St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-10-31

IT. Unioa Pn4<h MARYLAND.
Whilst the ~1Ans At the Washinefoa
Government are prHsssrdly aatoaished
that there should exist. in this 6cas,
any ennsisisssl.I~ nunher al voters es-
cupying q pssi,i"o # ANTAGONISTS, 70 the
Union party. ~ cnnts,ss ourselves really
surprised thar that party. outside of the
ie~ open and d.cissed sbolitiiv, i..s in
| o.r midst. should and any >npgnr,en. :,
MI In times past. when the discover
snce Of the Union was thing talked
vi, aai when Unionian Was recorded n
the opposite Of secession. We could well
understand and apprseiass the position
Of men who sustained party that based
i's claims for support upon its declared
devotion to 1.-The Union, the Conssitu-
| tion and the euforccssent Of the Laws. !"
At later day when under the lead Of
Mr. Crittenaen. il counsslsd compromise
| and advocated peaeeabie a.ljustmen. of
our National troubles. the people Of Ma
ryland. irrespective u party. stood
shoulder 10 shoulder, with those Of Vir-
giaia. Tennessee and Kentucky. in the
| support Of every measure looking TO an
iia.aic.bls' seatlemcnt % sour dif6cult;~s.
and the preservation Of the American
Union. But. the North stubbornly re-
; fused TO make any concessions. and the
Gulf States, falling to obtain the rcqui-
site guarantees for the maintenance Of
their Constitutional rights in the Union.
made gond their threat to with raw fItm
it. MKT followed the Inauguration of
Mr.. Lincoln aud a declaration of coer-
Give war against the seeded Statcs.- :
The conflict, which took place at Sum
.cr. bling followed l,y an official publ
cation of the ''r;o, act," and BY Mr.
Lincolu's proclams,ipn. calling cut =
force to q"-ll the rebellion, the Border
Mar, land anu X ,utucky excerpt
ed-srus to the doctrine embodied in the
resolutions of 1898. left the Union an,:
linked .Lvir fortunes with the Confed.
rate States. The dismembermcnt If the
Union. then. had been contaminated.
through wh"se fundamentally it matters
not. il was asundered beyond any pro-
bablc hope Of reconstruction. The Un-
ion party had failed in its efforts t" cf-
fec, a cp,npromise, and in its laudable
attempt to preserve the Union. In the
other Border S,a,es. with tn. exception
Of a few thousand in North Western vir-
siu;a ard Northern Niss"uri. aud sc,n"
! hurkrnm patriot. III Fac, T.uursscc aud
North Carolina. tho Union party eessed
their id. aud delusivs cry Of Cnion. and
prepared to defend thai. orr. ..nd their
sro.bsr. home. I'd dtsola,ine
| rnsasss nc the Nurs1(( 411s,sles Mr..
Lincoln was gathering together 70
sweep DIVA upon ,hem. Blu; aow has it
been IL Maryland! The Union party
here. which proved to be in considerable
minority year ago. when the noble old
com,no wealth Of Virginia was battling
for the Union, has gra lually grown strong
or since its traces have left the Virginia
soil and has proven i.sclf. under each sy-
ranic or oppressive scs Of the Warrington
Government, more and moro the fawning
ana cringing component and ally Of Black
R.publissnism. 1t the late Congressio"-
al election. when the contest was one of
peace or wxr-wheu che issue Of future
reconstruction, based up"n proper Cons''.
,utionsl guarantees to the South, was to
be bs,tled sor---when Maryland had been
| subjected to wrongs aud iudigni'ies to
which no free people were ever before sub.
iect~i-whrn her soil bristled With FED
crsl bayouets suu her people had been
outraged and p!uasered--when the traitor
Hicks. after bcsraying the honor aud i"-
terest Ut the State. had turned ''rcler'
aud again ,r.itos--nfter this, I'll this. We
+! End ,ks Uuivn party in Maryland arracd
With the strength anj authority to cast her
Congressional vote. with single exeep-
| ton. in favor Of Northern sggrcs-
sion, in favor Of Southern suhjusasion.
AM conmends,ory Of the Sagraut and un-
constitutional ADAPTATIONS Of Lincoln
Since then. new ami accumulated Insults
have been heapcd upon the people Of Ma.
| rylani. Her Legislature, sitter being driv-
en- from the State House, has been suppress
| sed aud i.s ,nes,bcrs imprisoned-hcr citi-
scus have been dragged from their homes
aud incsrcersted in feaons' cells and MUIR.
ky dungeons, in dis:ans and hostile State
her peaplc have been driven BY ,houe-
snds into exile to escape the vsngeanca Of
Federal vrssh or suspicion-,he freedom
u speech and press has hecn suspended in
| H.. ~~a-, .,a~t:no. rs the R,.to-Ifhc