The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1855-03-03


house; and he too * mt to death or driven
from amongst them. There is law against
gambling, and believe it is q States prison
o'Iincc to he found at it for gain, but it docs
net operate efficiently because all who wish
| to gamble do so, though secretly If the vice
is diminishing it is because public opinion is
puttng it down. The law has not reached
the will Of those who are welded to the gam
ing table. THERE'S a law iorbidding the sale
of goods on Camp ground extending for
two miles from thcencampment. Every one
knows how il is obcyel when whsilcy is in
the question, There "rc laws against liccn-
tiousness, dissipation art! dt5auchcry; but
in the face Of them, q great mass rush madly
into the vortex Of immortality and crime.
There arc two ways by which the prohiJi-
tory law will be mcDiciem. BY open contempt
for it, or by secret erosion of it. The large
cities can make it operate when they can
command subauing popular influence;
which cannot be had because there are too
many always inhabiting them lio 7cW drink.
The strong Temperance counties can smoth-
or il to small space by the law, because
no,,1,r will i with them. Isn't IN that com.
pre- 'el state the fire still Will burn with all
is won.rd deadly irHncpcc ,-nrc.s Won
h,vo tho scvorci,n,s GILL with Won Won
might as well say you could stop the throbb-
inr Of hie heart as thn CRAVINGS Of !, e,n,o
titc, or The will to ,Iat it. The counties
where the Influence for rpm is STRONGEST will
or,,lv J.fv Tho law.
~, NJ b~inos ~, tho r,r;t;,.o eIo,.o =, avg &C
an Instance that rc,,ucn,,,t laws oro ,,s,s,,I
tIc rou.4 have ,,e,r at =, loss for o., o,.,,n,o,,
10 snstan Lis pc.vnrsc o,;n;op when be
thought Of lbc recovery Of Bnrns. The in.
stitp,iop to which he hero refers was intro
ducc,, INTO the colonies more than half a CEN
tury b, T. re the framing of the Federal Con-
Siilu;iom, ard incorporated in that instu-
ncut hy rluual conccjsio7L Il was and is
q superior law, becaasc[lt i, the breathing Of
the Constitution. But the Non Siayeholding
states have disrcgardcd it, Pennsylvania at
one time passed State laws entirely suJycr-
ting it. The South asked for protection Of
its property, and Congress after arcrilous
effort gave it law guaranteeing further aid
IN thc recovery Of Slaves. But what has it
amounted to- Popular opinion is opposed to
it in the Moth. The citizens of the Free
| States say they will not aid in capturing the
! fugitive, and whore one sieve is returned 10
service 4 thousand are hurried Off into the
tanadoS. IhHe IS now wanting man VINO
will lead his cohorts against the ensign OF the
country, but 10 one can know long before
This very question may prove wedge to the
Union. The price Ct the tnion Is daily de-
oaIe", from tie I'AocScoC 10 'Ac NuH anu
from The s'a s'je to the ta&es' Lake passage
on western Steamboat plying between O'il,
cAmat' and Ne" OFlca''5--lct IAe question Oh
slavery be Introduce" and IN llVe minutes
! hundred souls VIII be ANXIOUS lof avauly
STRIFE, he prejad'ctS oI people Of inc d'''cr'
ent States rFo &"l non-SI''et'"'''n&, SepeF'
ated by only an Uhd'Fcermble state line are
50 inyetcrato that they are irccohcH&bIe'
There are many WHO are eagerly anAous Tor
IL IL tlY1p H.