Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-11-16

w uO 81 dppiOdCicS III Gllc IIlluiSIell
angel, as woman, dear woman? Her own heart
being right, an influence of good is shed upon
all who come within her sphere.
Young man young woman ! cultivate the
seeds of virtue, goodness, conscience, in your
hearts, that your lives may be spent in useful
ness to your fellow man, in pleasure to your
selves and in the end rcdown to your happiness
and security beyond the valley of the shadow
Of death.
The, EXCITEMENT AT THD SoUTH.-The ex-
element at the South, in consequence Of Lin
coins election, appears to be wide spread, and
we'll calculated to arouse the fears of every friend
of the Union and the constitution.
At Charleston, S. c., warlke preparations are
active and apparently determined and sincere
The fire companies are being armed, and are
practicing to infantry drill. On the Palmetto
| flag being hoisted at the mercury" office on
Wednesday, a large crowd assembled and greeted
it with vociferous cheering. An order for TO-
900 bullets is being executed at a foundry in
Charlotte, S. G. Governor Gist has sent Gen
eral Gist on mission of consultation to the
Governors of the Southern States.
ne nEoAuNa ioN VI u D. OfFlCERS.
| The resignation of the federal officers of the
port has been noticed. On Wednesday the u
S. District Court assembled, and the grand jury
! being questioned as to whether it had present.
ments to make, replied as follows
'sThe verdict Of the Northern section of the
confe1eracy, solemnly announced to the country
through the ballot-box on yesterday, has swept
away the last hope for the pcrmanence, for the
stability of the Federal Government of these
sovereign States and the public mind is con-
strained to lift itself above the consideration of
details in the administration of law and Justice,
up to the vast and solemn issues which have
been forced upon us. These issues involve the
existence Of the government of which this court
is the organ and minister. In these extraord-
nary circumstances, the grand jury respectfully
decline to proceed with their presentments.
They deem this explanation due to the court
and to themselves"
| The Judge of the Court, Hon. A. G. Magrath,
then rose in his scat and resigned his Office, say
ing:
+ Gin the political history of the United States
an event has happened of ominous import to
fifteen slaveholding States. The State Of which
we are citizens has been always understood to
have deliberately fixed It's purpose whenever
that event should happen. Feeling an assurance
of what will be the action Of the State, I con-
slider it my duty. without delay, to prepare to
obey its wishes. That preparation is made by
the resignation Of the office have held For
the last time have, as judge of the United
States, administered the laws of the United
States within the limits of the State of South
Carolina. While thus acting in obedience to a
IF Irfxy ho IND; b. H.
emotions it must produce The department of
government which, believe, has best maintain
ed its integrity and preserved its purity, has
been suspended. So far as am concerned, the
Temple of Justice, raised under the constitution
of the United States, is now closed. If it shall
be never again opened, thank God that its
doors have been closed before its altar has been
desecrated with sacrifices to tyranny.
"May I not say to you that, in the future
which we are about to penetrate, next to the
| reliance we should place in the goodness of that
God who will gnide-ns in the right way, sAeah
be our confidence in our State, and our obed-
ence to its laws. We are about to sever our
relations with others, because they have broken
their covenant with us. Let us not break the
covenant we have made with each other Let
US not forget that what the laws of our State
require, become our duties. And that he who
of his State, usurps the sovereign authority
| which we must maintain inviolate."
The address was received with profound 81
lence, and during its delivery many Of the spec
tators were in tears. James Conner, the U. S.
District Attorney, then made brief address,
also resigning his Office.
THE SECESSION QUEsTION-THE PRESS ON
THE CRISIS
| from the New York Herald
| The New York Herald, after drawing an
alarming picture of the state of the county, ad-
vises Mr.. Lincoln as follows:
In this critical condition of affairs but one
thing can be done. Mr., Lincoln has been cleo
ted, and the election cannot be undone. He
should therefore at once recognize these great
facts:
That he has been elected by the votes of not
more than one-third of the people; that in the
seeding States he has not single supporter ;
that the States bordering on those threatening
to secede are unanimous against the party poll
cy by which he has been elected, and that these
circumstances make if impossible that an effort
to coerce the South can be successful, and will
only involve both sections in ruinous civil war
Recognizing these truths, he should at once give
to the aoor1d the programme Of the policy he aciU
pursue as President, and that policy should be
one Of cancellation and peace. lie should fling
aside the revolutionary and destructive ideas
,otich the fanatic portion Of his oartisans haze
proclaimed and gire substantial euidence that he
aOiU be a national and not a party Presideut-
10 make this course on his part effective, the
moderate and conservative portion Of the party
that has elected him should call public meetings
in every Northern State, and declare their inten-
ton to support him in such a policy, and to put
down every attempt to coerce the South or to
violate its right of sef-government. If this is
done at once we may be saved from the impend-
ing disasters if it is not done, we must prepare
for year of commercial panic and industrial
ruin for thousands upon thousands of discharged
and starving operatives in our midst and for
period of public agitation such as has never
before been witnessed in the world, save when
"France got drunk with blood to vomit crime :"
From the New York Tribune.]
| The New York Tribune declares against a
Republic "whereof one section is pinned to the