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

Mr.. ED1roR In the proceedings Of the
meeting which came off on the 9th inst, :,
you say, ''Thc question upon the adoption
of Gen Mitchell's resolution being put, they
were passed by soclamation.''
This might be construed to mean that
those resolutions passed unanimous y, or at
least, met with but little disfayor
I do not question the accuracy Of the re-
port Of the proceedings at all in the main
they agree with tie recollection | have OF
what occurred, and merely notice this por-
ton Of it, to counteracta a misconeeption that
might arise and have it's effect upon the pub
lie mind
The move that was made to Illicit the
sense Of the meeting, upon the resolutions
Of Gen. Mitchell and those offered by my
self, was the motion Of T. Stone, Esq, to
lay the latter upon the table this was the
test vote. Here the vote seemed to be so
equally divided, that the President Of the
meeting declared his inability to say whether
/ the yeas or nays had it, and refused to de-
eide. The vote was again taken, amid great
confusion and calls for adjournment, and
decided to be in favor Of laying the rcsolu-
tions On the table My resolutions being
voted down, not by acclamation, however,
bat by a closely contested vote, there re-
manned nothing else for the meeting to do
but to pass the resolutions OF Gen. Mitchell.
! As a matter of course, those who favored
the sentiments and recommendations con-
! tanned in those resolutions yothcd for them,
earnestly, if not enthusiastically; and equal
ly. as matter of course, those who had Sis
tained the more moderate and conciliatory
though none the less firm, policy, put forth
| in my resolutions, felt little Or no interest
in voting. and did not vote; hence it is, |
presume. the report says "they were passed
by acclamation."
[ cant bring my mind for moment to
Il e conclusion that this meeting reflected the
,ntiments of the people of the county, or
indeed any portion or locality of it.
Seriously and candilly, do not believe
there is one man in ten among us, Ill favor
of convening the Legislature, in an extra
and Unlimited session. Nor do I believe,
that there is one man in ten who is willing
to N.l,,r2land South Carolina for the course
she has seen ft to take in turning upon and
spurning her sister States of the South
She refuses to hold council with them, and
proc|aims herself no longer one Of the same
family. BY her own declarations and ac
tion, she is as independent Of us, as are the
Sandwich Islands. And yet we are told we
must sister her, pat her on the shoulder, and
tell her she is a gallant little State.'' Such
-honey-fucgling, don't suit my taste. 1t
may be that nature has not endowed me
with disposition over-afIectionate but my
hope is, that she has made some amends for
this, by granting, in place Of it, reason
able amount Of sincerity. I would not fiat
ter Neptune for his trident, nor Joye for
his power"
When South Carolina proves her ga7ant'y
will accord it to her But it will only be
when she blots out her record Of '32'33,
and returns to the Southern fold, and says
to us in the language of Ruth to Naomi.
'.Whither thou gocst. will go; and where
thou lodgcst, I will lodge thy people shall
be my people. and thy God my God. Where
thou dicst will [ die, and there will be
buried"
The resolutions [ had the honor of sub
hitting to the meeting l am willing to stand
or fall by. I believe it is only upon a line
of policy there indicated that the Union can
be saved and civil war ayerted. Upon the
ruins Of this government will inevitably
gerninate, sprout forth, and rapidly grow
up despotism, the equal of which, the
world has never known. May the cup pass
from us. But if the worst should come,
and through the instrumentality of dema-
gogues and -huckstering politicians, free
mems rights should be stricken down, and
the stars and stripes that have so long ami
mated and cheered us as united people, as
well as to tell the story of our greatness and
glory on every sea and in every cline,
should lose their inspiration, and the ghost
of murdered liberty start from its cerements,
[ for one can exclaim in the language Of
Macbeth,
Chou can'st not say, did it;
Never shake thy CORY locks at me-
THOMAS A: MILLAR.
/ HOZ1u SDrt311s Dec. 1S. 1860