St. Mary's beacon., 1861-02-14

of u large military furc.. ~ be hereafter
used. as circnn stances might dictate, to
oyerawc the people If thi. State; sni
ec.m,iy, to strike th. tinid men of Mt
ryland With panic. and thereby ind,
them 10 sustain the suppression po'irY
Governor H:sks I gave the Commi
clearly I n...i.rsianl that the g,ilan,
people nf Maryland scorned the Cha.
! Of secret conan =; and that When t!jn
hour shall come for thrm to strike Tor
.i.ir rights, il will Be done in the bro.I
d,sl;eht. AFTER The fashion Of their fa,L-
ers flou: cheers I told them that hsi
heard of but one uan in all Marglan1
Who had asserted. n f.ct. and not an
idle run.r. that such conspiracy ex-
;.,.,i-,hat ,,,.t n-u vas Govc.nor Hicks
r,umul,u,us applaus-j I produce b,fo7e
| IN I'M his proclamation nf the 81 ~ Jsn-
u,ry in which hc officially proclaimi i,
to to the people Of this S:ste-and I re-
oues,e.l that he sl,onld b. Summoned
before them to prove the charge and +,
civ. III, names " HE witncss-s l.
Wallis A traitor! Il Mel me bcl?--
Am a conspirator? If Governor Hick>
knows it to be SO l.. him prove it. II
spiracy exists-he has given nc. N.9es
he has stated no facts. denngnc,.a
j, 10 the Committee, and ! dennunce i
here, "a, untrue aud Absurd. told tn,
Committee that no nan knows the pee
ulc If Marylanl bet.rr than | DO. hot
only her public men with waom am
in daily intercourse but her great hoe
es, masses whom / have addressed from
a ,hnusani stands NJ man in Mary
land has shaken moro honest hsnds than
have. TCri,s Of that's 50" "thsfa SOL
I think | know YOU fllow-c;;;zans, and
Won know me (.'w"ll we do The
h ,nnrs'ic public ulrI of this State could
entertain ~ grand idea connected With
mr. interests withnu. ;.s Coaching y
eur; aad therefor: | pr,on ,ced :hs
charge to b. as ab.arsd IN j !, t.is.--
The clique bch,nd thu 'i'r"rnp- of whic7
Mr.. Wallis >r'k"---'he unknown ki;ch~a
cabiuct--wtre u. d,aot instrumental IL
{ my apn.aranc" b..far, tn. COMMITTEE
; artuatcd by All eager .l-sire to op'u tn.
Black Republican sl';i.rs If ca,a.nny
throughout Western Marvaaa. snt {,
displr.g. 'ae, If posi- lie. abong.s p o.
pie, who hnr. an"wn ,nc from nv crauie.
! But it often OCCURS that the ,i fall Which
J ;ia wicked dig for others they f,ll into
themselves When Gov. Hicks goes b.
fore the Conni.,ce We have RICH. (,
exn"c, that the plh!ic will bear ID,
, u,n.es Of his inrorman.s AMI advisers.
; III. men Who Are IN fact the real ca.
spirs,o.s having c,n.pired t. ,"a.s ,a.,-
reasonable designs against the honor nni
highest interests vi yoar osat-. IA Ter a
vague AMI insi iiou~ charge o. c,nsp-ac7
by some Imaginary orginizsti,n for Ia,
cnnonst Of N: National Capital Ii we
should be 80 fortunate IA TO obtain such
a dsclosurs. think f,il,w.c!,iseas shall
: oe emitted to your thanks.
The Committee seemed anxious 70 know
what You might do in certain coming .n.ies
--wh"ther you wouli scccde Ixushtrrl
AMI If SCI, whether you would want :b9 Dis
trict "f Columbia l.ught-r] and if 80.
whether you would use violence tn take II
laughter ! sai to them that | aat Nd
authority 4, speak for the people of Mary
ianl--but tia, thought knew your SEN
timen.s---l cersainly knew my own--ihat
u if permanent disruption Of this conieder-
: acy should occur the District Of Columb!.
u would revert by law to the State Of Mary
J land. who granted it 10 the Federal Gov
= ern,nent for special purposes. which in that
# event wond have failed and ceased. and
? that had no doubt Won would claim your
! legal right to the sill AMI jurisdiction f
that district-that az to the public proper
n ty it would he mzttcr for friendly nego-
: tiatiou--that WAS not aware that any &C.
l., - 4
: tion--that from my knowledge Of yoar
: honor and integrity yau would Claim moth
: ing but your clear rishts-that you were
| not governed by any considerations Of mt
II teral intera s.+--that the question Of dbl
Y lars and c, MS had no. controlled ,hs az
!, ton Of any Southern State Oar State ~
J. fellow citlzens, whilst she does not Wait
Il the bricks ard marble at Washington.
a won.l feel di,l,onnrea in surrendering one
inch If tho soil which che inherited from
J. Der Pilgrim Fathers and maintained intact
e against the pnwer If the Briti-h Enpi'.
Y by the bravery AMI devotion If the '.MI
It 4ntrylad Iine' loud and p :olonge ch
l ing L. is trun that the public Luil iinys
" at Washington have cos. the United states
= many millions Of dollars. Ii III. catastro-
" Phc VI pSTHdD.'ut u!Sub1nU SubuW CsGnS
e upon us--if the coufeieracy should not be
$ r-constructcd-:be position OF The Capt., al
L will drp:nd upon the position Of Mary Iani.
r If Maryland should unite With Northern
= Confc'Ieracy. Washington city would BE-
| come dcser'--,hc Capital Of the North
! ern Republic would necessarily be relnov-
K ed To Philadelphia. New York o, some
r city Of the N.rti WEST; b,c,a.s tbs ex-
- p-ricnce Of the whole wr.d demo istra.es
it that the Northern R'puLEc would no,
e place its capital. its public o.6ces. its gov.
g -rnment archives sn.l its treasury within
e rife shot Of the Virginia shore. the North
! ern boundary Of. the Southern republic
'e All nations s,ek to pl,nt thoir capital
20 within secure limits aaa beyond The reach
y of the basaris of war. On the other baud
e If Maryland sboail unite With the South.