, 1861-01-16


"AS1-.NoA1N 1 1'AAAfs1'
Programme OF. tho Maryland Dig
sian or ahe nPsfrict g n ennni na5 The ces.
Prostsional Governmant win Rn,is
: 'er ~ ~ Aaeaa-Ahadrs In Virginia.
# [From our own f,orrexno,sso.,
vAsutsuzoz. Jan. IL ~,
> Desperate efforts are still making To wrench
Maryland from her loyalty to the Union. Ey.
cry intrigue and appliance aro being exhausted
to precipitate her into the b1ac1, ,-n1f The
disunion,sta hare a,a,a,rod ~ tas,,..,,. -
d-,oooa. 80 a,e1 VI os"s "o,s ~
asAssooon 0oE. dicKs into convoking the Leg
islature. They arc now ut work getting up an
internal revolution. One scheme nronoses
that tha s,o,,,o,. ~ ~ CO.. ..s -.
Na"s -ae oi'eaAc's VI lnc oeaate ono nouse
Shall call tue Legislature together. Tho other
Is, to f1x On day and order IN election Of del.
cf,tcs IN atn+e fonvcnt,on re,,,,,lse. of,a.
49, ~ = etato .un' snaon' ftles7 q law
or toe 1oEIns Pfcscrloeo oy tne STATE Constttu-
tion. Meanwhile the best aud most respccta-
bic citizens sustain the Governor A. remo,,
ctr,rco ,,,o,rst ro;,ro,,,o 4ha a.,a1...,~s -
ol.aas1 ~ eou' oA1ns 'ne Legislature, re-
ceived 5,O0o signatures In Baltimore in two
days. The people of tho border count5ea
,,oncr t}.e Pcnnsv1rnn,s 1,noo-a s,a,... -,
~-0e ,,-N. ~ 'NA4s4s 4l1s 4o ta'nost olau4-
mooslS agMhst secession or any scheme that
may lead to involving Maryland in disunion.
A call has appeared in the Baltimore nonera
1Ta,,,, 1F.e.,~.4- ~ paps1s
lof on'on hee1ihs tonight, signed BY 2,6oo
business firms and citizenB. Still the work Of
tampering with the LOYALTY Of Mary1ant3 ls nre.
scryed in nv cr,iss,-;os f.o,,, 49, ~
~ - e4'sote' A'oi1 ."o oasan1on
esa1e4. Inc 1aEorlte programme IL to get
the Legislature convened, It Yas elecfea
=. ~onpoSeo looSl-
y ol alsanlon breeklnr1dge Democrats, and
does not reflect the sober sentiments Of the
majority Of the people at this time. But II II
were In session, the conspirators would proba-
bly, not let it cali State Convention on the
grounds TINT such . body Gun only be convened
to amend the State Constitution. With this
excuse the Legislature would assume to act a
sovereign body in the present crisis, uud pass
an act eunulling the ccssion of the District Of
Columbia. and claiming possession Of the
Federal Capitol as a part of MARYLAND: the
next step In the programme is to deed it to a
Southern Confedcracy. This would give the
disunionists color Of title, and afford them a
sort Of legal prctext for attempting to seize
upon tlds city, with its public property. The
struggle for the maintenance Of the Union
sons would be cnt down like grass; and her
soil would be reddensd With their blood. The
Issue Of such contest can easily be foreseen,
Tue insut gents would be driven south Of the
Potomac BY the overwhelming Union lcglous
Tho would pour down from the North.
baltimo1e would be placed under martial
Inv, until tho rebellion was crushed out; and
the railroad lines leading from the Capital to
Pennsylvania, would be guarded by troops
OF Ihe constitutional nrmy.
Tho Dhunionist members Of Congress are In.
"eEghty consultation Us to the best mode of
consolidating their treason into confederacy.
The plan believed to have been adopted is to
proclaim Ifoeisiond! Government, aud Senator
Huntar Of Virginia to be Provisional President,
JET Davis is to be commander.in-chief of the +;
OF the rebels. He ls graduate Of West Point,
has ecen service, and Is esteemed the ablest
military man among them. After their gov
ernment is established Toombs will probably
be proclaimed Emperor, under the title Of His
Majesty, Robert the l. However this last NAV
be, the other is under serious consideration
lhcseiection ofHunterisa bribe thrown to Viz
ginia to secure her co~operation. The telegraph
has intoEme ed yourreadcrst that the Virginia Leg
islature has passed resolution by vote offs
State Convention to convene February 18th.
The members from Eastern Virginia voted
ior It to promote disnnion. That portion of
the State Is essentially South Carolnian in feel
1n!: a naughty, shabby aristoc1acy control Its
politics. Breeding mulattoes forthc Southern
market Is their Chief occupation aud source of
increase. The members from the Western
sections Of the State voted for calling the Con-
yeutton IN order to get chance to reform
Constitution that Is unjust and unequal to their
tatton aud taxation. Western Virginia demands
that slaves shall be taxed al ralo,e,7,, as is ali
other property, They are now Utmost cycmnt
from taxation And ndthatreprscntatio shall rest
On the anhikc basis. At present the owner Of
one hundred slayes ut Richmond balances 101
free whites at Wheeling, In the state Ierisia-
ture. Between the influence Of these different
motives, the Convention has been called.
As-Virgiuia is q border State aftaf an act of
secession is passed, how will the owners re-
claim fugitive sl1yes? Whatever NAV be the
idea In the North as to the right Of State to
secede, the act Of secession annuls the rcpdi-
tion clause Of the Constitution, and abolishcs
the Fugitive Slave Law, go far ns Virginia is
concerned. She forec1oscs on herself and viii
have no right to nsk for the rendition Of fuei-
lives. She will have brought the Canadian
line down to her Own borders
4 bill was introduced into the T,enis1atn,o
to borrow and appropriate Tn mi.
lions Of dollars to arm the State, How
absurd and ridiculoust WIN Win jenI
the State Ten millions to helm hrr i,estrou
the Union? There is not that sum to snare
and protection is badly IMPAIRED Tho stota ,,tt
debt Is rs heavy Is the peopfe ran aorer s mn.
der Her bonds arc even n,yr at n diae6v,t ~
Is per cent, and when she p]unres intn the
vortex they will not Command oS
cents on the dollar. How is Virginia GOING tn
war on the Federal Goyernmenfs Cerfa'n1S
the capitalists of the FREQ States viii, mt isna
her dollar Is it to be q forced loan Ike the
s40o, 600 in South Carolina or arc the fra NJ.
E,roes to be seized and sold into slayerys
That description of s'propcrty'' is rather
slow sale at dull prices abaut fhese dare III
highly probable that the proposition was in. |
troduccd merely rs flourish to set of n set
Of resolutions Introduced into the Nav YnrE
Legislature to appropriate ten millions to nid
tho Government in upho1diug and nreserr;nr
Inc Union. The difference II tl,o 30 cssee f
his: New York can raise TINT snm or nnoncv
while worn out, mu1atto- breeding. imnovef-
Mexican nlan ot|n fnrret, 1o,n Tha ,r,,;te
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