The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-03-08
THE CECIL W HIG
To Readers and Correspondents

ished an article on the Order ofthe Sons
OF Temperance, which is to be followed
by others on the same subject.
1.-THE Declaration of Rights, as
adopted by the Convention, will be
found at length on the LIST page.
UThe leading article of poetry in
the New York Family Courier of last
week, entitled "7Ae FareweH," was
written for The Wing by David Scott,
ESQ.,, of Oak Dell, and published by us
on the 9th of April last. 1t is fine
composition and is not credited by the
Courier to either The Wing or the wri-
ter.
Ur"Sonny" continues this week, the
controversy with e. in quite lengthy
article. This controversy, we believe,
is very generally read.
TT"Veritas' sends us another article,
with similar caption to the one which
caused so much stir, few weeks ago.
1t will be published next week.
Just at this place we will say few
words, by way of defining our posi-
tlon," which seems by some to be misun-
derstood. We are not one of those who
hold that there is no such thing as '.tree-
dom of the press" We wish our paper
to be free and lirang paper, through
which opinions, adverse even to our
own, may reach the public. Gentlemen
shall be allowed through its columns to
write at what they conceive to be false
hood, presumption, error, impudence,
humbug, or anything else, by whatever
name it may be known, whenever in
our opinion their articles do not strike
at any vital fundamental principle of
society. We shall ever, without clear,
favor, or affection" suppress any article,
OR any part of any article, but We shall
allow very considerable liberty ofspeech,
although it maintain views totally at
war with our own sentiments; holding
ourselves ready to combat them if no
correspondent undertake the task.
We are aware that this course makes
our path rough sometimes, but we want
none of the ease of cringing time-server
who panders TO the tastes and sentiments
of those within whose leading strings he
PAGES along with measured tread. We
occasionally hear of persons who never
took this paper, and who never spoke a
word of us that was not loaded with
venom, commenting with severity upon
articles which have from time to time
appeared in its columns. They had as
we'll save their breath. Most certainly
we shall regard the opinions of the COM
munity, and of friends in particular; we
are always glad when friend consults
with us whether to condemn or approve
our course-but we know how to despise
the vindictive back-bitings of pretended
friends and of open enemies, and we
know how too, to meet with indepen-
dence every approach of dictation.
We have among our readers, persons
of every kind of opinion, almost, and il
would be impossible, if we allowed any
opinion to be expressed, to avoid disa.
greeting with some portion of them; but
we hold the most of them to be sensible
men, who can hear as we'll those things
which are at variance with theirpeculiar
views, as those which accord with them,
Freedom of speech and of opinion
would under any other circumstances
be humbug and mockery.
But the above is in sevcrer strain thar
we wished to indulge in, in this column
which we have tried to keep for light
err species of remark. 1t may be that
the sternness of nature out of doors has
had an influence on our thought for the
moment. The calm and soft sunshine
of the week past has been driven away
by second approach of winter; and
dull dark clouds hang all over head, and
the snow comes down as rapidly as
though it were mid-winter storm
More has already fallen than at any pre-
vious time since Winter commenced
and it is deep enough now for sleighing
We trust it may not end with freeze
for then the many early spring plants
and flowers that are already up out ofthe
cold earth, and budding, and indeed q
straggler here and there, in bloom. would
be slain nntimelv and the snrinn pll1