The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1860-07-14
Communication
Correspondence of The Cecil Whig.l

VI
facts Gracious won'd have been unable to
account for the evident ill.hunor of your
correspondent, who, it seems, from rarious
motives does rarions things, but who, if your
imagination will thereby not be too far
stretched, bcgs you to consider him " in the
attitude of replying Ito p as well as correct
ing the gross Misrepresentation " Of yours
respec fully. The same correspondent how
ever, lifts the veil quite as soon as. il not
little BEFORE his antiquities have spread it.
Very early in his dissertation he makes the
marvellous declara ton so marvellous indeed
as to merit little crcdence, were not it's sourc.
so direct, that thanks to the kind Offices OF
GracchuS-he has been " some,rhd aroused"
Not entirely aroused the slumber is TOO deep
for that, but still, somewhat disturbed and
hence the fact that. further on. he again
ten to 4" slcad misIeprescrt and Islander
the citizens" of Cecilton, uhich he could
have wished, for purposes kest knomn 10 him.
self. had been permitted " still to remain hid
in the vale of Indifference"
The explanation is ample. What neither
duty, grace nor gratitude could cnjoin what
hope could not picture. nor faith realize ::
what these has no inclination to ilnpel to,
chuS done Aye, he has 1" aroused " Z" Mod.
Grafton " from his repose. But, alas TOO
soon. The nap was not over. The lcthargy
was still grateful. 'Tis the voice of tile
sluggard, we've heard him complain: You
have walked me too soon. must sumber
again." Sleep on. kind friend. Gracious
will in future pay greater Difference to your
somnolent propenSitieS, and will cndravor
to bear in mind how natural it is to be
aroused " aaen your toes are pinehcd. -
Before, However, you
:. Turn your sides, and your shoulders, and your
heavy head
preparatory to your next sleep, permit few
friendly questions, as well as answers to your
own. And first, what statement of Grac.
chus', all of which you pronounce false, have
you corrected! Or did you find it more easy
to adopt the simple language of childhood
and cry out " untrue" than by manly state
incnt to indicate the locality of the fasehood?
And secondly, what" CITIZEN" or class of
citizens has been" misreprescnted and SLAM
dered! Z" Can honey truth misrepresent {?
Can unvarniShed statement of facts Islander
ours be village Of such great prosperity
that many find it only necessary to ''open
wide their mouths and live" is it slanderous
to boast of that luxury! Or does the SANDER
arise in the fear that the season will net prove
| so abundant as formerly, and are Z" the for
funate" fearful that there will not be room
for one more :" And thirdly. sir, why were
you so short sighted as to write that silly
letter! II it was 10 deny =" in toto" all that
Gracious had said. are We not justified by
cognizance Of the " one instance to which
you take bitter exception, in saying to you,
as Nathan said to David: Thou art the
man ~ Or did your parasites, proudly
reliant upon your peerless ability. d,,re you
to this futile task of endeavoring to show
that truth is error. whereby. instead of your
arn. you have displayed your ,eeckness. in
order to bid Gracious understand the ground
wherein he trod was daugerous' And
'ourthly, why were you SO supremely quizzi-
cal as 10 surmise that the letter Of Gracchus
was borrowed from some =" far west Jour.
nal! And what was the charge" YOU
would have made7 Had you read Doctor
Akcn's dialogue on The Colonists,"
wherein it is averred that new town is mot
rich enough to support havy'r?" And die
you consider it "slandcrouS that the
charge was not so made as to note our
superiority in that respect? And finally.
Mr.. Moderator. are there any more willing in
this, as in other respects, to follow qoT illus
| fr'ous example, who. stnng with conviction,
desire to make The Wing their comics.
sional," and will come forward in bitterness
AS you have done. uttcring the stc,cotyped
response Of the criminal, mot guilty 2"
And now, SIR, one or two words in response
to your rcvelant inquiries. The long, slug.
glish sleep" and It's attendant dream " are
lIt.h u-n tnh
strangers as to be compelled to defer to yom
better Judgment. and more familiar acqIuin.
fdnce with their causes and effects, for expla-
nation. Your tagcrness. however, to attri-
butte what you are pleased to term our ina.
ginlngs, to such source, fully verlics the
maxim that
Misery still delights to trace
| Its scnlb!ance in anothers face
Gracious will not say adcu, without COM
for'ins you with the meagrc compliment of
happy choice of signature. For really, sir
in the wit you have displayed, in the Ian
guage you have chosen. in the worth of your
production, III the grammatical structure of
its PM is. III the discretion you have exercised
i'll the prudence ofyour mode of attack. in the
shrewncss with which you have conducted
1t, IN the rhetorical finish of your sentences.
in the profound logic Of their deductions,
aye, sir, in all hut the peevshness you bctray
it will not be denied you have cvinced
exceeding MopEnArDN."
ss-The lapse Of week q, this busy season of
tie year has not failed to work it's changes.
The abundant wheat shorks that thickly STUD
the shorn stubble, have ssurpcd the places
erewhile rendered beautiful by the graceful
wave CT the growing grain. As a general
thing the farmers, we believe. have finished
this, and are now making liligen: haste with
their hay-harvcst. The unusual forward.
ness of the season, by bringing SO many
works to maturity at tn, same time, has
kept their hands more than full. And even
row the changing color oc the oats give fore
boding promise that they will he ripe before
We are ready. OF these, too, the prospect of
heavy crop is now auslicions, giving a
repeated assurance that as far as in the sea-
son lie, every amends will b. made for the
loss of what is rapidly growing to be the
staple product Of Sassafras Neck-itS Peach
crop.
The failure Of this during tie present wear,
it is unnecessary to state. hasbeen attributed
to the exceeding GOODNESS Of tie early winter.
whereby the validity of tie buds was
destroyed. Though the cultule has not vet
become general, its loss has. nevertheless, a
crushing effect upon the ln,ny who built
their prospects upon it's success: aching them
that, like health, We can only measure its
value BY its loss
A remarkable fact in connexon with our
orchards is. that though the majority have
l. l.I At