The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1843-03-04
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Mr.. Cdiin:-

Mr.. Cdiier:-
avail myself of your l!bsraiity
to offer through your co!mns, few ideas on
the excited, and exciting question OF Temper
anee, so called, taking Tor my motto that cello
brate Injunction, BE sure Won are right, and
then go a!ieal.n 1t will be readily admitted by
all, that incompetence 10 an evil OF great mag
nitGde, SO mucn So that to il may lie attributed,
either directly or indirectly, agreat portion OF ali
iAa mourning, !amentat,ua, and woe, 10 which
gnaH kind are subject. T.at species oil intern.
aAGc, ".lna roHSs'g y d.inA.Dg Intoxicating
.q4os 10 cAc.;s, Is peiAaps, the most pesnlclous
in !ts elects, dlgcul in It's consequences and as
habit, the NEST invst erale OF ali otEeri. Every
Patriot, Ph'ian.hEophist, and Christian, should
rejoice 10 zee ntemperancc prostrated, yea BAN
isNed, aud oivyer bansAed from the face OF the
earth, ard i necessary consequence, hLil the
restoration OF Temperance. But what is lem
perancei IL /, that dsiogned, dwarhsh, sickly
something, ever changing with the whm aud
caprice OF man, woolAg votarits To lis standard,
ev sallrc, aRecdote, and Gong, that nov struts
pompously abroad, claiming title to the painuf
We did conceive that temperance was liked
principle, cnioned by tie highest authority, ex-
tending TO all tho actions OF our lives; All tmpor-
tant and an essential Christian virtue. lhose
whose province it is 10 define the term, tell Us
that it is contneney, self government or moder-
atOu, F7ItGlpatty " ttt 'tSmu W sthsL'b uPt't'eI
moderation IN eating, G4."Ang, sleeping, &c &C,
and t!!iS aehnllun we presume none VIII venture
to controyert Ii tLen we compare the above
with that which is now called Temperance, we
cannot tan 10 discover vast dsc!iNIiarItyi the
one, fixed and inmutaple is Its author, extend
ing 10, aud regulating our whole conduct
Though llic the otne', vasel.tins as human na-
ture llselt, iUrbu0ng to Gay what it allowed
yoateraay, and i'll It's mos! improved and VIgor-
Gus form, reaching TO small portion ot our cun-
duct only, while II lnaves us al perfect liberty TO
riot in every other speces OF CRIME with lmpun!-
ty. II the disciple VII! sign the pledge to abb
stain IRON All INTOXICATING nquoIs az Il leverage,
he is at once initiated mic mt n1telsl.ip, and can
obtain a certificate that he 10 temperance man;
notwithstanding he may be giultonous asa hog,
lecherous as tile goat avarlcIoLs us the Jew, ann
bilious us Alexander the great, and false as the
devil himself. lie may Diasphcme the name OF
God, and even rd.cue christianity, tse II, 1t mat
tiers not he is 4 temperance man notwlthStand-
ing, and may be eraedd as an apostle in the
greai r1ordl information tha! Is cterSprCddtng the
land" Now Mr.. Editor, are We sure that Wo
are right in thus assuming a character to which
we are not entitled! 10 it right to call things by
wrong names! Sha!! we DO evil that good may
come! May not such course lead some to sup
pose that they really pos tess virtue; TO which
they are entire strangers, which to them may DO
4 fatal error We therefore conclude, that how
ever gratifying it may bo TO Phlanthroplists
and Lhlistians, 10 witness reformation IN tho
OF intoxicating liquors, or III their total ADAM
donment, Jet 1t cailot but produce modification
and disgust, when tn4t reformation ls Drought u.
bout by understandable means.
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