Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1861-02-08


unprincipled fanatics in the North, we
must admit that the people generally
have no desire to ;atertere with our in
stitutions, as is clearly shown blythe me-
MORALS pouring into Congress from the
North; and whenever the people get
right, the politicians will soon be brought
right-for they have no more sympathy
for the negroes than We have, and have
only made them political hobby to ride
into power, and are now creating all the
disturbance that is among us and dis
appointed politicians, North and South.
have combined, and would plunge the
country into dissolution and ruin for the
faint hope Of getting an Office in some
way.
Now, my friends. it is plain that poll
ties has led us along, until We are upon
the brink of destruction, and it is now
quite time that We begin to think and act
for ourselves; and let us at once de-
aoance every political demagogue, who
is aiming at the Obstruction of our Co.
vernment and ourselves for rest assur-
ed that, if our Government is once COM
pletely broken up, we at once part with
all the blessings that our forefathers earn
ed for us, and which God, in His infinite
mercy and goodness, has preserved for
us; and shall we dishonor His holy name,
and, in our pride and foolshncss, forget
the source Of our prosperity and happi-
ness, and the peculiar blessings which
lie has bestowed upon us ?-and, as
South Carolina and her followers have
done, mack His holy name, by calling
for His blessing in an unholy and wicked
course :? ] pray God. that | may never
bear His name called upon, under such
circumstances--fo / feel that His an
swer would be, "They are joined to
their idols, let them alone they have
sown the seeds Of their own destruction,
let them reap the harvest" We cannot
believe that we are in the service Of God,
when we are Withdrawing from a solemn
obligation, such as we are under to our
Government, and that without just cause,
aud, by our own action, plunge ourselves
into deadly conflict with our Northern
brethren, "A great majority, at least Of
whom have no desire to injure us in any
way.
Shall we stag the defendants Of those
noble sires, indiscriminately, who march,
ed and fought, side by side, with our pa
trotic forefathers, under the Starspan-
glea Banner, and achieved the glorious
liberty, and framed the wise Govern
ment, under which we have had SO much
prosperity and happiness, simply be-
cause We are told by few political de-
magogues and their blind followers, that
We must follow them, or be esteemed
towards? My friends, there is vast
difference between courage and fool
hardness. John Brown and bis fol-
lowers were in possession Of just such a
kind Of courage as the South Carolina
secessionists; they believed they were
doing God service, when they were
numbering; but Notwithstanding their
belief, they were defeated in their scheme,
and hung, according TO our laws, which
was right; still they met death brave
y, as the secessionists say they will,
if needs be. Now, although John Brown
believed that he was dying in the SER
vice Of God, and would meet chris
tian's reward, still we all think, and most
Of the Northern people too, i believe,
that he was in the service Of the devil
and as his fate here was, as all other
murderers is, so will be, or is, his punish-
ment in the world to come. Under the
influence of the evil one, he marked out
a course, and soon persuaded himself that
it was right, and followed it up until it
ended in his ruin. So with scccssionists;
they have started in a course, which, al
though they may have persuaded them
selves is justifablc, they will find that
unless they retracc their steps, it will
lead them to destruction.
Come, then. let US arouse ourselves as
honest thinking men and christians, and
denounce everything that tends towards
secession as sinful, dishonorable, and i'm
practicable, and avow our love for, and
our allegiance to. our Government.
There is now too little thought and cx-
preston given to this matter; there is
danger upon us; the seeds of disease are
already scattered among us, and we must
not suffer them to gerninatc, or we shall
reap our ruin The idea of other Con-
federaeics, is all visionary. If this is
broken up, We are hopelessly ruined
There never has oeen, or can be, so hap
nv nation upon the face Of the earth
as this. And yet, my friends, wicked
and mslcd men have loosened tho ship
of state, and it is as skiif drifting down
ward towards the Falls Of the niagara,
and will meet inevitable destruction un-
less strong arms aud honest hands ply
themselves to the oars. We must not
only hope, but work for our safety. Let
every one, who is more capable than my
self, write upon the subject; and those
who arc not. think talk, and act honest
ly. Politicians have led US near enough
TO destruction, and we must denounce
the wrong, aud encourage the right,
wherever we may find it, am happy
70 refer to the patriotic course Of our
Governor, and wish, with all my heart,
that every governor in the United States
were. as he has shown himself.
! have thus far written upon the pre-
sumption, or assumption, that, ifthe whole
South ' ~iit;s1iaws from the present go
yernment. the North will not attempt to
coerce her; or, if attempted, it could not
be done and think have shown that,
even in that event. we could not possibly
gain anything by secession, but NJ ust loose
more slaves; and think il will be uni
ycrsally admitted, that, in other matters,