Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1861-03-14

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oL1NA-We learn, says the Raleigh Banner Of
Saturday, that the official returns from all bit
two counties are in, and that No Convention his
majority Of about 1900. This settles tie
matter. i |
The Register, published in the same city, says
that if the Convention should not be called ~ |
popular vote. Gov. Ellis will at once issue hAt
ps.l.; 81 tne 51eess!
ature, and there is no telling if they will not
order, peremptorily, the election of deegahs,
without giving the people the opportunity Is
say whether or not they wish Convention
A telegraphic despatch, dated 18th inst. sals:
''The returns are all in and the Conventionis
lost by 1000 majority. 1t is probable there
will be no extra session of the Legislature, m
less some new phase in Federal affairs presents
itself
The REACTION AT THE NoRTH-At the b.
cal elections in Saratoga county, N. Y, last
week, the vote stood-Democrats, 1928; Repuh+
licans, GIL. A letter says: I
'The 1886 Republican majority of last fall 5
wiped out. Lncoln's inaugural is endorsed.
cover the left" The result of the town meet
ings in this county is a glorious and satisfactory
indication of a return of the 'sober second
thought" of the people. The majority of the
Republicans are wiped out The Democrats
carried but six of the twenty towns last fall
they now carry nine, and show gains that give
; clear majority in favor of the Union as it was
and the Constitution as it is" -
H@T The National Astelligencer, abiding 10
the rumor that that paper had been selected d
- the organ of Mr.. Lincoln, says FLOR MI
r Lincolns own sake we should hope that he will
have the good sense to profit by the sad expert
ence of his immediate predecessors so far as tt
eschew all "organship," which being a purely
submit, to be buried with the party which gave
it birth. For ourselves, not being in the habit
, of declining invitations until they are received
! we have only to say that the hatelligencer has
never been asked to assume any official relation.
towards the Administration of Mr.. Lincoln, and
!; our regular readers need no assurance to con.
vince them that it will bear no relations towards
, the new Executive different from those it has
, borne towards his predecessors. Whether We
shall find in the Administration of Mr. Lincoln
moro or less to praise than we have found in thu
latter will depend entirely upon our candid con.
struction of his acts-acts which we shall be as
free to Judge as he to originate. While our HAND
is in, it may not be amiss to nip in the bud an
other sensation item" which we observed in an
evening contemporary yesterday-and which will
probably go the rounds-to the effect that one
of the proprietors of the hteligencer had beer
or would be appointed Postmaster of Washing.
ton-a story quite as unfounded, though more
ridiculous, than the Charleston assertion about
the organship.'
SUBMIssIoN1sTs.-TheR Richmond Wing de-
fines this now common term as follows:
He is submissionist who wishes Virginia tt
surrender her own judgment to the dictation o.
others.
!, He is a submissionist who would allow the
voice of petulant and ever dissatisfied State te
nrecipitate US into horrid revolution.
i He is a submissonist who consents that tht
four millions of the Cotton States should ruiz
the eight millions of the great Border States.
He is a submissionst who says that Virginia
with her million and half of people, shall no
be the arbiter of her own destiny.
He is a submissionist who dares not stand hi
ground and face the approaching danger in thu
, Union.
fTTexas will not be much the gamer by
taking possession of the United States pro
perty on the frontier. The United States Gov
eminent expenls about 100000 annually il
tlkeepine up it's military defences in that State
7 This expense Texas will NOW have upon he