The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1868-09-26
WHOLE NO. 1,41e.

are the Democratic candidates-all made h
Rebels who have the brazen front to boas
oi their handiwork. Their purpose is t.
snbVelt State Governments which have beef
duly recognized by the proper constitutions
authority; to nullify and avoid the solempl
enacted and approved laws of the land t,
tear out OF the Constitution the only guar
antics which the nation has for its futur
security, and to compel the legislative brancl
OF the Government to acauesce in anythin,
that unbridled license may choose to de
mand. And all this, not by the customar,
forms which are used and accepted in con
stltutlonal governments, but by the unwar
rantable exercise of force. Voices, "The,
shall mott
This will be revolution by violence. Thi
will be renewal of civil war. Never before
in the history of this country has anybod,
or organization had the audacity to proclaim
| publicly policy so laden with wickedness
and so fraught with ruin, and to ask the suf
frage of the people in support of it. THAI
such ID now the case is owing to the mad
| ness Of men who have mistaken clemency
for tmidity. and who dcspise the law because
they have not been made to feel its power.
For all impending troubles there is sure
and swift, ind, as yet, peaceful remedy
1t is the ballot. [Applause.l If the people
would check these movements without blood
shed, they must strange these reactionary
agitators, before they shall gain sufficient
confidence to enter upon the execution OF
their nefarious plans. The ballot is still
strong enough to PROSTATE reviving treason.
Rest assured that whenever fairly appealed
to, it will speak with no uncertain voice.
The people are aroused. They are fully
alive to the Importance of the issue submit.
ted to them, and are eager to give express
sion to their stern resolve.
"Thick as autumnal leaves that strew the
brooks,
In Nalombrosa,h
until they should become as worthless as the
aforesaid leaves, and thereby debauch the
National honor and wreck the Republic on
the hidden rock of reputation; for they
saw that within three years nearly one fourth
of the National debt of over So, 900, 0OO. 900
had been paid, and that the American peo.
pie, honest and faith keeping, will in due
time pay every dollar of their bonds, prin-
clpal and interest, in good solid coin, or its
equivalent. LApplause.] Nor were they
mean enough to whine about the taxation,
which they themselves had made necessary
to save the life of the nation. Your genuine
Rebel is not a pickpockct or counterfeiter.
He leaves those avocations open TO his
Northern auxiliary, the Copperhead. When
seized with fit of appropriation, he prefers
to trust TO the instincts of his k.ightly blood,
and resorts to highway robbery. The chosen
disciples of the redoubtable Jeff. cared not
q straw for Pendleton's vagaries, if they
were destiaed to lose their darling project of
dlsunon and separate Confederacy. They
saw with horror the axe of Congressional
reconstruction descending with repeated
blows upon the still Rebel South, and with
its keen edge cutting out every vestige of
treason. Plainly did it appear to them that
all hope must be abandoned if the adoption
be conceded of the Constitutional Amend
snip, oeIug pop
ulatlen, securing the National debt, and re-
jecting the Rebel debt as well as all COM
pensation for slaves, and in addition giving
Congress the power to pass all needful legis-
lation In support of those amendments. And
most thoroughly were they convinced that
treason would be made impotent when suf
frage should be yielded to the negro as o
right. The acts of Congress declaring eight
of the Rebel States reconstructed upon
these principles, and the proclamations of
the President and Secretary Of State, eerti,
flying thereto, reused All rebeldom for its
final effort. They said these acts must be
broken down at all hazards, or else the Union
will be csmented more strongly than ever
Their views being made known, one nan
was found desperate enough to respond IA
vorably to the wishes of the conspirators.-
On the 30th Of June last Frank P. Blair,
[hisses] political Desperate, being ut
Washington and learning what Was wanted
in a Democratic candidate, addressed let
ter to Col. James Q. Brodhead, containing
the following passages:
1.-The reconstruction policy of the Radi-
Gals will be complete before the next cleo
ton; the States so long excluded viii have
been admitted, negro suffrage established,
and the arpet-baggers installed in their
seats in both branches Of Congress. There
is no possibility of changing the political
character of the Senate, even if the Demo
Gratis should elect their President and a ma
jority Of the popular branch of Congress-
We cannot, therefore, undo the Radical plan
Of reconstruction By congressional action;
the Senate tciU continue TO bar to its repeal.
Must we submit to it? How can it be over
thrown? 1t can only be ouerthrown by the
authority Of the Executive, who is sworn to
maintain the Constitution, and who will fail
to do his duty if he allows the Constitution
to perish under series of congressional en-
actments which are in palpah'" ''''''0A VI
IT'S fundamn,,.~l r.t"uIpie.
"Thcre is but one way to restore the Gov
eminent anu tne COnSliutiOH tuat 10 ioi
the President elect to declare these acts null
and roid compel the army TO undo its usur-
pations at tha South, diSpcrse the carpet bag
State Governments, dlIotc the ,chite people to
reorganize their omn Governments, and elect
Senator's aad Representatives.. The House
Of Representatives will contain a majority
Of Democrats from the North, and they will
admit the Representatives elected by the
white people Of the South, and, with the CO.
operation Of the President, it will not be
difficult to compe! the Senate to submit once
more 10 the obligations Of the Constitution.
It will not be able to withstand the public
Judgment, If distinctly invoked and clearly
expressed on this Fundamental issue, and it
is The sure way 60 aroid all future strife to
qut the issue plainly to the count'y.
II repeat, that this is the real and only
question which we should allow TO control
us: Shall we submit to the usurpations by
which the Government has been overthrow,
or shall we exert ourselves for its fnll and
complete restoration? II is IDLE to talk Of
bonds, qreenbacks, gold, the public faith,
and the p,sLtio credit.