St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-11-14

beyond the limits Of th,ir respective
States and imprisoned in the forts Of the
Federal Gnvrrnment. A snhserv'"nt
Congress ratifies the usurpati"ns Of the
President. aud proceeds to complete the
obstruction of the CONSTITUTION History
will declare that the annals Of legisla-
ton do not c"stain laws so infamous n
'h"<' enacted at the las, session. They
sweep away every vestige OF public aud
, "r>"nal liberty, while they con6scate
the property of nation containing ten
millions Of people. In the House nt
R"prc >enta'ive> it was d -cllrtd that til.
South should be reduced to .'abie:t sub
mission. or their institutions be over
thrown. In the Senate it MAS said that.
if n''ccs<ary. ;hn S,'uth should he de-
populated ana rc-pe,'pIed from the North
and an eminent Senator expressed de-
sire that the Prc>ilcn: I've made die
ta-":. This VA. superb ,,u>. since they
hal ;lrcady ci thci him with dic,atnrisl
powers. In the mills. Of these pr .c-cd-
inss. no plea for the Constitution is
listened to in the North here aud there
4 few heroic voices are fecbly heard
protesting asaius, the progress Of dc.-
rotism. but for the most part. beyond
the military lines. mo:,s and ausrchy
rule the hour
The great ,n,s, ~ thu Northern pe ~"
seen: anxious 10 sundrr every safeguard II
irrr'irn: they eng rly efsr I" TIL Cover. l.
men, wits, 10 European monarch w"ul /
dare to demand The President AMI his
Generals are uai;'5.,. t" pick up the Iiber-
ties OF thc prnpie a. rapidly As they are
thrown at their f..t The world will
view with amaz ,mrnt thu sudden aud
total overthrow Of 4 Constitution which If
respected. might have been the boast and
saftgu,rd of the -ntch States for many
Generations. When the historic ronts
To- nvcs,iy.t c the cause of Ibis result. he
will record the TACT that no department. OF
he T,i...; Government .,as scr cXil.i-
tc., case Of aggression by the South IN
States mpnn then North RI ass )ci,tcs. and
h.. will trace the ACKNOWLEDGMENT to the
gn"ranc" or dir gard upon the part Of
OF tnr latter, "t the true primer les OF a
confc,lrra'y. I" long CONTINUED and fla
grant Violations Of the Cnn>,lt ,ti"n, to
nvaricr, f,nr.ici>,n ami general corruption.
Against all 'hes: u>urpations [ pro:c tel
in ypar name in the presence Of tt,i Ii au-
t!.rr,. a,l ut the seat "f their p'w"rs. l
Protested in v.u, aud never az .In will |
meet in cnuncil with u>urp.r>.
And nov. fellow citizens. [ am sue you
viii ,r,r,i"n ne i: | adj few ward,
il. rvfrr".l".. to the CONDITION OF
"@l STATE '...i nv nwn course. The Con-
.l.>trnyr and by no act Of ke"tac3y.--
The power she delegated in that ihstru
mcnt to Il. Federal G,ycrumru. hid yes
tci 10 her. aud amy exercise. Of power over
hcr bv HAT G"vcr:i,mrnt wi.hnut II r consent
is u>urpa'inn. In the wreck of tn" f,'!v-
RAJ system. Sh" >>ts an iul"p aueut CON-
nonwra!:h. with the right IT, cho,s. her
ewn destiny, Sh" ..ay jim the North
sac may i";', ..lc South. She may poisc
he's . =. her orn centre, and be neutral
In every form bv which yru could give
,ircc; expression to 'ur will, y'u drclar-
cd for nv.,,.isy. y large m,jaritv of
the pcnplH. a; the Nay anil August cleo
toms. a"d far the neutrality aud peace
of kentucky. The press, the public
speakers, the cl.di.aic>, with exceptions
in favo: of tht Government at Washing
ton. ST rarr as not to nccI mention, plan
ted ,hcm>"lvr, Oh this position. You
voted for it. ami you m.'ant it. You were
promised Il. aul You expected it. The
minority acIuis'~''a in good faith, and at
huln" ana abroad this WAS recognized as
tie fixed position "t tn. State. 1t was
tak.n at I'll, beginning of ho>tili,ics, and
i; is but reasonable: 10 iutcr that every sub
srpu"nt act h outrage by the Washing ton
Government has contiru,cd your original
purp">c. Look how at the condition of
Kentucky. alri see h"u your expectations
had been rcaliz.d--hox these promises
mad been redeemed.
First. by the aid Of some citizens of
the State. arms belonging to thu whole
people were ILLEGALLY and secretly intro
luccd by Jrler NJ the President and dis
tributcd to one class Of nur people upon
the false prctcnce that they needed them
for protection against their "wn fellow
cit;z"ns This was the first violation.
Next. Federal military officers began
t. recruit soldiers and establish camps in
oar midst, aud Federal money Was lavish
i expended, i'll the hope to demoralize
AMI corrapt the people. y studied sys-
TEN of deception was practiscd AS long as
possible on the people. For a time it was
denied tLa, they were Federal camps, aud
= it wa, said that they were merely volunta-
ry assemblies Of kcntuckisns for th2ir
own protection aud that Of the State.
These mon>trous f.lschoods have sine,
been freely exposed. This was the sec
ond violation.
! Previous to these events the State was
in u condition OF tranquility and peace
w indications existed anywhere Of inter
! nal disorder But now the people, be.
coming alarmed at these proofs of = pur-
pose to force kentucky into the war, be.
cni to assemble in great mass meeting.
and to demand loudly the promised ncu.
'rality. The Washington Government
however, ana il abrttors in kentucky
surprising their schemes to be ripe fol
.xcru'i,n now resolved to have wha