The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1862-06-14
= The Reorganization of the Demo
cratic PARTY"

! The rebel newspapers have n vast amount
of fine writing on this subject just now
These same sheets used to abound in articles
intended to prove I" the South can't be con-
quered;'' and in very learned discussions on
the habeas corpus; and labored essays on
".inti Coercion, and after the battle of
Bull Run they were filled with abuse of the
Federal Government, the sacrednass Of
States Rights" the exaltation of the
Southern chivalry," &c. The Democratic
party" wasn't often heard of then. Breckin-
ridge, the leader Of this party, was in the
Senate Of the United States, disgracing the
| country by plotting with the rebels and
abusing the Government whose bounden
duty it was to have hung him, as the sequel
has shown. These same leaders of rebellion
and treason filled their papers with long
articles, attempting to show the positive
certainty of an intervention in our affairs by
foreign powers, for the purpose, as they
| it, Of establishing the independence
Of the Southern Conledcracy," but in reality
for the sundering and total ruin of our
government. These were the days of the
Peace party" which had no sooner tried
its fortunes at the ballotbox than it was
totally swept out Of existence by the people
The rebels in arms are now contrary to
these false Democratic C) prophets, beaten
at oil points, and foreign powers have learned
that wisdom on their part is to keep hands
off. We now hear the cry from these treason
newspapers that the Democratic party is
being reorganized, to redeem the country,
to re-establish peace, prosperity &C.! What
these organs of treason, stratagem and
spols,' mean by Democratic party is, the
cajoling enough of fools into voting the
wind broken, ring boned, and spawned poll.
ticians into Office, who supported Bucha ran
and Breckenridge, with the whole southern
crew, after their treason had become public,
and who still continue to apologize for them,
and support them openly or secretly, as the
case may best serve their purpose.
No one need give himself any uneasiness
about the success Of these traitors, though
they call themselves Democratic party, or
whatever else they fancy. The people who
rose up spontaneously, and demanded that
this war should be waged, and have taken
up the musket and fought it, are not such
fools as to be guled into voting these rascals
into Office because they choose to christen
themselves Democrats. They put them
down and turned them out of office when
their offense was less notorious, and when
they had the patronage Of the government,
with all the offices filled with their tools and
james Buchanan at their head.
The Cecil Democrat of last Saturday, tells
us that the eight is beginning to break
through the zimmerman darkness" and the
country is soon to be redeemed, &C., &c.
This contains more truth than that paper
intended. The light that is breaking is from
the Union guns, that are shooting down its
friends and co-workcrs in treason, and the
men who are firing those guns, from which
the /" light is breakng," will never be found
voting for such bloody handed traitors as
are attempting to organize this new rebel
party under the old name of Democratic.
Headed by the leaders of the Bull Run
peace party, tie admirers and followers of
Breckenridge and Jeff. Davis, and those
lunatics who sing hozannas to the great
humbug Bcauregard, like its prototype of
last summer it will end by being party
without constituents. The people who, in
their great uprising, have pushed this war
on to the overthrow of treason for the love
of country and the preservation of its insti
tutions, will not be lured by any phosphorc
CLEAN that may be emitted from this new
organization of rebels. IF the decaying
carcass Of treason shines, it will also stink
like rotten mackerel by moonlight" and
honest men will surely shun it as they did
the Peace fzzle.
This Democratic party, referred to by The
Cecil Democrat, was in full power when the
rebellion began. 1t had Congress and the
President, with all the Offices ofgovcrnment
and need We say that it used these advan-
tages, not for the purpose of peace and
prosperity to the country, but from Buchan-
an down, with but few exceptions, the whole
crew was as busy as bees plotting the
destruction of the government. Some were
employed in stealing arms and ammunition
from northern arsenals others were en-.
gagged in stealing the public money, in send
ing the navy abroad to the ends of the earth,
in order to have it out Of their way others
were operating in foreign countries, as the
accredited ministers of the government, in
order to destroy its interest and influence
abroad ard party headed by these crca
lures is called Democratic party! The
men who little more than year ago sold
the country-in fact. cast lots and divided
its effects among them-we are told, with a
serious air, are to be reinstated in office, in
order that they may divide and sell 1t again
Did ever any slavcring idiot imagine any
thing SO superatively foolish, as that the
people would again restore jeff. Davis and
his fellow conspirators to power, in order
to redeem and rescue the nation from the
ruin they alone brought upon it, when that
people themselves have already, by their
good stout hearts and good strong arms,
rescued it from the " cimmerian darkness {"
and grave Of ruin, prepared by these
shriekers after peace, when they and their
friends are sinking, to rise no more, into
that deeper than "cimmerian darkness
presided over by the devil and his angels