The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1866-06-16
The Cecil Wing.
ELKTON, JUNE I6, 1866.
The Last Ditch.

7 THE Cecil Democrat, as innocent Of rfIuci.
pie as sans cuiotses Of wardrobe, seems
reduced to the last dreadful extremity of
I repeating Tire flundredth times exploded
taaschood, that the Union party are working
underhandedly to bring about negro suffrage
in Maryland. Notwithstanding the Union
party framed the present Constitution of the
State excluding all from the exercise of the
rights of suffrage, except "white citizens,
and the important truth that they still hold
control ofthe State, and have had it in their
power to have inaugurated negro suffrage at
any time since the overthrow of tire rebel
party that attempted to carry the State out
of the Union by secession, if the Union party
had been in favor of such suffrage. Not.
withstanding these selfevident truths, and
the assurances that have been published by
the party in conventions and primary meet,
ings in the shape of solemn resolves, yet
The Democrat in its shameless disregard of
truth and reckless despair, in the last issue
of that prince of falsifers, publishes that
"1f the Radicals can get three. lifths of the
members of the Legislature this fall, the
amendment striking out the ,cord rhite from
the Constitution will be proposed by that
body"
The world has the bold and bootless asser.
ton Of one of the most infamous, unblush-
ing propagators of falsehood among the Cop
perhead press for authority charging the
party which rescued the country from the
bloody hands Of treason, with aiming to
organize negro suffrage in Maryland, on the
one hand and on the other hand it has the
acts and published declarations of the party
which has been in power since the outbreak
of the rebellion, as denals of the calumny.
and with these two avenues to the truth, the
wayfarer though a fool need not err.
The Democrat, which is great in litteness,
attempts to make capital out of the inadver-
tent statement in former issue of The
wig that convention was requisite to pro-
pose alterations in the Constitution, in place
"t which three .iifths vote of the Legisla-
ture may propose change of that funda-
mental law. 1t matters not how q change or
modification Of that Instrument is proposed,
the important part is that any proposition to
change must be brought before the people at
the next election for members of the General
Assembly and ratified by the popular voice
before it can be engrafted into the Constitu-
ton. Suppose Union Legislature, if you
please, to be as disregardful of the wishes of
the people Of the State as the last Democra-
tic Legislature chat assembled at Frederick
City were when they tried to pass an ord-
nance of secession, and which The CecH
Democrat never uttered q word of complaint
against, and were to propose such change
as The Democrat intimates they will, the
proposition must go before the people, who
hive more than a year to discuss the meas
ure I'M in which time they could determine
whether to reject or adopt it. What knavish
humbuggery it is then for this rebel organ of
the county to attempt to- palm such brait.less
stuff upon the people, as that they are in
danger of having the Constitution changed
by the very party who made it, to- favor negro
suffrage against the will off, and unaware to
the people of the State. Out upon such
stupid lying; It can deceive no one. The
Union party means to deny the right of suf.
frage to rebels, and that is where the shoe
pinchcs The Democrat.