The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1842-08-27
'Ehe Rising Generation.


A llaltering prospect, bright omen for
the cause of the Statesman OF the West
one glorious evidence of the triumph that
is to come, has remained entirely unnot-
ced by the press. The tone in the senti-
ments Of The rising generation, among 9TH
er good signs of The time, should not be
overlooked: it will prove consideration
of weight of The polls in 1914. The feel
my that exists among that portion of the
public-the pride and strength, the youth
of the land, upon whom its future hopes
must rest,-is of the right kind. The
young men of the Union who have arriv-
ed at the age of manhood since the last
Presidential election, or will reach it be-
fore the next, and consequently exercise
upon that occasion, for the first time, the
proudest privilege Of freeman, the right
of suffrage, form no inconsiderable part
of the host to be numbered at the ballot
box; and the cheering fact that nine-tenths
oflhese are the enthusiastic admirers and
friends of the patriotic HARRY, cannot but
be obvious enough to all who chose to
make observation of the spirit that pre-
walls among them.
Bold as the assertion may seem. it's
nevertheless correct, that one chief source
from which the Loco-Foco party derived
the strength which sustained it twelve
years in power, was this self-same the
rising generation.
Between the ages Of IS and %, the
mind, in the first bloom and yigor of man
hood, unsullied by the selfish prejudiccs
cfage, is most inclined to whatever is
right, and the aspirations of the heart are
for whatever is noble, and great, and good.
Too apt to be led away, however, by the
glitter martial renown, when Gen. Jack
son was candidate for the Presidency the
principles Of the politician were over
looked IN the fame Of the soldier. He had
done the State some service in the wars,
and to the generous and chivalric youth
OF our country this seem to give the hero
sufficient claim upon their gratitude to
ensitle him their sufllages. No matter
how erroneous his political sentiments, he
was the Hero Of Orleans.
But things are changed. The old hero
has been some time retired from the DO
liicar area. and if he were not, it is very
doubtful whether, with all his faults, he
would 90 with the party to the extent of
their present shameless and DEGRADED
principles-Tylerism, Dorrism and Free
Trade-even with the willy sophislry of
sly Martm to lure him on. The Locos
have now no military chiellan who has
any claim to the gratitude of the country.
As the rising generation, with judgments
unprejudiced and patriotism unchilled by
contact with the scheming world, enter
the political field and look around them
Tor the statesman most worthy of their
suftrages, upon whom, then, do their eyes
rest but the greatest the wisest and The
best man in the Union, the Star of the
West, HARRY CLAY of old Kentucky. And
who so worthy of their confidence and
or who has juster claims upon
their gratitude His name hallowed by a
thousand patriotic associalons-by the
memory of the noble deeds of near half
century spent in the service of his coun-
try, has more of a charm TO the young
freeman, than even the glorious title of
military chief. From the very period that
he, a poor ia,herless boy, strided meal
bag, through the Slashes of Hanover, to
bring bread and comfort to his widowed
mothers hearth, up to the hour that the
might of his eloquencc. in the American
Senate administered the last signal reb,,ke
to.the spiri.lof anarchy and the foes of
good government, every act of his useful
and devoted life entities him to the vene-
ration and confidence of the true-hearted.
chlvalric and high-minded youth of Amer
lea
From among the People, one of the
People, the greatest statesman and purest
patriot that the world in this age can boas,
the rising generation will give "honor
TO whOm honor is duen
The part the young men of the Union
sustained in the election of the lumented
Harrison in'lS40 is gloriously remember
will come up with still more
strength and galantrv in 1914 under the
Banner of HENRY CLAY, AND PRO-
TO AMERICAN MECHAN
les! Baltimore Vh;o,