The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1863-06-27

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! the proceedings following accorded with
the grounds Of the urreS 5. lie US con-
,tler The real case wi Ii which we are
dealing, aud apply to it the parts Of the
Cons tuition plainly made for such
eases.
Prior TO my Installation here, it had
I been nculcated that any State had
/ lawful rsh to seceIe from the uatonal
1 Union: and that i would be cSpedicnt
to exercise the right whenever the de-
! y"tees Of the doctrine should fail to
elect a President to their own liking
| was ccc cd contrary TO their liking
aud, accordingly, 50 far as it was legally
possible, they had taken seven States
OUT Of the Union, had seized many of
! he United Safes forts, and had fired
upon The United States flag, all before |
was inaugurated, and, of course, before
| had done any official act whatever
The Rebellion thus began soon ran into
the present Civil War; and, in certain
respects, it began on very unequal terms
Between the parties. The insurgents
had been preparing for it more than
thirty years, while the Government had
taken no steps to resist them. The
former had carefully considered all the
means which could be turned to their
account. 1t undoubtedly was we'll
ron.lcred reliance with them tina in
! their own unrcs rio ed efforts 10 destroy
Union, Constitution, and law, all to-
ge her, he Government would, in great
, degree, be restrained by the same Con-
sti ution and law from arres ing their
progress. Their synpathizers pervaded
all departments of the Government and
nearly all communities Of the people
From this material, under cover of
" liberty of Speech" L" liberty Of he
press and " iaboas corpus they
hoped to keep on foot among us mos;
efficient corps OF spies, inlormcrS, sup
pliers, and aiders and abcttors OF their
cause in thousand ways. They knew
that III times such as they were iuaugu-
ra ing, by the Constitution itself, he
s. habeas corpus " might be suspended
but hey also knew they had friends who
would make question as to er9o was 20
! suspend !, meanwhile, heir spies and
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