The national Republican., 1861-03-28

were adopted:
! Reso}Ued, That we approve the course pur.
sued by our delegates, Messrs. Watkins aud
Steele, in Convention at Montgomery, in not
signing the so called secession ordinance.
ReSoircd, That secession is inexpedient
and unnecessary, and we are opposed to it in
any form, and the more 50 since majority Of
the slave States have refused to go out, either
! by what is called Southern cooperation, or
'precipitate secession and that the refusal to
submit the so.caed secession ordinance to the
decision of the people is an outrage upon our
right and liberty, and manfests spirit of as
sumption, unfairness, and dictatorship.
Resolred, That our Congressional nomi.
nee, if elected, is to represent US in the United
States Congress- and not in the Congress Of
this o.called Southern Conlederacy."
BURNT MILLS, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Mo-,
Murch &c, 1861.
Editor Of tie National Republican
SIR There seems to be a disposition in GER
tain quarters to ignore the claims of Southern
Republicans to the possession of any office
under Government; indeed, the Republicans
are thrown entirely in the shade, and the Union
men brought into bold relief. The Republicans
of the South have had a very hard road to
travel from the start. At Chicago, they were
tauntingly told that they represented nobody.
Throughout the canvass, they were abused,
taunted, threatened, shuuned--in short, exposed
to all the petty prosecutions that political ma.
lignity could devise and now, in the day of
triumph, must they stand back, and let
Union men take their places2 Do the "pow.
ers that be "act upon the principle Of return
ing good for evil2 or have they forgotten all
that has been said and done by these Union
men? Do they not know that the men who
broke up the Baltimore Republican Convention,
destroyed its papers, &c, were :" Union men?"
When the Republicans of Maryland were strug
Cling on, amid dangers and difficulties, their
worst enemies were these same Union men, who
(now that the party they SO bitterly opposed
have won the victory are very willing to "bend
the supple hinges of the knee, that thrift may
may follow fawning."
One would think, from the tone of these
Union men and presses, that their "mHk and
,oater had washed the Democrats out of power,
and that they had the best right to take their
places. If it was so I don't know how it was
done, unless it was by " fusing" with the ene
mics of Republicanism in New York and else
where. 1t is not the fault of Republicans in
the South, that they are not more numerous.
If we represent " nobody" we represent some.
thing. Should we wait until it is as "good and
pleasant" thing to be a Republican as it is
to be " Union man." before we declare our.
selves?
The Republicans of Maryland, though few
| in number are true and brave and espoused
the cause when those who now urge their claims
were either not inclined, or afraid to do So.
They think themselves quite as much entitled
to consideration as those who, during the cam.
| paign, thought no epithet too vile, and no Ian.
guage too coarse, to apply to q " Black Repub.
lican,' but are now very ready to advise the
Administration to Strengthen its hands" by
appointing Union men to places Of honor and
profit" Had there not been few in Maryland
who dared show themselves at Republican
convention, there would have been no Maryland
delegation at Chicago, and if the eleven votes
which Maryland was permitted to cast had not
been given to Mr.. Lincoln, it is not by any
means certain that he would have been nom
mated.
The Republicans of Maryland were actuated
by no sordid motives in supporting the Repub.
lcan cause when all was dark and gloomy I;
and all they ask now is, that in the day of
triumph its friends shall not be forgotten,
while its enemies are remembered
MARYLAND.
WILL THERE BE WAR?-Ths is the question
coming from all quarters, and it is met by the
secession sensation leaders with an affirmative
answer. We say there will be no war, unless
the seeding States shall bring it on by COM
mencing hostililies-by assaulting and attempt.
ing to capture some OF the places now possessed
| by the United States Government. Among
these are the fortresses in the harbor of Pensa.
cola, and the fort at Key West, in Florida.
These, we understand the inaugural to say,
the President will hold, as he ought to do un.
less the American people decide otherwise, and
so instruct him. War may, therefore, be avoid.
ed, and can be, and will be, if the Southern
States do not bring it on by their own accord
Knorville (Tsnn.) Wing, March l6.
THE TARIFF IMBROGLIo.-The malign effects
of secession, and of the failure Of the Govern.
ment to collect its revenues at the mouth of
the Mississippi, are already manifest in St.
Louis where a consignment Of imported
goods has been received, upon which no duties
have been paid. In addition to fraud upon the
Government, an equal fraud is perpetrated up.
on the honest and loyal merchants, who pay
the duties established by law. We rejoice to
| learn that measures have been set OIL foot by
| Secretary Chase to collect the duties on this
particular consignment and to punish the of.
fenders.-Chicago Tribune, March %.
A BABY FouND IN BAGGAGE RooM-The
baggage master Of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne,
and Chicago railroad, found in the baggage
room at Crestlinc, on Thursday last female
child, apparently about six days old, dressed
in pink irock and with a quarter shawl around
it, the face being left exposed, doubtless with
view to prevent its being thrown aside as
bundle or perhaps to make it more readily no.
ticed. When found, life was nearly extinct in
the little waif from cold and want of sustenance,
perhaps, but careful nursing soon restored its
natural vitality. The child was adopted by a
family in Crestline, and number of the rail.
road men intend raising fund for its mante.
NANCE. it is supposed to have been purposely
left by a passeioar ON either the Southern Or