The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1854-09-16

do, a numerous and respectable portion of
| the people they are anxious to have a hear
ing that they may, to some extent, defend
| themselves. Inasmuch then as MANY citi-
Hens of the county are enrolled in that mvs-
FERROUS order, and the public attention turned
towards it with good degree of interest, We
| shall. without taking either side, admit a few
communications on the subject. And first
we print the following letter.
Correspondence of The Cecil Wing
| WILMINGTON, Sept. I, '5t.
| Mr.. EDITOR The following beautiful OK
tract which displays in remarkable degree
| the wisdom Of its author and the standing of
the paper which can admit such trash into its
| columns, is taken from a letter signed ssVcri-
tas," published in the Cecil Democrat of Sep
| tcnibcr End
s.The secret organization Of ::Eno,r Moth
iHgs' gotten up iii order to prescribe indivi-
| uals, for their religious opinions. and dis
! franchise others, on account Of their foreign
birth, mhich tuM is not BY choice, but by necGs-
sity, from the ruling Of the MI rise Creator.
has gained IL foothold in our town Of Newark
where f.indgmg from the institutions OF learn
| ing. here cStablishcd,) ought to have been
| like the dove sent from the ark of n oah
| W"'i! have had to return irom wtsace II came;
| but iursOoth, in this age Of ..isn,s'' can be
| found men, protesting christianity, that will
adhere to anything like religious tanaticism:
we find this sect '.K. NJ supported chiefly
! by til" so-cAilel christians Of various demon
! nations: while they make many and strong
efforts for the missionary, bible and tract
| societies, for the benefit of the hcatheus. they
Will not allow them to cnligrlte here; the pre-
sumption is, they who they do benefit the
! boast Of and the greater portion lett to per-
| i,h, ior lhry will not allow them to come to
| the gospel; how foreign is this from the doc
triic OF Holy Writ 70
The author has no Doubt attended some
one Of '.thc Institutions Of learning which
he mentions and there learned wei! his rliet-
oric AMI grGElmar--perhaps on purpose to
| astoniSh the natives Of Your county and show
them the benefits OF IN education like his
own. With all his evident dislike of the
Know Nothings, he has, however, proved him
self one of that celebrated association-not,
to be sure, in name but in reality; and had his
signature contained few letters more he
wonll have confessed to the membership by
writing it "Tvii(u5le) ass instead Of eyer
itaS.''
The letter from which the extract is made
contains other sentences Of great clcarness
and beauty, with none Of which, however,
Your readers shall be punished except the
following:
:sNowherr in orr history is there parallel
| example of .Arnold's haSencsS, and in no his
tory is thcrc any names who stands more de-
serving for gallant deeds performed, more
honorable than those very names, Uho the
would he all powerful X. n. would proscribc.
Oh consistency
Particular sects, or individuals raloring
their own rights, should feel no di sposition
to deny TO others the boon they themselves
enjoy; do not torset-'do uaio Others as gov
'y,aM be 3oac Jg.'"
The cntirc letter is typographical cnr-
osity, and should be carefully preserved for the
enlightenment of his friends, s.ihe heaihens,' -
after they are ''@hor2d 10 cDigrGte here"
The author perhaps feels relieved since he
has had an opportunity to give his opinion OF
Native Americansm and vent his spleen upon
those who are ''raiOring their own rights,' and
striving nohly and manfully to withstand that
foreign influence which has hitherto been felt
in our elections, and which has been most
VIGOROUSLY and basely courtcd by the Demo
cratic party.
The object Of this communication is not so
much to criticisc the letter referred to, as to
call the attention Of intelligent persons in
yonr community to the way in which their
family and county paper is conducted. 1t is
very strange that an editor of known ability,
in order to crafty his own bad feeling toward
any sect or party, should admit such miser-
able correspondence into the columns Of his
paper. 1t is, Of course, well known that the
editor Of the Democrat is strongly opposed to
the Native American party and that his pa
per toi weeks has been filled with articles
deprecating the movements; calling it hard
names and lmcnting very bitterly that a
large portion OF our highly respectable for
eign population should be prescribed on &C
count Of their religion. The respected editor
referred to, (who by-lhe-way, is a very clcv-
er manu. is to be pitied because he belongs
to the wrong party-to the party which has
everything to lose by the movement now
sweeping through the country like whiri-
wind as regards its speed and power, but like
bountiful shower as regards the blessings to
follow after it. lie is also to be pitied, be-
cause like the conductor Of almost every
other Democratic paper in the country, hav-
ing eyes he sees not, and continues to sound
the cry of sPersecution, at the same time
knowingvery well that the Know Nothing party
never did and does not now oppose the Roman
Catholic religion, but always did and always
will oppose Roman Catholic PoLrrIos. That
same party will oppose Methodist politics or
Presbyterian politics, or that Of any other de-
nomination, whenever that denomination as
pires to control The government, elevate its
adhcrents to power, and conduct the public
schools after its own fashion, plotting from
the Bible everything opposed to its peculiar
.encts. .r
Let the Editor Of the Democrat remember
now and ever that the opposition of the party
he dislikes is not, as have said, to the Cath
Ollie religion but to Catholic politics, and let
him believe the prediction that this move
ment will continuc-this opposition remain
until Prcsideutis elected who is pledged to
carry out Native American principles to their
full extent. Let him also remember that