The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-08-28

MIR. ErlruE: Upon entering your office
the other day on business, ! was immcdi-
atcly struck with the pilhy and rorciblc
admonilon at the head of this article,
chuIkcd out in conspicuous letters on your
desk. And without any design at nattcrv.
(Which do despisc, as much as you do
,loag toiks,J'. must be permitted TO say,
That from the above useful motto, in con-
junction with the very visible improve
mcnt in every department Of your paper,
achieved in SO short time, under very
many disadvantages, my pen forced itself
into my hand to certify my acknowledge
mcnt of the present suspicious complex
unu f Wing and Log CABIN matters.
If il were not that whenever cast my
eye on the top Of this article, '.BE SHORT"
like the ready ghost of Eanquo, slarcs me
in the face, reducing my notes to Il fm,"
should like much, OH so fruitful and
pleasant theme, 10 crave a single cXccp-
ton, and be long; but as the above war
nlnp is to me an evident indication that
YOU &c Shrp,' am forced to infer you
v o,ilV soon grow tired and cry.
on.
Now can conceive it possible there
may be legitimate exceptions, III the scope
OF human intercourse. For instance
ought not a man TO Is long paying his
butchers. doctors, mechanics, groccr's
and printcr's bilIs?-(A long time i'll the
habit of paRctaIG paying them, perhaps
yon would reply, To DC short.) Nov
therefore, take it all in good part when
you call on me to pay your bill, if in con-
lormitv to your own good prcccpt, in or
,,crAo BE SHORT" say, 'No.-Wtlal
capital things second thoughts arc!-lor,
there | thought. ] had you, Mr.. Printer, as
snug as the Frcnchman had the flea, but |
looked again, and you are nc derc;'-Gor
hear You say, sir, you may save yourscli
the trouble of uttcring, and me the time
and pain of listening to, = single word.
(pallicularly, that hateful one ly m"'c/y
oven though sorrowlufiy, ''iorking out" the
p. Q-niary, (pccmiWy.O We'll, il you
expect ell that, if short, to be short, der
say, that you and thc'''ricaynnc" man arc
both p. K--miay, (picaynmiary) men,
and I shouldn't be at all surprised il
you'd Be Shortly disappointed, ivr
ycn'lcmca of my profession can only sup
por, ourselves by long talks and long Gre
dts so, humbly and seriously crave
your attention to our poor case, as one
which, perhaps, exhibits uudcniablc claims
to an exception in our favour. Why, sir.
you must perceive, al II glance, that We
arc peculiar, privileged class-that We
Iong-windcd and honorable family of
H(icrs and if You do not want TO get US on
the Hn,' YOU should reflect that it is only
by means of Iong-liijing, that through pa
liencc and perseverance, we raise our
selves to any considerable cmjnCHcc: aye
sir, particularly in Engiand,% even to such
an envlablc point OF distinction, as from
which, (as did one of our family, OF the
name of Hannah, i'll another country,) We
may look down on the gropcling hordcs
beneath us, in silent contempt.
would not Judge any man, more cs-
pccially a judgc, but allow me TO say, that
from the public prints, am inclined to
think that Judge Wiley, if in Turkey, by
so gra&ping1y monopol.sing our business
would soon "Bc SAeri-EH' ahead Never
mind; he may both ovor-rcach and out
run us now; in tho race to distinction;
but it may be our fate (lpck, should say
to overhaul him at the end yet. ('Ropc's
cnd,' hear you say fshaw!~ don't be
vulgar hate vulgar people.
But, lest violate ''lhe very head and
front'' of the matter, | desire Indulgence
to close with one more case, and briefly
too; Tor cannot take time or room no~,
to dilate on that fruitful evil which your
motto is particularly arraycd against VIZ;
6utIon-hoiing or wuy-laying men IN the
street, or in their shops or offices, and
thus robhing thcn.of their precious time,
(Which is moncy,)to be bored with long
warns and sickcncd with foul breath.
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