The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1857-03-07

by foreigners in the great cities Of the land.
These are the points on which We are most
vulnerable.
The relation of orr cities to the country at
large is well understood, We know that
they are centres Of wealth: that they are
centres of power; that they are centres OF in
telgcnce; that they are the great hearts of the
nation, which send out their pulsations to
every part Of it; SO that what the cities are
now the country soon will be.
have only space to mention two of these
pcstilcnt '.isnlS' Of them imported from
France. and the other from Germany.
The French ism" writes its creed in one
sentence. Marriage Is al Unreasonable re-
Straint. and ought 10 be aJolishrd,' This creed
was inauguratcd in the city ofNcw York only
n few years since, and now it counts its vo-
tarics by thousands Its practical effect is TO
substitute for virtue the vagrancy of lust. 1t
seeks to disband the family, to stop the warm
beating of its heart, and quench the pure
fires that burn upon its altar. Yes. the family
that sacred shrine Of the pure and holy aficc.
tons; that centre Of attraction which holds
back the hcady and hig h-minded, and whose
cord draws out OF the vortex the s.ipwrcckcd
mariner, when the last strand of every other
,lrrnrv w,stc .,ound which memory ,ipoers-
,hcec nol;t,c.l V,nda,. wnnl1 Jes1r,tc and
w;tb,r with tn. foul breath of l.wdness
rho other ISM, TO which refer. and
which is brought here by ;mmirrapts from
GERMANY is. # possible st,ll more terrific in
itx bancful tendency. mean the demand
which is made m the platform of PRINCIPLES
publishc,, by the Free Germans of the city of
Louisville, in 1854, ..That all l,,cs for tie OBJ
serronce of The Sclb1th shall br rcpeuisd"
Sir, regard our ucac.ful Sabbaths as the
BRIGHTEST if not the only relics that have sur-
yiyvd the general wreck of til. -faii.-I look
upon them as byouacs "preparatorv to the
battle of the week" or rather as ..beautiful
islands, cast Git BIZ the hand of the Divine
Bcnignltv on the roaring and restless torrent
of time, within whose quiet groves the vow
agcr Of life fimls rest and rcf,eshment. and
from which he looks out Mt the rush and
listens to the din of the cddyiur world around
him. But these more than Goths would
cover these beautiful islands with the mantle
of desola;ion and death
Abolish our Sabbaths and you remove the
most powerful restraints which hold back the
impatient depravity of man. The repeal of all
laws requiring its observance would be to us
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s'ruc.ea oNer"ne''h'''ss Vi 'he i'oo"' ~ me
hcai.h'"l zone OF our ,hor'ls "ou'a relax. Inc
purity ana virtue "hich FORM inc foundations
Oh puohc Slrehg'n "on'd pcf'Sn. VICE ana
cr'me-iohs h,aaa'hcd oy confinement Out
inc strength oil the ustsoh asuilder. insuhor-
woulu follow c"cii oticr IN quick succession;
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energy ana 'isor are exhausted 'he natioh
wonld seek repose1, IN the calm OF Lespot'Sn'
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American people VIII never consent TO the re-
peal OF their Sabbath laws: Our reply Is,
they have already consented In the city Of
Saint Louis-the commercial metropolis OF
my own otate--'l'c present Board OF Alder
.n. H., ,o ,ha G. ha, I t Wv Iu
.' ,tat ra,, .,,".,sh Nv. ~, ,'n'.a,,
pna,,, ~ s,,ar,u,,, mr l,st ,.,,r
" '"'' Wv.
Hif' II. less 'han ten years, at ire present
rauo OF ''l,'''sra''on' anu Win 'he present
tac'''neS Tor acquiring suffrage our large
cit'es VIII ue ro'eo NY i"fc'S''ris: ana VINO
can douoI 'i,at 'n"y VIII li'en iii,ish, III o.hsF
cues w''at 'h'y nave oes"h Ill inc Guy Oh 81.
Louis
You tell me that the number of foreigners
is too insignificant to excite alarm. And this
is precisely what was said in France Of the
infdel clubs Of Voltare. What can they
do Z" said the King. in the pride of his power.
What can they do g said the nobility that
surround the throne. Contemplate viSiona-
RIGS What can they do" said the bishops,
against us who hold the conscience of the
nation by the force of habit and by the terror
Of eternily" And thus while the lcayen
was fcrmen,ing. while the fever was rising,
while the nnquiet earth was heaving and the
magazines of wo were filling up the people
were soothed to sleep. They were awakened
only by the roar Of revolution: and only in
time to see the uncapping of that fearful vol
cano which rolled ont continuous sheet of
dcsolation over all the land.
It is in vain that we rcv for safety on tn.
freedom and powe, of the government: for
these in the hands If nrotlir.tc SUFFRAGE
are tLc verv attributes Of our neril Nor vii
# afFnrd ns nrotcc,ion from these menac;n~
evils to close orr eyes, to the fact of their ex.
istence. for a1l history teslifies that the dam
cor Of national rnn 10 augmented and rcn.
Ser.d mora ;nevt,b,c ;nvrrsclv, in nronor.
t;on &c the sources or min are less CLEARLY Dis
ccrncd. Nor vet will It save MS to have m
acrrna,te mn ;or;t, IN our side far &C have