The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-05-05
LANGLEY GLEN, April 2Sth, 1871

My DEAREST CoUSIN.-ThiS pleasant
April morning, apply myself to the de
lightfnl task of answering your late epistle
to me, in which you sent your profound
regrets that family cares prevented you
from accepting my invitation to be presen,
at our annual County Institute. All. my
dear cousin. when last | kissed YOU good
bye, you were free hearted bachelor, ped
ding your little packages of chewing gum
through the green arcades Just outside the
Centennial Grounds. What wild impulse
of your erratic nature prompted you to
seek the wlldS of the far Northwest and
choose for your bride daughter of the
foreSt-a child OF nature, a chiettain S
daughter of the tribe of the ModocS? And
yet, am charmed with your descriptions of
life in your forest home. II NAV be true
what you have always said, that after all,
man is savage by nature, and the effort to
culture and civilZe him is one long battle
with this same nature, who finally asserts
her power by tumblng back into barbar-
ism the nations, when they have reached
the highest point of intellectual and social
culture. If, as you assert, this theory be
the true one, 1t accounts in great measure
/ for the almost insurmountable difficulties
with which we meet in our profession
L
! or do make, any egregious bluuder, for you
know that woman'S intellect cannot soar
to the sublime heights to which a man
reaches without any apparent effort.
| am now going to take you into my con-
| tidence, cousin, and tell you something
| which have never disclosed to you before
! on know my timid, retiring nature, and
how | have even shruuk from contact with
| the clash and roar of the world, and have
! courteG the shades of rural peace and feiic.
/ ity in little rustic schooro0ms; and YOU.
! you naughty fellow, are the very creature
| that has dragged me into an unsought
notoriety and | will now proceed to tell
you how; by mentioning me in that mis-
| chievous epistle which you wrote to the
! Sn0dCa!e Piper, after oar Institute at Port
| Deposit, two Yeas ago. You remernb Der
how mad 1t made verybody: but what do
| you think of Il certain school officer going
around to trustees of schools to which your
cousin applies FOR employment, and telling
them not to employ her, because she is an
nFdSy- Is not this rather damaging &C.
cusation for a prominent official to bring
against a public teacher? But in the face
of this infamous charge, | dare appeal to
the communities in which have dwelt; to
the children whom have taught, many of
whom are now men and women, and lastly
to those who know and love me best, if
| they think this charge deserved, or that it
could be maintained in a court of law, in
case Elkton should be enlyencd 10y suit
f.. for professional damages. The foul assas-
sin who sharpens his dagger, and steals
forth to plunge il in the heart of his victim,
is looked upon as dangerous enemy to
society, but he who stahS il secret awoman's
reputation, brands himself with stigma
more degrading because he is guilty of
crime more vile and 'irSpicable. What
more infamous charge than that of inf
deity could possibly be brought against a
public teacher? for the woman who has
lost her faith in God has naturally lost her
faith in humanity, honor, virtue. truth,
and all the attributes of Deity, and cannot
be fit guide and teacher of the Young.
Enough of this. however. for the present.
| commenced this letter for the purpose of
telling you about our Institute which has
Just closed. 1t was held III orr quiet little
county town of Elkton. What struck me
most, as | walked through its quiet streets,
were the shingles tackled upon innumerable
dngy shutters, announcing that within
dwelt certain gentleman. attorney
Lawyers Of whom we have often heard,
and lawyers of whom we have never heard
at all, and still others of whom | fear we
never Will hear. | am happy to tell you,
that althnuuh there are few new teachers--
and most Of the old ones were rr.sent and
the order of axarcisas ,Iout H., s,n,a os 7
-ha last-tha iaacb.rs .bo,., , ,,.S+ ;,,,,ro,,a
ment in ideas and in the newer NJ nxn,,sS
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sionstaIv Withdrew from tha nrnfasSina 80 in
f,vor If his hrnther d;cinIas Of RIacEs,ona
and ha+ool, bimcalf to rho e5;toriaI oh,ir
Snr,e If his snaarh was ,yr;tt.n sn,,a IA
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