The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1847-09-25

copied from the British Constitution.
Does he not know that he is indebted to
the bold and daring enterprise of a for
cigner for the discovery Of the very soil
upon which he hreathes! Does he not
know that he Is indebted to the prompt
and Gallant interference of polished
and chivalrous foreign nation, IN our Rev
dictionary struggle in the person of the
patriotic and illustrious La Fayette for
the successful achievement of our indie
pendancc and liberties? Does he not
know that some of the noblest martyrs of
Republican liberty and votares Of free
dom Were foreigners, Epaminondas, Leon
idas, Mitiadcs and Themistoces OF
Greece, Brutus and Cato of Rome! CONS
lie, mognc Coto, t,cit,m rcli"qra1 John
Hampden of England and the noble, i'll
fated and unfortunate Emmett of Ireland,
whose bold, manly. patriotic and thrilling
eloquence while offering up his life upon
the alter Of liberty, infused terror even
into the minds of the bloody and tero-
cious tyrants who presided at his eXecu-
ton. He coldly closes his heart to eve
~ avenue of sympathy for these untortu-
nate victims Of tyranny and oppression
brc2nse they We're foreigners. He is un-
willing that their dying and patriotic SEN
timrntS should be transmitted and trca-
srred up by our youth because they were
1 Foreigners.
The gentleman strikes with the most
viperous malignity at every thing that Is
foreign or Transatlantic. He would re-
pudiate the rich treasures OF GrGclan and
Roman eloqucnce, Of science and philos-
ophy, Of history and poetry and the spark
ling and brilliant clIiisions ofgenius which
enrich and adorn the writings and works
Of DcmoSthenes and Cicero, Of Socrates
and Plato, of Archimedcs and Euclid, of
Homer andNirgil, because they were Tor
eigncrs. TO the long and honored cata-
logue Of great and illuStrloous names
which have shed such unlading lustre up
on British annals and upon the civilized
world, as those OF Shakespeare and Byron,
/ Walter Scott and and Bulwer, Milton and
Dryden, Pope and CowPer, Goldsmith
/ and SpcnSer, Johnson and Burns, Charen-
don and Sidney, Godolphin and Rodney,
Littleton and Chatham, Burke and Mans
field, Nelson and Cabot, Pitt and Fox,
ErSkne and Canning, Cranmer and Watts
Berkcly and Wesley, PricstIy and Paley,
Blair and Locke, Addison and Bacon,
Newton and Gibbon, Hume and Robert
son, Blackstone and Sheridan, Stewart
and Davy, Camden and Coke, Hall and
Adam Smith, HerschcI and Pla' fair,
Grafton and HuskiSson. He would say
"ProcH, Fyocd rd" pref m," uttcr repu-
diate the giant cmunations OF your great
and massive intellcCts, YOU were jirng"-
o>. II would implously reject and re-
pudiate the Institutions and sublime prln-
ciples of Christianity and the meek and
loWly Saviour of the world, because they
and he had their origin in foreign
land.
thank my Great Creator that my
heart is not yet stccled against tae mis-
fortunes, expressions and calamlties OF my
teilow-beings because they are foreign
crs--nut that when | see exalted merit
and exalted virtue, eminent talent and
heroic devotion to liberty, great natural
and scientific endoWments, | can appre-
ciatc, admire and applaud them whether
on this or on the other side of the Allan
, TIC, whether in native or foreigner.
..This world was made for all and not for
Onc,' and not for Caesar or "Amerlcus,"
alone. Cur Great Creator never made
an independent man or Nation. Abso-
lutte Independence is the attribute OF De-
itv alone. This has been mourntully IL
lustrlted during the last and present year,
by the appalling ravages Of famine which
have and are now deSolating unhappy
Ireland. We know not how soon our
positions may be reversed, and dread
famine stalk through our own delightful
land, rendering us dependant upon Eu-
rope for bread. We should not boast
too much, or raise our heads too high, as
the highest objects are most exposed to
the red lghtning's flash.
The adoption Of the gcntleman's pro-
srriptive principles in rejecting every
thing foreign and Of foreign origin, would
close every College and Academy, every
law and medical school in our country.
For in all these the works of foreign
f ers are studied as Class Books. He cam
not enter Supreme Court Or Court OF
Chancery in any part Of the Union, with
out hearing authorities on law and iuris-
prudence quoted from eminent Jurists
and Judges in England, such as Hale and
Blackstone, Coke and Littleton aud many
others equally distinguished. And in
Louisiana the French Code OF Napoleon
is adopted and is the law Of the land
Nor would she be disposed to discard
her foreign judicial systemand Institutions
to crafty the prcjudccs and native cap