The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1862-07-05

- Every loyal man knows with what n
thrill of pleasure he reads any extract from
a Southern paper which makes show, how.
ever feeble, of opposition to the sham al.
minstralion of jeff Davis & Co.. how he
halls it as evidence that the rebel cause is
weakening. and how his hopes of the ulti
mate success of the Government over treason
are revived.
If we could hear that one man had been
bold enough to stand up in the sham Con,
sress of Richmond and dcnounce Davis and
his Cabinet, we should hail it as the herald
of the coming triumph, and go into the war
with fresh vigor. Now. such being the
effect of any, he slightest, opposition to the
rebel government from its own people, We
put it to the common sense of every man,
how must the heart of every rebel be encour.
aged as he hears that thirty FIVE members of
the Congress of the United States have
banded themselves in opposition to the pres
rnt Administration, and propose to raise a
party to elect enough Representatives to
thwarr and annoy and hinder it in the next
Congress. How even one bad man can
give hope to the rebels and how they shout
for joy over his single effort, may be seen
in the following laudation of the speech of
The notorious Ben Wood taken from the
Richmond Dispatch:
"We print to day the speech of Ben. Wood
of New York, delivered few weeks since
in the Federal House of Representatives.
1t will be pcruscd with intense interest by
every one who remembers the gallant posi-
ton he rsaintained in defense of the South
long afFer the commencement of hostiliics,
in the very midst of tanaicism and star
spangled banrers. paying no heed to the
clamors off mob, but boldly and fearless.
ly boarding the lion in his den.'
Just now when the last hope is dying out.
when thoy are ready to catch at any straw.
when any chance however weak or baseless
will do to bolster up a sinking cause, just now
when something, no matter what, is needed
TO support them for breathing spell, these
thi.ty-fve men, some Of the them blackcst trai.
tors in the land, most Of them at heart sympa-
thizcrs with JEFF. Davis and his clan, few,
very few, honest, but iearfiilly misguided and
terribly disappointed and sour, these thirty.
five men in this nick Of time give rebellion the
very momcntary stimulus it needs, so that it
can make one more struggle, fight one more
battle, make few thousand more widows and
orphans, sacrifice more victims to helish
ambirfoa, and more martyrs 10 the cause OF
freedom and humanity. Mark well these
thirty-fve, fellow citizens! We are glad to
see the union press in Maryland denouncing
these gcncrsativeO) Congressman. Both
the AMERICAN and Clipper IN BaTtiesorc have
spoken out squaTely on the subject, and we
hope to be able to say next week that every
Union paper in She State has put its seal OF
condemnation Hpon this most wicked move.
ment. This is no time for forming Pnrties.-
There can be but one party now ansong toyal
men, and that patty which will hold up the
hands Of our honest Executive whose integ-
rity, patriotism and untirng devotion to the
true interests of the country no man darcs to
question, and to whom more than to any
other man Of this day is due the namo OF
" Detcnacr of The Union."