Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1861-01-17
NUMBER 3.


ieve IN such madness.
No change has tGken place since Mr.. Clay
adjustment Of 1850 but ut the instance Of tn
slave States; shat change was tho Kansas Ne
brska act Of 1851, viii n repealed the Nilsson
ri line, in order to substitute What vss calls q
the principles OF the act of 1850: and Mt tba
time all the territories were in fact free
Slavery hns, in ttoint of fact; bee Introduce
into New Mexico by :he people, under the &C
cE 1850.
Slavery has nc, been introduced into Utal
nor Kansas 'T Nebraska, under the law Of IS
81.
The only territory South of $500 is View Mex
leo; all the resdao of the Territories are Neril
| Of that line. Now, we are ia danger of ciyi
| wRr' unless by an amendment of tho Constitu
ton We establish slavery South of 36:3O--no
merely in New Mexico, but in all terriso-y
hereafter to beacquired.
No man who values tho peace of the country
can aJsent to that bribc to fiibustering.
But touching the territory now to be dispo.
sel OF, while the people Of the free Statsi vii
refuse tho proposed nnc,dInent, because il
! makes them establish slavery, they will proba.
| bly, agree to make New Mexico State, nnG
| that removes it beyond tie meddIing Of Con-
grsss-
The Committee Of Tht-iy-Thros have. on
motion OF Mr.. Adams, agreed to recommend Il
| and New Mexicoincludes all the territory south
o. 5000.
Shall We break up the governments because
the free States refuse to do what Mr.. Clay re-
fused to do touching this territory
Fellow citizens. the Territorial question is
| of no practical importance to you. 1t is iner.
| ely the pretext, to entangle you in the plots
mgaiEst your peace. If, by common consent,
any change eau be made, which will ST.
| lrmoe camor. or sooth the scnsibiliiies, or sat
| isfy the jsllousies excited by recent contests,
Lott ol,, h,,, Il. -, Al.
interest you hrye in any change, and if mono can
bo obtained, ?f Mat eharGeter, it is our policy
| to let tho question atone, aud to make others
let 1t alone. The existing condition of the 7 err
ritories is bettor than agitation for any charge.
1T disconted men attcmp. to destroy the gov.
crnnent because it is not CHI anged to suit them,
the right and the duty, tho highest interest an d
the loyal honor of Maryland require her to sus-
tain the Jaws of the United States and the Con-
stitution, which nre her only safety. Let us not
countcnance revolutionary violence to redress
imaginary wrongs by impossible meas ures
Mr.. Adams proposition to admit New Mexico
ms state. aud to amend the Constitution so ms
TO prohibit any change in it hereafter by which
slavery in the States can be effected, unless mp
| on the proposal Of q Slave State, concurred in by
all the Statcs tho repeal of the Liberty Bills
| and just modification OF the Fugitive Slave law
ought to close the slavery controversy forever
| certainly till some rash conquest shall reopen
it,
cr are we to destroy the Constitution because
Mr.. Lincoln has been elected according to it!
provisions!
"hc existing prostration of commerce and in
dE5try, the idle ships, the accumulated mcrchan.
disc and produce the unemployed artisans, In
abOrcrs and mechanics, the STATED allowance of
their families, and the desoln:e prospects of the
Tinter-thcse are the points, not of the acts Gi
south Carolina, nor of the tn. eatcned revolution
| in two or three of the Gulf States, but Of the
doubtful loyalty of the GENITAL States, Of the
threats ofdesigning politician to resist the Gov
urnment unless their extreme prctcnsons are ne
knowlodged, of the agitation Of mems minds oc-
casioned by extraordinary elections, the assem-
| bling of legislatures, the meeting of State con
| ventiOns. and the menace of convention Ofthe
| central slnve States to array them n opposition
to the United States, Maryland alone is guilt.
ness of this great error. Her laboring people
are the victims of Egtations, for which thoy art
n not responsible, aggravated by the restless ID
ambitions policy ofcertain of their fellow-citi
| zens.
| The firm attitude Of Maryland isnow the chic
hope of peace. If You firmly adhere to the Uni
| ted States against all enemies, resolved to obey
the constitution and see it obeycd, your example
will arrest the spirit Of revolution and greatly
aid the Government in restoring, without blood
| shed, its authority.
| IfMnryland yield to thisrev Jlutonary camor
| she will be oyerrun in ~ few months in the strug
gle for the national capital, and her young men
torn from the pcrsuits of peace, excluded from
the clased workshops and counting house, mus
shoulder the muskct to guard their homes n
| the cost Of fratcrna blood.
Iooniiiently trust that the people ofthe Fourth
| Congressional District will in this grave cmcr
| gency give new proofs Of their deroion to tn,
! Constitution and their superiority to every fcn
| andevsry delusiou.
| Your fellow citizen.
II. WINTER DAVIS