Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-09-16
The Interests of Baltimore North or
Southq


The Interests of Baltimore N orth o.
Southe
OF all the remarkable things said by
Mr.. Davis to his constituency, or that
portion Of it represented at the Maryland
Institute on Monday evening last, Moth
ing surpasses the declaration he made
with respect to the interests Of Baltimore
As he is reported in the American, he
insists upon tho necessity Of union in
the next Congress Of the Southern AMI
Northern ''opVositi0n" -as lie prefers to
style it--upon the general basis of hos
tility to the democratic party. 10 this
we have no objection, Of course. That
style of political operation and strategy is
altogether out Of the sphere of remark
with US. If the Americans or opposition
members Of the south are disposed, for
any purpose, to unite with the rcpubli-
cans OF the North, they are quite at lib
erty to do so. 1t is a union, however,
that will be productive Of more thorns
than roses, We apprehend. But when
Mr. Davis undertakes to speak of Balti-
more and Ter Interests, he steps upon a
platform which We occupy in common
with him, and presents question in
quasi-poiiticai relation to himself, about
which the whole people of Baltimore =
our humble selves included have per-
feet right 20 be consulted, aud to speak
for themselves. Mr.. Davis personal and
political relations are Unidentified more
with national affairs than with the inter-
osts of our good city. and to this fact
alone can we attribute the singular OBJ
liquity Of judgment he exhibits about
the latter. We quote, in illustration Of
what we say, the following from the re.
port Of the speech Of Mr.. Davis in the
american Of Tuesday morning:
II repeat again, our interests arc with
the opposition Of the North We grow
neither cotton, sugar nor rice; neither
do they We are interested in agricul
ture, commercial and manufacturing pur
suits, and therefore our interests are viii
tue North, aud with them alone. | vii
further add that Maryland Interests arr
sustained hy-tltc opposition party of thu
North, and voted down by Southern dem
ecrats."
This very remarkable utteranee, mad
unrescrvedly and unqualifedly before
public meeting in Baltimore, 10 antici
patton Of the vote of the people for D
against the speaker as candidate for
sent in Congress, to say the least of it
places our citizens in very anomalou
and ambiguous position. There is no
a man in the city who does not know
that the statement is entirely fallacious
In the very face of what Mr.. Davis says
we assert without the fear of contradic
ton that our interests are entirely iden
titled with the people of the South /; tina
we have not one wcll-defned .northerI
interest,"" aside from a fcto pechs Of 10
n,atoes and peaches which 60 to the New
York market. That although We grow
neither cotton, sugar nor rice, yet w
grow tobacco; and if we grew nothing
but wheat, we contend that what we grow
has nothing to DO with the question. =
~NVe are interested in agriculture, com
mercial and manufacturing pursuits,
says Mr. Davis, which is most true, ane
for our surplus agricultural products ",
have scarcely northern customer, ant
certainly none for our commercial ant
manufacturing industry. The only thing
We furnish the North with is coal, anc
that mainly through New York capita
invested in our mines. Ourintcrests arr
aImostontirely with the South. Through
out the South aud Southwest we former
~ coufcd all the customersof Baltimore
lately we added to them somo from tn,
Vest, who had been dealing with Phila
delphia and New York. The complain
is now that many have turned aside from
us in all these different sections, and tina
our trade is seriously falling off. Blu
what are we to expect, if we endorse tn
declaration, that all "our interests arr
with tho north,v and that in virtue 0
this declaration, we must unite with tn
Opposition of the North, through on
representative IN Congress?
We cannot escape the conviction tina
Mr.. Davis has unfortunately been indu
ced to speak, at the dictates of his polit
zeal sentiments, in relation to subjcc
with which he is not identified. lie ]
more affiliated with nationalp politics thai
he is associated with local interests =
And the procliyity Of his national view
brings him into collision with the tender
'cy of those local interests. We feel our
selves much more concerned about Ia
welfare. aud trade ndtrutbful exposition
Of the Interests Of Baltimore than We d
about Mr. Davis or his views ana scnti
ments, whether they are rightcr wrong
He may be elected TO Congress. achiey
the speakership as the reward of his dc
votion TO the Representatives, use tina
term as he would blot out the odiou
republican" name unite with that cop
position" heart and hand. and aspire 1
the presidency if he will, and gain it,
but as candidate, or congressman. 0
speaker, or President, whenever he dc
elares that the interests Of Baltimore ar
identified with the North aud not will
tho South, we shall just as fatty contra
dict him. Ball San.
A RIeurEovs BEoursr. "A Gcorgi
paper says:
"Thc late NJ. A. Bowler left by hi
will the sum Of one hundred thousan'
dollars to the Glcnyille College and Nil
itary institute. The interest on thi