New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-05-04
VROM MAINLAND.
Opening CT the Legislative Eaae, -9''
Civil War in the State Fairly lnanshra'd
From Our Own Correspondent

TIn,ed States and kept mp the fight pretty fercely
sine, with The prospect Of certain rou staring it in the
face ,be Legislature al Frederick City opened lie bat
,.yies TODAY with terrific broadside and not only
mon The Federal Government but also upon the people
themselves of the State.
Mr.. Coleman Yellott, the Senator from Baltimore, |
lawyer OF considerable reputation, who began lie as
a Wing, and reached the State Senate as Know
Nothing. introduced bill to establish Committee OF
Public Safety which Of course las reached yon through
tie wires. We all know that such aCommit'ee, III |
revolutionary hands, even where the cause ha Jus'
one is terrible necessity, and submitted 10 solely Tor
the sake of the good; but when II las III tue
hands Of rebels 10 inst government it becomes the most
feartal engine of oppression that human ingenuity can
devise Ii isa plural Executive, and under its shelter
every species of crime can lie committed without ind
vidua responsibility
How this Committee Of Public Safety will act, q
reference TO the sntecedents and present views of the
edAlement named in the bill viii sufficiently indicate.
Ezekiel +. Chambers of Kent County, has occupied
the bench Of one of the Eastern Shore courts for many
wears and il now an old man, having been one of the
leading and best informed Wings and Know-Nothings
of that section of the State. He has always held
lofty social and political position and is one of the lay
pillars Of the Protestant Episcopal church As aJurs
he ranks amonr e shrewdest lawyers AT the Maryland
bar He presided the Secession Consultation
Conference thar recently sat twice in Baltimore.
John v. L. Mcmahon Of Baltimore is the Ajax Iela'
mon of the Maryland Bar. His eyesight IL seriously
affected but he see well enough to tumble Mary
hand into the bottomless pit of Secession II she VIII
hermit him to do so. He has always been, and still 49,
Democrat of the Calhoun school. He If very wealthy,
and is the foremost Seeesionist in our State, lending
bis counsels constantly to effect the darling object OF his
heart the subugaon Of the Free States TO the domi-
nation Of the Slave States, or the disruption OF the
Union He is the author Of the Police law, which is
now seen TO have been framed with express reference
70 the present state of things.
Thomas Winans of Baltimore is a mllionsire, being
worth not lees than twenty millions of dollars. He
began life as locomotive smith, and possessing an
inventive mind he turned it to good account in the i'm
provement of locomotive machinery and bridgebuild-
ing He is the inventor of the cigar steamer and is
an artisan of more energy and skill than usually falls
20 the lot of this class Of persons. He made the bulk
Of his money by contract with the Russian Govern
ent for king and running the Petersburg and Mos
COW Railway This is the contract that Prince Cor
chako proposed to the Emperor Nicholas to send to
the London Exhibition of 1851 as the greatest nyen-
ton Of the age!
Thc< G. Pratt od Anne Arundel County, originals
Wse turned Democrat lawyer of fair Abilities once
Governor Of tae State and lastly, Senator in Congress
While Governor, be rescued Maryland from the slough
Of repudsaton for which pos,ery will ever honor h
He is regarded one Of the sharpest men in
the State.
Enoch Louis Lowe Of Frederick City, Onces Sow
uIor Of the State, an excellent lawyer, a melopg
Democrat and one Of the most popular men In Mary
land at one time. He isa young man, aud SpotioHs
Of fame He it was whose Secession speeches las
IL. Aana / f,1an<
Winter went ahead Of 'hose"oi the So'ah
hre-siers
Walter Mitchell Of Charles County, onee Wing,
he 6eve, but not MAJ of heavy caber. Ho higtl y
seemed in private life, and ia secession'st bees use
? De- sincerely believes in the heresy.
Here there are six out of this Committee Of sever
,xho are devotees Of Secession who are pledged by
their previous conduct and poses TO carry the
State out of Union, whose fierce and uncompromi
sing hostility 10 the United States is secret They
are not Of theory merely, bu; men of imnenoe de
cision Of charscter-men OF action. Thy cM stop a
soth,ng 10 e6ect their Purpose.
1t will be observed that the Governor " for the time
being or whoever may be lawfully acting in that
capacity" s the seventh wheel TO this coach. This de-
sgnaion Of the guternatoral office, hss reference 10
the probable impeachment aud deposition Of Gov.
Hicks in which case, the President Of the Senate Mr.
Brooke of Montgomery County, and their dyedin the
Woel Sece slOnlst VIII complete the ustllOu Sc tete
You will observe that the power given to this
plural Executive is ia derogaion of the Constitution
of the Saie which vests the supreme authority TO az
point all officers of the militia above the rank of cap
tain in the Governor exclusively, but the Legislature
L. revolutionary body according To the theory of the
secessonists and hey suffer tribes to stand in
their way
Senator Smith of Carroll County and Senator Kim
nell of Frederick County opposed the passage Of this
odious and Revolutionary BILL but their efforts in
vain for it was passed second reading by vote OF
l4toS. Two sounder and more thorough loyasts are
not TO be found in any State than Senators Kmlnell
and Smith.
Ii the Houfe pass this bin, and the Committee at
tempt TO act under it, predict resistance 20 their pro-
eeedngs which nothing short Of the strong of the
Federal Government Can qaell. Toe people Of Mary
land will never submit to the 6espotsm Of such body Of
desperate politicians.
Tie next deed Of rebellion enacted by the Legisa-
ture to-day is the adoption Of the report of s. Teace
Wallis, from the Committee Federal Relations upon
The question Of rebuilding the bridges the railways
leading into BaltimOte. The insuferabe vanity of the
Legislature in assuming dictate to the FeCeralGov
eminent what il shall DO and whs ii shall lot DO as
condition of the couse to be pursued upon ts question
OF opening the national highways is only part and par
Gel of the rebellion Matching at Frederick Ii is
90 BE- hoped that the Committee nominated upon this
mission the President, to demand of him what the
Federal Government design TO do III the matter Of oc-
aIpying tie public highways Of Maryland viii
show the Legislature, that they Vre not to he
2nade the lastrumenrs of insult 10 the Chief