The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1861-07-27

| has, IN contempt OF me COnSfHWi0n, which he
has sworn to support, pr.cpitated armed
| hosrilites between the MOI them and South.
ern States. have before shown the ia lacy
of this assertion hut in the Zeal Of &C G..
B. " for the Constitution, and the paramount
necessity Of it's observance by Mr.. Lincoln,
why does he overlook the monSirous violation
and even the entire reputation of that sacred
instrument, on the part Of those who really
have precipirated armed hostilitics g
President Lincoln has violated his oath and
the Constitution. but jeff. Davis and his
aristocraic and dcspotic co-traitors have
not They have acted very periodically and
very discrelly! But suppose that &C e..
B. will acknowledge tlrst Davis & Co hare
violated their oaths and hare repudiatcd and
rchr,d agains: the Constitution. At all
events, he must acknowledge it, btcn use it is
fact. And because Davis & Co.. have fepu.
dated and rcbcNsl against the Constitution,
all its benefits And this, while Mr. Lin
coin, exercising power, which il not defined
in the Constitution is clearly justified 10y a
necessity which was actually created by the
previous violation OF Constitutions. oathS and
every other sacred political thing, by Davis
Il Co.. is denounced aS IA usurper
1t is likely true. that the trainers of the
Constitution never dreamed that there would
be an Administration simple enough to pr.
nit armed resistance TO the CunSlilu ton and
laws to go on without making, at least al
effort to put a stop to it. II is certain that
they never thought that any set of men, (who
like Goth. Floyd. Thompson & Co J would
| remain members Of the Government. under
all The Soennity and responsibility of their
fL.. al ,pI f,,, ID
Government. in order that the money and
means so stolen might he used in Actual hos
fiLiy against that Government. HID they
have known this, or had they have dreamed
Of such d, gradation in the human heart. pro-
s,lu,ion whlch would not have been over.
lcaIcd ny the President in this crisis
But says This adm'rable " &C e. B."
- Abraham Lincoln came into the Presidency
twelve weeks ago. to find seren States seced,d.
lie and the Rep"bhca" majority in Congress,
adapting the no compromise policy. &c.
have succeeded in drsing out of the Union
four more States Is Mr.. Lincoln to hlam.
for driving out the seven States. which were
out before he came in! But his no-conpro
mise policy drove four States out =
What policy was it that drove the u" seven
States ou,!' But how came mis- Republican
majority in Congress Did Mr. Lincoln
dr'rc the members from South CAROLYN, and
Florida and Mississippi and Alabama ard
| Georgia and Louisiana and Texas ont Of Con
greSS! Did he drive away from the Senate
their Senators! These hrg.arly and per.
jnr,d sconndrrl, left their posts in the hour
of danger. as they themselves declared. and
skulktd away on purpose 10 iedre Rcpn.
hl'can majority in ConsreSS' Can this tie
denied! Had they have renamed al their
post Mr.. Lincoln would have been pow-rleSs
| for good or evil. He could not have formed
| his Cablnc.. nor appointed single officer.
nor received n dollar Of his salary without
the concurrence OF his opponents Where,
i'ien. is the ridiculous churgr Of The doings If
a" Republican majority in Congress ~
This writer speaks Of the evils of this
War" No one denies them But those
| who bryan this rebellion are responsible for
all those evils. The Federal Government is
not responsible for thsm because it did not
begin the siTlfc and llrIe let me say. that
the Triumph IF the Federal Government, in put
ting down this rebellion. Is the only thing
that ercr can puta stop 10 those evils. But
this writer says that those evils, to wit -
taxes increased ten-fuld. churches turned in o
hospitals. people Impoverished labor goes a
begging. property loses It's value. debts and
incomes uncollectable. starvation walks
abroad, cities sink into piles Of smoking runs.
helpless women and innocent children suffer
untold mS,rirS, aud the wrath and madness
Of man calls down the vengeance OF Heaven. !"
And ";hiS entertainment - he adds, =. is the
price we are to pay for the liberation and
elevation Of the negro to civil equality with
the white man." The evils spoken of above
are real, out they are all the fruits Of that
hanrful tree SECESSION" The liberation
and elevation of the negro to civil equality.
however. is all hosh 1t never can be done
especially at the North for it is notorious that
the SAME intimacy does not exist between the
two races at the North as does at the South.
The complexion Of hundr.d DIS Of thousands ii
have not the statistics at handy o! slaves pro-
yes this beyond dispute.
Bot this " admirable" writer in The DEM.
oe'" says that the policy of the Federal
government, namely. the prosecution OF the
laws against the vlolators of the laws, is
promotlVe of dlsunion ~ How is this to
enforce the laws which bind the Umon
together are "pIomo,ive of disunion Truly
this article OF" G. Z. b. is an admirable
production. and ought TO be read diSpas.
sonalcly.' But if the enforcement of the
laws is pronotlvc of disuniom." then sup
pt'se the hon-enforccmcn, Of them woulc. be
"promotlve of Union that IS. d,s,ininn
g." let alone would promote Union! Adj
mlrable. indeed. But he says true Union
men are not those who threaten dvvasta:i ion
and slaughter Well said. They are not those
who would publish the follow ing sentiments
as appeared III the Brownsville Tenn papers
sotic time ago. AH ciiseuS nr rrsidrn. S
among us of Northern birth will be aHouul
ten days to leave. if they so desire. but after
that no such citizen OF resident wW be per-
m''frd to leave, but all such snail stand Nv and
aid us lSecesslonls,s) IN defending ourselves
against INVASION General Pillow has
levied tax on several counties, and if rcsis-
lance Is offered. he mas replied that IN three
clicks of the telegraph. he would bring a
regiment to ms AID who would be qnnrlered
on those refusing to comply with his demand
Tor 'nEdS lh,y are not those who pub.
llshed the following in Baltimore during the
reign ofteIror there. The notice appeared in
p"pcr which was then and is now, clamn,-
Gus Jor peace 1t Was under the following
head" l"ri'ed 10 ieare -. During the past
three days, persons have been visiting the
place OF business ~ several Northern sNler.
chants who have Deem Conspicuous in hostility
to tile Southern (dlsunionj cause, and whose
absence was drclned prefcrabl to their pes
ence. 10 Woe hem To seek safety in ftgh (!)
These visitors made their interviews very
brief: simply submitting to them. (thc' Nor
.he'n Me'chnnts) a Manufacture of hemp and
lhn,, bat Car L.,