The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1861-09-07
That UPers0nal Collision :"

INTO the secession papers OF Baltimore:
The ineeniary language employed by The
Cecil Wing OF the l7th inst. towards this paper.
evince the black hearted male, olcncc which con
trolls that sheet aul excited the ind sMation of
every friend of this journal who read it,
Aversc to newspaper controversy we determined
at once to trke NJ other notice oIit than such as
We took on Tuesday afternoon last when meeting
the nominal editor OF that paper in the street.
dealt him blow. after thrice pronouncins him II
dirty, lying ounlrc-cpithets which he richly
meritcl.
One or two blows were then exchanged and
-ru!fe cnsucd. in the course Of which we both fell
in the street, when bystnnlerS separated us
We could not have believed the man base enough
to suggest NIB violence against VI. until We had
the evidence of it before our eyes Such conduct
will receive its just desert in the detcsarn and
adherence it will inspire in every vir'uous mind
lflhcre were =! big knife j." Or " bel"
worn as an insignia among liars as among ugly
men and pugists, the Editor of The Cecil
Democrat would be justly entitled to wear the
badge, after publishing the above, which con-
tains inside Of twenty lines not less than
twelve {" whoppers." The first paragraph has
three stored snngly away in it. In reference
to " the inccndiary language" not one word
of such can be found in the pages of The
Wing, as every rcadcr knows No one has
ever discovered anything like s black hearted
malevolence /" in either the Editor or the
columns of the paper, and of course the friends
Of The Democrat coLld not be indignant at
what never existed.
In the next paragraph, there are as many
more of the same brood. Inplacc OF meeting
the sc nominal Editor of that paper in the
street," Mr.. Vanderford called the real Editor
Of The Wing across the street, who not having
the remotest idea Of this Democratic descend
ant Of Ananias and Sapphira's wrathiul mood
it wouldn't have altered the result, if he
had-went to him, when this pink of piety
and morality, began strain of grog shop
eloquence, such as g Iiar,' 90 Internal liar"
and we think, sd-d liar " scoundrcl," &C.
We thought the man was drunk. and looked
at him with some curiosity. The reader is
| next Informed that, he dealt the Editor Of The
| Wing i" blow" after his shower Of black
guard epithcts was exhausted. This is an
entire mistake. The little fellow did make a
boyish demonstration, that bore a very awk-
ward and faint resemblance to an infantile
blow" which we quietly put aside with one
hand. The only blow struck was a very light
one with shoe leather, in the bread basket of
The Democrat, by way of gentle hint that the
bruiscr of that paper had "waked up the
wrong passengcr.' A conviction Of this kind
for, like the old man in the fable, he began to
cast about, as il he had notion to try what
virtue there were in stones We, thinking
the sport would be more interesting by giving
it different variation, at this stage OF the
proceedings, took Mr.. Vanderiord. Jr., by
the neck, and, laying him down in the gutter,
made seat Of him, keeping him quiet till We
handed him over to some neighbors who
came; not, however, before the lapse of
several minutes, thus allowing the Editor CT
The IFhig time to crafty his " black hearted
malevulcnce by beating the little codgcr to
death, if he had been disposed to do so.
lie grew very valiant when we delivered him
to his friends unframed, and actually broke
button oil our vest, as he scratched and
clawed, kicked and squirmed, in their hands,
like naughty child in the arms of its nurse.
By this time the street was full of men and
boys, with slight sprinkling of the fair sex,
enjoying hearty laugh, which We couldn't
forbear joining in. After we had walked
away, and the Democratic Editor had been
taken iuto his Office by his printers and some
of the parties that came up, he ran on, and
threw a stone down the street after us, which
committed a violent assault on widow lady
door. The valiant Editor forgot to mention
this heroic act among his other exploits, so
graphically portrayed in last Saturdays
Democrat, to the mingled amusement and
disgust ofthose Z" friends - he speaks Of
What the truthful Editor of Tie Democrat
means by mob violence,' which we sug
gested, no one seems able to explain. The
only thing like mob violence was the throwing
of the stone by the Editor himself, after every
one had left him. This was, perhaps, sng-
gested to him by our laying him down in the
street to make him keep quiet. This was the
only mobbish resemblance about the disgrace
full transaction, and the baseness was altogether
on the side of the party who commenced the
row, and then published pack of lies about
| it.
| HiS 10 'ilc GAaCt tlutH aDOHt tIlc NlallcT, rs
g every friend of that Journal" who saw the
" rumpus," will affirm, if any arc curious
enough to inquire.
The Editor of The Democrat alleged that he
took offense at an editorial in The Wing Of
the 18th, which answered some of his COM
plants about orr correspondents taking
exception to his secession course. We told
him in that article that if he wished to escape
censure In loyal Cecil, he must quit doing the
dirty work OF Secession, by copying from
such journals as the Day Book, Daily Ncps,
Baltimore Exchange, etc. This being very
disagreeable truth, which couldn't DO got rid
of by writing, this " Peace - Editor concluded
to try the accession mode of treatment. Like
the little bull that attacked the engine, he
showed considerable spunk, but great lack
of discretion. The affair was entirely too
| small to mention in our columns but the
Editor OF The Democrat spread lying account
of it before his readers, in which he publishes
himself hero, for the benefit of his country
readers. And then what do you think he did
country rcaders3 Why sent a friend to the
Editor of The WING, on Saturday morning,
before breakfast, to say that he Of The Demo-
crat was sorry for what had happened, and
wished an amicable settlement. After publish
ing lying and slanderous statement on Friday
night, he sends word the next morning early,