St. Mary's beacon., 1861-04-04

INIT ere they much les dsngcrnas to 8
Southern community Arraying Them
selves in deadly hostility u party ear
/ nestly striving 81, pranisse the Interest
aud sccure the rights ,f our people. they
clog sni ir.nrmcl iis every mOvsmeEt
and. ave ,his IA <,nrI->ei.-t in r-ralyz
ing = ~ ,.fF,,-t that has h~n made 10
nrins about a proper ANA honorable al
jusGinrt.; Of nu- Natia.nsl troubles. But
for them. the proud and ieii.nt tone ii
the North would long s.ucs have beeu
aaubl-d. aud, We verify believe. CON-
promise Effected. But. when the North
finds herself supported By party in thr
Border Slave States. nearly, If not quite.
equal in numbers to tina which is battling
for Southern rights. she may well be tar
dy and talk of coercioli.
This state of things cannot much longer
exist. Every citizen Of the South is
either with it nr againsE it. There eau
no longer exist in our nids, parties with
ont platforms. aud u,rn without
principles. who. upon the empty and
hollow cry of tfnisn, can ride into pow
er The day. for such d~m,gHgism is
past; and the citizens of The border States
are awakening 70 the dangers upon them
The voice of Henry ii ringing through
the mountains and being waited over the
plains Of Virginia. and, in clarion notes,
is sounding. the deathsIi MIL Of the trail
tor. Maryland viii follow the footsteps
Of Virginia. and. like her. after exhaust-
ing every honorable means If securing
her rights in the Union. will 60 out Of
it. This is democratic doctrine this
10 the doctrine Of every patriot in Or
u,ids; and We ask tha Union men among
he to come forward and subscribe 4. it.
We ask You 10 throw off, nj least for .
time, the shackies OF party. Div-st
yourselves, At least for season. Of YOUR
hatred to democracy, and devote your
selves to the interest of your country
We d" M, ask you TO b. como socessionisf.
per g.. for We yield to uo man in devotiuu
to the Enion as framed by cur fathers.
We simply ask you to sustain us in the
defence Of our common rights. II. by
presenting a united front to Northern
aggression. il cannot be frownc,i down.
aud it becomes necesssr: to buckle on our
arm"r and &" firth to tho fight. We ask
you. as citizens Of y cna,,nun territory,
with common rights TO protect. to sccona
us in our struggle against the en.Inies Of
our institutions. We de,naud 10 u.orc,
could ", ask less!
Against the Union party in Saint Ma
rvs County and Southern Maryland
generally. We have no harrh words t..
utter. TIL are, ia the main. true to
the South and her institutions and that il
all We desire Their association has bsep
bad i, is true. but they have show
themselves proof agaipst contamination.
aud deserve tue more crcdi, f"r passing
through the ord-al and Coming out mn-
.cathcd OF Gov Hicks and the rnio,
prcss Of this State We will not speak. for
each has spoken and in manner sufh-
cien.ly distinct to be understood ani ap-
preciated. We will leave the course 81
each to the commentators Of another age
and shc Judgment Of rosteri'y. W.
would, however. suggest to his Exccllen-
cv that the comments upon his course be
written by his biogrspher-
Me.srs Editors. l will nov conclude by
INDUCING III the hope that the Union par
ty may Yet learn wisdom and virtue from
the d<.p;;seI aud corrupt democra-y
i, may yc, learn there arc passions in the
human breast more worthy Of cultivation
than those Of hatred. prejudice. or jca,su-
ay; and. that. when exigrncies like the
prcsrut arise. be, who canIot divest him
self Of ali and every feeling Of partisan
hostility. is unfit to be n participant in
the government Of free people. aud un
worthy to hear the nss.e Of
AMERICAN CITIZEN.