The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1863-02-07


Government, into the light of day
they, who impuden ly presume to make
themselves the center Of society anc
fashion and power, and to excIud al
! pa rlotic men from their select fellow
ship. should be made to understand that
the loyal citizen is Ell iled to respect
and honor. They who, pusillanimously
embracing he protection Of the Govern
| mcnt in heir persons and estates, still
| secretly attempi its overthrow, should
be made fully and dis inctly to comprc-
bend tha ell her their allegiance and sup
por, shall be rendered that Government
or they shall have no share in the privi-
legcs it con&crs. 1t is high time these
truths were proclaimed treason
was clearly defined, and he penalties O
| so grca a crime mctcd out uustintcdly
! without regard To rank or station. In
war the supremacy of the Govcrnmcn,
is above all else, and if in the e.itima e
RICH; Of sclfdelcnse it becomes ncces-
sary o constitu higher law than the
statue to save the S'a in its throes for
]iic--if to punish fragrant treason and
protec the life -f the nation it becomes
! necessary to substitute mar ial law for
! the slow process of civil emactments--
aye, if even it be imperative to ignor for
he time that right, 50 sacred in peaceful
| times. the habeos corpus-aIl these
things should be done without hesitation,
on q scale commensurate with the danger
aud pressing necessity Bones ic reason
should never be tolerated with the
nation in arms against he traitors fur
| Their removed
Another essential to success is perfect
uulon. We must have no divisions. 49,
| The cause Of the Union is of solemn aud
grand import. Bitterness and parry
strife should cease to defacc it, E"cry
PARROT SHOULD give prompt support to
he Government, and, if he dono concur
IN every act Of the Administration, he
should at least keep his mouth closed in
he presence Of his enemies, aud. dmin-
ishiug no hing of his zeal, await patiently
the constitutional redress for any real or
imaginary abuses. For myself, | am
resolved that nothing shall separate me
crnment. Ear above all. parties or men
or measures value the banner and flag
of a common nationality. No charge of
infractions Of the Constitution by its
cG2;nieo-i,o outcrics in behalf Of Tie
liberty of the press (Which means the
privilege of sluicing every Preside with
the foul streams Of treason-no protests
against interference with the rights and
lmmunities of citizens (which mean full
permission to destroy the Government
which protects them and stake the rights
Of others on I fatal dic) thing, if |
know myself, can or will diminish my
zeal for the perpetui y of he Union or
my willingness o defend it to the last in
its hour of peril.
lie us be true to ourselves, and the
Union is indissoluble -its destruction
moral impossibility. You may wound
it here and thcre--somc of the smaller
arteries, removed from he great trunk,
may be opcncd-but these are injuries
which~may be repaired The great CEN
trail heart Of this vast nation can never,
will never, be reached BY its foes, foreign
or domestic.
am no one of the Respondent, croak-
ing patriots, whose faces arc always clon-
gated by gloomy forebodngs. My con-
fdcnce in the final result is UNCHANGED.
believe the Union pulse will vet beat
heathily and freely, from the Pcnobsc6t
to the Sabine The ide will rise in its
weight and grandeur. They who are
with it will be borne ,riumphan " aloft.
hey who resist be overwhelmed by it
Treason will vet reassuuc its old. true
meaning, and receive its measure Of
mcrited scorn. even among he savan-
nahs Of the Southland the traitor will
wear brand upon his forehead depper.
more da'"n'ng ana mdeI'oI', than tha'
wh'ch g'areI from ne brow OF Cam when
ne went ior'N a fugitive and vagabond
IN the earth.
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lannon's b,t,lo If Abonk;r Do p' ,~a .aIn
whore every rrnnch shin YEA, ~ rLomD,a '
nvln Adn;r,, nronoy n.,.,s~,",, , "'1
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below, cHclalnlng "1 french H1mirai
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