The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-22
For the Richmond Dispatch.l
Tn. Position Of Maryland.

| For tho Eichm0a ad Dispatch
Tn. Position OF Maryland
| Of the slave States yet attached TO the des-
! p9tiSra OF the North, probably the people OF
Maryland tire the least responsible for the de-
! grading position he nov holds = ubugated
! province q The Washing on Adninstra tion.
>."ge lh3 commencement OF our national diff
ilCUttles, mo symPa thiee of tais State have
! te,a Wacmiy enlisted iii behalf CT the SCUM
I and l-e rights; and although beset viii DIM
Gul ~ = a. HuIner-o!e, this sympathy was often
aud ucInIs IaHably esinceu But, 10 conceive
oI tAe dl-!n eTe7 t2dnass, and 10 show that
! y Upla of Mary taEd %tGC, only from principle,
| la. as Zes !a F." the position sne has held since
/ tnH commencement q cur present troabies.
| Occupy uE tne posltiCn Of 4 border state, and
| having he National Capitol within her
| boundaries, he was from the hrss Threatened
/ by Tie C-ileCuou OF the military 10 guard ~
tie Inauguration OF tie Abolition Hing, and
! " L taIgIgia still in tee Union ana between
l-I aaU ihe Southern COnfederacy, her geo.
r.a 31aid only taueRtiy look forward to the
! c-i0U OF ths OLD Dominion 80 the signal tor
! thou .Fu es9l p6 from the disgrace and hraI-
oU4 ACh. atas has OHeItaken them
! = trsd ~ ,.1e unfortunate temporlzing OF the
A.ia.2 C-nFeHtirn vas the fac5 that the
EHH%ie were 81 ganiX- d, ana with the tr;itg
atcEs st lie head II ttcir Government, the
/. sa:11e, although honest and iCyai 20
! her @CG5At tueEt-, were unable 10 act, anQ,
w.ta5ut Ia Un-lai call from the Executive,
could let take their destiny III their
o0. h-a3s, 2Ad -, periorce, we're coal-
p*.iej 10 a"D!t the ictIon ct FIcgi -
hyecy Cne Knows CT The uprIfiGg ct that
04t.= Ged L 'UP.e 10 rspel the onward march
u t4" &aL4.-5 El;elngs 10 crush PEOPLE who
Possessed tAe!T every ieeh2G OF sympathy,
and van whom t1ey would Iaia have cast
jhe!E0HE lCj; and every Cne knows Of the
FeEjDTy o. thar Cove nor, Who, being terri
| i Il Al tn is great uprising Of 4 tree but out
ragged I sc, hastily convened the LegisIa-
luIe and proclaimed th&t no troops hostile 10
the cause they all held SO dear should, vi n
+, his consent, invade the sacred s0A OF Iary-
.aua.
eIcce that day her subiUgation has been
gong on steadily, S1.t4k;ngiy, almost imger-
- pHblY, III Ill nov, q military les pOJiSm is
ys b-lshsi, y hose ultimate obJsct is To crush
>a- t-3 .ast Y.Sttre OF freedom from hsr soil.
Tn, - beng %c,uinpIshud, As il We're, like
EgR3 ep;ae enclIt.i-g It's victim, who At
1iGs, struggles Violently IL its grasp, and
gEU-, $ l4e pressure Is for moment sus-
ptr0st. lnons Aol Te!axed, the victim be-
comes temporarily quiet, and remains sui
"Iu e&L&.lstsd ii tue folds which eucir-
ci5 l., when again One coil is us shteued,
! ,.al .hGs, tom Tine to time, ulI the
pvDr stIuosh;s trea'ure becomes d@ad and
p-s-iye n t1e fOGs Of its executloaer.
- are the liberties OF the people OF Mary land
br!4E crushed tuE S-g1dl4y bat surely. The
!l4~uiJ 2GeEcd by the march OF Ghe MassacAa.
selts troops through the city OF baltimore mas
been followed by lumeTOus others. The ar
resi- ~E1 4lcarcer& ton oI Marshal Kane with
oU- tMcietnent or trial, LIE subsequ dis
II,
4GosI.utlpE CT THEIR own htrelings, and the
d IsaIu42EE OF pe2c}G5!e, law aoiiilg citiZe IS,
We're only he rrelud5 to other insults not less
outrageous; nor Eave these outrages been con-
died 70 tH4 CIJy OF Baltimore alone. Ny own
a5uYe county UI " Wasting ton has suffered not
less severely. although the most western
county CT me Stats hut ore. and coutani-
.latet rs il is by the bor1ers Of PENNSYLVANIA
IS is Aorthern boundary, the majority of The
people are OF warn Southern feelings, but are
hello H. sunjettiOu by a Northern army ard
10 ", armet rabDie, who are urged to commit
cU g1ae5s .: which tkeir inSlisators hold up
Ilsei. lands in holy horror.
Murder and rapire 10 their deeds unre-
Fuksd II the broad ligh, OF day. ID. q.
hoach, young and promising lawyer OF Bal
timCre, while on Il visit TO his parents III this,
hia nltlye county, was brutality murdered
hot Gown and stoned 10 death-and his horse
Oh when he had rode from his fathers farm
~ the village, was sent as q "trophy'' to the
army, thea 1T Chan0ersbnrg His parents
W2I4 informed that they mig ht have the body,
prov ided they came and took IL away in fifteen
- inalfs, and asked no questions. The Sheriff
oL tae county was also given similar space
u tine III which 10 make his exit, when he
came % make inquiries concerning aud arrest
the parties VINO mad perpetrated tne atroeious
4 ed, AID thus the matter e1Ced
IL l.. Alvey, a. member OF the HageTstown
bar, was arres ted and sent down 10 Eort Nc
Aeusy, and from thence TO Fort Lafayette,
al 1u1 entertaining supposed Secession senti-
Iceats. he only charge heirg brought against
Eiggt.i:. reg men IS would pnt TO flight the
who.e 9; PA,cerson's ragged army" subse
guent events lead US To the inference that lie
}g4s far ssetRg man.
OEd and grey-bairet citizens have been
openly insuited aud abused, and. 1T night,
bave kad their houses stoned by threa tening
I48hs for no crime OF their own, but because
thry had coDs IN The southern army. ThIs
xah)!e, some OF whom Organ god in
ve{nnte2r companies OF cavalry 70 join the
re&l.pr 2Emy, Lave teaA commissioned hy
G-i.13la rs Home GGdTjs, and who ere
nothing more ror Iess than . gar e OF horse
1niaEes aAd piunde~ers, who follow their
dalect~ble occupation without let or him
drauce. They are >upclied with the best CT
nyias, a.d 70 around through the county and
the bo4Gelipg counties OF Virginia stealing
horses, sheep. &c, which con'ra5and they
deliver 10 the Yankee army at moderate yalna-
llCA.
I.as well as many Others whom l could
name, having baeu threatened with the punish
lueEt generally uflictad there on disi0yal clti
Xens ard persons entertaining supposed Seces
| SION feeiinr5-namely, murder or Imprlson-
Gcsnt-Ter compelled to escape by night
across the Po:omao SIS best we could, to cast
oar lot With this new e. Dorado.
The last Congressional election" " in
Yves ern M2ryiand, by which he hoary head
% II tor, Ex-Governor Thomas, was 'elect-
ed !" does not by any means represent the feel
iGes OF tha. part Of the State. The Southern
Rights EueA did not have q candidate, as at
th&t tirne II would have only aggravated far
tb0r tfacases and outrages from the "Union
shriekers" " backed up by The Nor thern troops
thea in their midst.
There are suInbars OF yOnrg MarYianders
new IN The Southern army--more, perhaps,
than many are aware o.; they corae over qui-
city rs taat as they can, and join the first oi-
vision of the army tney come to, AMI thus
they 9r4 scattered among the ranks OF Virgin
iALs, South Carojians, or the regiments OF any
, aCe watch may be most conysnien on their
arrival. There are also thousands OF other
good and trUe men, who are willing and aix-
i0us To come on ard participate in this giori-
Ous struggle tor independence, but whose
fFmiy lies aud Interests will hot permit
them 10 do SO without great sacrfice
and bus it is that thousands of loyal citi-
2s4s suffer every indigEity and being bound
aGa gagged, as IL were, can only pray to a just
God % nasten Ii Is re tri button on the heads OF
thpir ressecu.ors, aad look forward, with
longing eyes, 10 the advent of the Son thern
astty. ~ & .rh VII. he the signal for forty thou
sand Ma}ylanaers to spring Joyously to arms,
und dflVo the aeSursed and insolent in vaders
stcA.. -is.1 sell,
Thus far, the Southern Congress and the
Sou them army have done all things well, and
may we rot hope that, acting in the same
eUirit they viii NOT permit false deiicaey to
the soil OF d Sic Ter STATE, who, by force of cir
curnstances, has not as yet declared herself
ont of the Uaion but Will carry this war
through Maryland, and onward TO the terri
tory OF the enemy. making them feel all the
borror, aud humiliation Of an Invasion, and
TINS the more speedily, and on their own soil,