The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1862-03-15

this look at the last issue of The Cecil
Democrat. 1t says, that in accepting
the nonlina ion Governor Spraguc said,
" he had always found the Democratic
Party true to the Union" These words
there placed in quotation marks, in end
ing to convey the idea that they are
part of Governor Spraguc's acceptance
The letter of acceptance, which we
print below, Shows there is not one word
Vi the whole sentence but is a deliberate
forgery whether orisinr ing with rte
Democrat, or only published by i second
hand remains to be seen
Misrepresentation have communicated to me til.
Intelligence thar have this day unanimously been
Nominated for rcr,tti" Sr Governor Of fis St'r by
III" Constitutional Union CunTentnn in session in
this city. have not tn" resolutions which ya,T
Convention has passed and. viii, my ideas If duty in
this great nations. emergency. consider it Of little i'm
pnrtnnrr tfi,f sl-sti kirw what they are do not
feel b"'nf by party resolutions party platforms My
duty. in the present condition If public affairs i, my
county Trt 10 u all in power to preserve the Fed
erhl Constitution and to restore the Federal Cnnn.-
TINS has been my position since the commencement of
the struggle maintain the Federal Government and
TO put down re. con. and this will continue to be my
position until this great work is fully accomplished.
You Will please make my sincere acknowl Judgements
nurd Confidence and to say to them that accept Of
their nomination.
Very truly y"urs WM. SPRAGug.
His disapproval of parry platforms and
resolutions is wet blanket on the string
of unmeaning platitudes spread out in
The Democrat. And yet this fellow
pretends to say, that this contemplate
faction, which waits around the back
doors of all sor of conventions, is insult
ed and kicked by he men about whom it
fawns, is the Democra ic party. If it
were so, then might it's enemies indeed
say, "how the mighty are fallen"
The people will see from the whole
sale forgery and falsehood which we thus
expose, that no more dependence is to
be placed in the incendiary statements
which this faction now makes, than there
was in those they have been making
for years past. This new botch of lies,
like their predecessors, are utterly with
out foundation, and are manufactured
by desperate politicians solely to create
discomfort and sectional prejudice
They are sowing again the seeds of that
fra ricidal strife of which the country
is now reaping such bitter fruits, and
they know it well. They know that the
abolitionists are powcrle S. for evil what
ever their wishes may be. They know
that Mr.. Lincoln has never raised his
finger against the real interests of the
loyal Shareholders. That he curtailed
Cameron's Report of all offensive matter.
and then put HIM out of the cabinet
because he tried to put the offensive
matter in. They know that Mr.. Blair
has denounced the abolition scheme in
unmeasured terms. They know that
Congress, composed almost exclusively
of Republicans, refused to take any
measures detrimental to, or destructive
of slavery as u State ms ion. Yet
they lie, and deceive, and begct bad
blood, and excite fierce passions in order
that they may get another chance to
strike a deadly blow at free institutions.