St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-01-24

arc to oppose the selfish preeipitansy cf
the polilcians"
If the disposition had existed 70 do Mr.
Hagnsr mn wrong. instead OF iaisreprssens-
ing his 1nsisioa and perveSsing his words:
simple jsmtice would seem 10 have required
I statement Of what he really did saw. -
Published in the papers Of the day:
In the B.ltimorc Erchan5s. ofthe I'm,
Cad the ibllowing: ''Messrs. Hsgner.
Pearrc, Jcnes and others, Expressed the
hope ths, il ucali r. understood outside
the Cvn.eni,oss North and Sov's -thas'
,hs reason for net pn~sing r...''u.'on
axsims, coercion. s..s MT thas Maryland
approved the application Of force: "n the
contrary. he b 'isrr'i it was the policy OF
the gv.-rn,usnt To uss forbearances 'ssad
moderation.
It mar he that he would have Maryland
not hurried along with the rash Prsscips-=
fancy Of the hour. but moving steadily ann
quietly onward to the accomplishment OF
her object, in manner to indicate that
che does not fear the result Of irlibcration
after the excited passions Of the moment
shall have subsidized. and that she hnsws
how to assert her rights. and has the cour.
age, coovy aud deliberately. to maintain
them. 1t may be. he would have Mary
land in n position to say to the excited
South. forbear." ITO the Nrth--''ssand
back and to the General Government
lit becomes you to use forbcaraDce and
moderation, for tho frat gun fired. in Nil
.s,empt at cnercion. will place Maryland
in the ranks of your oppanents.
Parhaps--fnr in times such MS these the
opinions If every one. whose opinions are
worth any thing, must necessarily vary
with the ever shifting scenes Of the event
ful drsma--he would have her say to the
South AZ we'll as to the North .-''pursue
this quarrel if y"n please, bat rec"lect
that the e. lis Of MARYLAND shall De no bat
tie ground for the sections, and that he
would have her place hsrs.f in posi-
ton to enforce her determination. If need
DO, by tae stern arbitranent Ut her bayo-
nets.
These may be Mr.. Hagncr's vicw-.--
They ut lesst are mine; aud yet. it had
been present at this meeting. (ss but f'r
unexpected circumstances | should have
been) | would certainly have voted against
this resolution. for the simple reason, that
this meeting was assembled at the call Of
private gentlemen. Of eminent position to
be sure. but still without authority
only to deliberate as to the best course tn
Be pursued in order 10 enable the State to
takr position. not 10 dict e what that
position ought to be-
A. the attention Of the pnblic has been
especially directed BY your srtivlc =, the
course pursued by Mr.. Ilagncr in this
maeting, y sense Of justice to him a. well
as to his numerous friends in this CONF
munity (many Of whom are your subscri-
bers) wauld seem to require shat YOU pub
lish the proceedings Of the meeting. etpe-
cially the resolution advocated by Mr..
HSgncr. subsequently reported with 9th
ers by Mr. Wallis and unani,i,ousl,
adopted BY the meeting.
herewith hand you two numbers %!
the EIchnnJe newspaper. containing the
proceedings. which. | presume. you have
not seer
ask tho publication Of this letter in
Jour next issue.
Very truly.
Yours &C..
J. WARISG.
Southan,,tnn