The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1857-03-14

this angle of observation, at the discussion
now pending III Both Houses Of Congress.
a vast region of country, opulent In a'l tic
essential elements Of power and greatness,
asks Congress to aid it in constructing a
road which would lift the whole nation into
new capacities of progress: and Congress
strangely and persstently refuses to suspend
the slavery agitation, and give c#en one day
to the consideration of that reasonable re-
quest. The completion of this work. it is
freely and frankly admitted, would pour new
| life and vigor into every sinew Of our social
and financial SYSTEM it won Il UNNECESSARILY
enlarge our already unrivalled agriculture: it
would raise our infant manufactures now
struggling for doubtful existence, into pros
pcrous and permanent ascendency; it would
Written every ocean With the sails Of our COM
mcrcc, and fill every mart with the products
of our skill; and yet its completion is delay
ed, and will most probably he defeated, at
least so far MS the present Congress is con-
cerned, by the intolerable nuisance Of slavery
! agitation.
Ninc-tenths of the people in the Western
States, and large majority Of the citizens of
the Eastern and Middle States. desire the
speedy construction of the Pacific railroad.
The commercial necessities of the nation de-
mand it. The continued possession Of four
hundred thousand square miles Of our terri.
tory on the Pacific coast demands it. The
defence of our ocean bound Republic demands
it. And yet, though tire money and the en-
crgy are ready to construct it. nc tilrc can
be spared from the peading discussion to IN.
vestigate its claims.
Rut have another and higher reason for
desiring the termination title existing con-
test. 1t it continue, on: ruin is inevitable.
AS well might you attempt to blot out the
sun, and bind the solar system together with
cobwcbs, as to waste your strength in an in
sane cndcavor to hold the discordant elements
of this confedcracy in a state of adhesion,
while this vexing and disorganizing question
is permitted to infcst the halls Of legislation.
But five bury the dangerous issue, and set
our hearts upon the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of the
country, there may be no bound to the sa-
cred muhficence of our preservation. The
coming trials and tribulations of earth may
but augment our glory. Preserved amidst
the "thunderings and lightnlngs" which APP
pal the tribes and races of earth, we may yet
be led up. like the Prophet to the Mount, to
see the face of the Eternal Lawgivcr, and
when the visitation has past, the world may
see Us descending from tile mountain and the
cloud, odr brow blazing, and our hands hold
ing the Comm andmcnts Of Mankind. And if
as there is great reason to suppose-the terms
of metaphor employed in the Scriptures to
represent the destruction of the globe are
onl Naatcrial cmhlcms of the spiritual up
breaking and subsequent renovation Of the
race, then our government may stand forever.
The cause of humanity bids it stand. The
success Of our great experiment of self-gov-
ernnicnt bids it stand. The very earth it.
self, - as it wl,irls along its orbit, 'carries
the universal shout around. este perpetual"
and from the most distant realms of the COM
ing future returns the prolonged and repeated
echo, .bc thou ercrlasfinel'