Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1861-01-11
Tha Contest in MARYLAND.

their own wicked madness, is yet nobly
resisted in North Carolina, Tennessee,
Missouri, Kentucky, Virginia, Delaware,
aud Maryland. The desp-laid Plot to
seize Washington City BY . mob, and
thus inaugura.e the Slave Despotism there,
makes it very desirable to them to precip-
isa.e Mary land into bloody revolution
and accordingly, the Conspirators are oil
bending their efforts to bear upon her i'll
every way. Notwithstanding the State
gave 5000 msjoIity sgains' Breckinridge,
the candidate Of the Secessicnists, they
demand calling State Convention, as
way to extend and intensity the agitation
tha, is their present point. Thus far, the
noble American Governor Of Mary laud-
Mr.. NIcKs-has refused to become .heiI
tool by calling q special session OF the
Legislature, although every influence is
brough. to bear upon him for tha, purpose
The oontes. is developing much Ct the
common sense, the patriotism, the talent,
and the integrity Of her people. We tnd
iu the Baltimore paper = letter from WM.
ii. CoLLIHs-one of the richest, most no.
bic aud influential citizens Of the State
from which We copy practical line OF AZ
gumert which We think vii! be read by
all with interest.
An ADDRESS 10 TIE People Of K4BILAND.
Ny life, and the lives Of those frOri
whom | sprung, have been passed on your
soil Though | have never sough, Office
at your hands, or a; those Of the General
Government, | trust | need not say to
those Of you who know me, that my whole
circle o. influence small as it may have
teen) ha. oeeu in favor OF the welfare and
continuance Of the Uuion Of tie States,
and Of the welfare and honor Of the State
Of Mary land.
Ifaskei whether | love the Union or
the State 0: Maryland most, my reply is
prompt AID frank. love the Union a4ost.
If wished to recall to your recollec,
,ioa the triumvraie in my own Gay rLish
ha. stood most deeply rooted in the Amer
lean heart, need hardly pronounce the
names OF Jackson, Clay, aud Webster.
Each differing from the other, thcy stood
before their country the uuainching sup
porters of our glorious Union. Each and
all of them !oomed up before the country
es the colossal guardians OF the Union ct
the States for ever. Differing en- other
questions, on this they agreed. If any
one say that Jackson, OT Clay, OF Webster,
ever placed his devotion to the continu-
ance Of the Union on 40 u, or tut, or a
contingency, let him produce the proof.
No such proof exists.
Abou, thirty years ago, threats Of re-
sis,ance to the laws Of tie country startled
the ears Of many for the first time who
are still in the vigor of life. That deep
seated love of country which was the
strongest feeling 10 the breast Of Andrew
jackson, honored, aided and shared BY
Daniel Webster snd Henry Clay, ayerted
the dire calamity then threatened.
In 1850 the cry Of resistance was again
raised in consequence Of the dissatisfaction
o! some portions of the country With the
Compromise measures. Foriupasely, this
WAS stfei in the places where i; begun.
No more was heard of the cry Of Disu-
MON until the miserable raid Of John
Brown. Ed0rts were then made to use
this attempt as the basis Of another Disu-
uion movement, Fortunately, however,
the country saw that the raid Of John
Brown was as utterly powerless and uu-
successful as it was wicked and ,rai,orous
and the whole affair was properly turned
over to the courts aud the haugmsn as the
best and wisest termination Of that most
insane adventure.
la 1860 an election for the Presidency
occurred under the provisions of the Con
.,itu,ion. Apor,ion of the country, North
and South, presented the name If an emf
nent Southern statesman for the Pre,den-
cy, aud Of an equally eminent Northern
statesman for the Vice Presidency. The
Democratic party failed to agree, and the
result. was, that party divided, and two
set. Of candidates were presented by it.
The Republican party made it's nomina-
,ions also. 1t stood as a unit, while its
opponents were divided amongst three sets
CT candidates. Its triumph, and their de-
feat, were just as certain at the beginning
as a, the close Of the contest.
What, then, mus. be the surprise and
condemnation of the UDion-lOving and
au-abiding citizens Of the State Of Mary
land, when they hear the cries Of secession,
rebellion, disuniop, borne upon the winds!
The election Of Abraham Lincoln is the
cause assigned. This is passing strange,
when j. i. remem bered that these cries
come from the Scuth-which, in fact, Sc
cured Mr. Lincoln's election, through d.
visions created by herself! The South
might, if she had so pleased, have defeated
Mr.. Lincoln, by nominating either Bell
or Douglas. 1t seems she preferred the
election Of Lincoln to either; for, to put
her candidate in the field, was to insure
the success of the Republican nominees
Inow propose to present to you what
would be your condition, if, in any mad
hour, you abandon your present resting
place in the bosom of the Union, aud
make Mason and Dixon's line, which sep
ara,e. you from Pennsylvania, the north
ern boundary of the new government into
which you would enter.
1t seems to me too clear for question,
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