The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1848-01-15
For Tie Cecil Whig.
Integrity Of Character.


! Where shall we find the truly indepen-
den, man! Where shall we look for the
man whom nn consideration of aillnence,
emoIument or danger can sway from honor
and duty! Shall we look among the poll
ticians! Shall we find him am ong the cul,
uraor5 OF the soil. in the mechanics shop,
behind the merchants counter. in the attor-
ncy's office, in the sacred pulpit, or among
the votares of science! Undouhtedly we
may iinI among all these classes, engaged
in these different professions, here and there
a specimen o!true manhood, but, alas. their
| name is not Legion care not how lofty may
| be mans pre,ensions TO pure, nafiected
| integrity devil himself claims to pos.
seSsa character of angelic purity care
not how weak he may regard the bonds
which result from uaceasing good fortune
modern history records the name of Bona
par'e. whose youth conemned aud ridiculed
the idea otthe possibility that lie should ever
give 10 poSterity pretcxt for charging him
with perverted ambition. His life demon
states The intirmily of human nature. 1t
proves the facility with which the human
heart may become contaminated and good
sense alienajed.
Few men have existed. who have not. at
some period OF their advancement in age,
Indignantly scorncl the idea Of ever sinking
so low as 10 become the servi.e tool of party
! drmagognes, or slaves to their own passion
of self ACKNOWLEDGMENT: but in the sequel
p ,ltn, n, lov 49, ,r
him OF scripture notorey, "!s thy servant a
dog tina, he should do this great thing" Ii
is not II rare thing to behold men claiming
independence and integrity Of character but
has the test been applied! Have they pass
ell the ordeal that entities them to the dis
lioctior. they claim. On the contrary do not
their lips profess what their practice bellies.
Search the annals of mankind. The pages Of
history: few are the characters there portray
Ell VIII, can Justly claim to have personilied
Integrity and virtue; no, like the ever vary
ing clouds ofheaven, Inconsistency, fckleness
and ow-heartedness mark all their ac-
tious-'o.day the priest, Tomorrow the as.
sassi'l- day, proiessedy, Chriss follow
En- 10 morrow Satan s--one moment angel
zeal, the next diabolical how they act the
man, anon the devil. True, Rome has fur
aIshed few exemplary characters; bu, like
the GASES OF Sahara, lhey are few in number
She has furnished Fabricius, England
Hale, America more than all, has furnished
tie world with the character of Washing
ton.
We bow in deep and silent alteration 10
such eminent characters; and sigh that so
few specimens appear on the pages of his
tory, or are now acting the great
drama of life. II lis not the exalted stations
which they occupied, the brilliant deeds
they achieved which alone challenges our
HIGH esteem and respect; it is not 10 George
Washington the American General, nor 10
George Washington the President of the
United Sales that the world pays its hom-
age; but il is 20 the character which I'll AT
name embodeS and which is more attractive
than all the perfumes of Arabia. do mol
say that the character of underwriting integ-
rty is beyond tho reach of most men; on The
contrary. few there are who cannot attain it,
BIT VIXEN behold men, high in official sta.
| tons, violating Their oalhs of office, men
claiming - be Christians; when observe
the Vaccinations of party, the gross delin-
quency in moral character the honor of our
courts Of justice violated; statesmen with the
talents of an angel courting the favor and
Indulgence Of a mob, pendent on the Auc-
,ualing smiles of gi'dy opulace-servil.
courers, having no mind, no sense of hon
or and justice, no character save one sus-
cephbe of any impression, or any tone and
appearance which the master may see fit
10 give it, always ready to do his bidding
and obey his nod, whether it be to tear down
or bullu up, TO kill or 10 make alive; when
we consider that such characters as these
constitute large portion of the human spe-
cies, we must come to the conclusion that
either man places false estimate OH the
character of undertaking integrity, the char
actev nvulnerabie TO the ordinary weapons O.
wee, or that he is wofulIy deficient in tina
sense Of right and wrong, in that principle
whose province it is to prompt men TO the
practice of virtue and 10 the attainment of {
good and moral character.
If Natures God has created one noble be
ing, that being is the man of integrity an,
moral worth. The arllul and malicious
attempt at SANDER and defamation he heed