St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-06-27

We know the meaning of the word Un-
ion. What docs the word Federal mean
Federal is fsom the Latin word focdus u
leagia1--a convcnant-a treaty. stipula-
ton between two or morc-an agreement
Then Federal Union is an agreement be-
tween two or more parties or States, o;
rather it lisa covenant. This is so plain that
it docs not admit of dispute Are the parties
to a covenant bound forever: or. does the
breach of good faith on one side exonerat
the other parties from fulfilling til r stip,-
lations? Is the gov. rum mt administered
by MIR. Lincoln and his cabinet and en-
dorsed by the Northern States-is it the
Federal Union or the constitution Of the
Tate United States, or the covenant enter
Cd into by our fathers for themselves aud
their po.terity.? The people Of Mary land
most solemnly declare. and call Heaven
aud earth to witness that. it is not.
The recording Angel had hardly time
to register the oath Of Mr.. Lincoln, to pre-.
serve, pr.t vt and def n the 10 l>titution
Of the United States (Which We claim to BE-
the covenant Of our fathers.) before he
| violated the Constitution, aud arrogat.d
| to himself the power Of dictator-tram.
pied the Constitution under his feet, and
openly avoweJ his determination to carry
out the Chicago platform.
This is an entirely new system of gov
ernmcnt. It undertakes to dispose Vt the
territories Of the k,te United States (which,
all the world knows are the common pru,s-
cny IF all the States. in such way as Il
make monopoly of them for the sole ben
eft of the Tree States. This is a rcvolu-
ton Of the Constitution. The Constitu-
ton authorizes C"ayress 10 dispose Of, and
make all needfal regulations for the terri
tories, but il also declares that nothing in
this Constitution shall be construed as t.
prejudice any claims of the United States,
or Of any particular Slate. Now the Chi
Cage platform proposes to appropriate all
the territories for the sole benefit of tho
free S.ates--thus robbing the Southern
States of y large amount Of property to
which they have tho most indispensable
claim. And because the South says no
this il violation of the covenant Of our
fathers. who willcd In the Constitution that
each State should have an equal claim,
aud we will not submit to this wholesale
robbery, Lincoln and his Cabinet, endors-
ed BY the free States. say yoa sAaU submit
70 1t. and if yon do mot, We will send a
powerful ar:ay into the Southern Stats to
subjugatc them, and We will have your
States aud territories, too. Now you have
the provisions Of the Constitution relating
to the Territories and you have the Chi
cago platform, and we put the question to
the civilized world If the South is not the
the party aggrieved by this attempt to sub
vert the Constitution and substitute plat
FORM 1t may be nice platform for the
North. No doubt they luok upon it with
great complacency. Il certainly is clear
gain, they hav'nt even given a mess oil
poitage for the stolen iirthright.
We now return to the question at the
beginning OF this article. and ask ducs
not the breach Of covenant on the part
of the North cxonerate the South from
their covenant obligations 8? We have
searched the Billie through and we can
NO, lind single precedent 10 justify tl,e