The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-09-21
GOOD I'M ALL.

THERE IS Coop IN ALL. Yes we all
believe 1t: not a man IN the depth of his
vanity hut will yield assent But do YOU
not all, in practice, daily, hourly deny it.
A beggar passes you in the street: dirty,
ragged, importunate. "Ah! he has
bad look" and your pocket IS safe. He
starves- and he steals. 81 thought he was
bad" You educate him in the State Prs-
on. He does not improve even in this ex-
ccllent school. 'He 49, saws the goaler,
''thoroughly bad.' He continues his
course OF CRIME. All that Is bad in him,
having by this time been made apparent
to himself, his friends, and the world, he
has only TO confirm the decision, and at
length we hear when he has reached his
last step, "Ah! no won,Ier-there was
never any Good in him. Hang him!''
Now much, il not all this, may be check
ed by word. II you believe in Good,
always appeal to IT. Be sure whatever
there is of Good is of God. There is
never an utter want of resemblance to the
Common Father. Good made man IN His
own image "What! yon reeIing, bias
pheming creature-von heartless cynic-
von crafty trader; yon false salesman"
Yes! All. In every nature there is germ
of eternal happiness, OF undying Good
In the drunkard' heart there is memory
OF something better slight, dim: but flick
er'ng still; why should you not by the
warmth OF your charity, give growth to
the Good that is IN him The cynic. the
miser, is not all self. There is note Ia
hat snllen instrument to make all harmo-
ny yet; but II wants a patient and gentle
master to touch the strings.
You point to the words "There is none
good" The truths do not oppose each
other "There is nooe good-mre me-
And He Dreathes III all. In our earthIl-
ness, our fleshly will, our moral grasp:
we are helpless: mean: vile. But there is
lamp ever burning IN the heart: a guide
to the source of Lighter an instrument
of torture. We can make It either HIT
burn in an atmosphere Of, IT will warm,
guide, cheer us. Ifin tn" MIDST OF selfish
ness, or under thu pr ssnrr Of pride, its
flame will be unsteady, and we shall soon
have good reason To trim our light, and
find new oil for 1t,
There is Good IN All the impress Of
the Deity. He who believes not in the
image Of God in man, is an Inhdel to him
self and his race. There is no difficulty
about distopv,ng it, You have only to
appeal 10 il. Seek IN every one the best
features: mark, encourage, educate them.
There is no man to whom some circum
stance will not be an argument
And how glorious IN Practice, this
Faith How Psy, henceiorth, all the
Iahor> of our Law Makers, and how de.
lightul, how practical The theories OF our
phiIanthropists. To educate the Good-
the good in IN: to raise every man in his
own opinioa. and vet to stne all AFRO
gance, nv shelving tina, all possess this
Good. I" themselves, but not of them
selves Had we but Faith in this truth.
how soon should we all b. digging through
the darkness, for this Gold OF Love-this
universe. Good A Howard, and Fry,
cleansed and humanzed our prlsons-to
find this Good. and in the chambers of all
our hearts it is 10 be foundry labor;ng
eyes and loving hands.
Why are all our harsh enactments =? Is
it from experience of the strength of vice
in ourselves that we cage, chain, torture
and hang men? Are none OF us indebted
to friendly hands, careful advisers: to the
demonstrating, guidance, solace, of some
gnntler being, who has loved us, despite
the evil that is IN us--for our little Good,
aud has nurtured that Good with smiles
and tears and prayers 0 we know not
how like we are to those whom we DIES.
pise We know not how many memo
ries OF knh and KIN the murderer carries
to the gallows- how much honesty of
heart the felon drags with him to the
hulls.
Once more--believe that in every class
there is Good-in every man, Good. That
in the highest and most tempted, as well
as in the lowest, there is often higher