The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1863-12-12

| Hated with nope or victory, ana mas re-
veaIed conspiracies in time for the Gov
ernnlent to secure herself against them.
Aud to-day our country is in more
prosperous condition, and our institutions
less endangered, than they have been for
the last twenty years. The storm which
for more than that length of time had
been collecting, and which in it's APP
proach had nearly divided the North,
has at last burst upon US. The Ship
of Sta,e has cringed beneath the blast i;
but as the tempest subsidies she gradual
! ly rights up, and shows that not plank
has been broken, not sail torn, nor a
jibboom lost, aud that she has power to
dry up the sea whose ascending vapors
caused the storm.
''Iet those who wake the soul that dwells
On our free winds, beware;
| The greenest and the Iovcliest dels,
| May be the lions lair
A righteous Administration sustained
by the affections and influence of the
masses, is the surest guaranty to the
perinanence of nation.
The prophecies concerning the form
of Government to be adopted by the
latter day Israel, especially that part Of
it relating to the Elective Franchise,
seems to endorse the American Govern
ment DER. xxx II Hosea |; IL.
Added to this is The fact, that when a
Monarchy was about to be introduced
among his ancient people, Jehovah pro-
ested against king. Bat not enlarg-
ing upon this point we may say, in our
judgment, the principles of Democracy
are essentia! to our Government. The
moment we cease 10 be Democratic We
cease to be American. Democracy is
government by popular voice, the power
being in the people. In this country
prncipe may exist under different
names. When the popular voice spake
and said Mr.. Lincoln shall be our
President, the Union shall be preserved
and the laws duly administered, the
South and their sympathizers in The
North, recre1nt to Democracy, and dis
regarding the popular voice, said-Not
so. eve will not have this man to
rule over u.s." The Union shall not be
preserved, or at least not in the way the
majority desire to preserve it. What is
the result To-day Unionism and Re-
pubicanism are synonymous to Democ-
racy, and consequently essential 20 the
existence Of the American Government.
Is proof of this required
When weak foreign nation was near
y crushed, when our armies held their
Capital and most of their important
ci les, and nearly all their Strategic
points, just as the war was about clos
ing, Democratic Convention met in
Baltimore, to nominate candidate for
the Presidency of the United Staes.-
Speaking Of the justice and necessity Of
the war they say -" II 1DaS one in
whtch ege1y .dmerican citizen shouid
hare shocn himself on the side OF his
country, and neither morrnily, nor ph,s-
icaiIy, by ,oord or deed, hare gicen aid
or comfort 10 the enemy" In 1882,
four years after the war closed, the fol-
lowing paragraph was inserted in their
p'a Gorm:
d" ReSolped, That the war with Next
co, upon all the principles Of patriotism,
and the laws of nations. was a inst and
,,,,,,',n,,.,, 1884,. ~, ai. ,,L;ch
''''3'a'' ""' W o"' Pa ''
no '1MeftcaA csise" ShD"t" maze S"0~"
h'mseIf opposed to his country and
neither phistcally nor morroiiy, By word
Or deed, geren aid or comfort to the enc
my,"
IN the acuoh on heNl'o' our government
was not h"li so much 'mPcr'iea as ny lhe
elements Oh treason winch nave caused the
present war is there no dlllrence between
crossing me hlonrahac, atlachii9 'e"
troops ana entering ieSas' ana between
'rSamZ'ns armed force" against our ~ "o'erl.
'ieh', nrlng up0. inc var o. the west ana
foit sumter taxing Ny force "A large amount
oi "oVrrhmet property an" nreatn'hG p'"c
llca' lreasoh 'h.o lhe NE ploou VI 'nc uW'io'
Is there no difference between iyadlng a
otate, ana seEeflnS the Ihltel ola'es !!
tmonlstS say hebe!h"n is more dangerous
than the INVASION OF IL single state; and II
the war was just III the one case, Is 1t not
eque'Iy just IN the other! Hence they adopt
almost the prec'se language OF the Denocrauc
Convention when they say they --"l5eiev"
1t to be the duty vi every American citizen,
TO sustain the Administration and to sustain
the country III every measure necessary TO
provide Tor a vigorous prosecution Of me
war, IN order to put down the hebeiIioh,,
Now II the Democratic platform was right
IN 1918 and lep-, the Union platform is
right IN 1868. We have the Democratic