Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-08-08

In the proceedings of the Northern Congress, which
We publish to-day may be fouod remonsranee oy tue
Maryland Legislature against the usurpaons OF tne hn.
,oln despotism Ii lisa document worthy OF Maryland
in her best days snd guarantees her redemption from the
read Of the oppressor 1t was exceedingly distasteful
n thu inons of the despot in the Senate. 1t was de-
bounced as insulting to the President and Its allegations
pronunced false in the lumP though every one was 'us
csptbe Of record proof The suspension OF the writ Of
has corpus Is Of record in the Supreme Court Of the
United States and its Illegally exposed by the Chief
Justice in decision, which will live while freedom has
votary. The seizure and imprisonment of wnans and
various other citizens of Maryland the searching their
houses and seizure of their papers and their arms are
al facts patent and known of the whole world
1t was evidently the purpose of the Party to reject the
document with indgnity but old Hale who is knky and
crochety and has aspirations to govern the iankee ne
nnble-m,de Bunkum speech about the right OF Pc
ioa and scared his rivals into submission The paper
goes on the journals Of the Senate, aud will survive the
Yankee Government and some evidence to the
hure historian OF the existence Of such Government
We suppose the Rump Congress has adjourned 1t
b, beep very uneasy in its present locality since the 2ls
Of July, and many Of its MEMBERS not knowing what a
ing a, Baltimore The sum and substance Of proceed
ngs amount to total surrender Of the Government to
the hands of the guilty wretches who have set aside all
law and inaugurated barbarous and predatory war
Ia the Yankee Republic personal and political liberty no
longer exists The writ of hAbsss corpus the great and
only safeguard to freedom is annued and any man in
the Northern States may be incarcerted at the pleasure
Of the President or any Of his military subordinates-
The whole military and civil power is vested in the hands
Of the President He is authorized to raise an army oil
halt million Of men and Eve six hundred millions OF
dollars aud to employ the whole whim or ambition
nav dictate There ia limitation to his dscretiOn.-
The legislative department has entirely sbdicated and IL
depend, altogether on Seward and Lincoln whether it
will ever assemble again. 1t will be served right il suf
fsred to sink into eternal oblivion. The world supplies
no such instance of popular body deliberately renOuno
lug its own liberty and that Of all its constituents
rrue legi,lated in the midst Of hired bayonets and in
sigh, of the camp-6rss of the terrible Rebels But we
wiling to suppose it not governed BY fear. I'M
potent rage and furious hate substituted wisdom and
guided its cOunses The majority Of the members
wiling be slaves themselves and to scourge their
people with ntolersble taxes in the vain effort to sad
die despotsu upon They have set price upon the
head and property Of every in the South and there
BY, far they could, inaugurAted a system of
fare the wicked and arocious known to the
civilized world
But passion is short-sighted and defeats ITSELF The
demOniac mAgnity OF these people will recO upon them
selves Freeboolers not Warriors and predatory
curons conquer nations. And luckily they have
quite as much portable plumber as we have, and, in
var of spolatiOn, they will very likely suffer much
thsr neiohbors