The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1861-10-12
Ole Cecil ll)bio.
ELNTON. OCTOBER I2. 1861.
THE PEACE PARTY.
Acts VS.. Professions.


be in great doubt of its answering the pur-
pose; but being the hes, they have, we must
accept the boon thankfully, and with Sancho
PanzLs philosophy, I" not look the gift horse
j. the mouth -
But AS no rogue ever was entirely without
mn excuse for his acts, so it was reasonable
to suppose that this sarvcling of Secession
would frame some kind Of reason for its
organization. Let us examine the object 1t
proposes to effect, and the means it would
employ to accomplish this good work.
After announcing the completion Of the
ticket 10y the name Of Mr.. Ambrose Ewing,
The Democrat tells the % Peace - men the
next thing to be done is to turn out and elect
the same. This, we opinc, will be the most
difficult part. This the writer seems to have
but little hope of, and despairingly says the
ticket represents a ':pocy ofpcace--a policy
il il could be succrssful,' &C., would bring to
close this nnhoy war, save the country
from an enormous public debt, which will cat
out our substance, and leave lis in the sad
pcrdicamrnt Of France and England, the self
same Powers these Peace" men of the
>''''h t''"''o wv putting Wy SUM I''S''n
prayers to- to come over and take them under
their protection, and give them king to rule
over them. These South Carolina brothers
of our Cecil - Peace men don't seem to
have such horror Of the enormous debt of
France ami England.
But let us look back few weeks, and see
what course this same 6. Peace " Party
4 I 4
about this charming pcacc-fur rccollect they
hive had the government Of the State in their
hands, until the Federal power shut up the
working spirits in Fort Lafayette. Well, their
FIRST attempt to bring about peace was their
attacking the Government troops III Bllti-
more. and numbering many of them followed
by threatening to take Gov. Hicks life il he
did not call the Legislature together, and the
burning of all the railroad bridges, which the
State most likely will have to pay for. These
are some of the first acts in the peace drama,
as gotten up and acted by the immaculate
party.
When they, through acts of violence such
as these, got the Legislature assembled, by
way Of keeping down public debt got up an
unconstitutional bill to tax the State Of Mary
land 50 600 900, and place it in the hands of
committee to arm the Sccessionists Of the
State and the head Of that committee or
more properly, military tribuna-was Enoch
Louis Lowe, who is now in Virginia fighting
against his government and country as hard
as he is able. And this is the way -togathcr
with the well known system Of wholesale
robbery which that Legislature practiccd-
the g Peace - Party, when it was in power,
attempted to keep us clear of an :. enormous
public debit
But, " let us have peace before we are
involved in utter ruin. and the voice of Mary
land, AS expressed at the ballot box &C..
GO be the first call to the bclligerants to ground
their arms" This would sound very well il
the people Of Maryland were oblivious enough
not to remember the acts and words of this
s'Pcacc Party for less than half year after
they transpre. But the next paragraph The
Democrat gets off, caps the climax of absurd
ity. 1t reads thus " Then by national
convention let us reconstruct the Union
strengthen what was weak" &C., &C.
Reconstruct the Union,'' ch? How did the
"Pcace . Legislature attempt to d." this when
in the full blast ofthcir power! They recon-
mcnded the acknowledgement of the indepcn-
dcncc of what the elite ~ call " Southern
Confcdcacy." This is Jcn Davis plan of
reconstruction, exactly. And then a national
convention is to be callcd-that is, when the
s.Peacc " Party Of Maryland induces the
Government to ground its arms, and allow
the Southern brigands to march into our
State.
People Of Cecil connty-pcoplc Of Mary
1and-you should weigh these things WELL
before casting your votes in November,
next" That is good advice, and we are sure
they will take it so thoroughly to heart, and
act upon it so truly that like all former Tory
parties which called themselves &c Peace :"
parties, this Bnll Run anair-whch was
formed out of the floating materials of the
Maryland Legislature and the Baltimore
rioters, with their aiders and abstcrs in all
parts of the State-will not be heard of after
the November election. After getting off n
parcel more of this maudlin stuff, more non
sensical than any that precedes it, The Demo-
crat comes to Judge Douglas speech in the
Senate, when every means within the reach
OF the Government were being resprted to to
prevent this war which Southern tcnds were
hurrying and precipitaing to a bloody issue,
in place of quoting from Judge Douglas last
speech, when the war on the Government had
become a fixed fact. II The Democrat must
quote Judge Douglas, LET him, if he values
honesty, quote the Judges real sentiments on