satur
day morning last, and is an able document
As it is matter of some public interest W
give few extracts from it.
WHY LINCOLN WAS ELECTED.
7. e address attributes ihls result directly
to the authors Of the division IN the Demo
cratic party. 1t says:
The secedcrs at Charleston and Baltimore
and those who have follow ed their scheme b,
voting for it, NE justly responsible fer thes,
misfortuEes. a scheme concoctcd in a eau.
Gus of Senators, and brought into life hy a
bargain between them and the President b,
which the sovereignty Of :hc people in it,
grandest development was to be deceived ant
u,urpcd, and the Chief Mag istratc Of tn,
Republic appointed by themselves, or thril
colleagues Of The House of Representatives.
They have virtually elected Mr.. Lincoln. -
They have deliberately attempted to destroy
their great conservative party and brought
their country TO the brink Of ruin. Welhluh
that all men ofordlnnry perception, who are
not blinded ty a partisan zeal, must now sc,
that the motives which prompted and accom-
plishcd the secession from our National OF
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same disorganizing and revolutionary example
TO the severance and destruction ofour Union.
and that the delegates in the Convention, who
there submitted to be blindfolded, can now
see this plot fully revealed.
Upon calm review Of the subject, it is
our duty to dvnounce these men, and the
wretchcd motives of ambition. +, sentiment OF
personal interest that have unhappy actuatCd
them. Their folly now stands con f ss,d.
Let not the projectors OF promptors or i'm,
mediate agents OF this stupenduuS political
blundcr be again acknowledged for leaders
but instructed by this signal failure, 1T the
people resolve that neither the power fan in.
trlguing Preside ut and his Cabinet. nor the
influence Of n reckless caucus of Senator'S nor
all the efforts or wishes of officehollers, nor
all those tenacious Of power and place COM
blned, Shall evet lead them again from that
loyalty TO principle and to discipline upon
which alone success depends.
THE DUTY OF ADOLESCENCE.
Elected under the Constitution and Law,
how ever rep"gnant it may be to our feelings,
it in our duty to acknowledge the title our
countrymen have bestowed upon Abraham
Lincoln. We must sustain him in the law ful
exercise OF his authority. The oiiirc, not the
man, asserts this claim upon our citizenship.
When he uansccnds his lawful powers it
will equally become our duty stcrmly to re-
sist hun. Meanwhile let patriotic distrus,
watch his Administration with uncrasin.
vigilance. and herald its least cucroachm, MT
upon the rights and Liberties Of any portion
OF our country. And if unhapply the temp
tations Of an IrrcprcSSlble conflict, should lead
him into Spirit Of unlawful coercion against
any portion Of our country we declare il to he
our duty to OPT oSc such attempt with all the
spirit and resolution of flecmcu- meeting
force with force.
THE VOTE FOR DOUGLAS.
So far as we are in possession of the returns
Of the recent election, official and unofficial,
they present the follow ug results:
Douglas has received votes 800 .4S3
Bell 4j2 $50
Brecknrdee g 3J5 $40
Thus showing Douglas majority over
Breckenridge 50 far 10 be 5O4 100 votes. or
about two and half to one which maj nritv in
favor of Douglas, the National Democratic
will be sill further increased by the
returns yet to come.
And III the five border States of the South
Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri. Maryland
AMI Delaware, the conservative Union vote
cast for Douglas and Bell together exceeds
the vote Of Breckenridge 10000 or more
than two to one, and will be stll further in.
creased by the full returns. While Brcckin.
ridge has carried but three Southern States
by ma orliy Of votes so small as 20 deny
the popularity Of the principle he represents,
even at the extreme South on the other
hand Douglas has received in many Southern
cities and towns, where the Democracy has
not hitherto prevailed. large maoiltics over
the candidate Of the Seccders.
1t is also instructive to add that a majority
Of the popular vote Of the South to the mum.
Der of so 900 at least, has been cast against
that candidate and the sectional p,lncp|,
which he was made TO represent, upon the
allegation Of its necessity tor the protection Of
their peculiar rights.
NULLIFICATIoN AND SECESSION DENOUNCED.
The National Democracy finds no remedy
for any Of the evils of Government in break.
ing it up. 1t frowns with equal displcasure
upon Congressional intervention with slavery
in States OF Territories it forbids in advance
of judicial decision any usurpatou of the
rights of local sell-government. 1t equally
abhors the arrogance Of Modification, and the
IcckleSsness of secession. Offspring, as Mr..
Madison said, )" Of the same vicious source"
- 1t is high time, said that great architect
Of our Constitution in letter CT December
%, 1882 that the claim to seccde at will
should be put down by the public opinion.
and | shall be glad to see the task commenced
by one who understands the subject and
again, il State has right to sccede at its
will from the rest, they have an equal right
to secede from it, or in other words to turn
it, against its will, out of the Union"
The revolutionary right Of separalion as
refuge from intolcrablc oppression. we do not
pretend to deny. y right founded in nature
asserted and hallowcd it. Their teachings,
however, admoniSh us not to change Our gov
for" light and transient causes"
- to suffer while evils are sulierable." and
only y" when long train Of abuses aid usur-
pations, pursuing invariably the same object,
pvinces design to reduce them under abso-
lutte dcspotsm, then it is their right and their
duty to throw off such government and to
provide new guards for their future security"
We earnestly and in Il fraternal spirit adj
noniSh our brethren Of the South that they
cannot, appealing to the precepts and exam
pies OF our forefalhers for their justification,
proceed now to dissolve their political connec-
ton with the Union.
They cannot ofrght do this-they violate
the Constitution of their country i'll the at
tempt. They ALLURE the faith which alone
gives the sanctions of free government. They
the only living principle of Re.