The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1861-06-01
Subjugation of the South.

VI all the miserable cant OF the present day,
that which we constantly hear from would.
be Secessionists about subjugating the South
is the meres: shilly.shally of it all. 1t has
been the subjugalion of the Government by
the South, that has been going on till very
recently. 1t has been this same South that
has declared the war : that has been arming
and preparing for it that has been march
ing against the Government /; seizing by
armed force and conliscatlng every article of
property belonging to it they could lay hands
on.
This same South began the game at
Charleston, S. C., MS soon as the result Of the
Presidential election was announced, and for
which they were waiting mpatiently. They
made every possible arrangement to begin
this Secession business SO soon as the result
Of the election should be known, after having
rcsorted to every means in their power to
make that result as they desired, certain
The South carried OH a war of conquest
against the Government for months, before
there was the least opposition made 10 its
aggrcssions. By aams. by fasehood, braga-
docia, intimidation, secret plotting. q reign Of
terror and excitement. the Secession mania
was spread from Charleston through all the
Cotton States. Emboldened by unchecked
success, the conspifators advanced into the
Border States. The masses Of the people
were first tried in these States, but they
voted Secession down. Far from being dis
couragcd by this repulse, they corrupted the
governing parties in all of them, and have
forced Secession by the secret management OF
Legislative machinery and by usu,pa,ions
and intinidations the most glaring and
fragrant. upon the people of these States.
Thus the Southern conspirators have
marched on from one act of violence to
another. till Washington was almost within
their grasp. After capturing the National
Capital the boast of the leaders in this war
Of conquest and sutjugation. declared and
carried ON by the Scccssionlsts, was to march
or Philadelphia, thence to Boston, and in
the end, after overthrowing the present
Government of the United States q recon-
struction was to be accomplished, to suit the
views and interests of the military leaders in
the Secession revolution, and all States that
subscribed to this new order of things were
to be graciously admitted into this Utopian
government, Of which Cotton was to BE-
imaginary King, and jeff: Davis Rhett,
Yancey, Memmnger & Co.. real lords And
Mason, Hunter, Wise, Breckenridge. Bob
McLane, George p. Kane Maj Gen. Tench
Tilghman, and other kindred spirits-stars
of lesser magnitude than those of Cottondom,
(Which shine with so much Respondent beauty
in the eyes of their admirers in this region, J
were doubtless to be assigned secondary
positions in this chef d CURE of govern
ment, The new dynasty was 10 be The great
power of this continent, tax ing the place of
The old government of the United States,
which was to pass away without strug-
gle; and all States that did not sub.
scribe to this new order Of things were to be
treated as enemies and suhjugated by The
sword. But alas, for the folly, ambition and
vanity of man In an hour when they
thought not, and when like Belshazzsr at the
feast, they were reveling over the victory & y
Of Sumter. there appeared unto King Cotton
hand writing. like unto the hand writing
upon the wall, which alarmed the King of
Babylon.
Like long bated lion unchaned,'
the slumbering power of the United States
arose in its colossal dignity, its majesty and
its right to stay, to hurl back, annihila:e and
destroy utterly, despotism. aristocracy and
military rule, which is now making its last
stand behind falsehood and the prejudice of
deceived people, for the overthrow of consti-
tutional government. in order that select
few may rule by the sword, in place of the
majority by the ballot.box.
And thus. when civil and religious
liberty, aud constitutional government take
up the sword, compelled by dire necessity, to
defend its very existence against its old
enemy, Atistocratc power. we hear Ameri-
can citizens-young men of intelligence. who
should understand the history cf the Anglo.
Saxon race better-crying out against the
Government, to which they owe life and
liberty, saying. You can't subjugate the
South! ~ We assert again, that there is no
subjugation Of the South intended. The
South has declared war and carried it on,
till recently, unopposed without, apparently.
the slightest notion Of abandoning it, and the
Government is compelled to fight for its very
existence, ana to advance into the enemy 8
country in order to break his power. The
the South can at any moment end the war
she has so unprovoHedly began, by ceasna
her aggressions, and returning to the enjoy.
ment Of her portion of the blessing of a free
and impartial government. But if she thinks
it is her peculiar mission to hold the keys OF
commerce Of the Gulf, and make nests for
buccaneers, and shut Up the mouth Of the
Mississippi, and esta blish an aristocracy to
lord it over the free institutions of this con.
! tiIent. then the sooner she makes ur her