St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-06-06

scshty privileges We now enjoy. {
repeat. could matters have tesn wooe
and. We ask. is j, fur the pos;tisn - -
hold. We have forfeited the 81 g -
snd esteem Of the South and ewes ~
respect Of the cAipalric NORTH Ist y
swat the progress Of events. not - ID
missionists. but n IN spprssssd PSI
MS frce,nen ground down By The irou
heel Of tyranny and desposins- ard "a
ryland will yet be redeemed and stsce
more occupy her proud and hoaorsd po-
sition- Let Us abide our time - IN
the end all will be we'll. =
What il Costa
The position Of the Southern Rights
men Of Marylasd has been clearly 1hrked
out aud boldly defined. They are against
war and coercion and for peace. All who
are not mirled BY party prcjudse q over
awed BY gover ,'pent power .nou &C
knowledge that peace can only DO obtained
BY the Acknowledgements Of che Indepen-
dence Of the Cafedcrste States. Those
who are against this policy en- fof var.
No sane man resaly saPposeS = the
.North'can sutjsgatettl,c South Z ~
lightenei imam Who Is q Christian and q
patriot regards Il as desirable consumma-
ton. even If the thing wcre possible. We
put it to any candid man. whom or what
would it benefit? Would any IMAM in Ma
ryland be the better for it? Would il
benefit the merchant, the manufacturer,
tho farmer. or the mechanic: Are there
any in Maryland 50 blind aud dc,nented
as not to see that to sutjugatc the South
is to bring ruin and misery upon them
selves and their postcrity? But the iude-
dependence Of the South is a forgonc con-
clusisn. The task Of suljugation which
the North has undertaken is utterly be-
yond its capacity. At the expiration Of
the war. il will be found that it has lav-
isl,cd its blood and treasure in vain. What
has Maryland to gain BY the prosecution
Of this war? 1t is estimated that the cost
Of the war for single day is not much
less than a million Of dollars. Its cost
fer years active prosecution will proba-
lily exceed three hundred and fifty mil
lions. The government is now Borrowing
money at ruinous rates and IT'S credit is
rapidly sinking. An resource from I'M
ports is now cat off and is likely to be for
years to come. How are these millions to
BE- paid? By direct tax. by the dec
truction Of commerce. ruin has come upon
the mercantile aud manufacturing interests
and the capitalists arc fast becoming bank
rupt. II the war lasts for any considera-
bio length of time. there will be little left
for the tax-gathcrcr in that dissection.
There will then remain but ono solvent in
tcrest to be hunted up. Can the farmers
Of Maryland imagine what that intercs,
is? We can tell them. 1t is the agricul.
tural interest. Unless the war and coer.
cion policy which Lincoln has commenced
and the Union Party Of Maryland advo-
cate shall be abandoned. their lands and
personal chattels will be saddled with .
tax which will cripple their means and
dcpress their cxertions to the end of their
lives. Let it then be distinctly under
stood and never forgotten in the impend-
ing congressional contest in this State.
that the cry for Union is q cry for Wal
and heavy Federal taxation. The advo.
vocates Of peace are those only who con.
tend for the acknowledgment Of Southeru
Independence.