The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1861-02-16
The iIIlmOrs of Secession.

In desperate cases physicians count 1t a
good symptom when the patient INDUCES in
a joke. however tritling. It's quite an &C.
cou. plishm.nt in their profession to have a
stock of good anecdotes on hand for the sick
room. and exhibit them with effect as a SAM.
tary portion of the pharmacopeia. The
doctors of the body pnlitic. too, have their
little tests, which relieve the despair Of hope.
less mnortics. Of imrracticable concession.
lists, and gild with a nomentarv brilliancy
the black clouds of bankruptcy and ruin. 1t
will be a fatal symptom. indeed for the
American consultation when it is no longer
capa! le of Jest, for life will then have quite
departed from it,
There have been several good things said
Of recent affairs. That was not " bad con-
corning Collector Schell. when it was report
ed that he had been rendered the Secretary
ship of the Treasury. vacated in All utterly
exhausted condition by the departure of that
exemplary patriot and tinancier, Howell
Cobb. " Schcll why there's nothing lefs TO
Schcll, the corn has gone and the Cobb too. "
so our fathers used to joke of CornwalliS.-
The defacntion in the Department of the In
terror, WHICH followed. a sorry subject for a
wi,ticism, brought forth another. A member
OF Congress or the Senate meets his brother
represent alive on the steps Of the Capitol
with bus,ling query, " Well, is there any
thing in addition of the swindle discovered
yesterday 2" No. " in reply. "not in ad.
di,ion, il is all in SubStracton."
There has been good illustration of this
business 10y some western speaker, who re-
lated Il " lcttle anecdple of scow towrd
by Steamboat OH one of the lakes. Present.
iy after being fastened to. the engine began
painting and heaving and the wheels splash
ing as the whole concern went smashing
ahead at Il fearful rate. The wheels threw
the water into the scow =" Hold on there,
shouted the captain of the scow to the com.
mander Of the steamer. IF you don't ston
that splashlng, | will make you" Well
what will you do DO shouted the keep.
er of the scow; will cut the rope and let
your old steamer go to thunder :"
There have been many severe things said
Of the secrs>onistS. but the most cruel of all
was the lcfl.handei compliment paid them
by their own !avorie orator and leader, the
Hon. II. Barnwcll Rhctt. IL was in hi,
speech in Columbia. after the passage of the
bill by the Legislature alling Convention
- Well, my friends. said he. after IA gentle
alusion to Vice President Hamin, as a
'huia'to, "hhl are we SoliS u uo! OF Tath-
er what have We done! Why, we have dis
solved this Union with our opp,essors. |
read somewhere, the other day, that South
Carolina was like spoiled and fretful child
and needed Spanking. DO you hear that,
some yentee says M'a South Carolina needs
<pa"hi"g and rs a spotted ch,d! Fellow cit.
zrns, can tell them that we are the Sam
son that will take hold Of the pillars of the
temple Of their idolatry. and pull it down
upon their and crush them beneath its frag.
mcnts. Could raise my voice until its
tones reached the majesty Of thunder,
would cry in notes Of thunder, until it
rolled over every village and city and hamlet
of the NORTH this Union is dissolved = |
would go to the fanatic, the MANUFACTURER, to
the plundcrcr who has fattened upon rs like The
culture np0n garbage. and would tell them in
trumpet tones this Union is dissolved"
That last rhetorical exploit. the striking
aud elegant siuiile of the vultu:c and the gar
bage. reminds us of the demonstration of the
sage Professor Won Poddingcoft or Pudding
head. in kniskerLocker, who illustrating the
centrifugal or secessionist tendencies Of the
solar system by whiting bucket of watar
about his head, it was suddenly brought in
contact with that member and dclused hi.
whole prls Tile Century.