The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1860-11-10

The election, by the people. of Abra-.
ham Lincoln and Hannibal lIamlin as Prcsi.
dent and Vice President ofthe United States,
calls forth, from the leading press Of the
country, variety Of comment. The South
ern Breckenridge press as matter of course
Is disposed to regard the result as ominous Of
evil to the country. The conservative B,ll
and Douglas papers are more hopeful in view
of the fact that tie Administration of Mr..
Lincoln will be powerless for evil, even wore
1t disposed TO interfere with the institution Of
slavery i'll the States, which is not probaLl
We give below two extracts from conscrva.
tive journals the first from the, Philada.
dmercdn in reference to the causes that con.
splred to bring about the result, and the last,
from the Baltimore American, in reference to
the duty OF conservatives in the premises
The great idea settled by this election.
and which, perhaps. operated as much as any
other on the public mind, was the purpose
to change the administration of public affairs
at Washington, and to purge and purify the
whole political machinery of government
The pcoplqR'erc convinced that the long DOS.
session OF power had Ietnoralized the public
service, and introduced practices which were
undermining is integrity. They saw examples
OF corruption and p,ollgacy go not only
" unwhipped ofjus:lce,' bnt even encoura red
and favored by those to whom the guardian
ship OF the public treasury had been coa.dcd
They saw power and patronage employed to
establish sectional domination, and the
influence of the government openly enlisted
Ill Kansas to force slavery upon an outraged
and unwilling people. They saw our
material interests neg lect,d and injured. the
press subsidized, elections conirol,d by
money extorted from Federal oiiice-hodefs.
unworthy partisans rewarded by Jobs and
contracts, nepotsm spread through the de-
partmcnts. drfalcation common and connie.
nanced, the laws evaded or misinerprctcd
and abuses andaciouSly defying opinion very
where. These and other outrages were seen
and rel9em bercd. aud the people determined
they should be punished and the Democracy
expelled from power. This general purpose
operated more than any other upon the cleo.
ton, and we are free to admit it.
Pennsylvania, particularly, demanded that
the principle of protecting American Industry
should be recognized and avowed. The
Chicago Convention asserted it satisfactorily.
while all the Others either evadrd the test or
accepted it doubiful;y. This question entered
largely into our local contest, and was every.
where accepted The western maiori,ics
speak as decislvcly. as those Of the east. and
the protective policy is again re-eslablish.d
as Il part Of the old creed Economy in the
conduct Of the government, homcs.eads for
settlers on the public domain, retrcnch-, a.,
and accountability u tie public expenditures
appropriations for rivers and ha,bor,, n
raclhc railroad. The admission of Kansas.
and radical reform in the government, all
entered into the canvass and contributed to
the election of Abraham Lincoln No one
issue controlled 1t, and any such belief is
erroneous and cannot too soon be corrected.
Phiu. dmcr,cun.
Let US take careful view of things, and
cast unnecessary forebolngs to the winds,
Are we not thoroughly disguised with Sec
tionallsm, North and South Are we not
heartily disguised with the disunion-nongcrs,
who have alone kept up this excitement aud
strife Let US not play into their hands.
but fight more vigor onsly than ever for their.
eXttrnination. Above all, let us not allow the
unprotitableness of our new servant to lead
us into the folly ofhurning our house down
to get rid Of him. We would be glad enough
to eject him from our premises if we could do
1t lawfully, but We do not intend to kick one
nall OF our property out of the door at the
same time. While we are in the Union we
are Mr.. Llncoln's masters. and he has to &C.
count to us for all his acts.
Bait. Amer,con.