The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1864-08-13
Fer The Cecil Wing.
The Protest OF Messrs. wade and
Davis.

Mr.. EElToR There wils published in the
New York Tribune, of August 9TH, apaper
addressed ITO the Supporters Of the Gov
ernment.' which was, in substance. review
of the Presidents Proclamation of the 9th
Of July: which Proclamation gave the views
of the President for refusing to approve the
lsll for recognizing Governments in the
Rcbelious States. Bear in mind, thsi Mr..
Wade and Mr. Davis mr chairnen Of the
| respective committees to whom this BIZ was
referred. in the two Houses nr Congress.
This protest no one has ATTEMPTED TO an
swer. no fact in it has been contrI vo rted, nc
argument overturned. Severe it 0pu 'tless
| is, impolitic | know the mere merctm,ry,
office holding hangers on of the President
call ii, but have yet to see the first decent
attempt to refute it by fair open argument.
| Of those who condemn it, it is fair to say
not half have read it, and "a third of them,
at least, have not brains to understand it,
| The Baltimore american, which was the
| crlnging tool of the pro- slavery barty in
Mary land before the Rebellion which en-
dorsed and apologscd for the outrages of
the 18th of April; which for years has been
| the echo of the petty, personal malignity of
| its chief proprietor against Mr.. Davis. this
fair ~ and able t?l sheet has denounced the
protest i'll its usual style of classic clc
| game t?l.
| A very noisy and very busy lot of Office
| holders, whose support of the Adminisra.
| ton has been the taking in Of some hun
! drcdS and thousands per year. these make
haste to proclaim, very loudly. their dissent
| from Mr.. Davis. Well, have seen several
| crops of disscntcrs from, and denouncers of.
Mr.. Davis: in fact. the politicians Of Mary
| land have periodical big scare at the bold
movements Of that gentleman, and alternate
| between curses of. and cringing to- him. -
The present manifestation doe, not differ at
all from those which have preceded it,
| The whole thing resolves itself into this :
| because man supports an Administration
from principle. is he to be thereby prccludcd
| from dissenting from, or criticizing such of
its acts, as in his Judgment contravcne its
declared principles? If the crowd of the
| hungry and dependent office holders. whose
| >upcrscrviccable zeal for the President has
betrayed them into this recent raid ON Mr..
| Davis entertain and cndeavor to enforce
any such doctrine, they have rcckoned with
out their host, So far as til" people are con-
cerned. and am sure that they will find
Mr.. Lincoln is rather to shrcwd to endorse
any such ridiculous opinion.
| Every body, who knows ANYTHING about
| ipoililCS III MAJ hllbNS IiiHl VT. lJaNlS
| has done more to make an ti-slavery party
in this State than all the bubble mem in #
| combined. They know that in 1860. while
supporting Bell, as the only chance to pre-.
vent Brrckiuridge from getting the electoral
votes of the State, he labored necessarily to
tamilarize the minds Of the people to the
election of Mr.. Lincoln. declaring that his
views ON the slavery question were identical
with those of the fathers of the Republic
! That Immediately after the inauguration OF
| Mr.. Lincoln, he alone OF all the public men
OF the state, announced himself as "uncon-
ddionoiiy for til" nion." That in 1868 he
took the initiative IN committing the tuion
party 10 1.-The support of the whole policy OF
the Administration. The men who are now
loudcst in their professions of attachment
to Mr. Lincoln. and curse Mr. Davis most
deeply, were then cursng him for d-ll-d
! Abolitl0mist because he demanded support
of " the whole policy of the Administration =
as the test Of Cnionsm. Through his in
| iiuencc.four Representatives were sent to the
present Congress who went into and acted
| with a Union caucus upon the basis of the
"support of the Administration" through
his influence the Union party last fall plant,
ed itself upon an antislavcry platform, and
called Convention to abolish slavery in the
State; it seems to me that if any man has
earned II right to crticise the acts of the
Administration, it is Mr.. Davis. That right
he will exercise in spite of all the groans of
the timid souls. There are men now in
Maryland, holding big offices of Mr.. Lin
coin. whose acts have all been against the
friends and favorable to the enemies of the
declared principles of his administration. -
| They supported MNtit and opposed Colds.
borough until they found how the tide was
running. They upheld Christlicld, although
| he was one of the most defiant enemies OF
Mr.. Lincoln. discouraged any opposition to
him and only gave hali:hcartcd support to
Mr.. Crcswcll when they found themselves
Going to the wall. The people support the
| principles. not the person. OF Mr.. Lincoln
subordnatcs been followed Maryland would
| Kentucky; they will criticize, they will not
be gagged.
Foremost among the papers now abusing
Mcssrs Wade and Davis, but ycnturing
never once to overthrow their arguments. is
the New FORK Times. whose editor rcioices
in the wcll-known sobriquet of Little Vii,
liam Two weeks ago, this paper contained
Il most bitter article condemnatory Of the
! President "To Whom it may Concern =
letter. insisting that he had transgressed the
limit of his authority i'll requiring the " aLan,
doEment OF Slavery as prerequisite to
j negotiations for peace. That right of criti-
cism which he then claimed he now. with
beautiful consistency. denies to Mr.. Davis.
Junius once wrote 1.-The people of Eng
land are loyal to the House of Hanover not
from Il "ain preference of one family to
another. but from Il conviction that the
establishment Of that family was necessary to
the support of their civil and religious liber-
ties. so, the people of the United States
now say: they are loyal to Mr.. Lincoln $
administration, not from any vain prefer.
ence of one man to another. but because
they look to it as the salvation of free nsti-
tuionS from the assaults Of traitors in arms
No mere party cry can hold them, no vitu-
prration can tl'ghten them. If Mr.. Lincoln is
faithful to his trust they will support him in
the future as they have in the past, if he
deserts these principles the people must
adhere to them
This is no time to weaken the Union
strength. and the Administration needs ali
the help it can get Mr. Davis is too power
full Il man to be driven Off and the sooner
these dangerous and new born friends change
their course of denunciation, course which
must be dstastctul to, and disapproved OF
by the President, the better for the cause
which they pretend to serve, and, perhaps,
for what they love much better, their fat
offices. FREE Discussion.
Official despatshes from General Aver.
i'll fully confirm the victories gained over