The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1862-01-04
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We Shall not Fail.

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We Shall not Fail.
The exhibition of moral and physical .
herolsm is always grand but a people
exercising the philosophy of patience
born of faith, would present the grandest
spectacle the world has ever seon.-
When all The best and worst passions of
people are aroused, it is scarcely to be
expec ed thai a MAORI y will so hold
those passions in check as to render the
exercise of patience possible.
But " the mills of the gods grind
slowly )" and their results seem insignif-
cant, for the reason that we judge of all
results as they develop within the span
of a single life. And then, our self
hoods arise and confront us on every
hand when we sit in Judgment upon cur
rent even s. Every man wishes the
"millennium" to come in It's life line,
forgetting that the causes which have
delayed, and still delay it, are as old as
creation, and oft renewed.
This desire to effect certain results
in given periods, is, probably, the cause
of the almost irrcpressiblc impatcnce
exhibited, by great and small, touching
ma ional troubles Before the first blow
fell, the country was in fever to know
when and where it would fall. SO great
was this fever of impaticnce that tens of
thousands would have been bitterly dis
appointed had not the madness of South
Carolina expended itself in an iron tenn
pest upon the heroic defenders of Sumter.
We need not be ashamed of it, but how
ever closely we may wrap us about with
the robes of manhood, the childlike i'm
patience of curiosi will peep out from
its folds. This is only one phase of
human ma ure, and perhaps ought not
hastily to be praised or blamed.
" When is there 10 be forward move
ment?" "What is the Government
about - " When will his war end -
{: Is there to be war wi h England :"
Who will say that these are no, the
great questions Of the day Yet it may
not be possible to allay public fever in
regard 20 one of them. The first and
the last two manifesly depend upon con-
ditions not revealablc, because not yet
ascertaincd nor is it proposed to spec
ulae respcc ing those conditions here ;
for after all, it is ma ter of greater
moment to mankind as to what is to be
the result of this war. l, is struggle
for national in cgrity against the most
wicked and ambitious Of disorganizing
influences. Ii is strife, on the one
part, for power on the other, for order,
for truth, and for right and in this
regard i, is the worlds war. If there
be loyal man who dcspairs of the
Republic, he either reads history back
wards or needs to increase his faith in
Alnigh'y justice Men may retrogadc,
communi les may become demoralizod,
States may perish from the roll of na ions;
but in the great average of time the race
goes forward. The law of relapse is
only local in its operation. This coun-
Try, which represents so many ma ionali-
les, combines The strength and vigor of
all, and thereby has deeper hold upon
permanency than any that has ever cxis-
ted. The best and truest blood of all
civilized nations flows in this struggle
To fear failure is to fear the ruin of all
that is worth preserving.
We shall not fail. AS a nation
striving to better the condition of mar
everywhere, We cannot fail. The dura-
ton Of the fight is question of means
and RICH ly encrgizcd purpose. Whcr
the sky clears, we shall see, with tho
poe, that
"'Twas but the ruin of the bad,
The wasting Of the wrong, the i'll
.Whate' or of good the old time had
Is living STILL.
And not even the strength of England
added to the facti ous strength Of trca-
son can change the prc-ordaincd result
The rills of blood now flowing may
through her interference, swell into
rivers, and these may coalescc and form
bloody seas but if the American people
deserve ma ional existence, they will fine
some Moses to lead them through tha
suppose ious Red Sea: and they vii
carry with them The fruits of that cove
nanc made by the men who founded III,
Republic amid Difficult les second only t,
those now confronting us. Our Govern
mcnt has been, and must continue to be
,ho worlds best example, and a standing
refu alton of the theories of despots.
Wisdom requires tha' all sh ould pre-
pare for the worst for, while no jus
cause of war will be given to foreign
Powers, ma ions are somewhat less I'M
maculate than individuals, even in tn,
matter of attending to the business o
o her peoples. We mus place the wors
it. If he wors. do not come, we shall
be wiser and stronger for experiencing
it in anticipation. OCCASIONAL.
War with England.
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