The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1855-02-10

plurality OF voters III tins State the opposerS
of the law have round number of voters and
their actions after the passage CT the law will
not be without its influence.
T. NJ says there is no individual rights
when they; conflict with the right of the
masses. Well, is there individual wrongs!
Who is to Judge of the right and from whence
cometh the power TO make It so! Have l
right to smoke cigar, cat meat, or drink
glass Divine? Girls my ncighbor TO be thc
judge of my personal government therein
T. NJ. says "any man who would refuse to
respect the laws of the land would not even
deserve to be recognized as citizen, much
less TO lie regarded as q sovereign" The
fin, torlorn hope party offs lid not Miah 50.
7. NJ. wants to know chow the fashiona-
bic circles are above law" The aristocracy
of this country is based on wealth, and
against golden influences there is no rising
up. Let the poor enter the Temple of JUS
ticc and pray for redress Of his grievances
which h. hath suffered from the purse-proud
Nubob, and who does not know the almost
inyariahle result of the litigation! But how
do the fashionable and rich defy law? How
do they get up customs at orcn war with
law? IF 7. NJ. has not yet discovered he has
lived and been none the wiser for having eyes
lie says Justice ought to be melted out to
them" &C.; between the words fought and
"s'' there is slight difference think. lie
asks if individuals are to import their own
vice. That's what | want to know. And
| the proofi want to sec you bring forward. |
say if men will be merry over the bowl, they
| wW and the more you attempt to show a
stubborn snilcr that he shall not celebrate,
the more anxious he will be to convince you
''vou cant come it." The independent man
does not like to have lis option narrowed
| down.
T. NJ. further remarks Eve would not then
have liquor sold in every nook and corner of
the State &c. Then you would like to take
pains to show that would, would you not 7?
Your very language here shows to me your
uncompromising, arrogant ultraism. You
| would attempt to place every man in fal Sc
position who would not agree with you alb out
cocIcivc law.
But look, reader, at his next position. He
continues: awe would not have our otherwise
good citizens converted into maddcned de-
mons in consequence Of arpetites that cam
not be governed where temptation exists. "
What an insignificant animal you would
make man out, that you might hug your
dogma to your bosom. What logic, phlos-
ply, or law or common sense experience
taught you this 2 What an exalted opinion
you have of mans power Of self control.
What would your plea avail before the crit
cism of Moral Philosophy or at the civil
tribunal of your country? What opinion
would YOU have of that man who would cx-
cuse his atrocious deed by saying that pride,
passion, or appetite, tempted him and he fell
before the power of its magic influence!
cschcw such creed as hcathenish, danger
Gus and contemplate, and wholly unfit fol-
the rule of man. I. NJ, it will be rcmcm-
agreed with me with regard to the use OF
liquor in the fashionable circles; hut now he
whips over and repudiates the doctrine as
untenablp that the wine cup will not retain
its respectable charms; even though the god
dcss of idolized devotion should sip it in hon
OF Of her lord The spurious banks repu-
date their worthless currency the flaudu,
lent debtor repudiatts his promise to pay
but honest men do not think them exceeding
ly smart for it. Reputation is low, de-
grading act, when justice, honor and truth,
does not sanction the protest. He who would
repudatc what he can and honestly ought tc
acknowledge is dishonest in his heart and
unworthy the name of man. Who even
heard a temperance speaker who did not
plead with the ladies for their influence. Ter
thousand times have they proclaimed it that
if the ladies would all but adopt the the sen.
timent that "our smiles are only for such,
then to the friends of the cause the battle was
already won. If the ladies give influence tc
the temperance movement by their smiles
and cooperation, surely on the other side Of
the question, the fashionable ladies who
drink wine give to the wine cup its respect
ALE charms. You repudiate! yes, and you
would, in my opinion, repudiate any self-evi,
dent fact if thereby you could secure the
passage of your favoritc law. You would
repudiate as untcnable the idea that the
gushing Susquehanna streamed by your town,
or that the radiance Of the luminary of the
armament, shone upon its pure wave.
lie asks: elias not the wine cup already
lost its respectable charms amongst respect,
able people 2" This question | consider ex-
tremely proscriptive, and utterly ridiculous
This usurper has branded with contempt
disrcspect and scorn. every individual who
dares to drink goblet of the juice of the
grape; or, does he mean to evade this posi-
ton and declare he only asked the question
Mr.. Y. NJ, that word "respectability" has q
great many kinds of definitions. 1t is APP
piled as you use it; but there are those who
drink wine and who are quite as respectable
| nc vou who would DENY the ripht of anv