St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-05-30
SELECTED MISCELLANY.
MILITARY DEsPOTIsM!

ceived by the artificial demonstrations
gotten up by the syn,paihissrs with the
iiIfxmoas administration of Abraham Lin
coin. The efforts Of these men are like
Ake eontortiona Of dead body under the
inluence Of the galvanic battery. Let not
fhe tuned b, alarmed By the threats Of
desperzte men. The great Law of natur-
ii causes will decide the destiny Of Mary.
land at the proper time. in spite Of all op-
position from without the State and all
boastfal clsmor, within. II does not fol-
,low because ''erd~r reigas in Warsasc'
that therefore Warsaw ia conquered or
conquerable. A Dcspos's bayonet may
threaten brave mans throat but canno,
alter his purpose or intimidate his spirit.
Poland aad ireland, unarmed and de-
fenselcss. may submit to inexorable fate
for the time being. but they are not the
lees determined to assert their indepcn-
.dencc when the opportunity offers; and
So il is with Maryland. She is still
unitsi to the Northern Ceptederacy, be-
eaass her people have been silcnced for
three months BY Official tyranny and
treachery st hsuse, and because she is nov
incapable Of free speech aud free action
whilst threatened With the vengeance oi
the Northern hordcs who have invaded
and taken possession nf her soil. She
cannot and win not permit her great des-
tiny. and that Of her children for unborn
geaerations, TO be decided under the
inauencs Of panic purposely created by
thu military dcspot At Washington and
his subservient allies here She will bide'
hes time and exercise her sovereign pow.
er hsseallsr % accordance with the we'll
known ssntimeas Of her people. Whe,,
shat time Gomez, the honest farmers of
MARYLAND viii refuse to be separated
frsm their brothers Of Virginia, and Bal
tisaope city sEill revolt at the attempt to
make NJ he miserable and despised su-
hurb Of Philadclphia and N. York
wksn Il 70 in her power 10 become the
Commsscial Emporium and Queen city Of
thu great SOsthern C0afederacy. We
thsselors say 70 the Southern Rights men
sf Maryland. b- patient and cheerful, for
yssr lesdeu are full Of heart aud cour-
aee. aud the God Of Justiee is on your
side. Your 6sal triumph is a. certain a.
the rising Of the Sun. and your enemies
kmsH N far ''oousciepce makes cow
ard eftAem sll." Fl
Msfylhnd e Sor the tinae-bcing sub
-jeseed 20 I'll the abcminations of nnmiti-
gated military despotism. Her Legisla-
-ture has been driven away from her An
cient Capital BY barbarian invaders. so
that the Govcsnor Of she state felt it to be
his duty .by proclamation to require the
Lngillatnre 10 assemble in this city-with-
ont ,pnEmission Of the State or of the Rail
Road Companies the United States Gov
,srn,hosit has taken military possession of
soafs R1il Roads, sqbjecting passengers and
freight 10 Illegal detention and insclcnt
eupcrvipion by Lincnln's Northern soldiers
-sAe great writ hal~qs corpa, handed
down % ns from the earliest ages Of Eng
liSh ibsFty, as the very palladium of the
spsrnnaiI freedom of the citizen, has not
son.y been disrsgarded but openly and
ssontemptaously set at defiance by Lin
scnlifs commanding officer ut Fort Me-
aienry: bad under age was enlisted in
violation Of law, whercupon the Judge Of
the United States District Court for Bal
tinere .eitE.at the instance of. the .hoys
fEiends issued . writ Of Habeas Corpus re-
qq1t1g ~ coameNlcr of Fort McEIeu-
80 Isoace he boy belbes ths Cunr,
*. examination secordiLs to the lavs Of
he 1ai1 md t5at deer dsres ts xpit urpson
ne e6ssts writ. although Marylsnd i.as
not levsred her confession with the
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