Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-05-01
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MAINLAND The Baltimore SHa addresses
MARYLAND this morning upon her duty In the crisis
advocating the calling Of q convention by her
Legislature. Gnd the election Of no secessionists
per 80 TO it bu: rather OF conditional
While aware that conditional secessionists are but
wolves In sleeps clothing, we realize that the
SEa advises their election only because knowing
well that the election of Maryland convention
10 the admitted end Of secession 10 possibility
as matters now stand.
The advice of the SKa has cost Baltimore ten or
twtu uty millions of dollars within the last fort
night, as It was through the teachings of that
journal that the city msde virtual war the Gov
trnment Of the United States, for which II has
already paid so dearly. II Maryland takes the
advice CT the SRa, and elects such a Convention
~ IL counsels the chances ten To one that the
whole state will, In three months, pay even far
more dearly FOR thot whistle, than Baltimore has
Treedv Paid for Der late fOrcible opposition TO the
passage Of Government troops through her streets
q" toe way To the rescue of the National Capital.
The Conventions OF all the States now In arms
sgainst the United States, except South Carolina,
wee positively elected conditional secessonists
or conditional Union.sts, (which amounts to the
same thing Not one OF those States (but South
Ca,olina) has yet assented to secession in fair
and square vote'at the polls. Every one Of them
has distinctly repudisted it by electing minority
Of secessionists Yet the conditional secessionists
81 elected have p'ungsd every one OF them into
civil war, in which they are destined 10 be terri
bly, worsted, CT there can be TO truth whatever I'm
tte admitted exiOUs Of military science; as the
United States have all the navy that can be avail
able IN the war; ten available dollars and Ave
available men for every one their opponents POS
sess; ten dollars worth Of military stores, PFC
visions, &c, fer every one possessed by the dis
unionists, &c, &c.
lf Maryland elects a conditional Union or con-
dihonal s-cessOu majority TO her proposed con-
ventCn tie result Will he that she Will very soon
become invoived as party against the United
states, In tie war, or no sensibie conclusion can
ne drawn from experience so far. II she does
become so involved, that che will be utterly and
immediately aEnihlated is so plain as that all her
oitzsrs nlust realize the fact at glance. The
hrst effect Of eiscting majority Of cond ditloDal
s-c"fsionists will be the exodus of perhaps every
slave now In her limits TO tie South, where they
NAV be comparatively safe; no slaveholder
possessed Of an ounce or brains will keep his
negroes there, WHEN p p-sitvely certain that an
array 81 from fifty 10 Ssventy-tve thousand men
will In thirty 6ays thereafter be prec p!tated upon
the soil Of Maryiand, to hold intact there the
sd'hor'ty OF the United States. Within two
months after Maryland shall have thus become
practically non slavehold ing State, not one cf
her citizens IN isr will lonI entertain the foolish
idea that her Interests and destiny are identified
with those Of the Gotten producing States such
an exodus o. her slayrs- " Sich uadeF tue circum-
stanc g descr DeG above must ire vitablY happen
may possibly save her frOr bearing the frat brunt
OF TIE war, in instantly making the mass Of tie
Population "a out and out for the Union as Penn
D. lvanla 10 at :Ais moment.