The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1866-11-03
The October Elections Mas
by's Opinion Relative to the
Defeat of the President.

tbN ~ lluAHS,
(which is in the Staff nv kehtucky.l
October Il, 1860.
WIZ called in haste to Washington to be
present at n Cabinet mcetin, called to con
slider the causes NV the unparalleled loosenln
NV the Nashncl Union Johnson Dimekratic
party in the various States which held clcc'
lions on the 9Th NV November last. There
wuz Seward, Wells, McCuloch and Randall
present, but we missed Raymond and l5cecher
they hevin. | understand, played of onto us.
The President wuz gloomy. lie hctin't
anticipated the defeat. He spected that
ncyin showed himself through all the North
rrn States thcr ought to hey ben cnthoosiasm
enough evolved to hev carried en- without
trouble. The Fault he remarked coodcnt be
with his policy. Their wuz suthin 20 grand,
50 sublimcly so simple in it, that it wuz in,
comprehensive to him why the people hedn
ut once adopted it. "Why, look At IT, sed
ne. Il ollcr the people NV the North peace,
ON the simple condishun NV sayin notliln
more about the war. or the mutual trouble
wich they found themselves into, and rushin
into the arms Nv their Southern brethren and
taken NV en- back iist us they went out
How, Oh how Good they be 80 blind "a to
rctooSe these olive branchcs?'
Randall replied that he coodent under
stand it. but he he'd summoned postmaster
to attend, wich he he'd appointed on his sol,
cunn aSshoorance that he Good carry enough
Republicans over to our new party to defeat
the Union member in that district, wich he
notiSt-by the papers WIZ elected by larger
majority then he he'd ever reserved, and he
wuz in watin.
Bring in the wretch!'' shouted the Pres
ident, and the guard brung him in. mis-
able lookin ohiick he WIZ. Ez soon ca he
saw the stern eye nv the President fixed onto
him he sunk onto his knees and lifted up his
hands implorngly, without sayin Il word.
"Speak,' sed the President, "why the re-
suit in your decstrict?'
"My lioge, replied the wrctched man, 81
know not. Faithfully | labored, but the
people wood come into the house hodin
their noses, and set holdin of EN- 50 long
~ | wuZ Spcckin.. wich wuZn' conducive to
displays NV oratory. The papers wood pub.
fish my own uttcrances six months before.
witch confused me somewhat and the abIish-
nlsts would read at ME your speeches wich
conldnt akkonnt for ] scckoored for you
suthin like a dozen votes, but they WIZ them
ez stipulated for places under me, and he'd
hard work to git elm from the Union party.
and they were scch AS did us more harm than
good. And besides"
'Enuii!' said johnson, "rcmovc him.
And the poor fellow WIZ bundled ont.
Secretary Wells knowcd what WIZ the
matter. 1t come NV tnkn Grant and tarra.
ut along ON the excursion. 1t distracted
the attention NV the people. Had there bin
robodv but the President and the Cabinet
along there woodent hey bin nobody to hur.
,ah Tor, and the sublime troo,hs wich the
President kint only jerk wood have impress
ed the people more than they did.
Seward WIZ confident that the election
wood hcv bin all right Good it hcv bin post
poncd 90 days, while McCulloch attrho"tcd
Ii to the limited knowledge the masses he'd
NV Tnjeany bankin.
WIZ rekc.tcd to give my views, wich
did.
My lords scd I, '!nunc nv you hey got
the ice We wua beet because we left the
landmarks-.tha is what allied us~.wuz the
ancient landmarks. Wat he'd we to 90 into
the canvass with? Dcmocrsy? Not any,
for that WIZ squclched at Philadelphia. -
Wat then? Why the oi'irra. Ohiscs in the
abstract is good. That little one which
hold in kentucky | coodent be Indoost to
part with on no account, but 700 cant run
party on EN-, because they ain enough
NV EN-.
My hcgc, on my return from the Phila.
delphia convention, ! tarrird awhile in Berks
county, which is in PENNSYLVANIA, and is dis.
tlnguisecd for the unanmity with which they
vote Democracy. They learned down there
NOR six weeks ago that the war WIZ over,
and therefore you coodcnt stir en- up on
drafts. Taxes they had got used to- and
that didn't move en-, and so the speaker wa-
cmptying school houses by talking NV the
results nv a glorious war, which they all op,
posed, and prasin our mutual friend Seward,
which they had altuz hated as an ablishniSt.
and hcdn't hecrd yet that he had iincd the
Democracy. Wuz it any wonder that We
went under? Their aint but one thing left
TO us, and that we strangely neglected. My
lord why WIZ the Niger not made the cen.
trail Rgger this year ez heretofore? lie is
the capital nv the Democrsy-its reiuge-is
tower of strength. | spoke in Berks county
myself, following one of them now tangled
Democrats who had set en- all asleep ,alkin
stuff TO EN- that they didn't understand
Mountin the rostrum circulated
"'MsN AND BRETHREN DO 700 WANT TO
MARRY NIGER"
"'No! no! they answered, Strengthened
up to wunst.
DO you want niggers for sons in law 2
"'No! no!'
"'Do You want laws to prevent you from
Marryin niggcrs"
\ es j! ycs!'
"'Do you want to be marched up to the
polls, by those who tell you how TO vote, be-
side ngger?'
"'No! MOP
/" 'Thcn vote the Demokratic ticket" and
they all rcplicd-
eve will We will and they did
"lou see, your Excellcncy, the Demo.
etc mind isn't hefty enough to compre-
them fine arguments ez to constooshal.
u setry, and when a speaker deals in EN-
icy suspect his Dimocrisy and fight shy nv
him. But niger they kin all understand
It's soolhin to the Dimokratic mind to be
continyooally told that there is somebody
lower down in the skale--thcy desire in.
tcror race, and, therefore, hev bin pullin the
Niger down toward elm for years. Did VOC
rot motifs whenever we went it on the niger
we succeeded in awakenin an enthoosiasm
wich, when We neglected or selected other
issues we failed to get.
=" It's based upon 9pnilsopical trooths.-
The pJ orer and meaIer p man is the more
anxious he is to hev it understood that there's
somebody still poorer and meaner than him.
Hence 700 motifs that them ndividools who
see 0 cent peese so seldom ez to not know
Its nacher, and who keeps the flag of distress
wavin from the seat of their pants; who, eff
niggers were sellin at cent a peess' coudent
raise enough to buy the nail Of one. is the
most ardent friends of slavery?
"That pitiful man which just left the nres.
a. r Al.