The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1856-05-17
Setter from, tbe South.
1Corrc.nor,cpec ofrne Cecil Wing Il

Dsbts-F Fillmore and hn ProSpects-U"W
then 7rouM do arih YANKEE Post IudiefS-
Some of Hdroid'S ''Peru!im" Notions
CHmde IF Ger id Nurticrnefs furh Staee-
holders, &c.
FRIEND RICKETTS, Macon is a snug town
of several thousand very clever, int llig2nt,
moral people. Georgia has its share of
swamps, mountains ridges, and pine forests
There is more enterprise in this state, per-
haps, than in any of the southern statcs
though in point of agricultural wealth Inc
average soil uvei the state is nothin" 10
boast Of Alabama may be more productive
bu, tl,, reople are not more prosperous.
might say something about Texas; but
Won had way.sdc sketches from there some
two or three years ago. \ certain logical
writer once insisted that the size OF people
might be known by their wearing apparel
and thcirnanners and character by the style
of their lan3 If so, have very poor
ouiuIon of Texas \ North Carolina planter
who settled there in go, told me twas no
better now than then FOL its tone OF morals
1t is not to be questioned but society is as
lad thcrc as any where in the Union. y
mans life is about equal to the hundrcdth
Dart of Il pound Of lead, thinblc full OF
Iowdcr and percussion cap. 1t las lis
garden spots; its healthy localities, and also
its poor tracts and graveyards.
] have nothing to say about MisS!sslprii
she don't pay her debts, and is not worth
naming. a dark blot is on that states his
tory, and until principal and interest is paid
of il should not be allowed a voice in the
electoral college, or be represented i'll The
legislature Of the country. 1t is sound
principle, that ability to Pay, should be fol
lowed by ccmpulsiom, VIXEN the debtor would
shrink from legitimate liabilities.
Fillmore has warm friends in the South.
1t is an cxccptionahe fact to the common
rule OF the day. that aught cannot be brought
against him, SO far as have heard The
Black Republicans won't go for hin, because
he favored constitutional compromise;
foreigners wont support him. and Catholics
will OPPOSE his election. They tell me in
Macon that Fire Eaters are out Of the CUES
ton hut Free Sellers in the North are not
] told an old gentleman in Georgia the other
day that the Republican party would run a
candidate, contest the election closely, and
succeed in throwing it into the House. And
if so we would have Free Soil President
what would he do then! ] told him they
would not allow single district in Georgia
u post master. They would actually send Il
wool-dycd aboli'ions, from n. Hampshire to
take charge Of the post Offices through Geo.
What would lie do then! You d have laugh
lair white, face us full and round boy OF
j.. weighing not much sort of Roo lbs, with
y good hEmurvd CarMcstncss he answered -
II would sprinkle him thoroughly with Iii"
ts>cGcc of pine, thcn cover lin over with
tie down Of the goose, after whicl! | wculs!
stick slow match to him, md ALLOW him to
take care for himself AS best suited himself"
Slavery of itsc!fcould not rcnd the Union
lut with political corruption il might. Is there
lot danger of Tie Union, when high crime is
rn essential passport 70 distinction Sir il
the Iation was to retrogradc for one hundred
Years, instead OF moving on with such fear
fully IuinoGs progress. then might the Re
public he better hoped for.
If we had net railroad. a steamboat, OF
electro wire III the country, we would be
better off. 1t is no odds that we have de-
,clopcd sumbering resources; and quad
rnpled our wealth, we lave also learned to
be five times as eAtravagant, less precautions
less honest, Less Industrious. We have
parted with plain, Old fashioned manners
and InXurcs. idolatrous nonsense, the love o
irlvoli.y, restlcssncss, ambitious discomfort
have followed in the trail Of progress. Anc
row the yciio,r fever is over the country driv
ing the people to speculative madness. Con
sequences are not studied. They dive in, t,
make or break; in either case resolved t,
make. There is not one half as much Solvcn
cy as 90 years ago Nearly every state il
sadd,cd with an immense burden of taxation
and there is scarce Il city that eau Prompt,
lay its school teachers. The public dcbil
NAY he adjusted, ifn"t inc,raSGd geomrtIi
cally for thee gene ratiUns to cone. but in
iivdual bankruptcy has no hopeful future
IN too many instance it anticipated none il
the outstart Added to all This, society de
JllNHuS lHdl every oh' Hhoiii' Ii''y l'''''-
and keep up in the race for spoilS-tlc lurs
tionaLle strife for gain. The successful il
laudcd for his success, even though h'
deserves TO be acquainted with the CRATE. o
halter, and the plodding conscientious foo
is secuted for not cutting his cards more
adroitly.
These public improvements have carricc
the communicating influence Of the big cite
(.sthe sores on The boiy poiiiic) into the rura
dstricts-and the once plain home spul
ycomcnry are found in the hurry burly hur
raj, for pelf. live could have the moderl
improvements with old fashioned simplicity
then would they be blessings for nationa
prosperity, but if every fair vestige Of thu
past must be abliteratcd to give place t.
them-bettcr by far that the world had no
known the age Of progress and invention.
The climate out here is miserable one
To-day you want an over coat-to-morrow o
the next day linen one and white pants
Alternately shifting from one extreme to tn
other, to one not accliniated it is an unli
plac: to live in after the first Of May. PEG
pie out South have their way Of thinking an,
acting Northern aboltionists soon becom
xIava holders aft ar thcy get I Mt here cithe