Squatter sovereign., 1857-01-06
from the citizen.
TEF SEAEE OF MARYLAND.

eu IN favor OF the esDdiaate Tor President
At TIE late election, one only cas-, liz vote
for prescription cne only accepted the
champion of religious persecution, the i'm
/ perseaation of the unnatural ard una
ulsFicsn doctrines of Know -Nothingis:n
and Miliard Fillmore nd that State,
strange to say, was 8Esryland, the State
Of the Catholic Pilgrim Falhers'-.lle
State where religious equality was first
proclaimed and prsc,iced on this cors.i-
nent
But Maryland did not so pronounce te.
cause the popular voice is in favor Of reli-
gious persecution, BIZ. because for tie time
being. rufianisrn is more potent than pub
lie virtue. It was the revolver and bowie
knife of the roUdy. net the votes Of its
honest citizens, that gained the State for
Fillmore. Like every o.heE victory which
Know Nothngism has achieved, this last
,hosgh valueless, was Won by violence
and bloodshed. According to q pse-ar-
ranged Plaza. in every ward in Baltimore
where Democratic majority was expected
! gangs Of Tufians assembled at tie polls at
al early hour on election day, and beat
baek every voter, whether native born or
ns!uralized, who vas abou. to vote any
ticket Lat the SiEnoa Pure Know-E othing.
This fact is Rot denied by the organs oi
the faction, while it has beea boldly admit
ted and boasted OF 10y the perpetrators Of
the outrage. From morning until night
of The zth of EovsIabcr In sereral wards
! Of the city the scene was that OF a bloody
battle Geld. The Know-Eo.hing rowdies
bsd possession of The polls, aad 10 nan
dared vote any bu; .ile Fillmore ticket ex-
cept ct the cost Of his life. But the nost
disgraceful part of the affair is tkst the
Mayor Of ,he city, ETr. Kinks, took no
steEs 20 preven, the disaster; ca the con-
; irary, by detsiniag the police frora the
polls and refusing to accept the aid of the
militia, promptly offered him by ;he Gen
eral he gave untsidled license 10 the Blood
) thirsty gang TO pursue their work Of dss-
,ruc,ion And most efIeclually DID they
5 accomplish ii. In wards whe.e it is we'll
: known Democratic majority exists, the
Know No:hisgs pol!ed the largest vote
! for the reason that tie Democrats were al
5 most 10 man excluded from the ballot
box.
Thus did nIr. Fillmore win his solitary
victory. Surely he ought TO be pfoCd Of
, il. Tsc paltry minority of eight ipdivida-
ais WHO ere to represent him in the electo-
raj college will Sit there stained with tie
Ife.b!ood OF ten OF their fellow-c.t:zans-
laden with the sorrows Of the widow and or
phan and The agony OF three score Of vic
tins now wfitEing in the hospitals Of Bal
,iulore.
7 One consolation, better even than vic
tory remains to the friends of civil and re.
! ligious liberty. and tha. is that in the ter
rb.s struggle through which the country
has just passed the veics of the people has
pronounced ernphaticai'y against psrsecu-
tion on account OF creed OF birth. That in
3 the saiy STATE where it was endorsed a
resort to violence was necessary to ensure
) success.
That contamination wipes out the only
blot On the escu,cheon OF the Republic
tits severe rebuks to those who strove 20
reducs the broad principles OF American
ism to to Proceusiean bed OF contemPli-
{ bic exeIusivansss. and a Qtietus TO the
clalnor OF these croakeTs, who seized up
!; on the temporary madness Of fraction OF
the people as an argument against Demo
cratic government The snake is not
merely sco;ched, but killed. With the re-
lection of FiliEnore. and the disgracefol acts
Of Erastus Brooks. Know No:hingism Eas
received It's death blew. Despite tie ma
cLinations Of bigo.s and demagoguss, the
American people refuse to degrade their
!. feliow-ci,izens Of foreign birth. The
principles of Washington are viadecas ed.
THE CASE OF DRED Scorr.-The case
OF Dred Scott VS.. Ohm f. a. Ssndford
has recently been argued before the Uni
ted States Supreme Court. The plaintiff.
a man of color, claims his freedom OF his
master on the ground that having taken
him to reside in Illinois. hs was. BY that
act. emancipatsd By the constitution Of that
State.
The Circuit Court decided against the
plaintiff. on the ground that by his return
8 TO Missouri his masters right. dormant
while ia Illinois. had revived, and that the
constitution of Illinois was penal law
which the courts Of other States were not
bound 10 enforce.
The case was argued atthe last session
but The decision was resersed to allow OF
arguments on certain points OF law.
Il Mr- Montgomery Blair appeared for