The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1865-11-25
The Cecil Wing.
ELKTON, NOVEMBER rs, 1866

equally as poorly as it did the part Of the
crazy rant. when 1t yentured audacious as
sertions and wild predictions. 1t gave out
to its readers, some time ago, that ii intend
ed to improve upon its past clownish man
ncrs and bad habits, and be the very pink OF
etiquette in future-a perfect Chesterfield.
in fact. But since lis Wanting has all come
to naught, its predictions all failed, and the
largest of its 'whoppcrs' been exposed by
The Wing. the Copperhead party routed at
home and in every other State, horse, foot,
and dragoons," it has become even more
clownish, vulgar, and silly in its idle bras
than ever. This weakness is shown in its
last issue, in attempting to represent Mr..
Constable's New York Neps letter as a
"sca.hing expose" of the Registry Law, and
the writings" of The Hhig under it. The
Wing found no difficulty, whatever, in ex-
posing and proring the falsehoods set forth
in that letter; and what mortified The Dem.
ocydt was that our proofs of the false state
mcns therein, stand undenied and undenia-
Bile by that sheet. We are very willing that
the facts set forth shall be answered by The
Democrat in IL TRADE of vulgarisms. The
people know how to appreciate them. Many
a valiant knight of the quill in bad cause
has found it easier to "boo-hoo!h "poo-
poo!' and ''muh!' facts than retute them,
aud we are not at all surprised that the green
horn fireman of The Democrat machine
a. ,f
mcnt. That windy sheet says:
"The attempt at a comparison between
Mr.. Constable and the members of the Lee
gislature so-caiied, which passed that inta-
nous Registry Act is as lame as it is false. "
We will see whether it is either "lame' or
false" and, to illustrate, will just begin at
home. We asserted that the members of
the Legislature, who passed the Registry
Act, by which traitors received their partial
dues, were composed of the plain business
men of the community the solid men OF
the State. The members from this county
were Messrs. James McCaulcv. Jethro j.
Mccullough, Jesse A. Kirk and George b.
Pennington Of the House of Delegates. and
Jacob Tome of the Senate Now. we ask
any man, who has knowledge enough to 90
in out of the rain. and who is truthful enough
10 be admitted to testify before justice OF
the peace, if Mr.. Constable stands any high.
er in the estimation of the community, in
honor and integrity, than these men? and
II he will begin to compare in general in.
In IN nd lc,p 20, T. a.
We assert and defy contradiction, that this
body of men numbers among them some of
the most successful business men in the
State, and whose opinions on the vital issues
and practical operations of the day would
be consulted and adopted, where Mr.. C.
would not be capable of forming an opinion
or exerting a particle Of influence. Nor is
this any disparagement of the latter; for
those men have had large experience: and a
thoroughly practical knowledge Of men and
things have enabled them to work their way
upward to the front ranks of life
Mr.. G. is too well known" says the wri,
ter of this brilliant article in The Democrat.
rs Mgh-toned gentleman to need any win.
dicaton from us He J., fortunate. for if
he had to depend upon The Democrat for
reputation, he would have a weary wait.
But this cant phrase originated with the
South Carolina chivalry. They were all
Enlightened gentlemen" their newspapers
used to tell us greasy Yankccs,' and the
whole rebel armywere "gentemen" of the
c,,,no h. n
insult its patron by nsinuatng comparison
between him and the original and exclusive
posscssoTs of that aristocratic distinction,
who swore they would die in the last ditch. e"
bat who are now begging pardon at the Pres:
ident's feet?
The Democrat has made such fine vim.
dication in this part Of its article, let us con.
slider what it says of the News letter on the
Registry Law:
THE Wing says only three parties who
applied were refused registration in the
Sd district, this is but poor evasion of
the force of Mr.. C's letter, in the face of the
stubborn fact demonstrated. by the late cleo
ton farce, that by the operation of this
Infamous act more than one thousand citi
zens of Cecil county We're DISTINGUISHED.
AS to "force," we never discovered anv
in that letter. We, however, pointed out
great many mis-statemcnts it contained
TO prove that it is a Copperhead lie oft.re
peated that a thousand or fifteen hundred
men were dist"archised "by the operations
of this Infamous act' Che Registry Law We
will not take the ''late election farce" but
those more reliable statistics. the Register
ing Officers books. And by those books
we find in the 1st district 81, who applied.
were refused registration in the I'd IS; in
the Sd 3; in the 4th Al in the 9Th 10; in
the 9Th %; in the Ttf 30; in the 9Th 16; in
the 9th l; making in all $50 DISTINGUISHED
by the act of the Registering Officers, and
many of them are marked ''refnsed to take
the oath, confessed disloyalty." Are men
fit to be trusted with the elective franchise,
who confess they are traitors and enemies
to the country, and refuse to take the oath
of allegiance? And now tell us where
these thousand or fifteen hundred disfran-
chsed by this "infamous actr are to be