The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1849-09-22

ana appreciated. Behold your own happy
land, seated like queen Of many nations
in the western hemisphere, engaged in all
the arts that contribute TO human prosper
ity, foremost in the pursuits of philosophy
and Of Science, and leading The healing wa
ters of knowledge and truth, around the
entire circuit of the gloLc. You owe it
all to the Diblc-either directly or indl-
rectly as the great lever, that is urging on
ward the progress Of man.
You have now reached an interesting
period in your history we congratulate
YOU with the liycIiest satisfaction on the
promise we have witnessed in this mighty
demonstration, held under the auspices Ct
your division. Nothing could he more en-
couraging than the regard for good order
and dccorum-and the interest in the oc-
cosion which is everywhere 1nanilcsting
I itself at this moment amongst the immense
concoursc Of your fellow citizens, who
have honorcd you with their presence. In
establishing for yourselves a sepcrate and
indopendant communion, and in consecra-
ting the principles OF temperance and mo-
raIty as the foundation on which it rests,
You are planting the seeds from which pos
terity may gather an abundant harvest of
individual and social happiness. Nature,
true to her purpose, is Iringing men from
every claSs-the Gnllinching advocates of
universal order, temperance and peace.
And while the hard hand Of an oppressive
bondage, is hIightiug many Of the iai.est
flowers of human Intellect; under the en-
gaging attractions you are holding out, we
hope 10 see them expanding again in beau
ty-bursting through the pail Of darkness
that covers them, and in5i inc AGAIN tine
refreshing dcws Of order and purify.
Your association and those connected
with Won, present spectacle which the
world now beholds for the first time, In
no other institution, ancient or modern
civil or rc!igioUS-haye the roots Of this
deadly UpaS been traced to their gloomy
dcpt&s-- or made to Jingle to their ren.otcSt
eAlrcmities.-lnstcad OF visiting ii with
total annihiation the great error has been
in attempting to prune the corrupt tree,
which but caused the remaining branches
to ye~itate with renewed yigour. Like
Saul We could smite Amalech-!.ut Agog
must ho saved, and the beauty Of the ilDcks
lor sacrifce.--I}ut il is a truth rs inmoya-
bic as the everlasting hi!!s-that there is
no security from the snares of aIcohal-
but in its entire extirpaton as a beverage
in all lis deceptive forms. Other means
nay check the torrent of corrupton for
tlae-nlav veil for a while lis most dis
eusting f,atures-but it will be found to
rise AGAIN like the philistincs from partial
defeats, supported bv pubic Oh n,on--the
giant in the van and DEFY the living ar
mics ofthe friends Of sobrietv.
Friends and Brothers-vou who are
now rallvinc around the standard of iler-
ty--and planting it upon the last rampant
Of freodom-we would tain accompany
our small present with word of cheer
to animate and nerve your spirits for the
conflict that awaits vou-a conflict. not
characterised BY the elements of discord-
but depending for its ussnc un0D the Dur
suasive influences of mcal,ncss and truth,
A danger more dark-Ioy.erinc. and Dor
tentous than even the storms of rs, is
planting itself in our nidst-a danger the
more oninous, and threatening from the
fact, that many of our amiable ard other
wise worthy citizens, aDncar unconscious
Of its approsch-or Blind 10 It, coneeouen-
ccs. But in your organized body, though
now but comparable to the email cloud of
Elijah arising from the sea ike a mans
hand-we perceive that redeemlng spirit
is gathering its cnergies.-That the pre-
siding gcnins of our dsstinips. starting rom
her slumbcrs-is csil;ns ihro9ob YOU 10 an
awakening community appeali..y to the
love Of countrv-to the interests ofhuman-
ity-and 10 every induceneut that can in
1ucnce the human soul, to unite as band
Of Brothers in the support of virtue and in
tcligence-the inseparable concom,iant