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

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lEONARD TOWN, ND.
THURSDAY MORNING. AUG. Is. 1851
Tt Hesse be ths WAteAwsd.
Whit it is cvideat that the great mas
ses Vi III. Psopls Of the North aud West
are begiasisg 70 u,aniSses nm e>s,ssst desire
for peace, Il Is not ut al astonishing ~ us
that the Wa.hington authorities. together
with great majority Of the late Congress,
should be clamcrous for the prosecution Ut
the war. The truth IL, this war Is purely
political in its character; and had its origin.
not in the declared desire Ito preserve the
Unioa and psrpvtua,e Republican in,ti'u-
TONS" bus is purpsse Gar less ju+tidable
and meritorious The attempt 70 rein
force and provision Sumter. when tho
Federal authorities were officially notified
that such course would be regarded rs
declaration Of war against the seeded
States, and resented accordingly, cannot lie
justly viewed in any other light. than that
Of a political msne"vre. The astuse
Seward understood Northern sentiment
Too veil 10 have not been aware Of the
consequences that must follow. He we'll
knew that fight would ensue, and that
the boom Of the first gun fired upon Sum-
ter would find its echo in every Northern
breast, and be welcomed as the signal for
a general uprising Of the Northern people
Nor did the willy Blair and the acrim"ni-
GUS Chase less wisely calculate the effect
that would be thus produced upon the
Northern mind. \ long acquaintance and
intimate association with the people Of the
North and West, had convinced these
'.H.lpcritcs" that their fanatical adherents
would hail with delight so favorable an OF
portunity to enlist in q crusade against
Southern institutions. The mean and
miserly Cameron greeted with infinite sat
isfaction the opening of new field for the
accumulation of wealth, whilst Lincoln's
BOSS" vas. no doubt. equally delighted
at the prospect u being able to add the
crowning wreath to an already very con-
siderable. though overrated, military repu-
tatiou. We here have brief history Of
the origin If the war and Of the objects
that undcrlie the calamities that have fol-
lowed. A few daring political tricksters.
having their own ends to attain and each
seeking his own political or rccaniary nd
vsscement. have plsngcd as into strife
from which nothing hut the Wisdom and
iirmness If the people eau extrisate us.
And wherin lies the remedy? Let the
..ssses Of the North aud West rcnounce
their allegiance TO past political leaders
and make firm aud united demand for
pe.ce. Interest ~..d principle alike de-
,nand this course. and by no other can
the existing and portending evils be
.verted. If they entertain honest and
conscientious anti-slavery convictions.
what better opportunity could be desired
% free themselves from the txint Of South
ern alilixaion? The South desires peace
and win disbzud her forces 80 soon ~ the
Washington Government shall scknowl-
edge her Independence. The war must
ultimately result in this, then, Why pro-
long and multiply the evils consequent
upon this civil and unnatural strife The
perpetuity of the Union. waica q few
,,"nths ago the Nwth could haze render
ed easy. or the reconstruction, which
could have been effected by judicious legis-
lation At any time before the war corn-
mcneed. il now mot dreamed Of by either
section Of the country. The coercion Of
the seeded States. If still desirable to the
masses At the North. must now appear to
them to be task they have not the means
to accomplish. Then. why precrastinase
the war? Why entail taxation and ruin
upon the people. merely to further the
schemes aud advance the interests of the
Infamous cabal which rules ut Washing
toni Why plunge the nation Into ire
trievable ruin. for the mere qualification
and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Of q few base and I'M
principled dcmagogues? What boots il
10 the people Of the North and West,
whether Mr.. Seward be Prcsident-wheth'
er the .'irsepres<ible conflict" Of Blair and
Chase be Observation-Disclosures Cameron
grows. rich or Scott famous: Will the &C.
oomplishment Of all these projects, il
pleasing to the North and West, atone fol
the brothers blood that has and will b
shed in the unholy warfare in which
through their fundamentally. the twt
sections Of the county are now engaged
VIII It restore the ruined commerce Of thu
North, or render. again. free and happ,