The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1865-08-26

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syLvANIA, which assembled at Harrisburg
on Thursday the 18th inst, nominated an
out and ont soldier ticket. Let nominating
conventions Of the Union Party in this State
follow so worthy an example,
Major General Hartrantt WAS nominated
for Auditor General and Col. Jacob NJ.
Campbell for Surveyor General. Both these
men have distinguished themselves as sol.
diers of the Union during the rebellion, and
the men who upheld them when on the bat
tie field, have proved their sincerity by
placing their names on the ticket which is
brought before the people for their suffrage
this fall.
The best arraignment of the copperhead
party that we have met with is the twelfth
resolution Of the platform of the Convention
The following is the resolution:
That the leaders of the Democratic
party stand arragncd before the people Of
Pennsylvania for constantly obStructing the
efforts of the constituted authorities to main
tain the life of the Republic. They did this
by iniaming the passions of their ignorant
followers against the legally elected officers
of the Federal Government. and rcfraininc
from all reproaches against treason or armed
traitors; by procuring decision from the
Democratic Judges of our Supreme Court
denying the right Of the Government to the
services of the citizens of this State for the
defense of their imperled country; by dis
couraging men from volunteering into the
armies of the Union, thus rendering it nee
essary to succumb to treason or to pay large
h.,
township and borough in the State with
debt to fill the ranks of our armies by OPP
posing the enlistment of negroes for our
defense, although one white man less was
required for every black one who could be
enlisted, and this at the very moment when
the battle of Gettysburg was raging on the
soil of Pennsylvania, and the result of that
decisive battle was uncertain by DENYING to
our soldiers the right to vote while fighting
for the flag of our fathers, on the plea that
such rights were not allowed by our Consti.
tuition, and by opposing an amendment
which removed their objections and exemp.
ted our brave soldiers from this disability
by exaggerating the public Indebtedness.
denying the public credit, and teaching that
the financial resources of the North were
unequal to the suppression of the Rebellion;
by shameful opposition to measures for
extending relief to the families of Union
soldiers, and by malignant effort by these
means to insure the success of the Rebels in
the field, or such protraction ofthe war as
would exhaust the nation in its effort to sub
due their friends; by now heaping abuse on
the Government for punishment of assassns
and their accomplices by demanding the
release of leading traitors by frowning
down all attempts to bring to punishment
the fiends who starved our soldiers, and by
assuring Rebels that neither in person or
property shall they be punished for their
crimes. And, if anything were wanting to
complete their infamy, we have it in their
determined opposition to free labor, and to
tariff which, vile it would make labor
profitable by protecting the working men of
Pennsylvania from British competition.
would largely increase the revenue essential
to the maintenance of public faith and
credit"
To make the above indictment complete
against the copperhead party of Maryland
we have but to add that this same party have
aided the rebels to rob and burn railroad
trains and bridges, steal horses, and still
further assist the cause of jeff Davis by
sending their sons into the rebel armies,
furnishing them with supplies, money, en-
couragement and information, and promis-
ing speedy uprising of the people in favor
of the rebellion if the State was invaded by
Lee and Stonewall Jackson. These are
some of the principal additions that may be
added to the catalogue Of infamy against the
present copperhead party, so truthfully and
graphcly set forth in the twelfth resolution
of the Pennsylvania State Convention.