The Cecil Whig., 1857-03-28
Correspondence of The Cecil Whig.l
PoRr DEposrr March itth, lS5


And then he fAll.-as do
Alas. poor Yori ck! alas poor Yorick! alas!
POOR Noah! when had sought the bubble rep
ntntion, by consuming nearly three columns
of the Wing, to say nothing Of know not
how many extras,
Wherein 1 spoke Of s,rost da.ttous chances,
Of moving accidents by flood y
And rcpo>ing on my laurcls thought
would look down upon thosr Of minor, note,
who wicld.d with less power than | the pen.
rrsov,ny TO let their opinions
'Fsss by me as the idle wind which re'prc; not :
here comes SIR Huabrss. and wrecks my
,our battered ark, Which was constructed to
tear To you, Mr.. E'litor, the details Of our
VIC, aud wh'ca, dare re-sssert to bc Ian
uwcr true tale"
With our dehai"rs the question WAS thi,
famed knight, Sin lludbras,
Whether he is more a.sE> or stout
and from thu grand result OF the discussion,
W. learn
The difference small. his brain
uutmei ghcd his rage out half grain;
" hich made some take him for II tool
That knaves do work with, called t.u'
Moab has caught it, say some, mot
so" say Others, hut Sir ltudiblas, alias JUS
ticc' has caught poor Noah, and will doubt
less make him his lagc, faithful follower
and witness, to assert that his thrice glorious
master is always ready to
.'Dcciie all controversies. by
lnfAlibe artillery
When the Damascus llade ofstern jus.
tice" Is suspended over the head of Il poor
offending and helpless mortal, mercy should
NO far influence him, US to pe'Iuit a word Of
cxtenuation before the cruel blow falls on his
poor devoted head: Int ss unfavoied Noah
has already been placed upon the wheel,
drawn and luarttred, and his body can no
more feel the tortures by which the inQulsi,o.
rial "JuSticc' causes his death. permit him
10 give a ic, bic post-inortcm offence, not for
Ills own benefit. being now no more. hut f;;I
the good of ,hoS, who may, hereafter, dare to
point out evil, dating their cpiStlc fram this
degraded "NazaTeth," and advise such to
look well to thS zenith, lest the blade of JUS
tice be dangling Ger their heads, and they
too, fall AS do"
In ord,r that | take up as little space as
possible, | shall notice but the one. sole point
in his lutter-tae beautiful consistency, and
show how much crcd.ncc he is entitled to.
who, like his illustrious prototype, cali
Undertake to prove by force
OF argument, mans 10 horse''-
and other to evincc his profundity, will on
either side dispute,
Confute, change hands and still confutc.''
lie says that Noah "induIgcs IN some petty
abuse of the country people around this
ueiyhborl.ood"-- says this ncisLborhood
wishing to convey the idea that it was in this
vicinity, well it may have been and doubt.
less, he was one who refused. 1t is not be.
LEVIED by any from the country that jus
rce" is a farmer, for several of them, and
hare their names, say, 'hc is no farmer and
knows nothing Of Port or its business, he
must keep little shop back in the woods
Numerous farmers dcnounce him, and rrc as
banned that such letter appeared in which
the title "larmers" was used. The farmer !
speak Of wished to raise supplies for the dcs.
,itute NOW sir. this man, a farmer himself
living few miles in the country, is pattern
of honesty and industry, with no excess of
means, but snfliclcncy Of 1.-THE milk of hu.
man kindness" in his heart to open his purse
and his storc.honse. when distress is present
cd to his men. The gentleman who gave me
the information, and who received it directly
from this farmer, is Of undoubted integrity;
his name is often seen on subscription lists
for benevolent purposes-his name if on the
back Of a note Of hand. even though drawn
by him whose sobriquet is Justice: would
PASS the board Of directors Of Cecil Bank, and
be discounted.
Justice" not the frst whose works or
words belle bis same, charges Inc with pet
ty abuse; he does MT know me. or he would
not make the ch.rge: am above it, and fear
lcssly state it, Notwithstanding in his conceit
and self-complacency he may imagine give
him fair target at which to fling his next
,rithsring javcln. But can he trulhully say
that he is above the charge, or consistently ac-
cuse me Of it note that, before mentioned
from the lips of farmers. Is there no abuse,
{ ,ctty abuse'-in his letter? Hear him. ave
think that any one hailing from Port has ve-
ry little ground to impute grasping or ava
,ic,cus motive, to any one outside Of their
town" Il might quote the whol. letter As
imn, but will just refer she reader to The
Wing of the 7th inst.) and proves his asser-
,ion, by exculpating the miller and his conn
panion, on the ground of"regaining stealings'
rrgo, one man rchs another and the sufferer
makes himself a thief to regain bis own. Beau
t,ful logic, excellent morality! Is not 'Jus-
tcc" well likcncd to Sir Hudibras. does not
his character correspond!
He wa. in logic great critic,
Profoundly skilled in analytic
Is it any wonder that it should be
"Hsd by many. that
A,Montaigne. playing, with hls cat