The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1864-11-19
TreasOn's Wall.
The Phenir, in summing up.the g result,
discourses as follows

The Ph9nir, in summing upthe 4" RESULT
discourses as follows
THE. ELEcrioN.- THE FtTURE.- We
publish to-day tile official election returns for
Somerset county. The Democratic ticket has
the supremacy. o., the Presidential ticket, the
Democratic majority is one thousand, four hun
drcd and sixty-sx On the State and County
ticket, the Democratic majority ranges from one
thousand, three hundred and ifty-one TO one
| thousand, three hundred and seventy-nine.-
Nevertheless, the Aboitionists have great gains
Can it be possible that Somerset contains up
wards Of if not above, seven hundred Abolition
voters! Who would have thought, before the
election, that SO many dsloyalists are in our
midst!
But the vote of Somer ct has but little weight,
when the majority of the States have gone for
Mr.. Lincoln For four more years. we suppose,
he is to rule over these United States. 1t is
useless to complain, for must endcavor,
far as we can, to Sustain with patience the
heavy load of injuries, considerations, fines,
scriptiOns, taxations, etc, etc which will, we
10 not doubt, be imposed upon the people
guard is placed before our lips for the next four
wears. Freedom of speech and freedom of press
are null and void. We can only hope for the
better. Weml grin and bear it, We think
the best policy is to be discreet in all circum-
| stances"
We give the above as a fair sample of all
the negro. ridden counties of our State
| Those who view things from standpoint of
freedom will readily perceive the debauching
| influence that slavery has on the whites, as
well as on the slaves, how the former hug
the cancer that eats away their life, and like
| the superstitious Hindoo PROSTATE them
selves before the Jugernaut and pray for its
broad wheels to pass over them and sink
them still deeper in the dust.
| 1t seems to astound The MGnir that 700.
| if not more, men in Somerset have eyes and
see ears and hear, understandings that COM
prehend, in the noon-day light of experience.
that slavery and its prerogatives have ground
| down the State, and shut out and driven out
from her borders, capital and enterprise.
"Who would have thought, before the
election, that so many disloyalists were in
our midst" exclaims The Phtcnir. Dis
loyal forsooth, disloyal to treason and the
shareholders conspiracy to destroy rcpubli-
can government.
ton, that two thousand pairs of knees were
willing bowers to the bloody harlot of Baby
| lon, in Somerset, but those whom experience
has taught to look for that frantic clingng to
| the dead institution of slavery and its empty
| honors?
We scarce know whether to weep over the
depravity, or mock at the slavery arrogance
contained in the above extract. 1t, however,
is true index to the sentiment which is
well-nigh universal in the slave-ridden coun-
ties of Maryland, and will serve as a remind
cr to the people of the free counties of what
they have to war against in the future Lcgis.
lation Of the State.
Thirteen members in our State Senate
represent that same slave bigotry, to eleven
who represent the free and enlightened SEN
timent of the city of Baltimore and northern
counties. Those thirteen priests will be
found fighting. over the shrine where the
ashes of slavery is laid with frantic energy
that willingly sacrifices every thing else, with
the imaginary hope of saving its dust from
"Abolition dissertation.