The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-09-25
1rkar,sas Correspondence.
For The CecI Wing.
LETTER FROM SCRAGGS.


SpeechJying-"7he Good AngeP-
II Wunder-gust Reminiscence-Hints
to modern authors, &c., &c.,
Mr.. EDITOR. II take pen to make for
1.-The Wing" a few dottings in my
way.
First; the crops. Wheat, IN this region.
succeeded only partially-Oats, abun-
dantly-Corn, never SO much so, in
prospectu. Nearly matured. Cotton
will be tried here next year.
Secondly; politics. This article
Aourishes just about here, | am sorry 10
say, like the handle of IA jug, all on one
side; especially as, being myself an out
and out Wing, the lop-sided affair is
democratic, which means in my lexicon,
pery, errutic. We wings here have just
about as much chance as a certain stump
tail animal, in the height of Aytime.
Well, we can wnit; for the emigrations
from other States here, continually
bring accession of wing strength: so, in
process of time, may be the good leaven
may 'Eeaven the whole Imp"
Lately we had public day and din
ner here. The ladies always are invit-
ed, and attend from many miles, bless
them. (Think of that, We Northern
danes, and do so too; thus insurlng good
order.) None of our political candidates
harrangued, except Col. Pelham, of
Batesvlle. He and Doct. Chapman
(both democrats) ran for State Senate.
The latter was not present that day, but
beat Col. P.
The Col. in his inflated speech, (full
of Buncombe,) proceeded so grossly to
mislead the people, stating, (on the sub
ject of internal improvements and man
uiactures) that railroads were profitable
only to stockholders-and that any
tariff in aid of our manufactures, was
only productive of monopoly, sc. g..
| (the old Locotoco song) that couldn't
stand it. So after hearing him through,
| rose and asked, Will my friend per-
NIT me to offer him an opportunity of
making one or two corrections! and
named them In reply, he ATTEMPTED to
cover up his trickery by clap-trap, max
ing things worse. i then stated that,
having been practical railroad man
for some years, had occasion to OBJ
serve the operations and effects OF rail-
roads generally, And that everywhere
where the iron-horse had puffed his fiery
breath, whether in Europe or America,
not only were shareholders more or less
benefited, Gas indeed they onght to be
for their praise worthy enterprise,) but
the whoie community; that the value of
laud was doubled, nay, quadrupled-
that the increased facilities to trade, thus
opened, enriched all classes by evolv-
ing a largely accumulating amount of
agricultural, manufactured and mechan-
ical products, and presented new facIli-
ties for the development Of the hidden
geological riches of every State whose
mineral wealth had been heretofore
comparatively locked up, owing main
y to the ruinous disadvantages of reach
ing market by the puny means of wag-
on teams, sc. with other remarks which
| shall not detail.
Then, in reference to that branch of
the great "American System" protect
ed manufactures, went back to the
days just before onr country encouraged
our manufactures to enter the field OF
competition by steady, protective poll
cy for while, till, instead of poor
man having to pay 81 cents yard for
a shirt, which he had to wear three
weeks at stretch, (and then go to bed
to have it washed, made of thin, sleary,
coarse stuff that you could shoot straws
through, mot fit for milk STEAMERS, i'm
ported from the East Indies, a distance
of ten or twelve thousand miles, he
could, right at home, buy a fur superior
article at II cents yard; and could thus
afford, for the same amount expended,
to wear three shirts per. week; which
was nine times as we'll as he could do
before! Does this look like monopoly !
said |. Then the Lord send US, and
speedily, just such monopoly i'll refer
ence to iron manufactures; especially to
the demolition of the Locofoco humbug
Free Trade" system; and yet more en-
phatically to the removal Of the boun-
ty given to foreign operations, in the
importation of railroad IRON duty Free
thus tearing down our own FORCES, fur
naces and rolllng-milles, and reducing
to rags and starvation thousands and
thousands of our own people to feed and
fatten and clothe foreigners!-O, God
when think of the desolation prevail.
ing about our Northern streams, where
the hum of cheerful industry was form,
erly witnessed, Gall owing to the infer.
nally mad, runious Locofoco scheme
OF "Free Trade,") and that on almost
every railroad we are riding on British
rails, instead Of American, laid IN the
tears of half naked and half starved
American fathers, mothers, and chill
Il II, i Il 4. -