The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1856-06-21
Our Correspondence.
lCorresrondcnce of The Cecil Whig.l
PHILADELPHIA June Is 1916


To he Elitor Of tie Ceci Uhig:-By the
| caption Of this scrawl, you will find me again
! in the right angl,d city. A long controversy
has existed. between this, and New York, as
TO the relative merits of the two cities 1t
| lily becomes ono who knows 50 little of Com
mcrcc, aS branch Of Political economy, to
undertake TO settle the moot,d point, but Of
a Gerry j"0ym deg, when, say the thclmomc.
ter is at 90 deg. in the shade, should de
eide, that place, of these two. to be the cool
| est which is the smallest. One who has
spent so much Of his life, as either YOU or
have, in the country, cal scarcely realize the
Sirocco like blast Of heated air, which PUSHES
through the narrow passages Of either Of these
towns, about midday. The atmosphere on
such occasions rcrks, with foeiid cXhalations.
from the cutters, the leaves on the things
which they dignity by the name Of trees,
stuck up along the side walk, wilt and withcr
rs if before the mouth of Il hot air furnace
the car men sweat, the moist merchants
clerk runs from bank to bank, to borrow or
to pay-thc omniierous Buses, thunder
crash, and grind along, the horses, fit sub
jccts for the study Of comparative Anatomy,
toll, pant, sweat, and often sink beneath the
lash pale babies, sent abroad for fresh air.
whilnprr, whine and Squall, frctful nurses
whcedle, scold, and by turns thrcaten-such
is Philadelphia, such is New York, in the
midst of the dog days. Of two evils, It's the
part Of wisdom to choose the least, and there.
fore conclude that city best, which is the
least, leaving the question Of size to the
Geographcr. Surveyor and Slatican. New
York vanly boasts that she Is the Metropolis
of the Unital States. SO she may be in
Commercial point ofview. as is Liverpool tina,
Of England, but 1t does not follow that the
inhabitants are more humane, polite intcli
gent, learned, or Weather, than those of Bos-
ton, Baltimore or Philadelphia. More gild-
ing but less solid ore; they make up in dress
cquipagc, tawdry, architecture and yapid pre-
tension, for the solid qualities Of which these
are the Countcrfcits. Cowrcr has said God
made the country, man the town." and you
may depend upon it the two conditions of
existence, urban an | rural, follow closely the
characters Of their respective originals.
We'll nothing done, in New York, yet BY
the sccedcrs from the February Convention.
They have determined to adjourn to meet in
this city, at some future day for the purpose
Of eiltcing combination Of the whole anti
Nebraska forces. This is up to II o'clock of
to day. This done, the divided ranks of the
opposition will present rcsist.tss front to
The L9corOco'S and James Buchanan $, and
the Locofoco party's fate is sealed. The
Republicans held a meeting in this city on
Friday last. The Old guard, quietly went
in with them, as docilc as lambs, and by
o"tyotnG lhcm alnihilated them. Sill their
convention will meet here TO morrow and will
90 oil quietly and harmcssly. They haze
applied TO Mayor NauN for Police force, to
protect them from the Americans o Gcmi-
Mi The back guard, to the number Of thirty
have been detailed by his Honor.