Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-11-29

homestead policy, judcous tariff. the ad-
mission of Kansas free, and the future in
terpretation of the Constitution on the side
of freedom. He closed by saying: ''When
full effect shall have been given to all these
great measures of the Republican party, and
the prejudices engendered against it in the
minds of many by the artful appeals of dema-
gogues who have misrepresented it's objects
shall have been removed by actual know
lecge of its acts, we may expect the bitter
ness of party spirit to subside, the cry Of
disEnion to be hushed, and the principles of
Republicanism to become the permanent
policy Of the Government, under which it
will flourish and prosper, as l. trust, for
aver"
lenEws e$rnE GOVERNOR OF KENTUCKY.
Gov. Magofin has written a long letter to
the editor Of the Frankfort Yeoman, the
sum and substance of which is s'stand by
the Union.'' As Mr.. Magofin is political
friend of Mr.. Breckinridge, this letter will
be understood te contain views not widely at
variance with those of the late candidate for
the Presidency. Mr.. Magofin says:
sMr. Lincoln has been elected according
to all the forms of law under that Constitu-
tion which we revere and regard as the de-
pository of our rights and the shield of our
safety; and notwithstanding his threats and
the danger of carrying out his principles,
he may not do It, We must wait for an
overt act, hoping that truth and reason and
justice, embodied in clear, an impartial
delneation Of our rights under the Constitu-
-si silAf; as expoaAded BY tho Supreme Court
ofthe United States, will yet prevent it.
r..f3sEet US reason with the Republicans still
H{her; let us demonstrate more earnestly.
f4aly and unitedly; let us at all events wait
fofHhe overt act, and then Kentucky can
AID will join her sister slave States This,
hffems to me, is the course of moderation
a4d prudence and wisdom; certainly so, be-
c&lse neither Mr.. Lincoln nor his party can
pas5 any law, if the opposition remains true,
that will violate our rights. He can't even
getIan appropriation bill through Congress
to'darry on the government. He can't ap-
pdat his Cabinet officers who may be often
siyd to the Democratic party and to the slave
States. He can do nothing with the present
Hb4sesassR assRapseseGtatiyes and Senate. back
ed1by the Supreme Court, to violate our
rights. Let the omti-Repatolican members
tofWe Opposition firmly resolve not to dis
ca,SaMe question Of s1uoery any more, and
,fFh the Republicans hare done let them vote
d4tb their measures and proceed to business
'ka1> tAs setAsr. iMportaat >istsxsests- Of the
f!fy. The question has been discussed
tbAtlnuch already, and let them resolve they
viii discuss it no more. It only produces
GSord, strife, ordinations, and recrimina-
tioSs, and sunders all those fraternal ties,
socially, politically. and religiously, which
bidH us together.'
lIe makes the following direct appeal to
the Secessionists
;'To South Carolina, and such other States
who may wish to secede from the Union, I
wohld say. the geography of thislkountry
viii not admit of a division-the mouth and
sources of the Mississippi river cannot be
separated without the horrors of civil War-
we cannot sustain you in this movement
merely on account of the election of Lincoln
Do not precipitate US by premature action
into revolution or civil war, the consequent
ces of which will be most frightful to all of
us. 1t may yet be avoided. There Is still
hope, faint though it be. A.Kentueky is a
border State, and has suffered more than all
fyou. She claims that, stan ding upon the
same sound platform, you will sympathise
with her, and stand by her, and not desert
her in her exposed perilous border position
She has right to claim that her voice, and
the voice of reason and moderation and pa
triotism, shall be heard and needed by you
lfyou secede, your Representatives will 90
oft OF Congress and leave us at the mercy
ofsa Black Republican Government. Mr..
Lfacoln will have no check. He can appo;,,;,
his Cabinet and have it conGrs, cd, The
Congress will then be Republican, and he
VIII be ssie to pass such laws as he may sug-
gest The Supreme Court will be power
less to protect us. We implore you to stand
bylus, and by our friends in the free States,
and let us all, the bold, the true, and just
NIP IN the free and Stare States, with a
uuited front stand by each other, by our
principles, by our rights, our equality, our
hohor, and by the Union under the Consti-
tution. I believe this is the only way to
save it, and we can do it."
SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE BORDER STATES.
The Charleston Mercury treats the border
slave States with contempt. South Carroll
ma, if the Mercury speaks for her, does not
want their advice, will refuse to consult
with them, and will only consent to let them
aid her in carving out Whatever nlans her
hot-headed leaders may advise It remains
to be seen whether this dictatorial position
rval be submitted to. We quote the Her.
e,rys article entire:
SOUTHERN CoNFERENcE-Tuo Lute.-We
see it stated in the papers that, by the Le-
gislature, which, we believe. is summoned
to meet in January, Virginia will propose
a meeting of the Southern States in confer
ence. This is the measure which South
Carolina proposed to Virginia last winter
It was hooted down. and rejected as a dis