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from the States which are to provoke it,
The voices of those who favor this scheme ar,
unanimously for special session. and every effort
has been made and will be made, henceforth, t,
manufacture public opinion in this State to force
me to convene that body.
Injurious reports have been disseminated among
3 you by these men, to try to destroy whatever in
fuence | may be supposed to possess. 1t has been
falsely reported that would be an applicant fol
Office under Mr.. Lincoln, and this rumor had been
long in circulation before it reached my ears, anC
thus had the opportunity to denounce it in
: famous unfounded sander.
: 1t has been publicly reported that had written
very objectionable letter to Mr.. Crittenden upon
the present condition of affairs. As soon as
heard 1t, read copy of the letter to the geHte
man who repeated the rumor and he at once signi-
neu MS approval OF its contents; but | have since
directed it to be published, and you can read it for
yourselves. This spirit of defamation has gone so
iar that anonymous letters have been circulated in
Anne Arundel county, stating that / had invited
the slaves to public dinner, on Christmas day,
near this city. You will, doubtless, hear many
similar alsehoods circulated with this same design
OF weakening your confidence in the Executive of
the State, by attempting to work upon your fears
For myself, have lived long enough to know
how to despise false reports. man need only fear
uniavorabe reports, when they are true.
Ihe men who have embarked in this scheme will
| spare no pains to carry their point The whole
| plan OF operations in the event of the assembling
of the Legislature, is, have been informed, al
| ready marked out-the list of ambassadors who are
ReS0lu-
tions which they hope will be passed by the Le-
gslature, fully committing this State to secession
are said to be already prepared.
| le it your will, my cOuntrymen, that the State
| shouId De exposed to the peril of adopting such a
course? Are you-who are to bear the brunt of
TINS fearful contest-who to be forced to aban-
| don your ploughs and forges and looms to 6sht
| the battles OF the Cotton States-who must leave
! pehind your families, unprovided with the daily
sabPpv' Supp .yhich is only anu "a .ha BY your daily
| WhlrIpOOl OF strife, before you have had time to
breathe and before every honorable plan has been
tried to avert the necessity of war? If the people
! of the North foreign nation, we would first
resort to negotiation and in the failure of that to
reprisas, before openly declaring war against them
| Shall we be less torbearing to brethren? If
men alone were to be the sufferers in such contests
the consequences would be less deplorabe think
OF the helpless, timid women and children, who are
to be the chief sufferers. To you, the workingmen
| of Maryland, who must carry the musket and en-
dure the real hardShips of the war, they look for
| protection.
The people of Maryland if left to themselves
| would decide, with scarcely exception, that
there is nothing in the present causes of complaint
| to justify immediate secession; and yet, against
our Judgments and solemn convictions of duty, we
are to be precipitated into this revolution because
| South Carolina thinks differently. Are we not
equals? Or shall her opinions control our actions?
After we have soemnly decided for ourselves. as
every man OF you must do, are we to be forced to
yield our opinions to those of another State; and
thus, in effect, obey her mandates? She refused to
wait for our counsel, are we bound to obey her
commands?
of those who have rendered glorious the annals of
our early history, is it not an insult to you, to in
| innate that you cannot be trusted with time for
deliberation or that your courage would ooze out
and be exhausted, unless you are forced to act in
| this matter without time for reflection Are you
| to be alarmed with the argument that unless you
join In this secession, at once you may be discarded
| by your Southern Sisters ? They would ALWAYS be
plaQ q IA wi thpm Stata
| with its commercial, agricultural and mineral
wealth, with its hardy, brave people. The Ian
| guage of menace and threats is argument to
| prevail with these.
If we find hereafter that the North shall, after
due deberaton, refuse to give them, we will, in
united body demand and receive fair division of
the national domain. We claim equal share in
the territories, let US not abandon the whole of
| them by seceding-we claim the full execution of
the fugitive slave law; let not annul that law
| tirely, by leaving the Union, and thus virtually
| bringing Canada down to borders. We claim
the protection of our institutions, as guaranteed
| by the Constitution let not render this pr0tec-
ton impossible by tearing the Constitution to rag
ments.
have extensive means of information as to the
wishes OF the people, not possessed by those who
urge this measure upon me; and | am fully
vnced that an immense majority of these, through
out the whole State, are firmly opposed to such
action
The business and agricultural classes, the plan
ters, merchants, mechanics and laboring men
those who have real stake in the community, who
would be forced to pay the taxes and do the fighting
the persons who should be heard, in pr efer-
ence to excited politicians, many of whom, having
nothing to lose from the destruction of the Govern
ment may hope to derive some gain from the ruin
OF the State. Such men will naturally urge you to
''pull down the pillars of this accursed Union"
which their allies at the North have termed ga cOy-
enaut with Hell.''
These extremists, North and South, agree in their
hatred of the Constitution which condemns the fan
atheism of both. And leaders in South Carolina and
Massachusetts, agree in denouncng the fugitive
slave law unconstitutional, in the face of repeated
decisions of the courts of the country.
know that the masses of the people opposed
to the assembling of the Legislature at this time
and approve of my course; and it is source of
qualification to me to know that many of the most
distinguished citizens of Maryland, and other border
slave States, without distinction of party, have en-
dorsed it.
have, throughout this matter, conscientousv
and honestly endeavored to perform my duty, and
| solemny protest that all other considerations,
but those of duty, have been banished from my
mind The men who have ascribed lower motives
to me, have done me great injustice, and have
shown that they cannot rise to the comprehension
that an honest man feels compelled to discard all
party ties when he is placed in position where he
must account, at each moment, to his conscience,
for any departure from duty. |, your feow-cti-
zen, necessarily injure myself by every act oms
sion which can injure you, and without single
motive of personal ambition to lead me aside from
the plain path of my duty.
In the course OF nature, L cannot nave long to
live, and feTvently trust to be allowed to end my
DAYS citizen of this glorious Union. But should
| be compelled TO witness the downfall Of that
government, inherited from our fathers, establish
ed, as it were BY the special favor of God, will,
at least, have the consolation at my dy ing hour,
that never, by word or need, assisted in hasten
ing its disruption. THOMAS ii. HICKS.
Isaac V. FOWLER, late Postmaster of the City
of New York, is now resident of the city of Mex
leo. He left the island of Cuba some three months
l,xh ,lnln -
fugitive from the laws of the United States; and
friend inform US that, when last heard FROM he
complained of injustice and ingratitude of false
friends, who had tattened on his bounty and par
tcipated in the specuatons into which he had been
forced The gentleman who furnished the infOr-
nation we refer to says that Mr.. Fowler was in a
state of utter deStituton, and that all his worldly
gear consisted of a seedy suit of clothes, trunk,
very small sum OF money and an old commission
acknowledging him to be a Grand Sachem of the
Tammany Society. He denied that he had recev-
ed any contributions from the friends he had for
merly served, and repudiated any present connec.
tion with them. He acknowledged his manifold
foles and regretted that he had not remained at
home to meet the consequences incident to his i'm
prudent action.-Ne0 York Tribune, JAM 5.
LIxCoLN's CABNEr.-The New York Tribune of
Saturday has the following in its leading editorial
column:
The latest information which has reached US re-
specting the composition of Mr. Lincoln's Cabinet,
blv be filled about as follows:
State-Wm. H. Seward, of New York.
Treasury Salmon p. Chase, of Ohio.
Attorney -General-E iward Bates, of Missouri.
War-Simon Cameron, of Pennsy lvania.
Navy-Robert E. Scott, of Virginia.
Interior-Wm. A Graham, of North Carolina.
Postmaster General Gideon Welles, of Connec-
ticut.
Mr.. Seward and Mr.. Bates have both accepted
the positions which have been offered them. With
regard to the other gentlemen named, we are not
aware that either of them has yet received posi-
tive appointment, indeed with regard to
lIoott ad Graham, do uorr how far tho
negotiations have proceeded.
Fast day was generally observed in New ork.
The churches were well attended, and sermons ap-
propriate to the occasion were preached by the
Revs. Drs. Vinton, Raphall, Adams, Galaudet,
Hawkes., De Witt, Williams, Tying, Spring, White,
| Hoge, Chaplin, Thompson, Bethune, Chauncey,
| Beecher, j. G. Smith, Hogany, Van Dyke, Taylor
and Bellows, representing all shades of religious
| opinions.
| Mr.. Colborne, the missing Schenectady editor
and defaultng County Treasurer, has turned Bp in
| Pennsylvania He has been laboring under tenn
porary attack of insanity, induced by his troubles,
and is now quite sick
workman of Paris, has just discovered a meth
cd Of preserving gas and water pipes from rust by
| enveoping them in thick coat of clay. Such is
the Importance of the discovery that the city of
| Paris has granted the man pension for life
Mrs. Anderson, wife of Major Anderson, has ar
rived in Washington. The false reports sent out
in regard to the besieging of Fort Sumter is the
moving cause it's stated of her visit to the Capt.