St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-11-14

ruUasoAY MORNING. NOV. II. 1861
The Maryland Rleceioe.
The election On Wednesday. the 9th nj
November. instant, in Maryland. 60 tar NJ
leas. .. outside appearances are e0nc' rnrd'
is completely and Overwhelmingly ON the
aide of coercion, Mr.. Bradford. the war
candidate has been-elccted We think they
call it-by thirty or three hundred thu:
sand maj"ri,y. We have really forgotten
which nor do we care enough to post the
matter ND. We have no doubt, If the Lin-
coin Government had 50 ordered. that this
very clever majority. whntsver it may ex-
,r,ly b.. could have been augmented to
.uy extent desired. If, for Instance, the
ties, oath system. Which vas applied i"
Baltimore City and III a few of the ecu"-
,;..s whore the contest was doubtful and cs-
pecially where senators we're to he elect
ed, had been every where ad"ptrd-if SOL
diers had been placed At every voting pre-
,c;ucs. Instead Of 1t shsos-four.hs Of them--
if Southern Rights meu had been every
where arrested aud imprisoned for attempt
inc TO cast ..Dr,necratio votes" Us the Su"
newspaper admit. to have been the case III
baltimore and rs certainly was the case III
many Of the c6uuticsis would have been
still more exclusively onc-sidcd "s:neSs'
and n. resemblance between the Marylnnd
election aud the election in France in ~
would hay. been exceedingly compietc and
d RECT. A. il, is. ,L,re are very few points
Of difference between the two elections,
whatever there may BE- in the results which
are to follow them. Louis NAPOLEON did
10, even affect to We deceived By the cleo
zion which had placed crown upon bis
head. He we'll knew how it had been
carried and a.ac,ly whit it was worth
Hx. therefore, set himself at once I" con-
sulidatc the power he had acquired BY v'e-
l,uce and fraud. He trusted nothing to
micro outside show and placed confidence in
nothing bu. his soldiers. Neither does Mr..
Lincoln in the case Of Maryland. Who
ever else tho Maryland election may de-
.ei,s. il does not deceive him. He
know. we'll enough tina, there has been no
fair expression Of the public will of Mary
land, aud for Que he ir Lot to be hu"bug-
xrd BY the great Cuion triumph. H''
,ol;cy hn. led him to use the Inion l.arty.
Lu. he does not trnsi n, and he places hi,
reliance only on the bayonst. Vi his SOL
diers. Baltimor. for example. ty the re-
cent election. IL union all over. but Fort
McIiesry will not be weak cu.d nor will the
sptr.uchnents Oh Federal Hill DC aban-
doncd. Every .trategrtic point about the
City vial ne rs carefully guarded as it ever
~as uor will there be the slightest
relaxation Of the Federal grip upon Nary-
land. Ths Union organs may sing until
tucS shk '"e"S'"'s ""@e WV ~
s,ry. but Mr.. Lincoln is not to be entr"n-
cod. lie is both clcar-hcaded aud an as
tute lawyer AMI Gun see as far into mill
stone as he who 2ccks it. lie we'll knows
that when Mar,land is free. down goes the
Unieu party. lie sees clrurly that when
III. support IL withdrawn. the lniun fnrcr
j. scattered to the four Winds Of Heaven.
How much longer he may he able to hold
the municipal lil"rtics IF Maryland in the
hollvx Of his hand, IL Of course unknown
To US. but certain !. is, when he car hold
them no longer. the Union party may order
i.s winding sheet. Their. is irrH as we'll
as Llys in the Old Land yet.