The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1864-11-12
THE VICTORY !!


Mac last great battle is the only great bat
the young Napoleon was ever engaged i'll
that proved disastrous to the enemies of his
country. And he never was in all engage
ment before that of Tuesday last, where he
was so overwhelmed aud utterly routed
The enemies to civil liberty, and the con-
Structors of an aristocracy the most slavish
and degrading in the world, tried that absurd
experiment Of using for their purpose, an
unsuccessful general, with the melancholy
hope to catch the popular vote by a fictitious
cclat, long since passed away. They knew
that the popular heart was for Union and
the squelching of the rebellion, and they
dared not take up an open traitor like Pen
lleton or Vallandigham. That was certain
defeat. SO their next eXpedent was to take
up played-out. Incompetent general, OF
whom formerly had been expected great
things, but whose war police was pronounced
by the ablest military men to be the dictates
of either cowardicc or treason. This was
indeed shallow device by which to attempt
to defeat of the wishes of the most intelli
gent people in christendom, but it was their
only choice, so the attempt was made, with
but faint hope of success to be sure, on the
part of the managers Of the northern wing
of the Shareholders rebellion, but with con
siderable expectation of favorable results ON
the part of those in the seeded States, who
did all in their power in the way Of diver
sion in favor of the young Napoleon. They
sent Early up the Valley to ''stump Maryland
and Pennsylvania for McClellan,'' as they
asserted, but this southern Democratic stump
orator was met by Sheridan, who double
quicked him back to his friends. Price was
sent over to ''stump" Missouri, and he was
met by Union orators of the Sheridan school,
who used the same convincing argument to
confound him, that so astonished EARLY
Hood tried breaking up Sherman s rear, and
marching into Tennessee, but got broke up
himself, and marched into Alabama. For
est tried his hand for Little Mac, too. in
demonstrating against Kentucky, but like
the rest of McClelan's orators. came to
grief
Finding these plans for carrying the elec-
ton for a party that was so heartily enlisted
in the interest of the rebellion as the late
Mcclellan party-we make use of the word
late for that party will be heard of no more,
except as a "reminiscences of the past-fnd-
ing the invasion of Loyal States, as diver
sion in favor Of Mcclellan not likely to eff
feet much for their candidate, the dry goods
box system was invented and an attempt to
make the soldiers, many of whom had been
buried by Mcclellan in the Chickahominy
swamps, cast living votes with these hands.
long silent in the tomb. This last scheme of
ALL worked well for a season and the Cop
pcrhead hopes began to run very high, and
the Richmond wing of their party had al
ready proclaimed McClellan's success GER
tain, and that !'armistice" Il sure thing, when
the dry goods box plot was discovered, and
several laborers in that secret cause sent to
the penitentiary for life. Seymour had in
structed his followers in an handed
way to conduct things in the Empire State
on the trough order; but Ben. Butler
gave notice to count linn in when it came to
mimic bullets, and the Knights of the vari-
Gus oath-bound Rebel Orders had been
warned by their Richmond friends to hold
no intercourse with Beast Butler" Great
things were promised by the deserters refu-
gees, and other ut-throats Of southern bias,
along the Canadian border, in the way of
burning towns and stung ballot boxes, but
IL few of Uncle Sans blue coats went to
look after these valiant Copperheads, and
they concluded that Canada was the safest
place for them ON the Sth of November
And the end of the great peace movcnt of
the northern wing Of the Rebel army is that
old Abe just walked over the course at his
leisure, the peace-war party is grand fiz-
zlc, and McClelan's political campaign
turns out like his military ones, great boast
and parade, with the same old story at the
wind up more requirements wanted be-
fore he can take the White House.