The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-31
Maryland.
[FrOm the Charleston cOurier.l

been silenced. Vandsl hordes hav
J marched through her Chief city, and ia
ken possession Of her Capital. Her sol
is desecrated by the soldiers of tyran
and usurper A sad fate A terrible
, woe!
Has it come to this? Has the MAJ
who fills the seat of power, whereof
Washington once sat, and after whicl
Calhoun aspired, the hardhood anC
wicked less, thus to demolish the sove
eighty Of Commonwealth, thus /,
trample upon the Constitution he solemn
ly swore to administer?
The North looks on and commend
the infamous course Of the despot. Blu
the North is in frenzy of wrath. Tn,
North is alarmed al the success and pros
poets Of the movement she derided.-
The North is mad at the immense los
she mas sustained by the destruction o
her gainful trade. The North is all ab
sorbed in the end to be attained by tn,
suhjugation of Maryland, and she vii
approve any means that will secure thai
desirable object. But will the storm o
fury last for ever? Will there not com,
time when the North will calmly con
slider? They have called into existenet
power which disclaims responsibility
and scouts at the wise restrictions of law
The obstacles they found in The path
that leads, as they foolishly imagine, tc
the accomplishment Of their base pur
poses, have been pushed out of their way
by main force. Under the influence oI
mortified pride, demoniac anger envy,
hatred, and every evil passion. they have
overleaped the bounds set by patriotism
and wisdom, closed their ears to reason,
and TO the warnings of history, and
rushed wildly on. What if the demon
power turn against those who have given
it life and sent it forth to do their horrid
work!
Their President has openly infracted
the Constitution by series of acts which
he does not pretend to justify or defend
He has declared war, he has raised an
army, he has blockaded ports. he has
ruthlessly destroyed property worth mil
lions OF dollars. And yet so intent is
the bowling horde upon revenge and
plunder, that they are jubilant over these
high handed acts, and shout on the per
iured despot.
4. II is folly to remQnstrate with mad.
mon. The time for argument and ap.
peal is passed. We meet force with
force. Soldiers, not statesmen, must dc.
, eide the question now before the two sec
tons. The Slaves Of the tyrant have
drawn their swords and content are we
to cross blades with them on the bloody
field. But they will not rejoice always
in the silencing and subjugation of a
State. This act bodies evil to them
They have made terrible sacrifce.-
They have wontonly in the blindness Of
their fury surrendered the dearest right
of freemen. They have consented to
and applauded Aagrant usurpations.--
What are their States more than provin-
ces? If they should provoke the wrath
! Of the corrupt man whose rule they are
| proud to acknowledge, will he not pun
ish them? And suppose their conduct
should call for such an exhibition of his
power as Maryland has been forced TO
submit to, must they not receive the rod
without complaint and murmur? In
their madness and folly, instigated by
malice and lust, they have not contem-
plated the nature Of the cause to which
they have given their gold and their
lives. They have not seen that the hand
which has smitten that State, has given
the death blow to their dearest rights.
There lies Maryland PROSTATE and we'll
nigh helpless. Her condition calls FOR
our pity. On this green earth their lives
not people more generous and high
minded and brave. Their hearts are
truet to the South, and deeply do they
feel their degradation. They have sub
mitied, but they are not subduod They
are hemmed in by the oppressor's forces
but they are not conquered. No chain
that tyrants forge can bind the. spirit Of
lreemen. They have not willingly SUI
iered the hurt that has been done their
honor. a traitor Governor plotted with
a despot President, and the noble people,
all unsuspieious of The treachory, fell
into the pit these miscreants had digged.
They have been miseFably betmyod.-
Woe to tho traitors that have deceived
and misled the Marylandeis, when after
the dogged endurance of indigniiics and
wrongs, with n clear conception of the
arIul plot, and growing hatred for the
base foes1hat have held Them in subec-
ton woe be to them when tho Mary.
landers rise in their might and 80 forth
to take revenge. They will strike such
blow as tyrants and traitors have never
Iclt since The world was made. They
will do great work in short time. -
They will wipe out the marks Of the In
vader's footprints with the blood OF the
invaders. Tue day Of vengeance is Al,
hand Maryland 4 getting ready for her
discnihraImcnt. Her night can be no
darker. Soon will her morning dawn.
A LAsr REsoer-Tt Is said Tie loan re-.
Gently thrown upon the market by Lin.
coins Secretary of the Treasury. 10 the
amount Of fourteen millions cannot be
negotiated. The congressman pfo,qiion
thai the honds should not BIZ sold under
par. operates to insure their rejection by
tue New York ShyloalsG who. or course.
wB' not invest IN that way when the
same Kind OF securities. already i.sucd,
are refused al "A di4cotnf al nltcnn nor