Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-09-24
The Re,en OF Terror in Maryland.

We have received, in a round-aboutw6y, "n
article clipped from the Baltimore "Exchsuge
of the 18th, inst, irom which it appeara thai
the circulation OF that able States rights Jour.
nal has been suppressed through the mails
aud its circulation is restricted To Baltimore
City. We give below the announcement o.
tho Exchange" in the manly Language OIL us
brave and patriotic editors.
The alien and sedition laws Of the elder
Adams were as nothing in comparison to The
Lincoln law now in force in Maryland. Men
are not allowed to act OF to speak contrary 10
the wishes of his Lordship President Lin
coin, and if they even dare to think aiouo
what a freeman should not fear to speak openly
| they are to be treated as traitors and sent 10
Fort Lafayette, or some other place OF connne,
ment. Such is the testimony of the best anu
most reliable men in Maryland: They derive
consolation from the fact that the day OF Lin
coin, like that of every other afg, must nave
an end. They will not have to wait long Tor
the inevitable hour
We are, to-day, compelled 10 notify cur
| readers that those of them who RESIDE oeyoho
| the limits Of the city will hencetorth Do pre-,
| cluded from receiving the DAILY Exchange
through the United States Mails. we were
| Yesterday informed that the Federal 9oVern'
ment had prohibited the Postmaster IN TINS
| city from receiving this Journal at ms once,
aud several copies which had been maiieo iate
in the afternoon wero returned 10 US a IL"
hours afterwards. When VIC had occasion TO
| discuss the action of the Administrator IN con
nection with similar proceedings in New YORK,
we expressed so fully and freely the opinions
| which we then entertained, that little or nolh'
ing is left US to say, now that a Ike wrong
is inflicted upon US. There Can be upon
this subject, however, but little room lot
| discussion. So gross a violation OF the will
ten law-so infamous a disregard oil The spirit
of the Constitution-so fragrant an infringe
ment Of the rights Of citizens. can Ind no
| apologists anywhere among honest men. we
are content, therefore, to leave the rulers who
have sanctioned this outrage, the fools VINO
| perpetrated it, and the knaVes who advised 1t,
to the contempt and retribution which ineVlta-
| bly await Thorn. We shall endeavoT, OF course,
to bear, with what patience VIC may, the
g~rievous injury which has been done Us. Our
large and rapidly increasing circulation out
| side of this city, has thus 1t one blow been
! brought to a ~stand.still, and we are now al
| torethcr excluded from the field in which our
labors were becoming, day by day, more profit
nble. A large source Of revenue is thus cut
off from US, which, at q time like this, we can
i'll spare and we therefore appeal to our read
ers here to continue to afford US that en-
| couragement and support which they have
heretofore so warmly and generously accorded
US.
| It is also proper for us to say, in this connec-
| ton. that the course which q despotic and FORE
sworn Administration Eas pursued toWardS us
will not in the slightest degree influence our
conduct. As we have violated no laW, we can
| afford to dispise Mr.. Lincoln's warnings or me
naces. We have but defended our VII rights
and the honor and welfare Of our State, and we
do NOT propose to cease to do so merely because
our views arc distasteful to the people OF the
North. We have written nothing which we
have reason to be ashamed Of OF regret, and
we therefore have nothing to retract. We arc
not unconscious of the risk TO person ard pro-
uer tv which those must incur ~ho dare to op'
pose an Administration so unprincipled ard
~fanstical az that which rules at Washington.
But we at the same time conprehendediu fully The
sacred nature of the duties which devolve upon
US in this dread crisis, and we shall try to DIS
charge them. We shall steadsastly pursue the
path which we have heretofore %trodden, and be
The consequences what they may, we hope to
be enabled to meet them with becoming forth
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