The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-09-25
WHOLE No 532

cotton manufactures, had, long ago, by
eliclting increased Yankee ingenuity,
(as an off set TO cheaper British Iabor,)
enabled us to send abroad to Great Brit
and even, (from whom we used to i'm
port everything,) our coarse cotton IA
brics. And that | wouldn't be surprH-
ed if, under such course, We would
soon be found sending cur heavier iron
manufactures to England, instead OF
sneaking there Tor iron rails. And in
deed, that Maryland, my native State,
which the recusant nineteen Locofocos
tried so hard to prostitute to disgracetul
reputation, was of late years, after her
spirited aid to internal Improvements,
enabled by means OF the handsome reve-
nue. she was deriving from her shares
of railroad stock, and temporary direct
tax, not only to resume the payment of
interest on her public debt TO foreign
and domestic coupon and bond holders,
bat was even paying off the principal,
and thus emerging from her former III
debtedness. Yes, Maryland launched
literally into the railroad current even
upon the old Quaker farmers principle,
buy lime, and spread it on thy tarm;if
thee even has to 60 to Jail. Never fear,
it will take thee out" She needed the
help Of a temporary direct tax; but she
is coming out, thank God.-The Col.
backed out.
was warmly caressed for my sue.
cess; and a committee waited on, and
urged me in behalf of both ladies and
gentlemen, to make another speech.
answered that it would afford me great
pleasure, particularly to crafty the la
dies, but that the following considera-
tons put it entirely out of my power;
viz; that the Col. was here, on our hos.
pialities, comparative stranger; whilst
(no candidate) was in the bosom of nv
family, at home. Besides, you See |
have just hoored him; and to hit man
when down, is regarded as inglorious.
! The making few impulsive remarks,
off hand, to expose and correct errors, Is
very different thing from set speech
was the right of every man on the
ground-and was a step to which Col.
Pelham and his friends had no right to
except.
Col. P's. opponent, DR.. Chapman, is
OF the johnson wing of Arks. democra-
cy, ultra.
The extract you gave of Rev. VIII
Brisbane's 4th, July sermon, IN your pa
per of 18th July, deserves to be sent
forth in letters OF gold. Mr.. B. certain
! ly has touch of the fire OF rs in HIM.
Such sermons are so rare, they are
"like angels visits upon earth, few and
far between."--By the bye, talking of
angels, was not little amused at your
remark Gin your notice of G odey's Aug.
No.) that, the good angle is not quite so
angelic as it might be-" That hand
some and spirited periodical is taken in
my family; and your random shot hit
preconceived idea of mine pop on the
head. For when | had opened the book
and my eye had rested on that winged
seraphlm, thought it needed nothing
but long beard to make me say
Well,
'Pve seen many chap at Barile'my fair,
'sMore like King than that chap there.
Old Song.
do wish they would make better
angels than that. 1t is so annoying to
happen to look in the glass and see ones
self better looking than an angel!
AS there is thunder-gust rumbling
and Gathering over my head at this mo.
ment, am strongly reminded of, and
tempted to relate an anecdote of old
Parson Hindman, who lived many years
ago, and taught Latin school in New
ark, Del. The parson was esteemed (or
at least esteemed HIMSELF a learned
man, for that epoch and region, and was
famous for interlarding his very long
sermons, if not his never ending prayers
too, with patches and scraps Of Latin.
He seemed to think ST. Peter much more
susceptible to that dead language, than
to our plain, living, mother tongue.
Perhaps he thought St. Peter had "a
blind side" and Latin the path that led
to it. Well, he was preaching away
one Sabbath afternoon, in time of a long
drought, and seeing "a little cloud Of
the bigness ofa mans hand" and think.
ing symptoms of thunderstorm were
brewing, and doubtless DESTROYS Of doing
much good by throwing in his mite
toward good rain, he d-voutly fell to
praying long, long PRAYER for rain to
come and refresh and purify the parched
earth. The drought had been so long,
; he seemed to think then was the time,
if ever, to spray without ceasing;" for.
getting that his hay was just cut upon
low ground, always subject to violent
overhows from sudden freshets of small
stream running through the meadow
Bang! bumbaloo-oo went the thunder.
Swash! down came torrents Of rain, like
. young deluge. more, o, more"
L. IL