The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1856-03-29
G,cttrys from tI)e South.
Correspondence of The Cecil Whig
STEAMER FLORIDA. MOBILE BAY. !
March l2ih, 1856. {

March l2ih, 1856
Mobile Boy-South Cmai'na, her People and
their OpnioaS--fieorgia dlM her Eaier-
prise-Arrest-koa&a& Em;gro'jon-Lah
Poatctrtfma-Ncn Orlsaas-F French and
E"g!ish Laae"agcS-Idaiec and Business
Il. s. drthW-OW owa aM FOREIGN
hnM0rs, &c.
Mr.. EDITOR Il am at leisure and devote
the hour to 1.-THE Wing" We are passing
from Mobile across the lake to the crescent
Plesuming your readers arc acquainted with
The pass and also know the appearance of
water in waves with sea gulls lowering over
them, | omit description, and go on to
narrate what now phases have been present
cd during the passage from Charlcs,own,
5. c., whence last wrote to you, up to this
time.
told you something of South Carolina. -
Amongst other things, in regard to that
proud and clliyalrous State, | said the ladies
were more poetic than pretty. | hasten to
take that back; for | discovered they wee
both handsome and poetic.
deep rooted in the hearts of the people of
that State. Don't understand me they are
disunionists, in an unqualified sense; they
are so only "ndcr certain contingencies. -
States Rights men arc VAIN Union men so
long as the States are allowed their consti-
tutlonal rights Their doctrine is ask for
nothing more, consent to nothing less
Whatever concerns and interests South
Carolina has her protection and the cover Of
her wing. There is no State in the Union
more entirely satisfied with her par excellent
self than South Carolina. | thought the
"Oid Dominion" had as much State pride as
any other State bat really she is out done in
that respect by the Palmetto.
Georgia is Young America right side up
and going ahead. No Southern State can
match her. Neat, thriving villages and ell
tcrpri>ing factories give her the mcritorious
title Of the Empire State of the South. Cot
ton Is the chief staple. Savannah is the
main Sea port. A good deal of business is
done there in the shipping line The build
ings arc mostly old; the streets very sandy
preventing the usual turn out of that b,vy Of
smiles So common to a town Of chat size in
the South. ! WAS escorted to the barracks
at Savannah, simply because had been seen
in conversation with two youths (who stop
ped at the same hotel where | did, whose
character had attracted the attention of The
police. They arrived IN that place in the
same train with myself and whilst on the
cars formed casual acquaintance with
them. My passports satisfied the captain OF
,he police that he had got on the wrong
track. and after an hour and half's d,tcn-
ZION was permitted to go scot free.
| There is a great deal Of stir in Georgia ard
| Alabama about migrating to Kansas That
territory will receive a large acquisition from
the South this spring; and although the
President folbi'ls the migration of citizens
there with btlliseent intentions, still the
boys are going, and their arms will be to
shoot buffalo with; or an aboltionist if he is in
the way ofthc game when it is shot at. 4
party Of 800 men went from Mobile to Cen
trail America rccently-so | am informed
and some thirty more are recruiting there to
he of for the same place shortly. Our boat
has got out into the blue waters Of lax,
| PUnichartrain which in color resembles lax,
Eric. am little gd,ly now and will seek
my 5 atc-room and finish this when | get &c
| New Orleans.