Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1861-02-01

become seeding rebel and the naughty
Republican masters Of Central despotism.
would never permit it; for his own votes yould
be quoted to show his opinion that the North
ern States, welding the organized legal ma
chinery OF the Federal Government, have the
right, by the strong arm of power, TO eoerce
Maryland to remain in the Union, and that he
stands pledged to help to compel her TO do So
As well might devoted, loving husband ex-
pect to perpetuate his union with n beloved
wife, by coercing her spirit to remain in her
body dissolving by the hand Of death. The
Northern States, in the specious name of en-
forcing the laws and preserving the Union,
will then be fully willing and amply able to
enforce her into submission or to be desolated
and ruined with FIRE, and sword, and rapine,
and plumber. Mr.. Davis could not when this
her day OF degradation and ruin comes upon
her, have the face TO ask help from the South, to
whose scar Of folly and rebellion" he scorned
to - hitch on, when those States were threat
ened with the same danger from the same enc
mics. lie would no doubt consider himself
more comfortable to be found on the summit
OLA high hill, in raging hurricane, in the
depths OF cold winters night, whistling
psalms to dead horse, and his services would
be as useful in the one case as in the other
Mr., Davis says my regret at being induced
by him to withdraw my resolution censuring
Henry Winter Davis for his vote electing Mr.
Speaker Pennington, shows my partizan spirit
in coming to the meeting;" and the action of
Mr.. A. Is. Davis, as President of the BrookeyilIe
Turnpike, in keeping Republican in the all
important Office of toll-gate keeper. and who
he knows disgraced this county as delegate to
the Black Republican convention in Baltimore
last fall, because he makes money for the com
! pany, shows the procvities of his partizan
! feelings which have as yet seen no evidence
| he laid aside when he came to that meeting NV
resolution contains more than an objection to
the vote of Henry Winter Davis, for the cleo
ton of Pennington, the Republican speaker in
Congress it is, ave condemn the course of
Henry Winter Davis in Congress on questions
arising out OF the slavery agitation he misre
presents public sentiment, and 6ishonors Ma
ryland.p A. B. Davis, Esq, knows in the
last Legislature, all the Democrats and all the
Americans, except one from Baltimore, con-
| curing, passed a resolution TO the same effect,
and that Henry Winter Davis said, in his place
ON the floor of Congress, substantially, THAT
they were all Il set of fools for so doing" Then
had good reason to suppose that the Ameri-
cans OF this county, as well as the Democrats,
were fully prepared, as Marylanders, to endorse
this proposition to vindicate the honor Of the
State from the disgrace thrown upon her by
the abolition course of the usurper, Henry Win
ter Davis; and that the time was opportnne to
have this action Of the Legislature endorsed by
the people, when both parties had protested TO
lay down party strife, and had assembled to
consulttogether, as kind brothers, to agree upon
the means of common defence against the COM
mon abolition foes, of whom Henry Winter
DAVIS is one. II by this resolution | showed
parlizan feeling against any party, it was
against the Republican party; and IT, by SO
doing, have offended my friend A. b. Davis,
Esq, hope he will impu,e it 30 my warm
southern blood, and kindly excuse me
Mr.. Davis does not deny the facts hereto
fore given by myself How then can he say
have endeavored to place him and his
friends wrong, by statements and insiuua-
tons? simply gave the resolutions in The
committee, and the votes on them, showing
as well my own vote as bis and others. on
each resolution. am willing to abide by the
record, and SO must he and others, and the
public must determine between u.s. Mr.. Davis
does not even deny the conversation stated
to have passed between US, about attending
the meeting Invested of party feelings. il
was every word true; aud if his brain is
tender and prone to be q biased by preiu-
dice, mine is neither % tcndern nor q biased
by prejudice" for Mr. Davis and myself have
always been on the NEST friendly III eeyas, F.afy
sot. ID. u mnn9hho however much we may differ
on DuDllc aUdlfS SOMETIMES, lOt ne mas not
even always differed from me in party action.
The " Sentinel" previous to my last
Communication, contained an extraordinary
charge that the American party had secretly
held party caucus, in advance of the Mass
Meeting, to be held without distinction of
party, and had agreed upon resolutions, &c!
TO be sustained by them at the approaching
Mass Meeting, and that Mr.. Davis was la
member of that caucus, delicately ALLUDED
to that grave charge and asked Mr.. Davij if
it was true? He forgot to answer that qaes-
ton in his communication, of the LIST instant.
Win he be kind enough TO bear it in mind,
and answer that question at his earliest ton
venience2 and he can also avail himsef of
the same occasion to inform the public wltth-
er any resolutions, or other course of acton,
were at that caucus agreed upon; and, ifhny,
what2 | hope he will be particular aud mi
mute, as a fair minded public wants this piece
of evidence, so completely at his COM and,
to enable it to render a correct vevdc pom
the matter now before IL Shouid hoiG' to
do so, | shall Dee pnwillinFiy forced b. he
conclusion. that the charge is true asa that
he WISELY declines 10 heroine lhe herald % ms
own shame. " NEl&S BOCIC.