St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-02-28

adopted bv county meetings throughout
the State. and are thoroughly under
stood by the people. The idea i clear-
Is expressed, that coercion. Of whatever
! character, viii produce civil war. The
/ exercise of this power by the General
Government athat is, to collect aut' =
BY force seuld be tyrannicsl and
sJast The Consultation knows no snch
power. The Government has but one
way Of executing its lass, and
that is by civil process.
In the seeded States this authority
Of law cannot be exercised for want of
officials. and consequently the Govern
ment s powerless. The resolution de-
clarcs distinctly that coercion shall not
be exercised consequently any attempt
to collect the revenue or reiake the forts,
by any other ncaRs than by civil pro-
cess. will b. coercion which the resolu-
ti"n rcsi>ts The gcntlnman is so well
acquainted with the difficulties which at
tehd Legislation, that he must See the
s!m"s, inpns>ibillty Of committee am
plify;ng su'j"ct in all its details. AS
3 said before. The resolution csnnot be
made too st:crg fo- my v:cws. but there
may b. others 10 this body who are no,
willing ~ 20 20 iar There was some
diversity OF this subject in the commit
tee, yet all agreed upon the point Of
what WAS coercion. and tha power OF
the Government to serve its process
There can be no difference III regard TO
what tn. resolution means
! Mr.. Norris called for the reading O.
thu resolution.
The Secretary read the resolution
| slr. NcLane. That is very clear. Il
covers all.
MIR. Franklin The address amElif,'
the rcso, utiop
Gen. Mitchell am satisfied With the
address,
The President 10 Gen. Mitchell
am afraid your desire to amend will lcat
TO trouble
Gen. Mitchell Il have no such disposi
ton.
hss Lcen before the committee. aud which
he said had moi received the appreciation
of the committee. The resolution wa
stronger in IFS language than that report
ed by tbs cnmmilt,c.
I kx-Gny Lowe SAID tha: he hoped IL,
gentleman would allow him t. correc
the sta,,mcI, The resolution was be-
fore ,he Committee. bat 10 vote h.e
been tak,n TN It, There were objec
:ions to it and i, was withdrawn. bu
be WAS under the Impression that q ma
ijor,y uf tho cn.smittee were iu fayo
Of il.
Mr.. McIsne- The COMMITTEES fount
some difference Of opinion on miuo
= points. The question uf details wouls
: avoided il. They were satisfied with lie
claring a general principle. The mean
ing vi the word coercion Was legally de
> fined. It's meaning was fully undrrs;oo
: in the Convention which formed the Con
,itu,ion Of ,he United States.
Hon. J d: Jones--The resolution
explicit. Il mcsns just what i, says-
that Coercion can1o, be exercised
Hon \. r. Sellers. Did the ca,nmi,
tee acknowledge the righ, Of the Go,-rn
iAcnt To re,Ak. It's forts?
Mr.. McI.an~ No. sir.
! Gen. Mitchell said he was satisfied witt
the explanation. and Withdrew his prnpo
eiilnn TO ala"n!.
The resolution vas thea rat anu unani
'aousiy adopted.
: The preamble and first resolution wer
'hcn read aud unanimous y adopted.
M.ivr Gittinga Of Anne Arundel c0un
,ty. said that he had rcs,'uti"n to nffe
, which he hoped would meet the approha
Of the Convention H. Was Southerne
ITO the manor born all his interest
aud sympu.l,ies were with the South. He
will was his. yt, he had lived fur som
years in FIRE. State. where he had form
cd associations Of very near aud dea
character He had Watchrd VITA feeling
nf admiration The efforis of those men Il
the North who had labored To- stay the lid
, of fanxticisn. and SECURE for the Sout
protection to her property aud equal right
under the Constitution. These men wsr
. deserving the approtstiou of the South
8 lie therefore moved the adoption Of th
following resolution
Rr~jr~d. Tia, We gratefully arpreciot
, the patriotic efforts OF the national men il
the Free States to preserve the Union. b,
faithful ohseryanee of the covenants o
rhe Constitution. aud to arrest the long
. threatened irrepressilie conflict now abou
to l,e initiated under prctence Ut enftrcin.
the laws: and though their generous ca
operation may fail in the present as in tn.
past. to secure for us the peaceful aekpowl
|. .dgesmnt Of our full and equal rights IL
the Cnnfed~Fscy: they shall net fail to re
e.ive frosa Us our ardent es,eem and last
ing adu,irs,tion for their noble conservatism
. AMI our thanks for th .ir fraternsl syu,pa
, tbicr.
j The resolution was unanimously adopted
The address. reported By the committee
! was then put upon its passage and adopted
a.Iid great demonstrations Of appl -.use frcu
,h" gal! liss. .sa