St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-02-21

oanSs&ssa-y: they hare been een- M
equal right in the eommon inhonsanes,
and nav thay have given up oil, TO settle
dawn nm their own coil and surround them
selves With institutions essential 70 tnsf
wcll-hsins. I. such a people TO % co..
onrre,is VIII It be any easy mst''F e
suhiu1.atc them! Will the North sndss-
take II!
Let rhose Who love the Union % n'aen
tha thev w..uld be willing to under
take thc most fearful # all wars. . war o.
conquest, 10 preserve it. reflect tor : mo-
meut that this Union was a. dear I" the
South .s To themselves; and then let them
consider the amount ef oppression ana
wrong they aust have suffered before re-
sorting to disunion as a remedy. II the
Northern people give thought in this d.
rection they will come to safer conclusions
than sny which calculation Of the cost o.
a ciril war is likely to suggest. They viii
reverse their hostile action, sy"patnise
with those whom they have wrongcd be-
yond endurance. and obtain. through the
instrumentali,ies of good neighborhoed and
kindness, wha, war never procured tor any
one.
The P.oposEp DcrIss OK BooKs.--
There is no class of importers who will
suffer pr"portiouately more from the new
tariff. should it pass, than put fishers and
book sellers. There are also. in the
IIuited States. large class Of perstns who
are in the habit Of rcplenisbing their libra
ries with English. German. and French
standard works, but who. under the in-
creased tax proposed. will feel disposed
somewhat to deny and restrict them
selves in this intellectual treat This
may have tendency to increase Ameri-
can Reissues. and there being no inter-
national copyright, piracy on foreign aa-
thors and publishers will grow still more
common.
Under tn" present tariff. the revenue
derived from the duty on books. is paid
At the rate Of eight per cent. nd valorcm
on all kinds. The teal value Of English
books imported under the present low du-
ty. does not probably average more tLan
$500. 900 or $500. 900 per annum.
In the proposed tariff. there are four
clauses cffrctius English books, viz:
SIC. ia duty Of Is cents per lb
weight on all New English Books.
bound or unbound"
SIC. ia duty Of 10 per cent.
nd rulorrm on Magazines. Printed Pam
phlets. Periodicals. and Illustrated News
papers. bound or unbound"
SIC. pa duty Of 20 per cent al
,ul.rca, Oh 'Periodical. and other works
in course of printing and publication in
the United States. '--(Who can know
,his?)
SIC. e2-All Books printed more
than Thirty Years from the date Of in,por-
tation to be free.
Why "a hack, bound or unbound"
should DO charged Is cents per pound.
aud ~ pamphlet. bound or unbound"
10 per cent nd r,lorem, is q problem in
stupidity which We cannot solve. On.
bad effect Of these clauses il, that it will
not pay here to reprint the classical. thco-
logical aud scientific works of the fra,
class--the great bulk of imported books
being of this class. and demanding addi-
tionsl rates.-.X r. Jeur"al:f Commerce
The PEACE CONGRESS. 1T is now evi-
dent that the Republican party is divided
in the Peace Congress. The majority re-
port Of the Committee. supported BY the
the members representing Ohio. Pennsyl
vania, Rhode Island. and other States, ad-
vocnte the modified Guthrie propositions,
which will keep any more States from &C.
ccding, aud bring back those which have
gone out. But the straight Republicans
say nuy! They are on the Chicago plat
form, and won't move hair beyond it, in
any direction, to save the Union or to
avert civil war BY way of grace they
intimate that they will consent to Con-
stitutional Convention. in which but few
Southern States would be represented, and
the North would outvote those there. The
strong Union men say that the uuwiss
speeches Of Mr.. Lincoln rob them, in the
eyes Of the convention, Of all rover to
meet the other side with pesee advances.
"BoB NAY ss Per TaEocGR. On
Tuesday evening about sevcnty-6ve young
Of Cincinnati gave . supper
in the ladies' ordinary of the Burnet
House, 70 Mr.. Robt Lincoln. eldest son
Of the President. Gov Morgan. Of Indi-
ans. sat at the head VI the table, Uis n ris
being Gen. S. +. Cary, Of College Hill. A
committee was deputed to bear an invita-
ton to the President. He returned With
an apology for not coming himself. and
saying that bob may be put through.
Toasts were drank. and speeches made,
and sentiments uttered.