The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-02-02
For The Cecil Wig.
Will YOU Sign the Memorial

This is the question now propounded to
you, will you sign the memorial to the
Legislature to prohibit the sale of ,ntoxi-
eating liquors! Some will say, | have
been using some liquor all my life, and am
not aware that it has done me any harm,
then why should | deprive myself OF its
use? Have You not seen many of your
acquaintancps ruined by strong drink
Yes, can court great number who have
ruined their health, character, and proper
ty bv drinking rum, within the period of
my recollection. Well then, as strong
drink will still continl" TO produce SINH
lar effects wherever 1t is used, could YOU
not give mp the little qualification 1t al
fords you, If you We're satisfied that by so
doing YOU would benefit others, who are
in the way of temptation now, and pre-
ven, those who may come after you, from
falling into similar paths of wre'chrdncsSt
As to tn It | am not sure that | am NOR
ally bound to do 50. Yes, think you are.
The Apostle saith, that if eating meat
cause my brother to offend, Twill eat no
meat while the world standrth. Suppose
YOU were passing the house OF your neigh
Dor at the hour OF midnight, and you saw
fire kindliny on his roo, would you not
haste without losing a moment to arouse
him from his slumber, and warn him of
his situation! There is no question here
about duty: your fellow beings are IN I'M
minent danger, and were you to fail TO
warn them, and they be lost in the conna-
grafton, you would find some trouble 10
appease the up5raidings of your conscience,
and the voice of Indignation that would BE-
raised against You, wherever this derelic-
ton of duty was known. Now, when
the fires of intoxica!Ion are burning fierce
ly throughout. the land, and SO many are
threatened with destruction before they
are aware of the evils that are impending
over them, is it not the duty of every good
citizen to warn them of their perilous sit
uation, ana to save them from deStruc-
ton as fearful as the midnight conflagra-
ton.
There is no question about duty sir. in
this matter. but. is in one balance and
Appetite and Interest in the other; and
which shall preIoninatr The question
is one of as grave Import and OF as deep
interest as has ever been presented to the
people of Cecil county. Our citizens are
as intelligent, perhaps. as most commune
tues, and Incline to the opinion, that
they will act worthy of themselves. Let
the committees OF the several election dis
trIc,s possess themselves OF list OF the
voters in each district, and let them sub
d vide each district into number OF sec
tons, which is easily done by making a
rough map of the district, and then draw
ing the public roads across it, then let one
or more persons in each subdivision see
every voter therein. Thus by little sys-
TEN, and without much trouble, the sense
OF the people can be ascertaned, and there
can scarcely be doubt, that II this plan
be pursued it will be found the majority
of our people are prepared to sustain the
petition, and thereby free themselves from
the responsibility they have incurred by
licensing traffic which produces no ben
eficlal effect whatever, but on the contra
ry has proved one of the greatest scourges
of the human race It would be we'll for
every mrmber of the committees to have
book and to no.p down the name of ev-
cry person who refuses 10 sign the memo
rial so that they may be presented for flu
ture reference, that it may appear what
good citizens are IN favor of continuing
traffic which 'hey m"~' k"or, leads to the
formation ofintemperate habits, to the loss
of health, character and property, and IS a
fruitful source of wretchedness, paup1rlsm
and crime. RAMBLER.