The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1856-02-16
Our Correspondence.
Correspondence Of The Cecil Whig.I
Penn n,,o Dt, 80 .


Mr.. EDITOR Il noticed in your valuable
Paper, letters from this place 81 eucd ..X" and
and Clipper" the former published on the
18th ult., and the latter the oh, which are
not cn'y calculated to impress strangers nm.
hvorahly with the character of our yo,,no
men, hut does them great injustice. / had
earnestly hoped that iorg ere this KS"
Letter would have be en- answered 10y some Of
them but as they seem indifferent about the
matter or prefer person Of more mat, re- age
10 correct the wrong, | cannot allow them to
lay with such stigma upon their rcI,uta ton
we have some persons in our town both old
and young who indulge too freely in the use
Of intoxicating drinks, and while | dcprecatc
the course pursued by them and would like
to see them forsake the Sparkling wine, ;"
lead different lte,. Seek enjoyment where
this unnatural sti nulant is forbidden. vet
sir, it is not right, that Il whole community
should be CHARGED with doing what only a
few, see fit to engage in. *" says that
"a change, an awful change has come over
the spirit of our people, does he mean to in
| fer that our Citizens are looking on with
comrlacency at.tliosc whom we occasionally
meet under the influence of liquor that they
encourage them by their approving smiles,
or by their silence on the subject; if so, such
as ever the use of strong drink, they have
not been silent Oh the subject, hut many Of
them have expressed their opinion openly and
without fear or favor. and have, and are now
at this present time using their influence to
stay the tide of iutcn,perance, but have they
the power to control the actions ofother men!
can they say to one thou shalt not drink,
and the person must obey; to another You
must not sell, and he will have to cease deal
ing out the ardent. No, it cannot be done in
this way: there is but one, and that is to
proilcr the friendly hand. talk to them about
the manner they are living, show them the
awful consequence of leading such dlsolutc
lives, impress them with the fact that their
appchteS will increase until they cannot
govern it; ah but you say the day for moral
suasiou is past, nothing can be accomplished
by it, answer less can be gained by writing
in the style of the above letters men cannot
be driven, only persuaded. .Clippcr" writes
lat every turn whiskcy and its rccling vot.
aries meet us full in the face" what is the
Inference is it not in plain language saving
a person meets drunkard at every turn in
our streets, 1--WE have more than onc) that any
one cannot pass through our village without
seeing man rcclng under the influence If
liquor, have walked through our town some
little and have not seen many such scenes as
he describes in such dismal language, do no!
prctond.to deny that we have not too many
grog shops, would that there were none. but
do deny that there is half as much drunk
enncss as person would be led to believe by
reading the letters to your much priced
sheet.
"Cliprer" also informs us '.our most pro-
mlntnt men-tcmpcrance men if you please:
support tins business either by renting their
property for the benefit of such or bv per-
hitting their names to he painted on the
w'at her boarding. know Of but one case of
that kind and that is the case of poor Irish
man coming to one of our property holders
stating he had been turned out of house and
home and had no place to live in asking him
if he would lease him piece of ground to
build house on, he told such a pityng story
he could not well refuse him and permitted
him to build the house with the express I'M
Outstanding that no liquor was to be sold
there, after he had finished the house and
moved in the gentleman received information
that liquor was sold there, he accordingly
called on the IriShman and rcmonstrat tee,
with him for going in direct opposition to the
agreement the lnshman told him the house
was his and he would do as he pleased, but
the gentleman informed him nc had no lease,
and as soon as tn. law will allow he will hay.
to remove; he, the Irshman having notice to
that effect. have dcviatcd from the course
intended to pursue. when commenced to
write, but hope it may not be amiss the
consequence of writing and not being careful
enough is very apparent and heard young
gentleman few days ago say that he met a
lady visiting neighhoriug village, and in
conversation with her asked if she did not in.
tend to visit Port before she left for home she
told him she had no desire to visit it, lie some
what surprised. asked her why. she said the
young men were very much dissipat,d she
was stranger among us, and got her news
from the newspapers, certainly this ought to
induce US to write nothing but the truth.
Yours &c., ORLANDO.