The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1860-08-04

Yancey. written in June 1858. just about the
time the var of the administration COM
menced on Mr. Douglas Ill Illinois. when the
government organ at Washington. the old
dcfnnct Union, acknowledged to " serene in
difference whether Douglas or Lincoln, the
present Black Republican candidate for the
Presidency, succeeded III that memorable
struggle In order that we may do no in
justice to Mr.. Yancey We give his letter en-.
tire US follows:
MONTGOMERY. jane Is.
DEAR SIR.-Your kind favor of the 18th
is received l hardly agree with you that
general movement can he made that will clear
out the Angcan stable. IL the Democracy
were over,hrown, it would result in giving
place to greater and hungricI swarm Of les
| The remedy of the Snath is not in such
process: it is in a di!gent organization of
her true men for prompt resistance to the next
aggression. 1t must come in the nature of
| things. No national party can save US: no
sectional party can ever do it: bus il we
could do AS our fathers did. organize com
mitteeS Of safety all over the cotton Slates
and i is only in them that we can hope for
an effective movement me sheH fire the Sontt.
ern heort Instruct the Southern mind. gire
courage to each other, aud at The proper moment
| oT o"e ofS""tsea' concef'ed atf'o". ~e can pre-
, ~, Me conc" n1WeS mo re"o'of'on. -
NV "c" mas "'u" s'"uo"eu i"r'h I'D Tue
'"u'' ~ MI num- ana mas oeeh .akcn up
anu 'eco''''''c"oeu !" tnead'er''Ser INC Mont
E", ny ',S"" VI .'r: fancy 'inder 'he name
" i"e LA que VI ch'ted ouiherheTs' VINO
NIep"'s up 'he'r o,a parry relations on all
o'"e' questions, WI, h",a 'he oc"'hern issues
P"'"'''''''.' anu VIII influence farl'cs' Legs
| "'"''' ",'i STATESMEN. ! nave ho titne 70
'""' w o"' y" suggest merely.
~ l"'sne, W. l.. 1ANcEY.
A"'as' o slaughter
Mr. Yanccy was certainly one of the most
efli:ien, movers in prccpi,atinp the Char.
lesion Convention into iissolu,Ion in honor
| Of which event the Charleston Mercury Office
was illuminated, and loud.muu,hed cannon
awakened the echoes. and :. fired !" the
heart - of the scceeders. He was the hero
Of the rupture, and Mr.. Yancey is a very
Jealous advocate Of the Brock inri.e and Lane
ticket Is there anything in all these move.
menlS. put together and considered in CON
nection, that should awaken the attention
and rouse the suSpicionS of the union Dem
ocratS and conservative men of the South
and the country gencrally2
Now. we say, no masked batteries W..
have had enough. of this before. We meier
a thousand tunes an open to a secret foe. -
| The condition Of the country is too critical
and there is too mucl, stake for the people
To be hoodwinked ANY longer. or to be CATO.
led into the support Of men under a decov
flag. The c,iz"ns OF this country, we take
ii, want to know exactly " here they stand,
and for uhM and for rh5m they are called up.
on to vote. II breckenridge and Lane are
run upon the distinct issue of Disunion, so
be it. Tie people want to know the fact. SO
that they can vote Understandings. They
don't want any traps laid. They don want
to be preciptatcd " into anv measures on
the sudden. They want to act deliberately,
and see the way before them. and know what
they are to depend upon. They have large
interests at stake, which would be jvopa,d.d
by Il reroi"f'on mldcniy sprung upon them.-
Hence, we repeat that If Breckenridge and
Lane ale runnng-wthout themselves being
aware of it --Cstensiblv upon National and
Union, out really and secretly upon section.
al and DiSunion Platform or programme the