The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1862-01-18
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ELKSpN. JANUARY IS. 1869.
AID ASSOCIATIONS.

ALI AtSsoA))IA ~ N -.
In last weeks Wing we published the
Report of the Ladies Relief Association
of Elkton, and in this weeks paper will
be found Il S atcnicnt of the Rising Sun
Association. These hit!c associations
are scattered all over The ',toad extent
of the loyal States, silently, but indus
triously, laboring in the great cansc of
civil aud religious libcr y. Fos turp it
over and view it as you will try to :s,ix
up wi Il the real issues, and bcfos the
popular mind and poison the popular
heart as the designing, and hose tainted
with treason, may, with side issues and
party cant, the great principle which
n,nderlics all, is popular government and
'shc great question up for solution, is
Have the American people the moral
and intellectual power to sustain popu-
lar ms i,utions and govern themselves
This is the pi h of the whole subject
That they are physically able to do this
there is no doubt. Are they morally
fitted for the task We think they are,
and the world is waiting for their
answer.
The Associations .go,cn up by the
patriotic women all over the States, are
doing es nI1ch to solve that question in
Yho ,ff, thn ,,,L;.h
pressing forward with lauskct and cam
non, to destroy tue machinery of tho
enemies of popular government. In
addition to the many articles of comfort
supplied to soldiers, both in the field
and hospital, they cultira c, BY those
Associations, by their silent, perscvcr-
sing industry, by that moral power and
patriotic resolve, which it is fostering
throughout the community, quiet, uu-
"ostentatlous zeal and undylg love for
those institutions of civil and rcli gious
alber yon which arc reared our prosperity,
power and happiness, as nation, a gov
ernmont, and q people.
This patriotism and public spirit so
nc lively, and yet so quietly, working in
the hearts and with the hands of the
millions of A metican women to-day, is
the purifying process which the hearts
and conscienccs of the rising generation
are being submitted 10, as gold Is to the
dire, and it is destined to cleanse them
from that degrading vassalagc OF corrupt
aartyism and volup uous ease, which
alas been, in connection with the luxury
and wealth of the counry , fast under
mining that love of independence and
national virtue on which alone can
securely rest civil and religious liberty.
The gew-gawsof the day, tue fashions
and trivial les Of the tunes, are being
rapidly pressed out of view by tic one
absorbing thought of providing for those
who have taken their lives in their hands
and gore forth, to sacrifice them, if need
be, TO save that of the nation. Tie rug
gcd principle Of patriotism which is so
apt to decline and grow weak wi.hin
a people who are nurtured too long in
the lap of case and luxury, is being
revived by the present struggle, aud
nonc are more active in nourishiny is
growth than those noble women who
cast in their mic to coMfor. the sick
or wounded soldiers of our army>
10 buy material to manufacture into
clothing requires money, and one duty
OF these Relief Associations is to solicit
donations from the public and it is the
duty of that public to bcstow when
waited upon by those sisters OF mercy
Every one should give some hing. Let
men save the pennies and the dimes
which they habi ually spend SO use
lcssly, and laying them aside deposit
them. In the treasury of the Relief
Associations in their neighborhoods -
Thousands of dollars could thus be
appropriated to noble use which are
now usclessIy squanderel. In proper.
ton as the people sacrifice to their coun-
try their patriotism will grow, and the
love of country will, ere long, convert
what may at first seem sacrifice, into
pleasure. The Relief Associa ions need
funds and The people at large must
supply them. All you have over a
living belongs to pos.erity. This battle
between the effort for aristocractc
dominion and free institutions is being
fought for posterity, and every ma erial
treasure that posterity may inherit from
you, should be sacrificed, if necessary,
in order to bequcath them dcathless
liberty.
A BULL TAKEN BY THE uoRNs,--
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