Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-12-27

COu ueluS.
The declared purpose of this party is to
abolish slavery by the power of the govern
ment-to stamp it with Federal disapproba-
ton as an evil and sin, and by conlining
it within it's present limits to fix its doom,
as they surely will
A second determination is to prohibit and
for like end the slave trade between the
States, and so restricting the limits within
which the expansion Of the institution of
slavery will be permitted that even the slave
States themselves will ultimately be COM
PEELED; as measure Of safety, to abolish it.
Another item in this bill of complaint,
which the South makes against the attempt
to impair her rights, is the avowed intention
of this wicked party to repeal, by Congress
sional interference, all laws of the Southern
States prohibiting incendiary publications,
and by giving the widest latitude to freedom
of speech and of publication, render it both
safe and easy to food the South with incen-
diary documents, the plain purport of which
will be incitation to murder and insurrec-
ton. Applause.
1t may be said that none of these acts
have yet been done by Abraham Lincoln OF
by the party of which he is now the repre-
sentative, but the platform upon which he
stands, and the openly declared policy OF
that party, must lead to the results have
mentioned. Lincoln stands pledged to such
a course by every speech he has made since
he was first elected Representative in Con
gress, and by those which he made in hi:
campaign with Judge Douglas. And, bear
in mind, beg you, that Lincoln is no blus
terer or braggart, but a cool, resolute man
who will certainly attempt to carry out tht
principles upon which he was elected, unles:
you think he will prove a traitor to his life
long sentiments. Voices-'No!' ''No!"
Once in power. what think you will be
the condition Of the South and of Maryland
under Black Republican rule? Already
your citizens 1aye been bascly murdered OF
degradingly punished for endeaEoring to re.
claim their property III Pennsylvania. With
these plain facts, and with the Constitution.
nullifying acts of twelve States to foresha-
dow the course which the Republican party
will pursue, shall we wait [vociferous cries
of s'No!" ..No" ]-shal! we wait for an overt
- The remainder Of the sentence was
lost in deafening cries of ''Now mo- =
Here is party composed Of c.slm and stern
men, plainly avowing their determination to
kill the most vital interests of the South as
soon as they shall obtain the power to do so:
and thus forewarned, shall we willingly
place in their hands the purse and the sword
for the subversion of the Government and
of our rights under it? mo- 'No!']
What, then, should be our position? We
all love the Union and revere the Constitu-
tion which our fathers framed, and none are
more devotediy attached to the Union as it
is than the people of the South. Applause. ]
They have borne, and patiently borne the
grievances I have enumerated, and if you
will compare these with the expressions
which drove our fathers to battle, you will
see that their grievances we're light compar-
ed with those which we have borne. Again
and again have we expostulated, and entrea-
ted our Northern brethren to stay their ag
gressions, but expostulations and prayers
have met the same fate !: have been treated
with open contempt as Southern bluster.-
We of the South have now become weary OF
of this incessant agitation; this unceasing
threatening of our peace and safety. 1t
cannot be further endured; we must now
stand upon our rights. Long continued
applause.
Expedien5s without number, it is true,
have been proposed for the preservation OF
this Union. shall call your attention to
few, and first to that by Congressional
action. The House has appointed a Com
.mittee of Thirty three, who are extremely
busy-doing nothing. Laughter. This
Committee of one from each State-Mary-
land is represented on it. THE speaker
voice was drowned in storm of Kisses
and groans, mingled with exclamations OF
BLACK Republican = Traitor. I as
sure you I referred to the representative OF
Maryland with no intention of disrespect,
for l do not know him. Voices-"We
do" eve know him very badly" An
opposing element of the meeting here found
expression, and cheers were proposed fo1
Bell and Everett and given with a will,
provoking call for cheers for Breckenridge
which was cordially responded to.
citizens, the speaker continued
this movement has passed beyond Bell and
Everett. Great cheering, individuals
are now lost sight of, and we stand united
upon the principle-at least in Mississippi
we do--shoulder. to shoulder, for many OF
the most earnest advocates of this movement
there were ardent supporters of Mr.. Bell
and Mr.. Everett. Let there be no divisions,
[ exhort you this is not the time for the
manifestation of personal preferences,
TO return to this Congressional Commit
tee, it is all trckery and subterfuge. They
don't mean to do anything and they can't
do anything-for they haven't started right;
they haven't begun at the beginning. They
are perfecting points of detail, when the vital
principle of concession has not been touched.
[ was in Washington few days, and spoke
with gentlemen on that Committee, to whom
| took the liberty of suggesting resolution
similar to that since proposed by Mr.; Craw-
ford, of Georgia, recognizing the institution
of slavery as it is recognized in the Consti-
tuition and in the decisions of the Supreme
Conrt Well let them attemnt IN nress