Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1861-09-05
The Progress OF Rebellion.

The hourly progress of the present rebel
lion against the government Of the United
States is watched with the most intense inter
est not only in our own country but through
ont the civilized world The cloud that at
first was no larger than mans hand has
spread till it has darkcued the whole horizon;
and the treason that at first only whispered
its purposes in dark places now walks abroad
defiantly at noon day. In this terribly wick
ed attempt to destroy the liberties Of this u
Mon the conspirators have had many adyan-
tages of position on their side The actors in
the drama, when they gave the first open
stab to the Constitution, occupied the highcs.
places in the government itself Some of
them were Senators aud others members Of
Congress, while the sworn advisers and Sec
retaries of the President became the chief ac-
tors in attempting to carry out the long and
deeply considered schemes ola few ambitious
Williams, VINO aspire to establish a throne upon
the ruins OF their country. Not only mem
bers of the two houses of Congress claiming
to represent Southern interests, year after
year, again and again grossly violated the de-
cencics of debate by studied insults offered to
all who stood in their way but IL majority OF
the officers of the Army and Navy in open
violation of their oaths and their honor have
basely deserted the flag they had sworn to
defend, and have joined in the rebellion
against the very government that had hon
ored them with its confidence and had en-
trusted its high interests to their Keeping
The period between the 9th Of November,
1860, and the 4th day of March, 1861, will
be remembered in history as signally degra-
ding to the hoEor Of the country. The coun-
Gil chamber of the President became den of
thieves, and he went ont of Office, followed
by the eXecratlons of his couutrymcn Thus
far, the present administration have had an
up hill time of it, but the loyal portion of the
country have stood shoulder to shoulder with
wonderful unanimity. In the face Of all the |
buster aud idle bravOdo of The couspirators,
the good sesse and patriotism of the people |
will sustain the Constitution and the Govern |
ment against the assassins who have banded |
together to destroy the best interests of man |
on earth. The cause of free government will |
be promptly maintained wherever the pco-
pie are not cvcrawed by the military despot. |.
ism attempted to be set up by the conspira- |
tors. Even in the extreme South the check |
to tho general government is only temporary; |
North Carolina will soon he able to speak |
out. Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee will
maintain the position of independence that
becomes them. Georgia will soon shake of |
the shackes OF JEFF. Davis & Co. Under the
auspices of Doctor Frost South Carolina will |
be cured of her spasmS; and even poor, de-
luded and tran,pIed down Virginia will, be-
lore the return Of many moons, be restored
TO her senses and independence. Advcrsitv
has its uses. Virginia may profit by expe-
rience, while she ministers. a wholesome les
son to her sister States. AS for Maryland,
she stands as firm as her everlasting hills.
and in November next, she will show her
contempt for the miscreants who have vainly
attempted to seduce her from her loyalty.
Already the secession farce is nearly PLAYED
out in this STATE The system of violence
and terror set on foot on the 10Th of April
last, has failed to accomplish the object in
tended, and the miserable men who then as
suined the attitude of rebels against the
government, have either fled from the State
or yielded to the strong grasp of the law.
Vengeance is sometimes slow, but it is gene
rally sure. The conspirators throughout this
whole country, whose gorilla nature rendered
them incapable of approaching the beauties
and blessings OF the Government under which
they were born and quickened into political
life, now see when it is too late for them,
that they have committed gross blunder. .
Neither the bowie-knile nor burnt brandy
can save them from disgrace and infamy.
To the visual organs Of JEFF Davis and Dwarf i
Stevens the gailo,oS looms up in the distance. II
and far outtops the glitterng palace that Q
for years past has dazzled their vision Those !.
two unmitisated scoundrels, it is said, have q
had chitis of late No wonder They will n
soon be in worse way. In vain will they c.
call upon the rocks and hills to cover them T.
from shame. He that stitch in Heapen ,riU i
augh at their calamity, and mock ,chen their Al
fcar cometh. Nor will the small fry rebels o,