St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-06-27

0I kNlNG. JUNE ~.
| Sout keeping faith nth the treach.
srs,us No! not one The obi
/ gafio eovenant are reciprocal. Time
we0I ne 10 mention all the cove
nanto ~ Bible. As David and Jon
atlssI ftsh and the elders Of Gi.
M viii osly mention 81.
| I Il NJ 30, swcsr unto ne III the Lord,
since / have. Showed you Kindness, tina,
ye will also shcw Kindness unto my fa.
theirs house, DC And the men answer
ed her. CUR life for yours, if We utter
not this our business, aud it Shall b.
when the IIcrd hath given us the land,
that We shall deal kindly and truly with
thee. And il thou utter this our bust
ness, then zee ~W be gut Of thine cath.
which thou has made us swear. And
she said according unto your words 50
be it," VIXEN the Lord had given Jcr-
icho unto the Israeli;es the spies went
in and brought out Rahab and all her
kindred, and she dwclleth in Israel un-
til this day." Why was Rahab spared j:
God said that the city and all in it were
accurscd, except Rahab and her house
hold. She 'rus EnihyM to her cornamt,
and a covenant keeping God kept her
and hers. We have already said time
would fail to mention all, but, beginning
with the covenant God made with Adam
in the garden Of Eden (Which was II
teeerul covcnant) and ending with the
covenant consumated upon Mount Cal.
vary by the Son Of God, which was also
q federal covenant, we learn that the
obligations at covenant are mutual. Did
God spare his only begottcn and well
beloved Son from thu fulfilmcnt of his
covenant Obligations Witness the ago.
NY in the garden of Gcthsemane and
the cruci6x,i,n!
On the other hand, when Adam
broke the covenant, did God inflict the
threatened penalty upon him and his
example of God to prove that when one
party violates covenant. the other par
~ or parties. Ohc rule applies to States
as well as to Individually is released
from all obligation. So the attempt by
the North to subvcrt the Constitution,
AMI substitute the Chicago Platform, RE,
LIEyEs EVERY SOUTHERN STATE IN TIE
LATE FEDERAL UNlox from all obligations
to keep the covenant of their fathers
Federal covenants rest upon good faith
ami our experience would teach us that
this grace is too high an attainment for
the North, Notwithstanding they claim to
have attained the higher lac. TIE South
crn people want no higher authority for
our rule Of action than the word of God.
Aud Southern pe"ple-aye all Southern
pcoplc-desire no better government than
the Constitution they reverence and love
it. Witness the tears Of hcartful bitter
ness and sorrow shed BY the noble states
men of Virginia. when the North had
broken faith with the South. Noble,
patient, covenant-keeping State Of Vir-
ginia. you c!ung to the Federal Union
as to an anchor of hope. until Lincoln
tramp!e,i i under his feet and called for
$4,000 troops to conquer the South.
Their honor, conscience, the cause OF
human freedom, and the ashes of the sa-
cred dead. all demanded Of you. and eve
~ Southern State. to spurn an alliance
with such treachery and cruelty. The
Northern States have combined to support
= military dcspotisln. for the avowcd pur-
pose Of subjugating the Southern States.
The breach If good faith Oh the part Of thc
North fuily ju~tifies the action Of the South,
on the ground that the government was j
FEDERAL Union.
On the Other hand to those who contend
tend that the Constitution of IT'S! made a
nation Of the late United States, We answer
from the Declaration Of independence. =
We claim as right that whenever any
form OF government becomes destructive
Of life. liberty. Or the parsui. Of happiness,
it j. the right ofthe people to alter or abolish
it," The people Of the South claim the
right to resist military dcspotism. Mr..
Motley says fright Of revolution is indis-
pufablc. II is written on the whole
record OF our race. Hampton
Pym and Oliver Cromwell, Washington,
Adams and Jefferson, were all rebels. =
|. is no word Of reproach." So upon eth
er theory Vt the government the South is
prepared to vindicate the righteousness Of
her cause. This is plain statement OF
facts to 60 forth to the civilized world.
The causes which compel the South to
separate are these. Unwillingness to sub
n,ii to the Wholesale robbery Of the terrific
ries. and unwillingness to submit 10 mil
itary despo,ism, which threatens to subju-
gate the Southern States. unless they will
sutmit to the aforesaid ROBBERY. TO de-
ccive the nations of Europe the war is to be
wagsd ON the part of the North, on false
prca.nces. They pretend to be fighting
for the Federal Union. which they them
selves have destroyed---Repauican.
E- An Albany barber having an IN
temperate man to shave ON Sunday, beg
yed him To kce. i,;s ,.,,nti shut as IL was