Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1861-08-02
Charles 3. Calvert.


In debate that lately took place in Lin
coins Congress, on the direct tax, which they
are about to impose on the people, to carry on
the present war of conquest, Mr.. CALVERT, the
nominal representative from this district,
made the following remarks:
''Mr. Calvert Of MARYLAND, agreed with the
gentleman who preceded him, that the object
of the bill was to tax heaviest the agricuitu-
raj interests Of the country. He was willing
for anything TO carry on to successful ter
mination this war; but be desired the tax to
fall alike upon every species of property. lie
held that the issue of Treasury notes would
be found insufficient for the purposes OF
the government, and that q direct tax was
necessary Such measure was not half as
odious as the present rebellion, nor did he
think ii at all odious. On the contrary, ii
was by far the most just system of taxation.
Under this system the little State of MARYLAND
had nearly paid off an enormous State debt,
and had not felt it to be either odious or oner-
Gus. He offered an amendment, which was
negatived."
YesI''he was willing for anything to carry
'on, to successful termination, this war
q, yes he was willing that our citizens should
be imprisoned by the Hessian army; that our
State capitol should be occupied by Yankee
troops; that the city of Baltimore should be
deprived of her right of self-government, and
her chief officers imprisoned in foreign State
that all the industry and capital Of the State
should be loaded with a crushing taxation,
to aid Seward, Greedy ard Lincoln in their i'm
pious plan of breaking down the spirit of con
stitutional government, which has heretofore
been our boast among the nations of the earth
What can be Mr. Calvert's motive? 1t cannot
be an abolition love for lis mulatto half bro
theirs and sisters, and their children; for they
charge him with keeping money due them. II
must be his instructive love of arbitrary, mo-
narchical power, and combined, in great
degree, with love of the National Hotel in
Washington, of which he is the owner, and
which might lose somewhat of its value, il
the South succeed in maintaining their rights
The SEcEssIoNIsTs AT ROCKVILLE Mon.
day, two Of our county officers having bust
ness in Rockville went there and found them.
selves in a perfect hornets nest Of secession.
lists. Upon discovering that the seamps in.
tended TO capture and abuse them, the officers
by strategy and fast driving succeeded il
making their escape. The leader of the gang
was Sam Rabbit, well known in Washington
who tried to cut them off in the road, anC
thought he had succeeded. lie told his sup
posed prisoners that Dick Jackson was there
and wanted to see them Dick is a brother o
the Jackson who murdered Col. Ellsworth
Those fellows need watching.
The above paragraph, from the Washing
ton "Star," contains about as many lies AZ
could well be put in the same space, even by
that finished hand Instead of the officer
being in " hornets nest of secessionists,
they were in the " Wigwam," (post Office,
on business relating to the capture of a Negro
belonging to prominent Union-shrieker
who, we are informed, objected to paying tn
reward demanded by the officers. All Will
whom they had intercourse on that day wer
Union-shriekers and ifthc officers were afraic
of being captured and abused, and "by
strategy aud fast driving escaped, they es
capped 4 ON their own friends. Rabbit wa
here on the day named though not residen
of the county; he is Union man, and ha
since, we learn enlisted in the g Grand Army
of the Union" Richard +. jackson has no
been in Rockville for at least six months o.
more. This is not the first time the editor O
the STAR has tried to excite hatred toward
this village and VIC can only attribute it t,
that disposition Of superserviccable knavcs
who are always trying to elevate themselves
by pulling others down.