The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1861-04-20
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PUBLIC OPlNION.

We copy from some Of our exchanges,
extracts showing the Union sentiment in
Maryland:
yin view of the imminent peril of the
government, there seems to us but one
course for the friends Of the Union to
pursue Every patriot should take
grounds for the Un1on at nil haSnrds.
Anything short of this will be derclic-
tion of duty. a patriotism based upon
contingency, isn't worth straw. If we
serve our country only because Virgin
ians serve it, our service isn't worth
having. If We purpose to resist the au
thority Of the government, simply be-
cause it defends the honor OF the nation
against rebels and traitors, VIC are as
guilty of rebellion and treason as they.
We should have no conditions to our
patriotism. We must serve our country,
because it is our duty to support it.
There can certainly be no just cause
for an indefinite policy and treacher-
Gus conduct in the present emergency
Shall We enquire into the proftabencss
of Secession Shall we ask what is
Maryland to gain by turning her back
upon the Administration and betraying
the general government! Nay, it is bet
ter to ask, what shall she lose There
is nothing to be gained, and everything
to be lost. AS yet, no cause has trans
pircd to induce Maryland to think of re-
pudating the General Government
And as far as our eye can reach in COIN
ing time, we can see no contingency that
is likely to arise, in Which her condition
would be better out of the Union, than
in it, Such a thing is possible, bat we
do not think it probable. If the Admin
istration should attempt to Cypress her,
by denial of any of the clearly defined
rights Of the organic law of the States,
then she would undoubtedly, be justilia-
bic in resor,ing to her right of rcvolu-
ton. But no such contingency has YET,
arisen. And until it does arise, Mary
should perform her duty, and her whole
duty to the nation.
A party in favor of the Union at all
hazards, and with undying opposition to
p the enemies Of the liberty and law of this
great nation, both at the North aud
South, is the esl ecial need of this time.
Such party, upon such basis, must
now be organized. All who are in favor
of maintaining the Union, as it is, against
all its foes, must now rally together
Old issues have passed away, and with
them old party lines must be obliterated.
Democrats and Americans must now
stand side by side in common effort for
the defence of their common country -
Cambridge (.Nd.) Intell,gencer.
0y-By the acts of men who have not
sc upled to plunge the country into I'M
precedented trials and difficulties, and
by a combination of schemes and plans
carried on by them for years, aud all
directed to the same end, the hercsy of
secession has at length become practi-
cal event, consunmated by the rulers of
the people in seven States, and now
developed in all the odious proportions
of European despotism. When has
there been given to the world such q
humiliating spectacle as is now prescnsed
to other nationalities, in our deploral,le
condition and INDIGESTION What country
upon the face Of the earth having Coz
ermment, and within the Influences of
clvllizstion, could have been so boldly
detied and insulted as has been ours by
moIcty of its people! Not one. 1t
was reserved for the gigantic and model
Republic to furnish the illustration of
the notifying fact, that the liberties,
blessings, and happiness of thirty mil
lions Of freemen, could be successfully
put in jeopardy by less than hundred
traitors.
Who is for the Union and the Consti-
tuition, now trembling in the balances +!
Who will lend his aid in rescung the
country from the appalling calamities so
inlmnently threatening to destroy the
bright hopes postcrity! The children
call upon their fathers not to ruin their
inheritance, bu. to transmit unimpaired