Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1860-10-04
Of the Union

/ when all these fail, to go out Of the Union
and 6ght for our rights"
/ To this we responded: We are opposed to
that IF fight we must, We go for fighting
for our rights in the Union and not sinking
tout at the bid of fanatics. That we consider
a candid and uuequvocsl answer to the edi-
tors last question. But we wish now that
we have been driven to speak Of this matter
again, 10 say that instead Of Its being honor
able, as the editor intimates in his question.
to Withdraw from the Union, under the cir
it highly Internationally. What !
surrender to one, who regardless Of his Con-
stitutional obligations and his solemn oath
shall assume the position Of tyrant, and
trample on that Constitution and disregard
that oath, all the privileges secured to US by
our noble ancestry in the expenditure OF their
treasure, their blood and their lives. Never!
no nevsr!l The army, the navy, the treas
ure and tho Capitol Of these United States
are not to he surrendered peaceably to ty-
rant in the person Of j. q. Breckinridge or
Abraham Lincoln or any other man Mt this
or any other time, and we consider the man
who would council such thing, miserable
poltroon and an arrant coward. unworthy
the name Of an American, and should be
hooted beyond the limits of the Confedoracy.
The Government and the Constitution with
the Union are to be preserved at any and
every price.
Our neighbor also wants TO know why we
don't run up the Lincoln flag, We have told
him why, and for man satisfied with q rea-
sonablO answer we have said iuficient. But
he persists that fusion having taken place in
N. York and N. Jersey, that that is sufficient
proof that our party has been sold out and
betrayed. 1t may be satisfactory to such
rea scners as the editor Of the Bulletin but it
is not to us, or any other man that reasons
from true principle. Tho editor also accuses
us of being Republican, yes, Black Re-
publican. We suppose he entertains the idea
that he would Brighten u.s. but we assure him
We are not. The charge Of Abolitionist and
Black Republican have long since ceased to
have any terrors for us, and especially when
they come from an organ Of disunionism.-
But the editors manner OF establishing his
charge is very amusing. He said, to prove his
charge that We gave larger amount of space
in our columns to description Of Mr. Hoff-
mans speech, than we did to an account Of
the Union meeting. The account Of Mr.. lIoff-
mans speech was in type before the Union
meeting was organized. Tho Union meeting
adjourned about eleven o'clock on Tuesday
night. and We so to press as early as we pos
sibly can on Wednesday, and as we stated in
the brief notice we gave Of the meeting, VIC
count, and more, we called upon one of the
gentlemen that we understood was appointed
a secretary, for the names OF the officers and
he did not know who they were. The above
are the reasons why more extended account
Of that meeting was not given, and shows on
what flimsey pretcxts some men will endeavor
to establish what they consider serious
charges. But the editor Of the Bulletin says
of the Union meeting, at was not only in
numbers disappointment and in enthusiasm
a failure, but, it was also in all, as unmitiga-
tod fzzlo as ever invited the decisive jeers
of lecring public" Now II that be truth
full description Of tho meeting, and the editor
is amazed at our not giving il a flaming de-
scription and our failure to do so proves us
to be Black Republican, then he has put
himself in a singular pos;tion-either he has
fnlsified or he would have had lis to do SO in
order to prove our attachment to the Union
party. lie may take which ever horn Of tie
dllema no plsases. The truth is the meeting
was not great success. neither was it an
"unmitigated 6zzls." When the want Of in
terest that is felt in this county and the in
clsmcncy Of the afternoon and night are ia
ken into account the meeting fully met our
expectations We never anticipated large
gathering. But enough Of this. We think
we have answered pointsdly and plainly the
Bulletins questions, and as he avows his read
mess to answer interrogstories propounded to
him will he please to give us clear and une-
quivocal answers to the following queries:
LIST. IF Abraham Lincoln should be elected
President of the United States, will tho South
ern States be justified in seeding from the
Union
I'd. II they tthe Southern States) scccds
from the Union upon the Inauguration Of
Abraham Lincoln, before he commits all overt
act against their Constitutional rights, will
you advise or vindicate resistance by force to
their secssaiop'
AEcene In Memphis.
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