The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1857-10-24
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discharged workman, convey n solemn sense
OF alarm to every mind that allows itself to
| think. The distress and suffering cert7inly
to be endured in this land Of plenty daring
the coming winter, is beyond calculation
Already on: highways are crowded with wan
! dcring men, seeking labor enough to bring
them bread and finding none while at their
homes women and children are still more
! helpless and in greater perjury. But all this
is tr!ling 10 the distress winter is sure to
bring. There is really cause Of alarm: and
| every man should lie forming his resolutions
to do his duty, to his suffering fellows in their
day of trial and want.
And every thinking man should lock
around him for the causes which have nro.
duccd this state Of affairs, ana SO FAR as il
him lies. Use his best efforts to bring feme-
dy and prevent its recurrence. That it all
may be Traced to excessive importation of
goods from foreign lands, we believe does not
admit Of doubt and looking behind this
tic the continued tinNeGing at the tariff, which
has at last brought tic labor and manufqc
lures of this country in almost direct coin.
petition with the labor and manufactures Of
Europe; Too many Of our legislators ale
theoretical rather than practical men : iabi.
bing at school the notions Of Adam Smith
and other Ilte Trade writers, they have long
been cndeayoring to bring them in'o practice,
and having at last pretty well succeeded, We
arc beginning to realize some Of the results.
The influx Of foreign goods has closed cur
mills and turned our people idle, To pay
Tor these foreign goods, millions upon mill
ions Of the gold and silver Of the country
have been shipped Off to Europe; every pos
sible dollar has been FOX this purpose with
drawn from the banks, and thus they have
been unable to redeem their issues with spa-
Gle. The whole panic and distress of the
country is traceable to the tampcring with
the tariff; and 1t is the self styled Democratic
party that is accountable for it; this we pre-.
sume will not be doubted by the great mass
Of our readers. The question then comes up:
Nv hot is the duty of the people towards this
Democratic party! They have lcgs!ateI
running half time or, ifany are still holding
out, they are daily in expectation Of closing:
they have lcgislated till they have turned our
people idle by thousands they have lcgiSa-
ted til all Improvements have well nigh stop
cd. and our carpenters. and n!echani S, gen.
eraiy, are threatened with total suSprn-
sion of their business they have lcsis-
lated down The price Of grain; they have
| lcgislated The money out of the country, and
inaugurated state ofconfuSion and bankrupt
cy in business worse than ever before known;
they have legislatcd in .ayor Of the business
and people OF foreign countries and against
the business and people Of our own country.
And in view of these facts we repeat
"WhHt is the duty Of the American people
toWards this Self-sty led Democratic party ?"
Clearly it is 10 oppose it and vote for Au>ri
can interest. However patriotic many Of its
| members may be, it mas madc gross mistakes:
it has made Iuinous mistakes, and it should
not be longer supported. WY do men vote?
Do they merely go to the election for amuSe-
tlItl4l as tib) ~ " IL ar itO tllcS iIp!tIN
go there to vote for maine s--do they %
.here to vote Tor know No;hinge, ''or "ioco-
locos," or Democrats, ''or wv !" OF Amer
leans" without considering what those
terms mean or what the parties known there
by are doing or intending to do! We pre-
sumo all thinking men will consider what it
is TO vote at an election :at these times it is
a matter for serious consideration and the
matter being considered, We presume we can
SAFELY say that thinking men will see that it
Is time to turn away from this miScallcd
Democratic party. which is misruling and ru-
lining the business Of this country thatit is
time now to vote for American interests by
voting for the American party. We presume
that all wings and Americans will see that
the present is no time TO hcSltatc-no time to
split tickcts-to cat and scratch candidates
And DcmocraIs-men Of that party who
see the evils brought on the country by its
misruIe-will they hesitate? Will they be
frightened by the 'bugaboo cry Of Know
Nothngs, prescription &c. now so rife on the
lltS VI lOtplOEO pnlillCialS we presume we
need not, even to intelligent foreigners, enter
here into defence Of the American party on
these points such men know that no foreign
born man, who came here to become true
American citiZcn-to live as such and rear
his children up in The spirit Of our institutions,
is prescribed by the American party, and
they will not be scared Off by any such cry
Of the dcmagogue. With them. as with true
men born on the soil, we are sure, in this
time Of miSrule ard alarm, the sentiment
will be "Amcricans intcrcsts--lhc American
party-the American candidates !"
u The following from the North A,neri
cas' is as true as anything cvei uttered. Why
will pot business men and working men open
their eyes and sec the evils brought on the
country by the so-called Democratic party,
and 60 forth TO the election and vote against
it? Remember, votlrg men of Cecil, the 4th |
day Of November is at hand. Come forth |
from your mills aud shops and farms and
vote for American int erests. Vote the AmGri-