The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1865-11-25

MR.. EpITDT:-Dy your PERMISSION | viii
say few words aho4t the o!called Demo
cratic party and the course Of its leaders, az
set forth in Democratic journals and made
ton . They are wild with rage and rave
and howl like IA cage of unclean beasts.
Ny only object in calling attentiQn-to these
things. is that it may be possible their raw
ings may reach the ears of some members of
the Union party, who, not knowing the true
cause Of them, may be induced TO sympa
thize with them in their sorrow, and thus
bring shame and reproach upon their coun-
try and their country cause.
Ostensibly the Registry Law of the State
Of Maryland is the cause Of all this bad feel
in5 and Biilngsgate --bnt be not deceived
kind hearted Unionst this is not the true
cause. 1t is to be found in the fact that
the once respectable liu magnitude and mum
bers. we mean firm Of Northern Democracy
and Southern Treason has failed! Alas!
How have he mighty fallen. But ycstcr
day, and Caesar might have stood ag&ins,
the world, now lies he here. and none so
poor to do him reference" The principal
stock of the firm originally consisted OF
state HjyhtS, Negro &iGre!y. and bud ,chiS
key. but owing to certain movements and
combinations OF the Union armies, of which
the Democratic leaders appear to be strange
Iy ignorant, he firm was deprived Of the use
OF the first t"7O staples IN which it dealt and
owing 10 a law Of the last Legislature OF this
state. partially deprived of the only remain
ing one nj Importance, in which it was pro-
stable to deal-namrly, bad whiskcy! That
in reality. though we have placed it last on
the list of the stock of the bankrupt firm.
vas the principal article in which it dealt.
was that that 'tiYcd the Southern heart
and nervcd the Southern arm. twas that
that kept alive the dying hopes of sympa.
thncrs. and we assert beyond the power of
successful contradiction. that it was the loss
Of the right to freely traffic in this grand sta
pie. on the day of election, that has led to
all this vitup"ration, talsehood. and vilitica
ton of the Union party and the Registry
Law, so abundantly heapcd upon them for
the last few months.
And now. kind hearted Unionist if there
is any such, whose ears their howlngs may
have reached, or whose heart they may
have touched, we ask you in all seriousness
if such Il party trading in such wares as
these. and so destitute of honesty, sobrcty,
and common deccncy. can righttully claim
au@ht at your hands but scorn and contempt?
True, they talk mach and swear more,
about the "Niggcr.' the "Constitution,"
state Rights and the 'Regisiry Law"
but do you never forget, that the loss of the
right to traffic in, and guzzle bad whiskry,
on election day. together with the fact, that
many of them have, owing to their avowod
treason, or open sympathy with it. ut last
reached the political level where their want
of honesty and dccency long ago placed
them social -nnmcly, on equality with
free American citizens Of African decent
and that in these facts are to be found the
cause of their impoteut rage.
This picture is but family drawn:
"othelr's OCCUPATIONS gone
Nj" on thcr night viii never dawn"
"Kind friends would not stir YOU up to
nutiuy aud rage but would gently remind
You of the trnth, "tha curses come home to
rpust, and that this is quite Il different en-.
tertainmcnt from that prepared for the Union
ISIS of Md. 10y yourselves, in the spring of
81, and vastly different from that served up
to the Uniuust, Of East Tennessee. and
everywhere else. where one dared to love the
flag OF his country aud the government of
his fathers. by those whose bands as yet
wreuk with .!reir blood and whose course
you applaud.
ou may howl on in your impotcnt rage
and hta>pnrne vunr Makers nuluc in vent.
inG Your spleen aron the Registry Law, and
those who executed it, if it does You any
good it W,ii do nobody else any BARN; but
don't. for cohsistency's sake, talk amy more
about consccnce That is u thing of which.
YOU know nothing. and the less You say up
on that subject. the better Continc your
selves to the task OF writing hnlulics upon
State high,S -eulogzing the Aclunct ConGrd-
cracy-writing funeral anthem for the de
parted Nerze or preparing an obituary for
your great apostle. jeff. Davis for il justice
is done him it will soon be needed and you
may as well have it ready: these are congo
NAL occupations, in which We know You can
engage with pleasure and perhaps with pro
lit too, for they will afford YOU an excellent
opportunity OF refreshing your memories
with the recollection Of the departed glories
Of dccayed statesmen of the States Right
school, and You san if you are disposed
have an opportunity TO say many things tend
ing to StiIl "harden the hearts. blind IT,,
minds and scar the consciearca Of yopr
silly dupes, that they may in the future, still
more thar in the past, ''bc given over to
hardness Of heart, and blindness Of mind.
aud made TO believe "a lie, that they may be
politically damned" JuNIus.