Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-09-26
For tie En2mrfr.
MARYLAND ALWAYS PARTIAL TO HE
ORTIZ,

Under the head uf baltimore City, an article ap
pcnred in your paper of t.'e 9Th inst, IN reference I.
/! how this city stands, 'anti, or pro'siSfery, anu q"''
ilonin. her iricndliness 10 The south.
! II lnuy have been OrrrKpOkti by tho conservative:
| who hsye not given this subject their attention; nu
To- the most casuu! Observer. 1t ~ "n"'f"'d"' tha' n"'
iImorn hna nkruyS fnyor-t tEe A.IIh.
Inkr, for example, the Church, say the FrHles'ah
i.pi.cornl, aud s'c wbat cOursc has been par'ueo
there upon this question. - Il.
In IsJ3, whcu the Convention WIS about to I'LL the
E,i,cuuni., DR.. Fastburn Of New York WA Ier iirS'
choice. lie declining, DR.. Wyatt, a Northern man
nominated DIR. Nottingham, another New l"rkcr.-
The spGumd choice, however, resulted III lh6 tlec'loh
of DR.. keInpcr II believe, another Northern ihahl
| He declining, DR.. Dorr, oi Philadelphia WA chosen
lie declining also, DIR. " Nottingham WIS then elected
who accepted. .
| There we're in Convention, 8, Marylalders, "
| Southerners, ~ Northerners, aud Il Foreigners.
Thus. & drcided preference was manifested ioI
Northern men. :,
In 1851, fourteen years afterwards, resulting, no
doubt, from this open reflection upon Maryland and
the South, we find in the dlucese, where me cnurcN
had Increased with al increase OF populai'oI-a" "'e'
| DyODDriiOn uf Northern clergyuici, WIN Ele ihho0a-
| lions and faucics common 10 that latitude, growing
from ninrictn in 1870, 10 j0riy-SLr, and almost hll the
prominent and lucrative posts occupied by M"m.
10 say that the South could not furnish the number
demanded, is contrary 10 truth. 10 argue 'hht 'he
North produces MHrr men, is III absurdlty; Tor, al
variance with this, We have the fact, that The most
distinguished inch in tho great metropolis VI Inc
North arc from The South.
The same sentiment pcrvadcs. also, among the Me-
thodists. When her society was conrulsed ny the
, Introduction Of the slave question into her midst, and
a distS.gu was called for, the Maryland MetiioIisis'
| overlooking their loyalty to tho institutions "i the
| State. united with the Northern faction.
And in our colleges a.d Summaries, our academies
| N,yyb.ru men are seen to aUutEd. AID nothing passcs
| current but what has Men stump uPOi. -,
In Virginia, TO bc u rirginian, il n silent recon-.
| menaation. In Maryland it is Just the reverse. who
eau wonder, then, nj the anomaly ~nicii e2,sta more
"Nurii!erp views in Southern men. Is II not tie
natural G,e,itimg q! "NUrlIcrn men with Southern
principles ~
To what this prrdHecti0n is to teaI, ~e do not ven.
ture to predict. How far our civil rights may DO al
t,ctrd by this Northern inoculat on, we cannot pry
far enough into the future to determine. But surely
| If We Law any claim to being Southerners, see should
act rs such.
But it may be said, is it safe TO apply a system Of
exclusion to the clergy Does Christianity recognize
the nnalcamatiun Of religiDn with politics ! Are mon
devoted to the service OF God tn tn shut out from
Southern fields, because they were born ~ u different
hH.tudc We answer: the religion Of Chris. Incal
cnt,.s the truth, TINT "the Kingdom of Christ Is not o
this world" That while the Hdr"inais of his
Kingdom are to net in political affairs, upon Christian
principles. they ARE not 10 Introduce the subject OF re
ligion into their political! ron;tsis. But this ~ Just
exactly what Northern clergymeD do Hoi Observe
For who is il that appears foremost ia ali The strlies
which are Witnessed in the country, where the ant
and pro slavery question ARISES Who ~ 1t thai
marches in the van, when q crusade Is Ia be under
taken against our Southern institutions IL II moi
the Northern clergyman !
Ii i. not, therefore, the MfiadG which marks THEN
birth pince that we object against. hut the coWrS'
which they pursue in incorporating they politics inlo
.lIeir religion.
To what extent their influence is exercised in dis.
selninating their sectional views while in our midst
we dare not say bnt We have known them, after n
long residence III the South, 10 return to their North
ern homes, enriched by our iavors, 10 inveigh with
- -. .u. t,t,t,- n,. a.. .s,, ., l-nai
US with infamy. And yet it is from these Northern
men that the cry emanates, americans should rule
America "the aggressive policy ot the Papacy
should be suppressed" AS If any foreigner could
have sentiments as foreign 10 0Hr Southern instilu
tions az they have! As if the Catholics allegiance 10
the Pope, with all his supremacy, could produce such
disloyaity rs is found in Northern men il Southern
States.
We are not aiming through this article 10 widen
sectional differences, to enlarge the breach which
! separates tie North from the South. Our object Is IL
pr.rrgi such mournful results, by urging The eXciu'
sion Of measures iiSely Ia produce such an elect
Bound by the ties OF blood and friendship 10 many
noble spirits in the North, and feeling OF home IN
their midst, from n reciprocated conservative sehl'-
ment, We regard them, and their luai!tutlons, rs
Members, end parts of the blessed Union; anu so
spenk only against such, ms would divide our au,i'7.
But as a citizen of Il Southern State, Wiin that
Loyalty which becomes us, We beg maryland 10 De
faithful 10 her position, and not to suffer her territory
TO become the seat of factions, the home OF renegades,
the school Of discord; but, as q Southern State, 10
pursue that policy which may pTcrcHt those evils
which are now threatening.
But, it may tie said, your warning comes too late"
That, this mania for strangers" peculiar to Mary
landers, has lett 10 remnant Of the past within her
borders. That already her civi! ui;ces, her bar, her
bench have become SO crowded with aliens, that the
SONS of her sires are a. strangers in familiar places.
That in Congress, in The Senate. she is actually rep.
| ,rseued by men from another State.
Have We. then, We asS-iui! OF upprehcusions-en-
tertAinod
a fox 10 be the shepherd vi our Iamh,:"
| BALTIMORE, Sept. ~, 1856. The LAST LEAP.