The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1860-09-01
For The Cecil Wing.
PoRT Deposit, Md. August 9th, GO.
To the Defender of Port Muscle.

Allah il allah ~" Port " is great and
"Quid Nunc 80 is her prophet !" There
are false r,oplts,' however, Of which we
sd, and thou, oh sapent" Qud." must be
of them, else had st thou not said that are had
"a poor opinion of the muscle and pluck of
our townslncn." MUSCLE prcdominates =
Muscle luxuriates! Muscle lays around
loose like whiskey in Cincinnati. and
elsewhere! Muscle, be it widely known is,
i'll Port, otnniprescnt Who is ever in the can,
creating more admiration than submarine
direr. not our Hysr! Who brought on the
son of Itash-hdS to our brOWn and brawny
lleenan Who second stood for Henan bu /
our pet, with " nary 'arhite lock on his head,
our Jack Mcdonald! Who's always. coming
to the rescue but our Sayers, our BELTED
Sayers And then our less and lesser Shout
der hittcrs. thick as bees, down, down till
thou oh Quid. bring up the distant rear
POOR opinion OF our muscle False
prophet, ayaunt but wait and near my
song
Oh, Muscle! brawny, rampant, thee sing,
Nor shall they vast proportions Ger be hid.
Mount up to Jovc strike from the shoulder
bring
This world to the small atom of a-Quid.
But PLUCK !-ah !--Hadst thou, most couit.
able Quld! balance nice adjusted! III
have pound, but not one grain of muscle
Shylock would have his pound of flesh but
the second Daniel denied one drop of blood.
Pluck is not tangible like muscle mot vs.
bic to the eye. How much omniscient Qnid,
did st thou behold on that evcntful night g
How many grains had'st thou ! as many
wrapped up i'll thy cuticlc, as of the sweet
Virginia quid which rolled rs sweet NOR
sci beneath thy tonuge Perhaps thou had st I!
! say perhaps. and yet again. PERHAPS =
- The men '(?) referred to care not COW.
ards quotl "Quid.' Oh valiant Qnid /!
was it thy mighty hand which, pluck i'm.
lelled, col!idcd with the posteror of the Kent
ish head, here we arc told is situate the
bump of amativeness? Thou plucky, well
chewcd Qnid thou Qud cGur de Leon -
Thou subtle, Strategic, Indian--ambush
Quid! The muses. Shall do thee honor.
Immortal Nine inspired pencils seize
And give to Fame the deeds ofplucky Quid (!
Who loud-mouthed, yelled defiance ON the
Crawlcd soft behind his man,-struck out
and--slid!
Church members" liberal Quid, should
stay in the ca bin. on steamboat excursion,
and roast. Why not dance in the cabin g.
They should not be accommodating and help
their friends little Oh selfish Quid We
treportorally) did not help, however. but we
might if we had been there. We have tried
to be obging. and we expect to keep trying.
But most moral LIQUID, do you know the inward
heart struggles of church members Their
temptations repentings, efforts to do right
while encompasscd by foes within and with
out! If not, try the christian life, and you
may then say Let him that is without sin
cast the first stone And now most mighty
Qud, make my bow. Let not thy muscu-
Jar right put my poor peppers in mourning
Let not thy dreadful left " make the
claret spurt from my " smeller." Bring
neither bunch of fires " in contact with my
klsser y and the blessings Of non.com-
blatant will attend the plucky Quid at all
times when he - travels on the muscle"
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