St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-08-15

tain fhat missouri Will uitiuiafeiy Jecede.--
Kentucky has elected large ! lority Of
tTnionists to both branches &C ;2 &c Leg
islature.
The town Of Hampton. Va, report
ed to have been burnt BY g enfsde-
rates. but runnOrs prevail e. it was
destroyed by order Of Gen. BUtIer.
The Legislature Of Maryland adjourn
ed to reassemble at Frederick on the
18th. and not at Annapolis on the Goth
Of September. as stated in our last issue.
Hon. Charles James Faulkner Of Va.
late U. S. Minister to France .,has been
arrested in Washington upon the charge
of treason.
A Contrast. IL
The organs of President III
this State are thanking God fl wv
land is not like unte1 ifginia
acssse, which they represent tee gis-
en- over to speedy subjus,tion and ire
tricvablc ruir. This subject is bread
and butter, food and raiment for these
Journals. especially the Baltimore inner
iicnn, the burthen of whose song is, the
horrors. present and prospective. which
secession has brought upon the unloyal
border States and the precious and man
fold blessings which submission has scat
tered broad cast over our own dear old
commonwealth. OF the particular blessings
Of which the people of this State have
been the recipients since MIR. Lincoln
came into office, We have very freely
and frankly spoken our minds be-
fore and shall say nothing at present.
only, from their further continuance,
good Lord deliver US. That our heroic
neighbor and sister across the Potomac has
been scrcly tried by the war which an
usurping and despotic Government has
forced upon her. We can readily under
stand, bu. she has never asked nor does
she BOW ask either the sympathy or the
support of the ''l"yar psrss VI the 10y
al" people Of Maryland, or Lincoln peo-
pie anywhere. The Washington Gov
ernment has treated her roughly. and
she has complained of it in her own
modest way. once at Great Bethel aud
more recently at Manassa, hut her great
cst and loudest complaint is reserved
for tho second and last coward march
to Richmond ~ She knew very we'll.
We expect, that war-and above all,
civil war-was no summer or Lutte string
business when she bravcly girded up her
loias and threw herself across the path
Of the dcspotism Of the irrcpressiblc
conflict. She has suffered and is suffer-
ing. but thus far she has conquered
Better that war, pestileuce aud famine
should come upon her than that con-
stitutioual liberty, which she is main
tanning. should perish! But the loyal
press Of Maryland, especially the Ameri-
can, can see nothing but war in Vir-
ginia and peace in Maryland. 1t ap-
pears to Lc incapable of looking an iucl'
beyond these. With these people, it j.
always war and ruin in Virginia and
peace and plenty and progress in Mary.
land. If the loyal -i".rricua had existed
during the American Revolution. il
would have pointed with triumphant
pencil to the peaceful and composed condi.
ton Of Canada aud grown eloquent ove1
the horrors which the seeded, or If it i,
preferred, the revolutionary States hat
brought upon themselves by their un
filial refusal to pay miserable taa
upon tea. 1t would have demanded
look at Canada and then at the Unite,
Colonies. The former Las remained
faithful to the central Governments anc
is at peace. The latter have secedet
or rebellcd, and sword and fame ant
ruin are their portion. After this fash
ion argued the loyalists of the Amer
can revolution and after this fashion, ar
que the loyal press of Maryland rsf
crence to Virginia and Maryland! Blu
the rebels in the War Of Independence
knew what war meant and above al
what constitutional liberty vas WORTH
They gave up their homes to the spoil
err and bctook themselves to the swamp
aud mountains of their country. Witt
unainching heart and with heroic cour
age they fought through the seven years
struggle for independence, watch wa
nothing more or less than a struggle 70
the maintenance of their chartered rights
And for independence and their chartere
rights are Virginia aud the South strug
Cling at this moment, ane the loyal pres
Of our State, especially the Aasericda,
thanking God that Maryland, Is. - va
! Canada in the Revolution. .sinfamOus an