The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-01-26
Far The Cecil Wing.
NO Friendship Without Interest.
EJO, w.

We had hoped VIZ would have snc.
coded in Keeping or promise: BY giving
TO Your readers, Mr. Editor our final cs-
S"y on interested Friendship and ifthe
reasons for the non performance of our
P'om'se wer" netore your patrons doubt
moi they would prove satisfactory. The
two foregoing articles and also the pres.
ent one. have been and will b. argued
on abstract principI-s: without which no
one could slihstan'iaie the sentiment of
$40 Friendship without INTEREST," but
with such a reasonable admiss on no one
ran scarce qu s'lon its certainty. Our
val dlctorv will b. upon God-likr FIR end
ship. and should our Cause need sup
porter during our anticipated abs-nce
we have good reasons to believe that our
friend "Nlndiraior' will maniulIv sup
port .anv opinions we have advanced.
We feel in the outstart the weight and
importance OF the task before us: The SOL
e"nIy magnificent landscape, with its
diversity of scenery, with ITS real, SUBJ
l'ne, ard unrarhly grandeur is spread
out around us aud W. can but regret
that the delineator isl paIsiri workman
wholly unsuAed for the task he has un
drr aiken.
TO with me TO the Oceans stran
lark the detected counten worn b,
every spectator who moves IN tina, llv-
ing mass, as dark wave on the sea: and
now mounts III" rostrum that tall, dig
nlhed venerable SIR: his manly sonl can
not restrain the invou tary outgushing
tear that flows from the great deep of
that hpaviny fountain: he looks with any
Ions eyes on thosr around who now wait
with eager gaze to catch the frs, audi |
bic sound hat may tall from his qulverlng
lips. And now his pur" pathetic hpav
'n-lnsplred strains begin; watch their
deep effect on every soul and then with
us agree, that God-likt Friendship is |
like no other kind, AMI is on cath not TO !
be elsewhere found. lis spiri. wakes
warm while his language unf,lds thu
sympathy and the strong affections of
his heart for the departing ambassadors, |
ana on wings Of love his soul scars be-
You'd the ether clouds AMI drinks fresh
inspiration I ION the fount of Heaven.
the public oommendation to The ruler
OF the winds and waves is over.
The aA'c'iona'e parents in silence
press the fond child TO their bosom and
breathe parting blessing to the Chris
tIan's God in its behalf. II has come
The hour for separation is at hand. and
the last moment on shore has been spent,
the spotl"ss sails of The Ship are spread, |
and the restless mariners are impatient |
for the arrival Of th- passengers who arr.
now midway between the beech and the
moored TAI Of the seas; return the paIt-
ing signal to those behind whom they
meier again will meet, until the thund|rs
OF the eternal day shall arouse The sleep.
ers from their tomhs. They are all on
hoard-the anchor IS weighed, the foam
ahead. the wake abait show with what
great rarndi,y they arr sailing 10 a dis
tant land. The buntlii.+ floats not err
the arms and implements u: war; the mu-
slcians sound not the martial notes to
call men to sangnlnary strife and deaf
but beneath tn waving folds Of the stars
and stripes, stands on the upper deck
tn missionary Of tn" Gross: in his hand
h. holds the glass whi'h i, Imagination
Keeps HIM near to those objects on the
reach who are now fast growing snail
and dim 10 the retira: and now she rides
over another wave and all is lost TO his
vision. Sol who rose so sweetly as it