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

The representatives of eight millions o
American citizens appeal for protection ant
Justice to their friends and brothers III tn,
States that have been spared the cruetieS o
rebellion, and the direct horrors of civil war
Here on the spot where freedom was prof
fercd and pledged by the fathers OF the lie
public, we implorc your help against Il reor
ganized oppresslOn whose sole object Is &c
remit the control OF our destnlcS to the
contrivers Of the rebellion after they have
been vauquished in honorable battlc-thuS
at once to punish us for our devotion to ou'
country, and to intrench themselves in the
Official Notifications Of the Government.
Others have related the thwnHg story oil
our wrongs from reading and observation
We come before you as unchal!enged wit
nesscs, and speak from personal Knowledge
our sad experience. If you fail us, we are
more utterly deserted and betrayed than il
the contest of arms had been decided against
u.s. for in that case even victorious slavery
would have found profit in the speedy pardon
of those who had been among its bravest foes.
Unexpected perhdy in the highest place OF
.he Government, accidentally filled b., one
who add cruelty TO ingra,Itude. and torgvcS
the guilty as he proscribes the innocent. has
stimulated the almost eNtlnguishrd revenge
of tbe beaten uUuspirators; and now the
rebels, who offered to yield everything to
save their own lives, are seeking to consign
us to bloody graves.
Where we expected a bcncGctor we find Il
persecutor. Having lost our champion. we
return 10 you, who can make Presidents and
punish traitors.
Our last hope, under God, is in the unity
and firmness of the States that elected Abra-
ham Lincoln and defeated Jefferson Davis.
.tI
palling, yet Unconscious confession of Andrew
johnson, who, in savage hatred of his own
record, proclamS his purpose to clothc four
millions of traitors with the power to impov-
erish and degrade eight millions OF loyal
men.
Our wrongs bear alike upon all races, and
our tyrants, unchecked by you, will award
the same fate to the white and black.
We can remain as we are only as interiors
and victims.
We may fly from our homes; but we should
fear to trust our fate with those who after
denouncing and defeating treason. refused to
right those who had bravcly assisted them i'll
the work.
Till we are wholly rescued there is neither
peace for you nor prosperity for US
We cannot better define NJ once our wrongs
and our wants than by declaring that, since
Andrew johnson affiliated with his early
slandnrcrs and nur constant enemies. his
hand has h.nn laid heavily unnn. ev,r,.. ro,p.
os, Inv,li.t in thn Soutb History The IN.
;rIr,n.n, nf' lbn prn.nnt and the rnrtoin CON.
Grmafinn If rhe Fnturn. invita- and command
49, to dnrloro-
That nliar rn;octino his own rnmoa;ns for
ros,n,ino thn lEninn, he has ro.,r,nd IN rho
,,,oo,,ns 81 ,r.;tnr, to L,.m;yn and Lont L,,,,
,'o,rinfs
Ihnt after dncl,rinr ,bot rono I'm, ,be lor.l
eLnnId ,n,n,.n mo rn,n,,.tm,,fnd SnntL ~.
bns nras,t;ccd man the muxi,n that Mona h,t
,r,;tors ehoIl milo
Thni ,,Liln.in North bo hos ror,o,od
considerations n,,, from, ,.Iinn,rd fllod NAN,
oI tho ynr,I.r;rs Win thr .y,,,,n,I,y,,. ~
,,.asn,, IN ,La Sank La LaS ,a,,,,,.oJ .l,l
,,rn,,oJ and rrnsteJ ,,",r;Ht ,J .,''n,,I t''
r'm,lly moved and cnnyic,nJ tra;,or
Tint After hr,,ye men who had fnnolt e.,
thn mId f., Lnye l,,rn uomi,,.'tnd ~ r,'y;.
lions tLnir names have Lanm rac,IInd .,,l
.vnwad raheJs substituted
Thnt evnrv ORIGINAL rn;onist IN ,Lo Sonl
who stands fast 10 Andrew ,Iohnsou's cove.
,,on,. IRON, 1874 to 1sr5 ba, I,an ,,.,r,o;,,J
That he has corruntad thn local conrt.l /, :,
oArr;no premiums for Defiance IF tho law.
If Cnngrass and Inv onrnly di.cnmr,,r;,,a
tbe observonce Of tho oath oGo;nst Troosnr
mat whIe rain s;n, to nn,s'Yh ',,,, '',',
oonsnicnons traitor fbondh thousands LaG
,.ormad tGe nenaItv nt Jea,h mo"a tbn '". y.
,honsand Of devoted Union citizens have
hean murdered in cold blood since the snr.
render Of Lee, and IN no case have their As
s,,"s;ns baan hrongLt +, f. ;nj@ ' '''''' q"
Tha, he has nnrdnnaj some Of tbe wors,
,,r ,ha raIni crrninals Nor,h and Snn,h IN.
Iudina .nna Who have t,l,nn Lur.n Xxx ,,,.
,lnr circumstances of unmar"lirIeJ atrocity
That while dnnouncin,r and lettering III,
o,arnt;ons Of the FreeJmenis Rnrnan7 he
Win fnil Enowledre nf thn f,IsrLnnd h.,,
,.bnraed that tbn hI,ok man ava I,l, onl w.,
hnlI;0us and has Gov c.oloJ tbI t,nt ~.
tl ,l,i.- 49, L '''I i''', "a"
md I'D NV that nol,in nre,an;yot;o,, n,,J ~
VITA d.ca,i,a th,t !, raa v',','
,rnJ and ny,S,siyn IN tho Gn,.arr,,t ,'" l.,
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"holiy without phr"iieI' save ""rh 'he ,fai'
p!' p"''NI"P.uu 'nc IcasT'y' anu SouG"t u
"''ors"ll'IIe anu hcat'ei 'ne army ana 'h'
navy ON! " NAN H"' - ''oIu easy " e"pVur'
ANN "eS'lo! 'nJ uH'G' 'nnen!,
na1i "",'I uee'"i,"s "7"i,,S, ,,'e ,',Ju5''c
~ ieact's 1'e'et 'n',' ,h osi''Io ~
~" 'e'"o'" " "p''Ae '"e 'oV'"' t''"n
I"hE'eHS s,nl"s 'et'"St 1t recognizes ti''
loTai InaJor,.H, anu REFUSES 10 perPe'"a'e u"
traitor I!i H'l"oll'y' ca. , ",
Ina. III every o'u'e SCUM o' MASON am
l'Aon i'nri ms ''''cS mas wrought IN