St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-07-11
Charlotte Hall. July 9Th, '6l-


OnaTIoUc nan, JWiy ON, "a
The Presidents Message.
Recurring to the action Of the Govern
ment. It may BE- stated that 1t Sr,s call
was made for 49, OO militia. and rapidly
following this proclamation Was issued
for closing the ports If the insusrrcsiOna-
~ districts BY proceeding in the u.ssre Of
blockade. So far. all WAS believed I"
BE- strictly legal At this point the insur-
rectionists announced ,h.ir purpse to
enter upon the practice of privater,i"g
| Other calls were madc for volunteers to
serve three years. unless soon-r .iissharg-
ed. and also for large additions to the reg
ular army and navy. These measures.
whether strictly legal or not. were ven-
tured upon under what appeared to b. u
popular demand and public Hecessity.
trusting. rs now. that Congress would
readily ratify them. II is believed that
nothing has been done beyond Csnssitu-
tia,al competency Of Congress.
In relation to the suspension Of the
writ Of h.i~ns corpus he sa.,ss
The provisions IT the Csasaitat'on that
the privilege Of the writ Of 1'teas corpus
shall not be suspended unless when IN
eases Of rebellion ar invasion the public
safety may require it, is equivalent tO =
provision that such privilege may be sus-
pended whoa IN Cases of rebellion or in
vssion the public safety does require It.
It was decided that We have q case Of re-
heli;en. and that the r'.saie safety does re-
quire the qualified suspension Of the writ
which was authorized to be made. Now
i, is insisted that Congress and not the
Executive is st,d with the power.
hut the Constitution itself is silent as TO
which or who is to exercise the power, aud
as the provision was plainly made far \
dangerous cn.e. gency, it capnst lie believed
the Trainers Of the instrument intended
that in every case the danger should run
its course until Congress could be called
t"grther. the very assembling Of which
might be pre-, ente,l, as MAS intended ia
this case, BY the rebellion. No more
extended argument is now offered, as ali
opinion Of some length will probably be
presented by the .A,t"rncy Gcucral.
Whether there shall be any legislation
upon the subject. and it any. what, is
submitted entirely to the better judgment
Of Congress.
His future PURPOSES are thus announced:
1t is now recommended that you give
The legal means for maki"g this contest u
short aud decisive one; that y''u place
ut the control It Government Cor the work
nj least four hundred Thousand men. and
four hMudred millions Of dollars. That
nss.bcr Uf mcn il about onc-tenth of thos.
of proper ages within the regions where
apparently all are willing to engage.
aud the sum IL less than the twenty third
part of the money value owned by the men
sho seem ready to devote the whole.
A debt Of six hundred millions of dol
lar u, is l,ss sum. per head, than was
the debt Of our Revolution. when We came
out Of the struggle; and the money vala-
in the country now bears even greater
proportion to what it was then. than does
the population. Surely each man has
as strong motive now to preserve our
liberties rs each had chem I" establish
them. A right result at this time will be
worth more to the w,.rll than ten times
the men and ten times the money.
lie next argues against the doctrine Of
the Sovereignty Of the States, and asserts
with an e6rontcry Of which We hardly be-
lievcd him capable. that Of all the States
which have Withdrawn from the Union,
South Carolina alone did SO BY . majority
Of legal voters He adds
Ou the side Of the Union it Is y strag-
gle for maintaining in the world that form
aud substance of Government whose lead
ing object is to elevate the condition Of
men, to lift artiicis: weights frsa all
shoulders to clear the paths Of lsudsble
pursuit for all. To afford all sn unfet-
tered start aRd fair chance in the race of
life Yielding to partial aud temporary
departures. from necessity. this is the
leading object Of the Government for
,whok existence We contend.
With Infinite hypocrisy be concludes
thus:
Lest there b. come unea.;ness in the
minds Of candid men a. to what Is to b<.
the course Of the Government toward tho
Southern States after the rebellion shall
have been suppressed. the Executive deems
it proper to say. It ell L his purpose then
as eeer I" be guided by ahe Consultation and
the lars; and that he probably will have
no different understanding Of the powers
aud duties Of the Federal Go1ernment re-
latively to the rights OF the States aud the
people under the Constitution, than that
expressed in the inaugural address. He
desires to preserve the Government. that
it may be administered for all as it was adj
m:nistered by the men who m.de it.
Loyal citizens everywhere have the right
to claim this Of their Government. aud the
Government has no right to withhold or
neglect It 1t is not perceived that in
giving it there is any coercion. any con-
quest or any sutjugatiou in any jus. sense
of those terms.
The Constitution provides. that al The
States have accepted the provisions. that
the United States shall guarantee to every