St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-07-04

Iouier act-a little one IN us TX. Ouf
foul act for all that-he has suspended the
writ of habeas corpus. or what is warse. he
has delegated to his brigadier-generals 70
d" it for him. (Checrs.) The Engla>h pso-
pie. under King John. couldn't >ts,d such
scti"n. nor did they ~hsn they demanded
the Magna Charta.
He asked whether they should recognize
tl.e Coufcleracy or 6ght them in au uncon-
stisusiorel warY
Abraham Lincoln. said the speaker. j.
to-day perjured mau before high Heaven.
CHEERS Wig does he perpetrate these
unconstitutional acts under the plea of H.
cessity I! that has always been the plea If
tyrants. Greedy sal the other day. if tho
Government does not prosecute the war.
he would 90 and kick the Cabinet out
On the Contrary. he would say that he
would lend Greedy his right leg. (1.augh-
ter
Look at the Courier aui Enquirer. 1t
says that these State lines arc all wrong
These foreigners would take away the
boundary lines of Delaware aud merge You
into Pennsylvania. ca voice-''ies they
will"
The speaker then said that there was
great effort to get Governor Burton to call
SION of the Legislature. For what :?
Txey want to get half million OF dollars
to prosecute the war. which all Of you now
believe to BE- an unholy war. If he be-
lieved in tn. war. be wouldn't object to
passing a moderate tax to support 1t, bit
he did object to paying for Philadelphia
volunteers. In proof of the fact that th.
taxpayers If Delaware were doing this, he
quoted from several papers Of Delswar.
aud Philadelphia, in which it was ALLEGED
that the Delaware regiments were made up
Of very doubtful material Of Philadelphia
origin (Cr;es Of no. We wont-"Ic
the Devil with them
The speaker then referred to- para
graph which had been published in Phil
adelphia morning paper Of Wednesday,
calling upon the citizcns of Philadelphia t"
come down to Dover and stop the meeting
to be held there pu Thursday. The letter
VA. signed r." and he wanted to know
if the man lived in Dover. who he wa.
In reply to the article, he said that 1t
was never written in D"ver, but was coli
cocted in the Office of the Philadelphia
Press. Then followed All attack upon Mr..
Forney.
La conclusion, Mr.. Whitley said ''1n
the spirit of the Declaration. i'll the name
of the glorious Constitution, he called upon
them t. declare now aud forevernlorc for
peace"
The speaker retired amid great cheering
Loud calls then being made FIR Thomas
+. Bayard. that gentleman st,rpcd upon
the platform amid great cheering.
Mn. BAyARp's SPEECH -Hc said that
as AN American frccman he congratulated
them upon thu assemblagc. You are here
to declar" your allegiance to those institu-
tons which were dearly purchased in tn.
past. All which you will not rclinquish.
They were for free speech and free t!,"ught.
but American freemcn had becn placed
under the feet Of public servants. H.
asked whittier the men there assembled
had not been cautioned by their short
sighted friends against attending the meet
ing. Had such thing ever before been
known in the State OF Delaware: The
question for one AMI each was, "My coun-
try. what can do fur you I"
lie asked what the soldiers were fight
ing for? The war upon which We have
been forced has no warrant for it. The
Constitution of the United States provides
for the calling Of an army for two years.
The President. in his ambition, had called
for troops. not only for two or FIVE years.
but for the war lie was not Their. to ar
gue the right of State to sccetle or other
wise: he was there to denounce the war as
unconstitutional. They ask only to live
under a separate government from
yours, and govern themselves. Was this
olive branch held out to them, peace would
b. established within ten days. We have
Canada On the North. Mexico Oh the South,
anu have We not lived ut peace with Eng
land for forty-six years: Let us bring
about this compromise. and peace and
prosperity will again flow in upon Us.
The war, he sail, was war Of impulse;
war Of excitement. The pcaplc hal not
had time to deliberate upon it. He read
from ono Of the leading papers Of ireland,
in which the editor said. commenting upon
the war, that the news from the Northern
States was sufficient 20 cause the check Of
every freeman to tingc with shame.
He continued-A gentleman who has
represented you III the Senate Of the United
States. I have the homer to call my father
(>ix cheers were given at the mention Of
his name) lie has tried to represent you
faithfully The question has been raised
in this State against his representation.
and voices are many anu loud calling for
his resignation because Of this alleged mis-
reprcse ntation Of you He never deceived
you, and he never will. (Cheers.)
A voicc-Three cheers for Bayard.
For him let me say. if there il anything
you have to say against him, speak freely
aud he will hear you with pleasure. |
propose. for him. that this Legislature
SHALL resign, and he will resign his seat
(Cries of no. no. In tn ,se troublous times
let us have free expression Of opinion. II
YOU intend that that this Constitution shall
stand, then We will have Legislature who
shall speak for Peace on earth and good
will towards men,"