Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1861-04-19
AIarylanders, Arouse .

rights.
Marylanders, Arouse!
We publish, to-day the proclamation of
Abraham Lincoln, as President of the United
troops, for the paltry prctence of causing "the
Jaws to be duly executed in seven States,
which have solemnly renowned obedience to
those laws, and established an independent
government Of their own. The army thus as
semhled, is to invade the Southern territory,
and slaughter the Southern people. No man
who is willing to understand, can be deceived
by the weak devices with which the malignant
purposes Of the proclamation are sought to he
covered up. What a silly and puerile trick
TO affect TO call three millions of men, . the
persons comprising the combinations afore-
said, " aud command them to "disperse
and retire peaceably to their respective abodcs
within twenty daysW What a farce and n
fAlsehood, to suggest that rapine and murder
are not meant by war of invasion but that,
on the contrary, "the utmost care will he
observed to avoid any destruction Of or in
reference with, property, or any disturbance
OF peaceful citizens p Who does not know
that if the administration will but halt in its
crusade of depredations, peace and hope and
happiness will re-appear with the first spread
OF the tdings2 Who that is honest and can
did can fail to acknowledge that the peoplc
Of the South are fighting for their freedom
and Notwithstanding by their abodes, " in
defence Of their rights and institutions, asking
only 10 be let alone-to be permitted 10 govern
thcmselves2
Civil war is upon Us, and to temporize with
it, is to whet its sword and we now call upon
the people of Montgomery TO arouse and pre-
pare for the emergency To which side of the
conflict, that is waging, do your convictions
and syInpathics incline you? I, is hardly ne
cessary for US at this time 10 declare our po-
sition the most casual reader Of the Scnti-
mel, knows already. We believe that right
and justice are with the South, and that the
cause they represent and are defending, is the
cause of their domestic institutions. their
chartered rights and firesidcs. We look upon
the government which is assailng them as the
representative, not OF the Union, but Of ma
lgnaut and sectional fanaticism, which takes
the honored name of Union in vain, and has
Frustrated and is trampling on the Constitu-
lion; and we would now have Maryland and
Virginia, and the States which have common
interests with both, 10 take their stand with
the South, openly, manfully and at once.
We believe that it is a result which is sure to
take place at one time or another, under the
irresistible pressure Of congonial institutions,
habits and character, not less than Of ardent
sympathies and inseperable interests. We
believe that il is the only course which holds
out the least hope OF a reconstruction Of the
Union at any time hereafter, under any form
The insane and brutal policy initiated by
the government at Washington, under the
roading Of the party and press of which il is
the puppet, has well nigh destroyed all hopes
Of compromise and reconstruction, and para
y sed the efforts OF the good an6wise men en-
gagged in its behalf. The most ardent patriot
knows full well that the government Of the
Urited States is dissolved, and feels, as we
do, the mos; poignant grief a so sad a calami-
~. What then is lcft-us, but TO choose be-
tween the two fragments Of the discovered
Union7 IT is no longcr--it has forever ceased
TO be--a choice in which the Union itself is
involved. II is now choice between the
North and the Soulh--between the brethren
who have been driven from us, aud the cor
rnpt and fanatical domination which has
separated us If we remain where VIC are, we
60 with the North, against the South. The
question, therefore, for US to determine, is not
whether we shall adhere TO the Union, but
whether we shall submit TO be ruled by the
North, and aid itin ruling thcsouth. Every
honest and good citizen who Is deceived, by
the cry Of Union, into the support of the
powers that be, becomes in spite of him an
enlisted soldier Of sectionalism. 1t Is not
whether we shall continue to share in a COM
mon government but whether we shall con-
sent to be governed, without sharing 10 the
government ITSELF
1t is thus, and thus only, that the issue pre-
rents itself 10 our minds and we again appeal
10 the men Of Montgomery to arouse aud
buckle on their srmor for the protection Of
their families, homes and firesides; their dear
est rights and most cherished interests are
threatened with destruction, and "he who
will not care for bis own household, is worse
than SD infdel"
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