Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-11

THE Deapotism % gooesslon. "A nalflmors .
Vls,s efthb atffsof.
The baltimore lNd.) 0EspPsy hbs tlie fol-
lowinRsof etllff8 esf dfnI sl'RA
iThstsndsncy Of Southern poiitical leaders
eeenls 70 BE- inevitably turned toward dogpot-
Ism In The name Of protection 70 Southern
rights TIE people in all tho esceded States
have been despoilcd Of the poliiicA power
guaranteed 70 them BY the Federal Oohstitu-
ton and the organic laws Of their respective
tsis; s.sies; Refused % an opportunity for an eT-
have been subjected 70 an arbitrary military
despOtism. The sword has bseh snhNibnged
for popular will. Baninhmnnt from fliair
homes and confscatiop OF their propertv ere
visited upon all who darU 70 murrAIir Al fhis
airOcious usurpation Of power or 70 express
disspprobation Of lis hNlosg policy. 4
THE The rights that that we're RroRosea p b gEO-
interests that were promised TO be promoted
bave been wantonly imperlle or completely
destroyed, and the public welfare has been
recklessly sacrificed TO the ambitious dasipns
Of desperate and unscfupuious political ad-
yenturerA, who nRe striving, Ia the fairsst
portion Of our noble country, 10 erect for
themselves fearful sad mercile1s despotisn
upon the ruins Of popular freedom.
In the Gulf States the masses have been
suddenly subiugated, deprived Of tho right
even TO exp0stulate, and compelled By force
and terrorism 10 be silent, and BIZ forced
loans and outrageous taxation TO contrib
ute TO the support of The despotic usu-pefs Of
their governments.
In Virginia the fairly andlegaIly expressed
wishes and opinions OF an Overwhelming
majority have been openly and wantonlV
violated and disregarded. a State Convon-
ton, upon which was onferred power only
10 submit propositions to the peopl6, has be-
trayed the trust confided TO il, barfered away
the most sacred rights Of tho people Of the
State, and actually invested another govern
ment with absolute military control and die
tstorial power over the inhabitants Of the
Old Dominion. By the action Of this body Of
traitors to their constituents, Virginia has
been DISTINGUISHED, the preregatiVeg of the
people have been nulli6ed, tbe-expressed viii
Of an overwhelming majority has been over
ridden by fraud and force and treason. and
under the fiimsy pretext of avoiding coercion
to be obedience 70 the Federas Constitution
and the laws, the State has been actnslIy
su6Ugated by miserable junta of reckless
politicians, and her people made subjects and
bewers of wood and drawers Of Water for a
despotic oligarchy Of broken-down Demo.
cratic politicians.
BY the Inauguration of mob violence and a
reign Of terror In the city OF Baltimore, aud
the substitution Of . military dictatorship for
the Government instituted by the people, q
similar movement was attempted to be ex-
ecpted IN our own State. While acknowl-
edgiDg total want Of authority to change
the organic law of the State by the passage
of Secession Ordinance, one branch Of our
General Assembly has proposed to divest
that body and the people of the State of all
political power, 70 nullffy the Consultation.
and set up over our citizens despOtisui
composed OF individuals notoriousiy obnox-
ieus to an overwhelming majority Of the peo-
pie. Il is apparent that our feilow-c citizens
are Infinitely more In danger Of being subju-
gated and deprived Of all political rights and
privileges, BY ambitious men in their own
midst, than from any action Of the Federal
Government.
Already by the vaccinations of these men.
these betrayers Of the people, and willing
sgents of lawless and terrible despOtism,
the city Of Baltimore has been brought to
the very verge of total annihilatfon. Its
every avenue Of commerce has been de-
stroyed, and its prosperity damaged to an
extent that halfs century Of undistHrbed
peacefulness will net snifice TO repair. It's
Ieputstien has been hlackened and isv mate
rial interests are fearfHlly deprecated. The
channels Of trade and travel have been
turned away frem IS borders, and the safety
OF life and property within its limits has
been greatly endangered. III
e
not be pretended that greater security has
been obtained for the institution of.slavery
in Maryland 1t is absurd TO suppose that
her becoming Border State of Southern
COniederacy will have any other effect than
to utterly annihilate slavery and render
slave labor Valueless IN every county. of the
State.
u is oertain that nothing is to be gained
by the total aban doHMeBt Of our heritage in
the public lands and territories of the United
States, and 10 is selfevident that in yielding
up the guarantees now enjoyed under the
Federal Constitution we shall nowhere else
find even as much protection for State rights
or popular freedom.
1t is time fer the people of Baltimore, and
their fellow citizens Of Maryland to, speak
out to enter q solemn protest against the
establishment of q lawless despofism over
them, and 10 maintain their loyalty to the
Union and the Constitution, without which
they would be redaeed TO serf1om. under a
reckless military dictatorship, instead of re-
naming . free people, the artiicers Of their
own Government.