Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1861-11-29
Vol. VII. le.

ccssful prosecution Of tho war, the action
of the government will not be- restrained
by the constitutional objection which
would attach to such j work for CONNER
cial purposes, and attention is invited to
the practicability Of securing its carly
completion by giving the necdful aid to
the company organized for its construc-
ton and administrator. X
If we husband oux means and make q
judicious use Of our resources itwould be
difficult to hx aiimik g the period during
which We could conduit q war against the
adversary whom we nz# encounter. The
very efforts which ID mikes to isolate
and invade US must vxEaust bis means
whilst they serxcto esnbplete the circle
Iana .ldixsrai9x u 4 etsens Of our 10
dustrial system TIE reconstructicn
which he seeks to effect by arms becomes
daily more and more palpably impossible
Not only do the causes which induced us
to separate still exist in full force, but
they have strengthened, and whatever
doubt may have fingered in the minds of
any, has been completely dispelled by
subsequent events.
If, instead of being dissolution of
league, it were indeed rebellion in
which we are engaged, we. might find
ample vindication ia the scenes which are
now being enacted in tho United States.
Our people now look with contemptuous
establishment on those with whom thoy
have been SO recently associated They
shrink with aversion from the bare idea
of renewing such a connection. When
they SEQ president making war without
the assent of Congress when they behold
judges threatened because they maintain
the writ of habeaS corpus so sacred to
freenen when they see justice and law
trampled under the armed heel Of militia
ry authority, and upright men aud inno-
cent women dragged TO distant dungeons
upon the mere cdict Of despot when
they find all this tolerated and applauded,
by people who bad been in the full en-
joyment of freedom but few months
ago-they believe that there must be
some radical incompatbility between such
people and themselves. With such a
people we may DO content to live at
peace, but the separation is final, and for
the independence we have asserted nc
will accept no alternative.
The nature of tho hostilties which they
have waged against us, must be charac-
terized as barbarous wherever it is under
stood. They have bombarded undefend-
ed villages without giving notice to wo-
men and children TO enable them TO es-
cape, and in one instance, selected tho
night as tho period when they might
surprise them most effectually, whilst
asleep and unsuspicous of danger. Ar
son and rapine, the destruction Of private
houses and property and injuries Of the
most wanton character, even upon nom
conbatants, have marked their forays
along our borders and upon our territory.
Although we ought to have been admon-
ished by these things, that they were dis
posed to make war upon us in the most
cruel and relentless spirit, yet we were
not prepared to 500 them fit out large
naval expedition, with the confessed pur-
pose not only to pillage, but to incite
seryile instruction in our midst
If they convert their soldiers into in
cendiaries and robbers, and involve us in
species Of war which claims non-com-
batants, women and children as its vic
tins, they must expect to be treated as
outlaws and enemies Of mankind. There
are certain rights Of humanity which are
entitled to respect even in war, and he
who refuses to regard them forfeits his
claims, if captured, to be considered asa
prisoner Of war, but must expect to be
dealt with as an offender against all law,
human and divine.
But not content with violating our
rights, under the law osnations, Mt homo,
they have extended these injuries to us
within other Jurisdictions. The distin-
guished gentlemen whom, with your APP
proval, at the last session, | commission
ed to represent the Confederacy at GER
tain foreign courts, have been recently
seized by the captain Of United States
ship war, on board British steamer,
on their voyage from the neutral Spanish
port OF Havana TO England. The United
States have thus claimed a general juris-
diction over the high seas. and entering
a British ship, sailing underits country's
flag, violated tho rights Of embassy, for
the most part held sacred even amongst
barbarians, by selling our ministers
whilst under the protection and dominion
Of neutral nation.
These gentlemen wero os much under
the jurisdiction Of the British govern
mcnt upon that ship, and beneath its flag,
as if they had been on It's soil; and
claim on the part Of the United Statos to
seize them in the streets of London would
have been as well founded as that TO APP
prehend them where they were taken.
Had they been indicators and citizens
even Of the United States they could not
have been arrested on q British ship or
on British soil, unless under the express
provisions Of a treaty, and according TO
the forms therein provided for the extra
dition ofcriminals.
But rights the most sacred seem TO
have lost all respect in their eyes When
Mr. Faulkner, former Minister Of the
(io0rLiJed on (ouyfb NAM