Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1861-01-31
sDAY,TNUARY 81, 1861.

1ey did wish it at any time previous to this
ring the crisis If you do, you must
= ve' method of obtaining information that
1,slers do not understand. have not seen
Z slingle statement where any public express
I IN has justified your conclusion. But on
- contrary, the Governor is sustained, as
tI:f as outward expression is concerned, by
Gsla,nation You certainly would not de-
a,and an extra session of the Legislature
,,4tinst the wishes of the people. That
xnll be too much like military despo-
wifp," which you SO much dread. If you
tiE revolutionizc and change the opinions
cstthe people, so as to have them IN .favor
ofjan extra session, then it will be time to
olllsure the Governor if he does not second
c.E call of the people, but do not blame him
thk doing that which he is sworn to do and
fotich he must do conscientiously. If he is
M terror, then it is very evident that the
;ntaple are in error, and you will surely not
nfthand (yet) that minority, and very
defll! one at that, shall rule in Maryland.
sehn though the majority should be all
esfng and the minority all right No sir,
VII must have the military despotism," :"
ufE E,re that principle can be applied!
be3sy lille I think Of it, sir, let me here no.
& the reference you made to the generous
tiekple of South Carolina in furnishing con-
peEutions of rice to feed the MASSACHUSETTS
tritsls on during the Revolution. That
ra isinly was commendable act and no.
cef,. with great pleasure (for like sgrati-
tide that resolution has been introduced
tu4the Legislature of Massachusetts, provid-
int for an appropriation to buy provisions
iud.end to South Carolina for the relief of
to1 poor! Thus you see, when Massachu-
heis was in rebellion and was needy, South
sd olina sent her rice Now, South Caro-
Qat is in rebellion and needy. and Massa-
III is willing to send her provisions. The
81 sution did not specify the kind Of pro-
re4 ons. Perhaps the Yankees will send
Ynk 6sh! That South Carolina is needy is
Cd md question-as it would be unfair to
81 * that State of her chivalry and digni-
tli ould ask the United States to pay her
ty II expenses, and ask or beg few post
niaA stamps on trust, unless she was abso-
agtiy in need! She is in open rebellion
tut f.st the United States Government.
az; y she is not at war with Massachusetts,.
VII. -: ID therefore seem to require less
X .,pise of independence and dignity to
nisous donation from Massa-
Rg ssagA - beg fayors from the Uni
kaf rnin515: It h Tue. szf. i
{ eat1na is making great swag-
ye7 ISPsfd1y, bat if if you will reflect for
you will see that she is doing it all
1t the expense of Uncle Sam! She is using
nis guns and ammunition. and she is eating
lis bread and meat! She has taken from
lim nearly all of his provisions, and because
ne keeps a big bone (Sumter) for himself,
she is going to break things!
But, sir, you think that in order to "set-
lie our difficulties" it will be absolutely ne
ccssa7y for the United States to withdraw
her seventy men from South Carolina
Now, sir, let me ask you question. and l
assure you I do it with proper respect. /
ask you as a man highly distinguished in
jurisprudence. Do you acknowledge, that
what is called the public property of the
United States, which is situated in South
belongs to the United States Gov
If you do not, do you acknow-
ledge that Fort McHenry belongs to the
United States Government? If you do. and
[ think you do, what claim has the United
States Government on Fort McH Henry that she
has not on Fort Moultrie? The Federal
Government has bought the grounds on
which both of these forts stand, and at the
public expense, has built these forts. If,
you grant the Government the
right to send troops to Fort McHenry, how
is it that you deny it that right in Fort
Moutrie ? All Notifications were built by
our General Government, by authority of
all the States for the common defence. And
if you exclude the Government from one
you may, [ should think, upon the same
principle, expel 1t from all! If it is right
to kick man out of his own house, you
may extend this right and kick him out of
his yard and to the dogs! Let me put the
question in another shape. IF party of
men wished to get possession of my own
house, would you as a judge and professor
of the law as you are, advise me to take my
family and abandon my house, in order to
negotiate with this party. and in order to
keep them out of it? Such advice would be
strange from man justly eminent in logi-
cal science, and certainly would not be taken
by me if given. My own crude notion of
law and justice would compel me to fortify
myself in my own citidel, and to defend my
ireside to the last. And the Federal Gov
ernment has the same right to its own pro-
perty that an individual has, and can so de-
fend it to the last extremity, I am not. sir,
a graduate at the bar" nor do I know
anything about jurisprudence, but my pa
irons say that l am "tip top blacksmith.