The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1861-09-14
What tyranouS government to deprive clti
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zen of the liberty of fire ~
The right of Implements of husbandry, too,
is great right. In our wooden country the
right of welding the axe is great right. =
But suppose an individual should use the axe,
instead of for cutting wood Or splitting rails.
for splittineshis neighbours head oren. lie
would be deprived of that liberty. and then
he would cry out what tyranny! The right
Of the axe is sacred Every man must have
that right. The right of individual liberty is
one of the most sacred rights under heaven :
far above the right Of the press and every
other right Yet when man converts him
self from the enjoyment of true manhood to
the destruction Of his neighbours property
put him in prison. And when you hear this
| idle parrot pirate about the " liberty of the
| press, tell him it is to be enjoyed so long as
1t uphn.dS right, and it is not to be an engine
| OF destruction. going about on its mercilcss
errands. In my opinion Mr.. Lincoln ought
to have lald his hand upon great many
reasonable journals which he has not done.
(Cheers.i more abominable abuse never
| existed. IL Satan had been let loose after his
confinement Of a thousand years, he could
not have done more mischief than these mis-
cradle, reasonable journals. lam for strong
measures ! did not Learn my Democracy
in the school of management, or lobby, or
trickcry. learned it at the bar of Andrew
jackson S court, where it was patriotic, and
where it taught that true Democracy was
consistent with true duty. Why, its first
duty was to uphold the Constitution, and IN
the language of the Son OF Man render to
Caesar the things that are CAESARS, and to
God the things that be God s." This is true
Democracy.
DUTY OF DEMOCRATS.
Any Democrat that undertakes to cmbar-
rass the administration, whether he loves or
hates it, in such crisis as this, is no Demo-
crat and no good citizen, and ought to be put
up as monument for scorn to point her
slow, unmovng finger at. His gcnuincncss
must be about equal to that of the old rcvou-
tionary soldier | have heard of in the interior
of Pennsylvania. The inhab itans of the
place had determined on having h Of july
celebration Of the old fashioned, spread-eagle
kind, and looked for man for a revolutionary
soldier, to give interest to the occasion. and
finally succeeded in finding one, an old Ger
man. lie was brought great distance and
placed upon the platform near the orator,
who waxcd grandly eloquent upon the patriotic
deeds of the surviving hero, ard at the close
of the Grafton he was desired to give some of
his personal recolections of the war. You"
Washington e Yes, | knew him. -
- Where dfa You see him 2" AT Trenton"
/" Were You in the battez" eyes, surren-
der to Washington" You surrender to
Washington How was that ?' 81 cas- von
HcSSi0n!" Great laughtcr.)
Now, | think, when You find men ating
about the Democracy embarrassing the
administration at such a time as this, when
you ignore their history, you will find they
were " ron Hcssiam." Laughter.)
PUSH ON THE WAR.
Let them (the rcbels) think there is party
here to help them and they will fight forever
You who so for peace so Tor a vigorous pros.
ecution of the war. Throw ten men in where
there is one now, and prosecute 1t with a
vigor becoming to this great people. None of
us need change our former sentiments. We
can 60 in this, for it concerns us all. Those
who are determined in this matter-made up
their minds to oppose their government
there is no use talking to, know. Though
you bray fool in mortar, yet will he not
depart from his folly the same of scces.
sioniSt talk to those who wish to COM
mune in order to exchange ideas for the pur-
pose of determining how to best act. My
theory is clear and plain That you must
put down rebellion and treat with fidelity
had letter, few days since, from gen.
| tleman in Kentucky, whom | never saw, but
with whom have sometimes cerresponded.
lie said, we wish to know what You are going
| to do in the North. In Kentucky we are
! prepared to fight out rebellion and put 1t
| down forever, but we are told tina, YOU IN the
| North are gong to give way and put in pro-
| positions for peace. | wrote him back, in
my opinion, 50 long as there is a loyal citizen,
so long as there is a dollar at the North, 50
long will this war be prosecuted, until this
internal rebellion is put down You can't
change mans mind who won't be changed,
but you may arrest treason in its thousand
walks and bring it to the judgment Of an in
dignant people.
This question is becoming more and more
understood. Men are meeting together to
commune; woman at the altar is pouring
! forth her gentle and avaing prayer, and
children are raising their hands against it as
monster coming to torment them before their
| time.
STAND TOGETHER.
Let us &C! together and see if we can have
one occasion when we can rise above the
party questions of the day. AS for myself,
| am enlisted for the var. l will call upon
NY fellow citizens far and near to 20 with
me in this great battle of opinion and see if
this country can be sustained and this gov.
eminent upheld, if these glorious stars and
stripes can float over the sea and over the
land, throughout the long tracks Of future
time, to gladden. the many millions who are
to come after us. Sha i we permit this gov
eminent to be destroyed? No, say, never !!
Let us stand up to this great occasion, and
let him who fails or falters be called a
traitor. loud app!ausc)
. These are the times that try mems souls.
The sunshine patriot and the summer soldier
will shrink from his country's cause in times
like these, but he who stands up now deserves
and will receive the love and thanks Of every
tlan and woman"
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