Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1861-02-15

way rs to allow vote of the people to be /
taken TO determine for themselves their own /
destiny and his partizans would not resort |
to secret caucns to forestall public sentiment,
and to divide, by mere party lines, and weak
en- the people of our State for self-defence.
charged Mr.. Davis with waiting on the
Governor, as delegate from the Baltimore
on the evidence of the published
of the transaction. He must have
seen the same. If he was placed in false po-
sition thereby, he ought to have put himself
right If he failed to do so, and | and others
were mislead, it was his fault and not mine.
Mr. Davis now says, it was to the latter clause
of my 9Th resolution he objected, and that |
declined TO strike itout when requested by him. 7
lie did ask inc TO strike out the words, uas-
much as the free States think differently" and /
/ did run a pencil mark around these words, /
which can still be seen; but the erasure was
overlooked by the printer, and am now graf |
flied AT this oversight, us it furnishes additional
evidence Of Mr.. Davis northern tendency. |
But, after had thus altered the resolution, he
voted against it. Now, as he says 81 was
oncea tailor, and must always remain a tailor"
considered him fit subject to secure distinc-
ton for myself in that trade. ! was called
upon TO prepare his political grave clothes--I
was determined TO make them ft-andifl had
TO take so much Of your sheet TO cover him, it
was because he was a big man, and it is unkind
in him TO complain Of the quantity of materi-
ais used for has tcindiag sheet
| He blames me for repeating the scandal that
he patronized the Patriot" lie cannot prove
| said or repeated any such charge. ! never
SAID so. But if had, with what face can he
call it a scandal to paironize an abolition pa
per, when he takes great creditor patronizing
q Republican, by appointing him to fill an i'm
. Iia tn ~.
farmer and the frozen viper The only differ
ence can perceive in the cases, u.s. when he
patronizes Republican paper, the paper makes
money out Of him but when he patronizes
Republican, by appointing him to office who
does pationize the paper, he makes money for
Mr.. Davis. | have complied with his request
to publish his letter on this subject.
1t is true | hold the commission of Captain
Of the Rockville Rifemen," and have OBJ
tanned arms from the Adjutant General of this
State, some of which have proved unfit for use
and | only hope the balance, upon a fair trial
may not turn out to he of the same sort. These
arms were bought by the Governor with the
! peoples money, and ifany body is to be thanked
Tor them, it is the Legislature which took the
wise precaution TO pass law for that purpose,
and which Legislature Governor Hicks and
Mr.. Davis so much dread to be now convoked,
for fear perhaps, amongst other things, il will
more etlcctualy arm and organize the State to
protect its dignity and equal rights in the
Union. | owe my thanks for my commission
to my public spirited company which, without
reference to party honored Inc by an election
to an office Of great responsibility and danger,
and which accepted with great misgiving as
to my own fitness but which did not feel ut
liberty to decline in this day of common peril. |
| owe Governor Hicks, then, no more thanks
for my commission and my arms, than | do to
J. G. HENING, Esq, Clerk of the Circuit Court,
for issuing writ upon my order, as an attor-
ney. II was legal right claimed and a le-
gal duty the Governor could not refuse to per-
form. But take occasion to say, | owe both
the Governor and the Adjutant General my ac-
acknowledgement Of the gentlemanly and courte-
Gus manner in which they discharged their le-
gal duty, In delivering me my commission and
arms. My company had its origin in the ap-
prehension here Of servile instruction, and
other evil designs of Abolitionists And IT, Mr.
Davis, even after he becomes a General shall
find himself or his. neighbors in danger from
those causes, although he should fail to beno-
tilted by his Republican toll-gate keeper on a
road most likely to be used for such purposes.
! he may confidently command and rely on the
immediate assistance Of Captain Bouic, and his
! City good and true Maryland citizen soldiers.
But if he, like Cain, thirstng for his brothers
blood, call on me and my company to kali my
brethren, and desolate my beloved country, to
enforce his coercion policy of forcing my native
State TO submission to the insolent and aggres-
sive policy of the Republican party, my com
| pany will then, for themselves, answer him as
become feemen. | will, for myself answer him
now, that he, though then my General, shall
never use me to aid him in attaining military
or civil power or honor, by wading through
| the blood and over the murdered bodies of my
countrymen, as the Governor permitted himself
| 10 be elevated to his present position by the
| frauds and murders of worthy citizens by the
Plug Ugles of Baltimore and whenever he
chooses to bring this new tangled doctrine of
anti-coercion, rs he calls it, to a practical
test by commanding me TO obey his order Of
coercion, as my General, promise Mr.. Da-
Wis, that % | will not shrink from the perform
ance of my duty to the State, or to my superb
ors, or be deferred from its performance u by
any coercion orders he may ISSUE or any sub
mission speeches to Republican dictation he
may make. lie will find in Captain Bouic a
true Marylander, who meant all he said when
he took his official oath, and who understands
his legal and natural rights and duties as citi-
zen and rs an officer and who not only under
stands them, but has the nerve and determine
ton to maintain them--one whose heart thirsts
for no mans blood, but who will never permit
the Republicans TO force upon him their policy
to make him free his negroes, and then recog-
nize them as his political and social equals, be-
cause they have thought proper to mike them
selves no better than negroes and feel en-
couraged in this resolution, by calling to mind
the providential assistance extended to the
humble shepherd boy of Israel in what seemed
to be his unequal fight with the Boosting giant
Goliah, Of Gath. in defence of the right and
honor OF his native land against naughty inya-