The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-08-03
The Cecil Wing.
ELKTON, AUGUST 8, 1867.
Immigrants wanted.

grants rank first on the list. There is at
present want of, and absence of, any per-
ceptible progress, caused Ny the scarcity of
the right kind of people. Energy is want
ing, and that kind Of talent which is devel,
oped now is not of that sort calculated to
improve country. We must have partial
change of people. Immigrants must come
and help us. They are the mrars OF GREAT.
ing q new country, or of reorgan2ng an
old one. They infuse new blood into
society bring into it their new and strange
ways; introduce wealth, economy, and in.
dustry; and contribute more to the devel,
opment Of a growing country than the I'M.
aided efforts Of its natives could ever pro.
duce alone. New ideas, methods of acting
and thinking before unheard of, compared
and assimlated with the old, form a com.
pound which is healthy and advantageous to
the greatest degree. Enterprise and pro-
gression can only be found where manhood
is fully developed, and that manhood is
never so evolved except by foreign help and
rivalry. Families loose their talents by in
termarriage, and it is no less true of cxcu-
sivc communities. Whole districts become
| cffete, and every stimulus to progress van
ishes. The mixture of strange blood is ne.
cessary to preserve us in our present condi-
ton, for there has been too much intermar.
riage among us already. Its fruits can be
seen daily. AS we cannot preserve ourselves
without new blood, so neither can we ad
vance to the high level to which modern so
cicty is tending. Ethnologically, therefore,
immigration and new blood are necessary to
prevent our mental, physical, and material
decline.
Aside from these considerations which
spring from our sclGshness, there are Others
founded on bcucvolence. We want. mimi.
grants for themselves. We want them for
their own good. There is here a splendid
with us. Every advantage, every liberty,
every privilege we enjoy, we offer to them,
Letthem come and be equal with rs. Letthcm
come and help MS to make everything here
better than it now is. Every intelligent cit
izen will welcome them, and give them all
needful assistance. Let them come and see
for themselves, and their surprise will only
be exceeded by their delight.
Let us enumerate some of the advant-
ages Of Cecil county. 1t is Delightfully."-
situated as regards climate removed from
the extreme heats of the South, and the
cold winters Of the North. The summers are
long, and the winters pleasant. The heat is
rarely oppressive. It's mild, eqnabe eli
mate is conducive to health; and those
dreadful diseases of the Pcninsnlar marshes
| chills and fever, and bilious fever, are al
most unknown among rs. 1t is a special
cause of congratulation among our people
that there is so little sickness. As healthy
and pleasant location, Cecil county has no
superior.
By reference to n map, it will be seen that
onr county is intersccted by several large
| navigable streams Of water. These, Will,
| afl'ording large facilities for navigation, are
the resorts Of valuable fish. The quantlie.
| of herring and ahad caught in our count,
during the spong are almost beyond belief
These fisheries afford employment to larg,
number Of men, and are an important sourc,
| of revenue.
Cecil county has some poor and indiflrr
| ent soil, but the greater part is rs good land
| as the world affords. From the fertile hill
and valleys of its northern part to the rive,
bottoms of its southern section, there can
| be seen as fine soil as the country can boast
| From its different varieties, it is adapted t.
almost everything that grows in this latitude.
! All the northern and southern cereals anu
| succulcnts are grown here with success, cot
| ton and sugar cane being almost the only
| southern crops which our late irosts destroy
| We will not enumerate the products of om
soil, rs it would be too great task, but pre-
| fer the mention of few things which do
not succeed very well here. Among the lat
J Ter is the grape crop for wine purposes, the
air being too moist to allow a perfect ripcn.
ing Of the grapes. We are little too fn
south to grow apples successfully, the trees
seeming not to thrive in this climate.
AS to the proximity and quality of mark.
cts, our county stands unrivalcd With its
internal river communication with its canal
| connecting the Delaware and Chesapeake
| Bays with its two railroads from Baltimore
to Philadelphia with the certain prospect
of two more railroads being built as soon as
the country is settled, it may safely challeng,
comparison with any other county in the
| land as to market facilities. The Delaware
railroad also runs within few miles of ou
county line for considerable distance
No more need be said on this point, as these
advantages speak for themselves to every
practical and thinking man.
The taxes are heavy, but not more so than
in most other places, and not so heavy as in
many other States and other parts of this
State. Before the war taxation was light.
and will probably, at some not distant day,
be reduced to nearly the same rates.
| Churches of all denominations and free
schools abound. Considerable attention is
being paid to education. The public school
| system now in use will probably be broken II,
by the Democrats now in temporary possession
of the State, but we hope for better things in a
| few years. Free education will then be es.
tablished on more liberal basis than al
present. Certain it is that free schools hav.
inc been once established will novor bo ~,