The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1866-05-19
The Situation.

When Richmond fell and the Rebel army
under Lee was headed by the dauntless Sher.
idan, and pursued to its final capture by the
invincible legions of Grant, shout echoed
through the length and breadth of the loyal
States, that the last head of the hydra had
been smitten off. Alas, for the uncertainty
Of human foresight! Another head of the
monster was erelong to make its appearance
in place of all others the least to be dream.
ed of-the White House. The rebellion is
fast reviving again under what is termed
Tiny policy" That policy is now making
who saved the nation from humiliation, and
it must, if not checked by the prompt and
decided action of the people at the coming
fall elections, inevitably eliminate in the
wager of battle. We here write it as logi-
cal consequence, as surely as effect follows
cause, if the policy which is being pursued
by Andrew johnson is successfully carried
out by the many influences attached to Ad.
part Of the Union masses, that renewal
of the war to put down the traitors late in
rebellion, becomes inevitable.
That pla., so far as it has been developed,
and judged by the fruits it is producing, is
reviving the beaten and humbled spirits of
the men who made the war. The govern.
ments of the late rebellious States have been
placed in their hands, and every breeze
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RACES upon the Union men of those States !;
the murder of freedmen, the sacking and
burning of their dwellings,, churches and
school-houses. But the other day almost
wholesale massacre of the colored people of
Memphis and the destruction of their prop
crty took place. An exodus is talked of, OF
the Union people of the Southern States
if rebels are encouraged, and the friends
of the Government are not protected in
those States. When these things appear in
the green tree, what may we not look for in
the dry ?-when, if ''my policy is success
full, and eighty members are sent from those
States to the National House of Reprcsen-
tativcs and twenty-five to the Senate. When
the power is placed in the hands of those
men who fought four years for the dssolu-
ton of the Union, and saw their country
transformed by the torch of war into blasted
wilderness, what will they not attempt p
When as reward for rebellion their represen-
taton, which was based upon three fifths of
slave population, isincrcased to full represen.
tation on that population now emancipated,
giving them the power to block the wheels
of government, by refusing appropriations
unless their terms are yielded to, who for a
moment supposes they would hesitate to re-
sort to such measures? Who cannot divine
| what tho-e demands would be? That the
Rebel debt should be paid that Rebel SOL
diers should share alike with Union soldiers
the bounty and pensions of the Government :;
that Rebel officers should be reinstated in
the army again. These are few of the
many curses that blossom already on the first
! shoots of "my policy" The Executive war
for these accused ends is being fapidly
pushed into all parts of the country. In our
own State that renegade and unprincpled
political gambler, Montgomery Blair, has
been placed in command. He, in conclave
with junto of ofice-hoders in Baltimore,
has undertaken to hand the Union party over
bound into the hands of traitors, who have
cursed this, as every other State, where sla.
very existed. Blair, who was literally kicked
out of Lincoln's Cabinet, has made a list of
the Union officeholders of the State who
refuse to bow the knee to Baal, and their
expulsion on that, and, that ground alone,
is demanded, to make room for men who
are willing to sell themselves and country,
too, for mess of pottage.
Governor Swami is out in letter in last
Saturdays american, proclaiming his deser-
ton to the cause in which every traitor in
the State is enlisted. He, Montgomery
Blair and John W. Crisfeld are the three
beauties who are already demanding to be
sent to the United States Senate to succeed
Senator Creswell. ...-
The American expresses surprise at the
desertion of Swami. We never expected
anything else When, as the Union candi-
date for Governor, we placed his name at
the head of our columns, among Loyal names
which graeed that ticket, it was with a feeling
of reluctance. q feeling that we were placing
there halt. hearted hypocrite, who had hung
back when the great battle for characterization