The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1861-07-06
Is the Union DiSSOlyed2

is the Union Dissolved?
There are great many dcmagognes and
knaves in the country who arc cnleavoring
very scdulously to get out the impression
that the Union is dissolved, and there is no
lack of timid and gaping fools ready to gulp
down and implicitly believe their foolish
assertions. To any one not blinded by pre-.
jndice. or hcsot,ed by ignorance it is Just as
plain as the sun at noon day that the motive
of the men who arc raising this hue and cry
about the Union beng already dissolved, is
to prepare the minds Of the people for recog
milton of the Southern Confedcracy. Know
ing that the masses not the mushroom
aristocracy Of upper.tendom but the men
and women who do the work, and add to the
material wealth and prosperity of the country
are loyal, these designing politicians and
tricksers are trying to sednce them from their
allegiance and circumvent them as the Devil
did Eve, by plausible lies. 1t requires but a
moments reflection, however, to discover the
falla:y Of this Secession logic. How has the
Union been dissolved and what has dissolved
1t! Asscnblagcs Of scouadrcls in some six
or eight of the States. who represent the SEN
timent of the people of those States about as
much as the little gang plotting treason at
Frederick, represent the sentiments of the
people Of Maryland, have in their wisdom
declared their respective States out of the
Union, and are melting their people to
obslruct the enforcement of the Federal laws ::
and lhcreupon we are told the Union is dis.
solved. lSit possible that men laying clam
to sense can be imposed upon by such twad.
die, and be induced 10 believe that the strong.
est and best government the world ever saw
has been broken down by the first rebellion
against it! AS well might We be told tina,
our State government was scattered to the
winds by the Baltimore mob which covered
us with disgrace on the 10Th of April that
the Maryland Code was null and void, and
all our legislative enactmcnts imperative,
because old Barney Bartle last spring rcsis ted
Sheriff Oldham and his posse in their attempts
analogous ones. JEFF. Davis and his rebclous
hordes have jnst about as much dissolved the
Union and overturned ard destroyed the
United States government, as Ma or Trimble
and his band Of malcfac'ors in Baltimore, or
Barney Bartle and his desperate duckers OH
the Chesapeake, have dissolved Maryland,
and overturned and destroyed our State gov
ernment-not one whit more. A Union that
can be dissolved, and government that can
be destroyed by such p,smy efforts are not
worth preserving. The sooner they are
crushed the better But this Union is not
dissolved. 1t is stronger to-day than it has
ever been stronger by far than any other
government upon the face of the earth. No
where else than in the United States could
such as an army as we now have in the field
he raised to defend the government and put
down Rebellion. No where else could such
an army Re raised to enforce the laws and
sustain the country's flag. No where else
could such an army as has rallied in two
short months to fight for the Constitution and
Union be4ncathcd us by our fathers, be
gathered in any length of time or for any
purpose. And yet all governments have had
to fight against and put down rebrllions. 1t
is no new thing for bold bad men to raise IN
arms against their governments. From the
commencement Of tn. world to the present
day there have been traitors and cons Mira to,s
and they have eventually met their lust
doom. And the day is not far distant when
jeff. Davis and his oadutors will meet
theirs. Depend upon it this Union possesses
lar more vitality this very hour than at any
time since it was founded and long after
this unnatural Rebellion that now agitatcs
the country has been qucled, it will survive
and flourish, and bless with its wise and
bencficcnt laws the children of those men
who are now battling for its perpetuation.