The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1866-09-15
The Nations Shame.

The bcastly vulgarty and profanity of Andy
johnson, on his elcctioneering tour through
the Northern and Western States, shock
every reader the daily newspapers. Never
was this nation so dsGraced by any officer
from Chief Magistrate down to d constable,
as it has been by this profane, drunken brute,
Andy johnson. His low pothouse and fish.
market slang disgusts every nearer who lis
tens to his brutal TRADES against the nations
chosen Senators and Representatives. His
improperly and coarseness of speech. his
shoekngly low, vulgar language, cannot fail
to disgust the most illiterate, uncultivated
boor His speech at St. LoHis is a TRADE in
the coarscst language, of threats and bias.
phemy against Congress and those independ-
ent men, who cannot be bought to advocate
his diabolical policy, by the Government pa.
tronage, which he so abuses, by dispensing
among rebels and hypocrites. The following
fendish TRADE against those brave men, who
prove incorruptiblc by the seduction of office.
is from his St. Louis speech:
swell, let me say to you if You will stand
by me in this action, [cheers] if you will
stand by me in trying to give the people
fair chance-soldiers and ctizens-to par
ticipa'c in these offices, God being willing.
| will kick them out. will kick them out
just as fast us | can. Let me say to YOU. in
concluding, that what have said intended
to say. was provoked into this, and | care
not for their menaces the ,aunts and the
jeers. care not for threats. do not in
tend to be bullied by my enemies nor over.
awed by my friends. But, God willing, with
your help, will veto their measures when.
ever any of them come to me-"
This shameless brute here. While band, .Ag
words with the jeering shouting and hooting
crowd, threatens 10 trample upon and kick
the people, and override and browheat their
Representatives and Senators. with IN AFRO.
gancc that would become despot Of some
half civilized State.
Not content with this insolcncc aud block.
guardsm toward the people and Congress,
he gives vent, in the sane specch-which is
but specimen of his vulgar and debased
harrangues since leaving Washington-to the
following blasphemy, which for profancness
and diabolical vulgarity, is not exceeded in
nfamy b. the lowest, and most abandoned,
drunken maniac in the land And this,
too, from the President of the United States
81 know" he says, ''that ! have been
traduced and abused. | know it has come
in advance of me here as elsewherc-that
have attempted to exercise an ARBITRARY power
in resisting laws that were intended to be
forced upon the Government [cheers] that
| had exercised that power ferries, "Bully
for you - that had abandoned the party
that elected me, and that / was trait or
[cheers because | exercised the veto power
in attempting and did arrest for time bill
that was called "Freedmen sbureau bill -
traduced have been slandered, | have been
maligned, | have been called Jadas Iscariot
and all that.
Now, my countrymen here to night, it is
very easy to indulge in epithets; it is easy
to call man Judas, and cry out traitor but
when he. is called upon to give arguments
and facts he is very often found wanting
Judas lscarot-Judas. There was Judas.
and he was one of the twelve apostles. Oh
yes, the twelve apostles had Christ IA
voice-"And Moses, too;" laughter.-
The twelve apostles had Christ, and he
never could have had Judas unless he had
had twelve apostles. 1t have played the
Judas. who has been my Christ that have
played the Judas with? Was it Thad Ste.
vens? Was it Wendell Phillips? Was it
Charles Sumner? Kisses and cheers. i
These are the men that stop and compare
themselves with the Saviour, and every body
that differs with them in opinion, and to try
to stay and arrest their diabolcal and meta
rious policy, is to be denounced as Judas
["Hurrah for Andy" and cheers
In the days when there was a Christ, while
there was Judas, were they unbelevers >
Yes, while there were Judases there were
unbelievers. Voices heard, "Three groans
for Fletcher."l Yes, oh yes, unbelievers in
Christ, men who prosecuted and slandercd,
and brought him before Pontius Plate"
But enough of this Every Christian must
turn in loathing from such monster.