Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1861-09-05
Thursday Morning, September S, 1861.

To CoRREspoNDENTs.- arc almost daily
in receipt of speeches, extracts, &c., with re-
quest to publish, which, if we did, would fill
our paper to the exclusion Of every thing else
We arc compelled to lay them aside from the
fact that VIC cannot publish all, and to COM
mencc the publication of such selections would
inaugarate a state Of things far from desirable.
We are always ready to publish original COM
,nunicaions on all sides, if in our judgment pub
lie interest would be served; but for selections,
&C., we claim to be the sole arbitcr. However,
riably accompanied by responsible name, and
their length is not too great, we will chccrfully
co.npTy to our utmost ability.
@""No man is 50 blind as he who will not
see, IL an Old provcrb, and right well have we
had this verified in the history of tho United
States for the past six or eight months. When
the present Administration was inauguratcd at
Washington on the fourth of March last, the
affairs of the nation were truly alarming to any
who had an iota of true patriotism left. Tndig-
nant at the raids of Northern Abolitionists up
on Soxthcrn institutions; convinced by the re-
peatcd and earnest threats Of Northern presses
and preachers that their rights of person and
property were unsafe; Disguised at the direct
and unprincipIcd violations of the Federal Con-
stitution by individual Northern States alarm
ell at the terrible threats uttered by such men as
H,,,oo Cr,o1,, T,,,oc RoJ,ofl, NopJol DLl;p,
II. Ward Beechcr, Abraham Lincoln 1t id omnes
genus, seven States had fled from the Union and
sought safety away from what should have been
their greatest protection.
At once the family circle was broken; the
beautiful arch was crumbling to pieces; immc-
date remedies were requisite for its preservation,
and yet amid all this crash and pending ruin
the President elect folds his arms in perfect Sc
curity and uttcrs the simple but classic words,
"nobody hurt" Old Europe looked ON with
fear and trembling. The Middle States of
America, hightcued at the impending danger,
stpove with almost superhuman effort to avert
the ruin. Upon Bonded knee the Middle States
sought just compromise. They wanssd no terms
for the Gulf States. They asked no guarantee
for them or their use. They simply wanted an
assurance that their rights under the Constitu-
ton should be respected. In other words, they
OF the Middle States simply asked that an hon
est adherence to the compact as made by our
fathers should be Observed This is all they ever
asked, and the North, proud in her own strength,
hurled back every peaceful proposition with
contumely. In this State of affairs the present
incumbent of the Presidency found the country,
and how has he sought to correct it? Has he
made one step which looks towards restoration
of ths Union? The North cried for war, blood
siss ffsest-suiisistto
tile land and freedom Of the negro. Reason
and common sense proclaimed war as disunion,
yet Mr.. Lincoln and his advisers grasped the
chances of war and took the consequences. The
result was as first predicted: more thorough dis
union. North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee,
would have been this day in the Union and
holding forth the olive branch towards the Gulf
States, but fur the tyranny and usurpation Of
the present Administration. So soon as they
removed themselves from the family circle then
indeed the war commenced in good earnest, and
for what purposess For the subjugation Of
Virginia? Surely not, for they occupy less Of
yirgnia's soil to-day thanat the commencement.
The greatest object Of the Government seems to
be the oppression and ruin of Maryland, who,
by her vote declared in the Union. Her COM
merce is crippled at every point, her people arc
cramped and imprisoned without cause, her
property is unsafe, in fact, in constant danger,
and for what2 The Government informs US it
is done to win our love and true allegiance
We were first disarmed, every gun or weapon
Of defence was taken from u.s. and scarcely suf-
She wild beasts of the woods, much less those Of
the North. Having completely disarmed US
and left us at the mercy Of any who chose to
Cypress US, they proceed on their mission with
Virginia and the South. Unable to cope with
an armed foe, they fly from Virginia and the
South, trembling at the very sight of armed re-
sistance. What then ? These bold and daring
soldiers of the North band in military organiza-
ton and safely arm themselves ssto the teeth"
and march upon unarmed, down-trodden, OPP
pressed Maryland boldly, valiantly they march
upon this dangerous soil and arrest lady or
little child! Then what an ovation awaits their
return to the city and their report to their
mastcr
More fuss, more excitement exists over poor
Maryland than all the remaining territory, and
why? Simply because it is so much easier to
conquer an unarmed and unresisting people,
We ask of Mr.. Lincoln and his Cabinet if they
in their consciences regard their treatment of
Maryland as right? Is it manly, is it bold? Is
it not cowardly in the extreme? Maryland is
in the Union, obcdient to the laws, and in no in
stance, save upon individual impulse, has she
raised finger of force to the Government, and
yet she is held and beaten and amangled, for
what? Simply to win praise from the lips of
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