The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-02-02
TO YOUR TENTS, o ISRAEL!


righteously and unrighteously The
loyal people of the land heard it when it
was proclaimed to the world that slav-
cry had a right to go wherever the con-
situation went. They heard it when it
was asserted that the doctrine Of multi
lication was founded on principle. They
caught the warning note again when
Chief Justice fancy, from the Supreme
Bench of the nation, formulated the
Dred-Scott decision They heard it in
81, when the doctrines Gf secession and
State sovereignty found their logical
conclusion and the flag of the republic
was insu!tcd at Sumter. They heard
it unrighteously uttered in 1877 when
it became evident that the will of the
people would be respected and Kuther-
ford b. Hayes be declared entitled to
the Presidency And they hear it
again to-day, sounded louder than ten
thousand cannon. The plighted faith
Of the nation is in peril The honor
of every loyal citizen is at stake A
deadly assault is being made upon the
sacredness Of national obligation The
question in 1861 was: Shall the Union
be preserved? The question in 1873
is: Shall the honor of the Union be pre-
served? The first step has been taken
to annihilate that honor The Mat
thews resolution is the first effective
shot fired at Sumter Dc the loyal peo-
pie understand: DO they know that,
unless they respond quickly, the flag
must come down? Do they realize
that this silver resolution is the enter
ing wedge? Are they aware that it
has already put blistering s,aia upon
our fair name ana that if the Bland
bill becomes a law, it will cover that fair
name all over with indelible disgrace
Reputation is not bluhder 1t is
hideous crime.
1t is proposed to repudiate part of
the debt that saved the nation. Con-
ceal it as they may by ''specious argu-
ment' and subtle sophistry, that is the
purpose behind it all Honest men and
patriotic men are with the regulators,
but it is because they have been de-
ceived There might be some redeem
ing feature about an earnest. Outspoken
advocacy of Reputation in toto. But
the sneaking Reputation that pretends
to pay in full while it iilches part, is
swindiiug of the lowest type and de-
void of single paliating circumstance
1t is the lip friendship aud the fifth rib
stab. The silver movement means that
and nothing else. 1t is the renewed
advance upon the citadel of national
integrity Look at the situation for
one moment. TIE government owes,
for example. one dollar. Tie law-mak-
ing power of the nation enacts that the
government shall take 4l2 - grains of
silver, whose market value is 50 cents,
put its stamp upon it. and with it pay
it's debt Does it need more than ordi.
nary discernment to see that the credI-
tor, who is forced to take the 1921
grains of silver, is swindled out of eight
cents What would be the difference
in principle to enact that the govern
ment should take one pound of old
iron, whose market vaiNa is one cent,
put its stamp upon it, and with il pay
the dollar it owes? Could ANYTHING he
more unrighteous? Would not the
depths of national dishonesty be reached?
This is no triaing matter 1t is not to
he answered by the cowardly swagger
about "bloated bondhodcFS." 1t is
not to be brushed aside by saying "ouiy
the Wall street shark will suffer" Con
slider what the result will he when the
dishonest dollar is made to play its
part in all the business transactions of
life Reflect what the effect will be
when it goes out to the world that the
American dollar is a swindling dollar.
And more, when it is authoritativev
announced that the word Of this repub-
lie is as the word of the liar.
This nation has, in the Providence of
God, q future before it. 1t is to be
more than simply a money-making or a
Money-saving machine. 1t has the
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