Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-01-05
We HEELING VA.sATURDA1lIoRNTNG. JANUARY 8 ISL
voice, in Determining

or u.s. "Hs Solcst IN determining
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o,.as 49, oet9re tnelE
sea-, eT s5Ss sns sPsa. in maryland who
s,,;r' S.,ss - ana cons
al sor. fEG.ts sY.t 4nSueate ana
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s1sg - ss3S.t'els4s lasecarlng that object,
NJ! Sers 70 Their
,sbit .i,oS, o..
ia. ~. W5lo honesty
,hn, ~ y might eNert or
~ ~ ~ ,H ~ 9 IS. l1lA esFeeIhept OF
S i WIN EGlhla, or who are
.a.H!s. a"Isu ny slta gnporlng Hgi-
- oS;t; S's' aq.Nantages,
" ~ eE are lHteFeste4
A'' ~ =, Wy 'e99E. 81 kslsla
Ihey are an t9s y tiles, conscious or pn-
conscious, OF tns I9lp tt1ntsts.
The reYolutiouaf5 sgitators existing else
wherein the ,Repy iic, viii be dggF4tvateds
6ylM call of the 1aBJ =. I.egislripFe.ac 1T
will look like .synlFf thy, ri the revoii.s
tiOnary States. twill dishearteD tue
friends ef.Lhs GegefsM,spt IN those States.
1t will inspire the ,reyolntiontsts, in, .he
central States, hoEsin hopeless minority,
with new hopes, 4 will tend to. destroy
the moderate feelings of the free States ia
l.dealing with the existing diScOuteuts. Il
will greatly embartass the President. who
must maintain Lha authority OF the laws.
Land is entitled 10 lie tndiEid ided SUPPORT of
the people of Maryland for that pnrpOsef u
Tie halls of Legislation will inmsdatr-
| ly become the fruit OF revolutionary con-
spiracy. Under specions pfetcxts the peo-
,'ple will he implichtel, by consultation with
other Suites, by roneerted plans, by inndl
I.missiblc dcmduds, BY extreme and often
llsive Pretensions,tin deeply laid scheme
ilof Simultaneous revolt in the event of the
fdituEe 10 impose on the free
States the nlti1htum f,the slave States.
|M'ryiand VIII tndl herself, severed from
more ttTau haltfths States .dungedin nn-
"rrhy ana wrtpt in the flames of civil war,
waged 10y her Hsrlln>t the government in
which we now' glory.
I. In, tho. face ,ofzsuch consequences wlTlt
Justification, what excuse is,there for COM
vening the ,Leglslature.2- at
Within its constitutional power it can
dono'hing and thorets nothing for it to-
do. -s=. - ''if "a ao
/ The only dpnger to Maryland IN the
Prcsen: trisis istllVs tcaeilinus States may
destroy the Unftcd States and that to
her is absolute ruin but against tina. her
only and her sufficient security is the pow
er of the united States Government sup
ported 9y the loyni devotion of the people
outside OF The disalFected Suites. Mary
land cannot suppress revolution in South
CnroIina, and neither South Carolina nor
any other State. thrsRtens Maryland With
Invasion or any otltel danger. Congress
ana lhs Prcsident ate vested exclusively
with the power to enforce thcslaws of the
Union; aile every person in Maryland, as
well ALL q
States, is houn6sto obey the orders of the
Presldenl for At .pnrpose. anything in
their laws to The contrary nothW iCRsthtItis
Ing: The legislatures eau therefore do.
nothing In The matter
Bat mary persons clAmor for the Legis
latnre, in order that it may dqree with yir-,
ginin, with otlIer slave Statcs on q course
OF conduct. afz
The Consultation forbids any agreement
between Maryland aud any other States for
any purpose 90 1 HH
{ Not Only does the 10th section Of the
first article Of the Constitutiondeclnre sliat
E'Eo State shall enter into nny treaty. alli-f
or confederation; bnt It also says: mo
State shall, without the consent oF COu4
gross, enter into amy agreement or COM
pact With unolher State or with foreign
power" And act 6, declares this ConsiiE,,-y
lion to he the supreme law of the LAEp of
Virginia, as well MS of Marvlqrd-a,Tj TIM;
the members Of the several State Lrgfsla-
tures, and ALL erfcuGve and judicial officers
Of the segsrFE SAFE, shnll bt bouudsbv. an!
oath or affirmation 10 support this Coustt-
tuition. 81
/ Are, the members Of the Legislature to
violate their Oath2 If not, there can be
Inneonsultation. If tltey are, then IL is
tnot 10 1reserpe the Constitution, but 10
promote its destruction By revolution, 4bat
the Legislature is to be convened.
! The Legislature can, within its constita-
tional power, do1Hothiug. 1t isaunconsti-
! giniaas itwo;.ld be withEngIand or France.
( An agreement to consult, to haze any COM
mon purpose, any concerted nctiop, is ex-