The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1843-04-22

far exceed The prescribed limits; we must
therefore contne ourselves to u part on
| ly. lie expresses hope that should we
; appear again in your columns. We will
contine ourselves ITO the question: al is
sue, and not discant upon ethicks, moral
disease, mahometanism,' &c. sc. Has
Scrulator in his incorporate zeal really
forgotten the question at lssue2 II SO, we
invite him TO review OF or former mum
bcrs, which if he will read calmly, sobe.
y and temperateiy, he will no, fail TO dis
cover that we have all along commended,
that the temperance Of the day was not
the temperance of the bible. Scruta-
tor SAYS 1t is, aud here we join issue
That he should wish to bury IN oblivion
the matter of moral disease, is quite na,u-
raj; inasmuch as he has taci,ly admitted
that he was in error on that point. Now
is it TO be wondered at, that ''mahometan-
ism" is TO him equally unpleasant, when
II is considered that Il ere exists such near
relationship between them in point of
doctrine. lie would exclude "elhicksn
also, nor need we wonder at this, mas
much as the temperance which lie advo-
Gates, does not necessarily make men
moral. In our last communication we
said that christianity was OF divine origin,
and contained perfect system Of chicks,
| and that when man attempted TO improve
that system, he impugned the wisdom OF
It's author. These maXims (if we under
stand Scruator) are as sclf-evient as that
"a comct has made its appearance in the
heavens; in this then we agree. What
then we ask. does christianity teach res
pectug the use of wine? We answer, lhat
its author drank wine himself and sane
toned its use in social life, and by his a.
postlc has taught us how to use it, adding
that "every creature ofGod is good and to
be received with thanks giving.n But
what do temperance men $50 called
teach} We answer, they teach that wine
ls a curse, that II is wrong, and m orally
wrong 10 drink il, and bind themselves
by vow totally to abstain from it, We
ask then, is il not as self evident that
modern temperance men do impugn the
wisdom OF Jesus Christ, as that ia comet
has appeared i'll the heavens" We have
also SAID that 4 new system Of chicks
was taught, to which Scrutator replies
his own lnmaglnatlon." Let us examine
this matter. hrsIlanty teaches that in
order 10 our leading moral life, the heart,
from whence proceeds all uncleanness
must first be changed, make the tree coed,
and his fruit will be good, is the language
OF inspiration. The new system would
reverse ibis command, by first making the
truil good, and afterwards the tree or heat.
Again. christianity teaches us that deny
ing all ungodl ness ond moridly lust, we
should live sobcrly righ,eously and god
y in this present world. The new sys.
TEN would attack the vices s'singly, d.
vice and conquer is their maxim" A.
gain christianity teaches that Jesus shall
save his people from their sins, but Scru-
lator 81 eakiug of drunkenness says, it
can and has been etfectually and finally
removed in thousands of instances by the
application Of cold water," without any
reference TO the commands of God, or any
application 10 him for assistance. Those
few examples may suffice to show the
value OF Scrutalor's summary mode OF
escape from truth, by his consequ ntial
say so, ''not true" Scrutator says, tive
shall proceed in our work and concen-
traie our energies against this most dire.
llll and lnreterate species Of intemperance,
and when we have uprooted it, as we ex-
pect TO do, we will make the more Wig
orous attack somewhere else" And a.
gain, 'il Vlndex has not been successful
with the rest, we will come to his aid.''
II night afford the curious some amuse-
ment to calculate the probable time that
1t would take Scrutator with his "cold
water divide and conquer" system 10 al
feet this grea! moral reformation, which
he appears to have so much at heart
Say it has been in operation for Is years,
and out OF population of 100000, he
has succeeded in getting one million to
sign his pledge. If he should proceed in
the same ratio it would require 255 years
10 uproot this single vice in the United
States Of America. Now there are l6
other prominen. vices enumerated in Il e
same category with drunkenness. Let us
suppose then, that he can uproo. those
remaining l6 with the same facility, and
then it will require 1850 years more to
accomplish the work, 10 which if we add
Tie 2o3 years taken to reform drunken
ness; we have The round sum OF 1885
ears, at which time We may expect to see
this great moral reformation consumma-
led. And when all this is accomplished
upon S:ru'alor's system, they will only
be like unto whi,ed sepulchres, which
indeed appear beautiful outward, but are
within full of dead mems bones, and all
uncleanness." And here we might ask
of wha, use is christianity, if mankind can
be reformed without its aidl Scrutator
SAYS that theirs is ''veriyo bible temper