New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-10-23
jority Of the people 10 most Of the counties are OPP
posed to the Government, and there are Few landed
nronr;atoro yybo ara not 9outhern Rights men, Many

ing sent across the Potomac into Virginia, and could
not Illustrate the attempts of bodies OF armed gente
men and others on horse and on foot TO JON their
friends II was only the other day / was speaking
to a gentleman who mentioned that he had large
number Of relatives in the Southern army, as II II
were q matter Of common nOtoriety. And how
did they get there :" Why, they belonged to O
body Of cavalry which we have had for many years,
composed Of the young gentlemen OF the county, 10
keep down negro instruction. They heard one
night that the negroes were going TO rise, and ap-
pearances justified the Tumof. SO they Assembled,
and cent in word TO the General at Baltimore that
they had met and that they would probably require
some aid He ordered them al once to disband, or
to wait till he sent out officer to make each OF
them take the oath Of allegiance. Deeply offended
by this conduct nearly all of them rode of, crossed
the Tver that night, and joined the enemy. Ihe
women have embraced Beauregardism with the
greatest DEVOTION and their beauty and grace render
them powerful proselytzers. IL may be true that
the State has been nearly dearmed by frequent and
rigid searches; but if there not bows and flags,
and rosettes of the orthodox colors forthcoming in
profusion whenever the Confederates make
their appearance, / am much deceived in the
ingenuity and zeal OF the ial Marylanders
On nv first visit to Baltimore there was a report
that the South Carolinians bad opened fire upon
SUMTER and the feeling which displayed itself was
certainly not OF regret. On my second visit, on
my way from Fortress Monroe, Baltimore had the
air Of Warsaw pckes at the street corners, patrols
III the thoroughfares, camps on the bills, soldiers
cooking IN the public places the people sullen aud
angry. The report had been presented to the Legis
lature respecting the suppression Of the police and
the Inhabitants were satisfied they had been very
badly used But from the first there strong hopes
that the " tyranny would be overpast when the
Confederate invaded Aaryaudi and it must have
been bitter disappointment, particularly after the
battle of Manassas to find there were no traces OF
their DELIVERIES footsteps, and that their voices
were as distant as ever. Gen. SCOTS foresight, in
fact was never better exhibited than in the measures
be took 20 eecure Maryland at time Of enormous
difficulty. Notwithstanding all her writings and
commissions the State is SO firmly manacled that
nothing short of victorious armys strength can
hberate her. 1t would not have been
possible to let Maryland go, nor can any one, pre-.
sumo, suppose that In any contingency the United
States could ever resign the seat of their Govern
ment, the Potomac, aud the waters Of the CLesa-
peake, to an independent power. To do that the
North must be tubjugated as thoroughly as she IN
tends TO subjugate the South. But has the North
cOnsIdered that ia Mary land, where there are
many Union men, she is obliged to use the means
which probably viii be needed to greater extent ia
the South, and then calmly considered what those
means are 7 There are 10000 men in and around
BlltimoTe the General Dix, in reply TO certain
representations has stated that If the city falls into
tie bands Of the enemy, he will be forced 70 lay it IL
ashes from bis batteries. There are probably not
lees than 1910 troops in other parts Of Maryland.
The social and political condition Of the State Is best
estimated by these facts notorious TO the English
public If the North could bus make an
equation, and see whether she has the force
TO act the same part in the Southern States,
IL is not reasonable TO suppose che could any
longer deny that Der mssion 10 one Of conquest and
subugatio6 in which success is not certain, and in
which il Is impossible 10 persist permanently. Con-
quest may be achieved. BY some extraordinary
effort of military spirit, armed occupancy Of
the Seeded States may be effected for q time. But
what becomes of the Constitution, Of Republican
institutions the Federal compact of the rights Of
the people, and Of the undouSted States rights Of
internal government There ia, know, pretense
that there is Union sentiment in solution in the
South which will tumble down in thick preclptate
on the head Of the Col.ederates the moment il Is
stirred by FEEDER al bayonet; but there is no trace
OF foundation for the Hypothesis. Look at North
Carolina Even the ultra-Union papers Tioicule the
bogus or sham member, Mr.. Foster, and dis claims
for stationery and the authorization which has been
issued for the creation Of one regiment Of North Caro-
linians is regarded matter Of form, not likely to
be of any great use. 1T the expectations be un-
founded, what course viii the Government pursue
Acknowledge their error, and agree to compro-
nise They dare not in the present temper Of the
people. Accept the situation, and make Maryland
Of every State Even the wealth and the energy
and population Of the North might well shrink from
the TAX. But viii South Carolina, Georgia, Louis
iana Mississippi, Tennessee be at the mercy OF
the United States in the full development Of their
programme than Maryland is now The future is
iull Of difficulties which faith, the evidence Of
things not seen, cannot pretend ~ solve.
IL Is but mouth since Yves driving through mag
nifcent undulating fields, hemmed in by broad belts
OF forest, and heavy with crops Of Indian corn and
tobacco. The rough wooden and brick huts huddled
together in the neighborhOod of the country seats
were poopled by men, women, and children with
black ftces but for which they might have done
duty easily for Hungarian or Lithuanian peasantry,
atired ia unoouh clothes and great numbering boots
shuffling and hulking through the fields as if In
81 arch oil mOonsOnes. Their MASTER good 6sI kind
hearted gentleman, polished and well read, looked
ON them very much rs the Irish squires of the
old time regarded squatters-creatures who ought
10 be Inade useful, who were not profitable, who |
had no business TO be where thoy were, and who, |
nevertheless, could not be got rid OF without i'm
putations Of cruelty which would make him
odious IN the -laRd. He was perfectly satisfied
tie free labor OF whites would be more prolta-
BILE; but what was he TO do with his blacks
where was he 10 get even the white labor he |
wanted With these sentiments, he felt bitterly
tie insults Of the Abolitionsts, who called him a
slaye.driver and niger breeder In bis case,
most of the fathers of these blacks had been trans
nited 20 him by his ancestors, and had lived as fam
lies on the estate for leyeral generations. 10
COX ct the felds, luxurapt with weeds aud filed
with stones WAS TO be satisfied the system of agri-
culture was patnaTchal il the system of labor
was not. But in fact, their condition was very diff
ferent from that OF the slaves on the Southern
plantations. The proprietor of these broad domains
i, like many Of The Maryland gentry, Roman
Catholic, and priest, belonging TO religious and
educational institution founded by the piety Of hs
is engaged to look after the religious
welfare OF his flock and saw full congregation OF
The slaves troopiDg through the meadows to chapel
looking, in their gay dresses and natural group
ngs, very unlike the beings who are cribbed
up like rabbits In hutches in the South. Then, after
service was over, came hocks of woolly headed
children Of both sexes to the priest for examination
ia the Catechism. The houses in which they lived |
were larger aud better than the shave quarters on
most plantations, but were not cleaner or more
tidy and it appeared 10 if the inhabitants were
a little less respectful in their deneanor. In the
name of crinehne, yellow shawlP, pink and white 1