St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-02-28

the history of oar country it is desirable
that the State of Maryland should be rep
resented BY judicious. Intelligent and pa
triotic agents. fully authorized to confer
and act with onr sister States ofthe South,
aud particularly with the State of Virginia.
And Whereas. Such authority can be
conferred solely BY Convention Vt the
people Of the STATE: ii -
Had Wa sas. liz the opinion Of this
meeting, the Legislature not being in ses-
sion. full and fair expression Of the popu
lar will is most likely to be heard by n
Convention called by the recommends
ton If the Executive;
and Whereas. 1t is alleged that the
Governor now has in Contemplation to
recommend by proclamation such a m"ve-
ment, in the event of failure by the
Peace Conference and Congress to efcc,
any satisfactory ISOLATION of the vexed
question now agitatng the country
Be 1t therefore Resired. That we shall
approve such proceeding on the part of
the Governor and add the vsice of this
Convention to urge the voters of this
State to regard such proclamation. And
! with view tn allow time for the action
! Of the Governor in the matter. this Con-
ven,ion will adjourn until the 9th day Of
March next unless intermcdiately the
State Of Virginia should. by her Sovereign
Convection, seccde from the Union; in
which event, aud in case the Governor Of
the State should no, hsve then called a
Sovereign Convention Of the people Of this
State, this Convention shall at once re-
! assemble, at the cali Of the President
with view of r, ,c"nmcudius to the peo-
! Pile Of the State the clsction .fdcI gates t.
such Sovereign Convention.
.Resoired further. AZ the sense Of this
Convention. that tn. secession Of the srv-
en- slavcholding States from our Federal
Enisn was induced By the aggression of
the uou -slav.holiing States, in violation
Of the Constitution ef th- United States.
Resulee'i further, That the moral and
! material Interests and the geographical
! position Of this State demand that i, should
act with Virginia, i'll this crisis. cu-opera-
ting with that State ia all honorable eff
! forte to maintain and defend the consti,u-
! ,ionsl rights of its citizens in the Union,
and failing in that. to associate with her
in confederation with our sister States oi
+, the South.
! Re.,ired further. That the honor OF
: this State requires that it should not per
nit its soil to be made highway for Fed
eral troops sent to make war upon ou'
sister States of tho South; and it is the
! opinion Of this Convention that an attempt
ou the part uf the Federal Government ia
eoerce the States which have seeded
would necessarily result in civil wal snd
the destruction Of shc Government itself
! Hen. } ID Jones said he was happy t,
inform the convention that the report wa,
the result of the unanimous action Of the
committee
/ Ex-Gov. Lowe assembled the platform
aud said that he was requested to read rh.
following address to tn" people of Mary.
land as further exposition of the view
of the Southern Rights men Of the Stat.
II Of Maryland: ,t
i To the People of Maryland This con
vsn.ion has been convened under extrapr
dinary circumstances. and we therefor,
deem it proper to state. briefly, the CT use.
Of its convoestiou, and the position whicl
the Seutheru Rights men of Mary lane
have held from the beginning of our un
happy national difficulties aud which the,
now hold. The Southern Rights men o
Maryland have been most pcrsistently
I charged with being sec-ssiouists and dis
uninnists. This accusation is most unjus
and inexcusable. inasmuch as their policy
has ever been clearly aud frankly de6aed
and proclaimed.
immediately after the election Of Mr.
; Lincoln to the Presidency Of the Unitet
7 States by sectional party. which avowee
principles aud purposes in violation Of th'
Federal Constitutions, and hostile to ;h.
honor. peace, and soversign equality o
!. fifteen States Of the Union, il became ap
parent to many wise and patriotic men il
this and other border slaveholiing States
4 that an s.ifosE would bs immediately mad.
! By the secessionists Of the Cotton States t.
effect q disruption Of the Confederacy
7 There was good reason. however. TO Dc
lieve hat in Georgia. Florida, louisiana
Alsba.n., Mississippi and Texas ma
jori,y Of the pcopl. were sincerely in favor
! of the Union, provided that the nou-slase'
holding States would immediately. 10y
constitutional anendmsnts. give to tn.
South reliable assurances of protection il
their rights Of property. aud a cenpet.
recognition and guarantee OF their poii,i
cal equality.
/ II was evident tha. shose States designed
only the cooperation Of the border slave
States; that such cooperation was not OBJ
tained. Is greatly regretted. Hence it Wa.
that the sece..s"l,i.ts Of the cotton State.
were left In absolute control Of the public
I iscptimept, and succeeded in inauguratiDe
the policy Of separate State action, and
was culminat.d in the establishment Of q
Southern Cunfederacy, tht leading spirits
Of which now inform the country that the
time for RECOMMENDATION has passed. and al
hoPes ola reconstruction si The govern
ltL' zone.