The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1861-02-23
Reported for The Cell Fh,g.
A Speech-An Episctic.

Specch-An EQtscuc.
According to ahhoun rcrHent Mr. O. G.
Kidd paid his respects, on Monday night last,
in the Court Room,-. TO pretty large audience
off, citinns of Cecil county ahxious. from
diff rent motives perhaps. to hear what Mt
! n. had TO say upon the posiliun of Mary
land ~ aha ont of the Onion Immediately
upon lie arrival nf tie speaker, J. ". Max
well. Esq. called the nssrmLlage to order
and moved the appointment Of grptk man
As Chairman who. WIS either not present, or
being present declined whereupon. on mo.
ton to that effect. Mr.. Maxwell took the
chair and introduced the speaker, no, after
few Introductory remarks, proceeded to
read series Of resDi utinns, which. us he said;
had been adopted at recent meeting N the
| sixth district The resolutions were, in sen.
tinent, not unlike those adopted at the Wed.
nesday week public meeting. and rhade ad.
| h.rence to the Union o contingency. After
the reading Of the resolutions Mr.. Kidd al.
dressed himself to the task Of calculating his
views upon the condition of affairs, bv an UNI
fortunate md unwarrantahlc attack upon the
Horkngmen's Meeting Of the l4lh inst, dc.
nouncing it as a packed affair. partizan in
matel" and design. and instanced, in proof
of his allegation, the fact that lie Mas moi per-
United to address it "a man--nu gentle.
man--a thing in the shape Of man Having
impertincnly .inpudently or impolitcy your
Reporter don't recollcct which-rt qucsted
him (Mr. X. to vacate :he steps Of the Court
House, upon which he had taken his stand for
the purpose, as he said, Of declining to n,ake
a speech. The irnpertincnt or impo-
lite ~ man, or thing as Nj. X. term
ed him-happening to be present in the au-
dience. and not relishing this fierce on
slaugh. upon his genility, nor the allegation
Of partizanship us 10 the Workins,nen's
Meeting, in which he had taken ali active and
efficient part, and being, wtl,al. spunky
enough to resent both matters, here let
out > upon Mr.. Kidd by dcnouncing tho
manding that the whole should be taken
back - by the speaker, who almost im.ne.
dately, by the advice of the cautious chair.
man. intinsted his willingness to take it
back Here, as your Reporter supposcs,
| the matter would have rested, had not some
person in the crowd volunteered = little al.
vice Of q contrary and no: quite so pacitica.
| tory a character, nor, under the crcums.an-
ces, indicative Of as much wisdom and for.
cast, as the advice Of the Chairman. This
iuCuutlOuS pcrSol HalloWtu 10 tne now cX'
cited speaker don't tuke 1t back" whereup.
on another party. in the immediate ncighhor-
hood Of the speakers" back cr, declared that
he, also. had got to take il back" as well
as the speaker BY this time the excitement
had got pretty high, and it seemed so evident
that the lowering Clouds betok,ned n storm,
that the cautious chairman vacated his seat
very huIried!y, and rather unceremonlously,
it occurred to your Reporter for gentleman
with a Legislative experience of 10 days
This sudden adjournment of thc---chairman
was not, however unlike that Of the last
Mary land Legislature. and your Rel ORTIZ sup.
poses that the memory Of that event is still
fresh in the mind Of the good humorcd chair.
man Of this squally meeting. The chair be-
ing vacated. and Mr.. Kidd, having taken the
offensive remarks back" he went on at
some " little length to elucidatc his views
of the affairs of the nation, but being evident.
ly ;. thrown off the track by the above i'm
perfectly narrated episode. which must have
been witnessed 10 b. fully appreciated. he
soon closed with proposing sou'c sentiment in
which the Constitutional Union idea was
prominent, but which was frebly respond.
cd to by the audience. Hearty cheers were
given for Gov. Hicks" 1.-The Stare and
Stripes" and " the Union as it is" when
amidst the general excitement Of the occa-
sion, stranger mounted the Judges plat.
form, and upon being asked " who arc you Z"
stated that his name was Jones, from Louis.
vile. KY In rather all excited manner this
gentleman proceeded to make a very good
though short speech deprecatns civil war
expectant Of a cordial reunion Of the States.
perhaps after a " little BRUSH" and conf.
dent that the Ruler Of Nations, as Of men.
Will not permit the destruction Of our noble
fabric Of free Government. In short
Jones, of Louisville KY was a success,
and having concluded. was greeted with
cheers for " Kentucky" The meeting there.
upon adjourned out Of order, and your Re-
| porter retired to make note Of the string
events of the night with view to publica-
ton in The Wing, duly impressed with the
sage remark Of one Robin, the sangstcr, that
The best laid schemes O. mice and men.
Gang aft aglre." PAUL.