The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1855-12-29
Correspondence of he Cecil Wing.
PHILADELPHIA Dec. 26 '55

Philadelphia and Ncu York contrnstcd- "Hur-
ohPs" Temperance rietrs, &C., &c.
MIR. EDITOR Il promised you contrast
between Gotham and Quakcrdom. The for
mcr place is haSty: tins moderate. The men
tai cNcitmcnt of a Yorker will turn him into
"a premature grave The stoical quietudc of
of broad blims brings OF green old age
There man must make or break in few
years; here, he is disposed to grow gradually
rich. The ambition Of business men there is
to own a drown stone" on 5th Avenue
drive Il $500 barouche, own an interest in
floating craft or fluctuating consols in inter
oc,an ways-to build palace on some of the
public routes to the city, do big business
on superficial capital, 60 to the counting
room in the middle of the forenoon and retire
to his distant home at an carly hour in the
afternoon. Family Expenses of the rcspec-
table (how pity the hackncd word, Items"
not more than $4,000 per year. 1t is not
out of there place to fail full handed and a.
mass by compromise. Public opinion is the
ldolatrous worship Of molten metal. Senli-
mcnt the audation of the fortunate. To the
foregoing there are exceptions but barely
enough to spare the city.
Here, prctcntion is counted at its WORTH
Though there are enough who run break
neck speed after Partisan fashions. but the
meek, sober face, models usagcs. The bus
mess man here is at his post early, say to
A. NJ, at this season of the year. and often
IS rshtlng matters in the Counting Room till
. l.. Nj. They like to pretend to be poor.
though owning the house they do business in;
dress plain but squcamishly neat: work as
they did before their fortunes We're made, to
set good example to the boys: or may be
IL fl,,r g l. 1 "a, IL
to be praised for UNNECESSARY efforts not to
say Slight willingness to have little more.
The two forty" splaShing iiummcrv of Chest
nut st., is kept in reserve by the influence of
n,ighbor "particular." A mousache IS no
recommendation, and the anchors image and
trnkcts Worn by the young Yorker to his
watch cham. would be no passport amongst
business folks here. The surplus money goes
into Real Estate or manufactures. Philadcl-
phla has more residences than New York ::
not so eager in Stock Gaming and rigging out
ocean Steamers.
Our city is alive with Christmas sport and
m crrimcnt. The Neal Dow Law has
stopped one family grocery. and one Hotel
from dealing out grog. wish to say to Gen.
hliilln and his reforming band, that they
assume to themselves power not known in
Heaven nor delegated to earth. And pledge
myself to bring forward plan which, if car
rcl out by those who profess so much inter-
est for the incbrate, Temperance and morali-
ty will prcpondrrate inside of ten Years.
More than that: will propose nothing hut
what every conservative man will concidc to
and indeed what they already know: and yet
what not four tenths of them will practice.
The Pulpit, pen and press are influences
that govern US. The superstitious days of
the Druids are past, and however much We
may appreciate the good in tent of those clcr-
ical gentlemen who would stay the extension
ofthe axe of darkness by removing drunkcn, IS
from the land. they ought to know that
nan cannot restrict further than the luther. :
And it would be no more chmerical for the
three combined influences aforesaid to run
counter to the intuitive bent of individual
sovereignty, than it would he for the farmer to
SOW Guano over Sahara with the hope of
converting it to grazing ground, or the
mechanic to bridge over Etna with pine and
pitch to Keep down the having lava. Per-
suadc men to remember they are men. To
do so an essential abolition and rcorganiza-
ton of social regulations are essential.
HAROLD.