The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1861-08-17

who forbade them transit to the Capital her
only act was to throw herself boldly and
nsutingly in the way Of the Federal army.
| Such was the position Of antaSoni>m t. the
Government, into which the loyal men of
Maryland were thrown Ivy the usurpations OF
the military rulers,'' who held sway in
| April and from the domination of these
I" military rulers" and from their lawless
reign of terror, of murder arson and robbery
we have been delivered by Federal arms,
and the re establishment of Federal author
| ity. To protect us from recurrence of this
reign of terror, those "public officers have
been forcbly deposed," the arms then
turned against our breasts have been sswrested
| from - their traitorous posse ssors, and the
Government has had the boldness to sweep
aside the cobweb tecEnicalities of County
Court lawyers, and deal with this monstrous
rebellion in the style which its magnitude
demands.
| Without the intervention of that Federal
| authority, of which YOU complain SO much,
| Maryland would be to-day necessarily in one
of two positions either she would be under
| the domination Of the " military rulers Of
April, or subject to this Autocrltica rule of
Jefferson Davis, VIVA: the first is we know.
for we have felt the naked truth what the
other would be let Gen. Beauregard answer
as follows:
Headquarters Departm't Alexandra, J
Camp Pickens, Manassas junction,
June 9, 1861.
"To Rrigadier Gen. NJ. l.. BoyHAM,
Commanding forces in Fairfax Court House ::
s. SIR THE following named persons in
Fairfax county, residing near Accohllc's dis.
frlct, have been reported to ne as inimical
TO us and dangerous to our cause. viz -
| Alfred Rocker, Ebin Mason, John Mason, r.
F. Roberts, Jonathan Roberts, and Levi
Dcming
Mr.. John II. Barnes, deputy ShcrilD
"l Capt Dnlaney's company, will inform YOU
where they are to he found
6 lou will pleas" obtain, secretly. reliable
written testimony, proving the above
charges against said individuals. and, if in
your Judgment such testimony Shall be
deemed sufficient, yon will have them
| arrested forthwith and sent under escort or
guard to Governor William Smith, at War
rcnton, who has been instructed to make the
necessary arrangements for their safe keep
ing.
But should the testimony only amount
to strong suspicious Of their dangerous char
acter. they will be allowed twenty-iour hours
notice to leave the county, not to return
therein until after the war, under penalty of
being arrested and kept in close confinement
during said period should that order be
violated.
= very respectfully, your obcdient servant,
.'P. T. BEAuREGARD.
Brigadicr. General Commanding.
or what avail, nay friend is the writ of
Habeus Corpus to Rocker, Mason, Roberts
and Dcmingl Will you dare to say that one
half the evidence which the Government now
has against Gatchcl, Howard and Merryman
would not consign those poor men to the
gallows, instead of combining them as State
prisoners in pleasant fort, with every atten-
tlon paid to their wants Will you dare to
say that such letter as yours, If written in
virginia, and against the rebel government,
would not procure for you something more
than notice to- leave the county in twenty.
four hours - Will you dare to say that you
could have written letter, SO denunciatory
OF the Police Commissioners of Baltimore
city as this one is of the Government, on the
twentieth Of April last, and remained in that
city with safety t" your life And yet you
have the temerity to say that :: freedom Of
opinion and speech is held to be crime,'
with how much foundation let your OWE
| letter answer.
would like, Mr.. Archer, to believe that
you are at least sincere, although misguided,
IA m nj ~ -,
eye OF the lawyer, which looks with apprc-
henSion upon the slightest Infringement of Il
| legal right. But when | hear from Won no
word of complaint against the enormites,
| which have heretofore disgraccd our State
and afflicted our people, when instead of
condemnnS John Merryman for that felon-
ious act of burning the railroad bridges you
plead in his behalf the technically of the
writ OF habeas corpus; when the wanton des-
| truction of property, in the western part of
| the State, by the rebels calls forth no word
| ofrcproach from you, and the woes of loval
men in the South, driven from homes and
! families on the bare I" suspicion of their dan
gerous character" only the plea that the
friends who perpetrate these outrages NAV
be {. let alonc,"-I regret to say that the
broadcast charity can find for you no excuse
but the most narrow prejudice.
| What Virginia is to day, you know Mary
land would be, but that the Government
stepped in to her rescue. Here in our
midst, with only change of name, would
have been Phillip, Rich Mountain. Bull Run
and Manassas. Instead of going to our fields
in the utmost security and gathering in per
feet peace the product Of our soil, the sword
would have mown down our young men, and
Death have reaped purple harvest from our
very hearthstones. What Il consolation it
would have been to Maryland, with her
fields trodden over by armed thousands, or
plowcd with cannon balls, her towns and
cities smoking ruins, aud her brave sons
watering her soil with their blood. to reflect
| III her desolation that the writ of h0bsas coryay
had not been suspended, leave Won to
calculate. Very truly, your friend,
AN UNCONDITIONAL UNION MAN.
THE Cry OF PEACE.-The New York
! Express thus pointcdly and truthfully expo.
SEES the abSurdity of the demand made for
peace IN a very few uniniuential quarters in
the North:
&c The only form of spaace now existing
as possible is the hauling down of the United
States flag, from Fortress Monroe, on to
Texas, and the complete, hearty recognition
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