The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1866-07-28
4 Peep at the Reau!ies.

The Copperjohnson gathering at Elkton
| on Monday last, was about as miserable an
| abortion as we expected would be bcgottcr
by the Johnson euHuchs Of Cecil. But three
| OF the districts were represented, or profess
ed TO be rcprcscnted and even after a cor
dial invitation had been extended to an,
persons from other districts to step in anc
represent them, meme were present who fell
themselves sore. Skinned enough 10 volun
tcer in the service Of the Bread and Butter
Brigade except five wool,dyed Copper
heads from the 4th district, who were admit
| ted to seats III the mceting and authoriz {
70 represent the johnson sentiment of tina
district, which we have no doubt they did.
The following is list of the delegate.
who were present:
Dist. 3-Wm. 7. Miller, Joseph P. Cant
well, Rudolph Bennett, Andrew Bidde
John McCaulcy.
Dist. caleb C. Brokaw, A. J. Willis
J. Madison Scott, Henry Hess, Vim. Max
we'll.
Dist. 5-Gcorge R. Howard, Isaac \
Benjamin, Azariah Pcnnington, Charles T
f. Foster, Andrew Wilson.
Dist. 1-Alonza Snow, Geo. p. Whitaker
Eli Cosgrovc, j. j. Smith
The other districts. viz |. 9. G. and
sent no delegates; yet this mongrcl gather
ing had the presumption &c style itself t
County Convcnlion," and to appoint five
delegates, viz Alexander Evans. George r
Howard, Alonzo Snow, James A. Lewis ane
Isaac f. Nanarsdalc, to go to Baltimore ant
mis- represent Cecil county in the Swami
Blair Purnell Convention.
Now, we ask the Union men Of the count,
to look at these Johnson representatives
and say what they think Of them. How many
rue Union mcn-mcn who have heretofore
been recognized as thorough. going Union
lists, are among them? We will not accus,
the Copperhead delegation from the fonrtl
district of ever having had the SMELL even
Of Cnionism upon their garments the,
never had made any prctcnsions that
way, and if Andy johnson is a man aftcl
their own hearts, well and good. We have
no objections. But scan closely the Other
delegates, and see how many of them hav,
been sound Unionsts. Not more than foul
at the most. For years the balance of then
have been sore. headed and disailectcd, anl
have gone after false gods whenever the,
could find false god to go after. When
Mr.. Mailit tried to disrupt the Union party
by his tactlous course, a ma jority of the pro
fessed Union men, who assembled here on
Monday, acted as his body guard. When
Mr.. Evans went into Union Convention
failed to get nomination for judge, and
bo!ted, 4 large majority of the seIl:stylcd
Union men who assembled on Monday tc
endorse Johnson and his policy, rallied
around and egged him on. The faces o
most OF the NAL contents, who composed
this bastard gathering, are so familiar that
they can fool nobody into believing they ar.
actuatcd by unscllish motives. They are old
acquaintance. Some of them have had
Office, and, like Oliver Twist with his por
ridge, want ''morc.n Some of them llav,
presented their claims for Office time anC
again, and time and again have had them re
jcctcd but still they keep clamoring, and
we do hope some of the most impo:tunat,
among them, will be eventually rewarded fol
all their dirt eating, dSatliccion and dsap
pointment, by at least, Il pair Of Andy John
sons old trousers. As for the few who have
been Union men in the past from principle
but have been led unsnspcctngly into thi.
new party, we feel confident they will dis
cover what it is driving at, and will withdraw
from it in disgust, in very short time, ans
let the hungry and ragged recruits of tn,
Bread and Butter Brigade march, without
any further clap-trap, into the Coppcrheac
camp.