The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1861-07-20
Ole Cecil lubio.
ELKTON, JULY 90, 1861.
3" Anti Coercion Union Man
Again.

W. canno, but regret that we have wound
ed the delicate sensibllllics of the young gen
tcman, who figures so largely in the columns
Of The Democrat: bnt really, in these stern
earnest times, p-op.e who will rush into the
fight must expect some rough handling. and
should not betray their weakness hy whim.
pering in such ptIful style
This writer started out with the fsllacy
that the Government ought to allow the rebel
States to go in peace; that. although he
denied the right Of secession, and disapproved
entirely Of what these States had done he
deemed 1t better policy to let them alone,
than 10 coerce them into submission to the
government.
In the next article he abandons this posi-
ton and becomes the open advocate for scces
sion; or, as he calls it. revolution, and after
the usual stereotyped prelude of a whine
about "Aboli'on petitions" goes on to argue,
THAT the Southern States passed ordinances
of secession as an ESCAPE from grievances
which they no longer hoped to see redrcssed
In the Union"
That as an " oppressed people y they "arc
authorized whenever they can to rise and
break their letters"
That this state of revolution "justfics
every available means for the accomplish.
nent of its success, and the rules of honesty.
which should govern men in their dealings
with each other, are never applied. except by
those incapable Of grasping principle"
That there is :" adequate cause " for " this
REBELLION"
That being " confronted with an nnfrendy
Executive, and Congress just becoming so y
the South +" lost all hope of justice now, or
magnan,ni,y hereafter, and accepted the last
resort Of the oppressed"
And finally winds up with a justification
of the attack on Fort Sumter. the stealing of
forts, srsenals and money, by citing the
action of our own revolutionary fathers.
If this writer supposes that we are going
to argue with HIM now, about these things, he
is very much mistaken. In the back num-
btrs Of the Baltimore american and Cecil
Wing, which, he says. have heretofore fur
niShed his mental pabulum, each and every
position he has taken is utterly refued and
scattered to the winds, and that he is still
nnconvinced "of the fu'lacy Ct his own
views" only proves the truth of the old
provcrb:
A fool convinced against his will
LIS of the same OPT Mon still
The time for arguing with such fellows with
pens is gone past The bayonet is quicker
and the dullcst louts usually see its point
unless like the " Secesl,ers they run away.
man whose ignorance allows him to
write about TERRITORY taken away."to say
that " one of the members from Baltimore
was supporter Of Blair and Grow. and
whose impudence served him to talk Of the
morality of the leaders " OF the rebellion
with the example of Goth and Floyd before
his eyes !: whose narrow vision cannot look
beyond his aniipalhy TO party platform
when the very life Of the Republic is threat
ened, is game too small for The Thlg. No
better comment upon the Stiffness of such
writers can be afforded than the fact that
the man whom he laudS as the "galan,
Crittenden, d" the compcer of Clay" voted
half = million of men and five hundred mil.
lions OF money to put down revolution and
wage this war of subjugation. One would
suppose chat such signal rcbuke would be
enough to cure him, but his disease is OF
such character, that he will never recover
though prayed in mortar with pcste.