St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1862-01-16
SAINT MARY'S BEACON
LEONARD TOWN ND,
TDCRSOAY MORNING. JAN. Is. 1862
LEONARD TOWN u Z

THURSDAY MORNING. JAN. Is. 1862.
Gov. Dradfords Inaugural.
Ills new Excrllency starts of Nth the
assumption, that eur late State election
was great aud signal .siumph for the
Federal Union and the National constitu-
tional. Yes. this Il what he starts of
With. But the best part Of the joke is
BEHIND lie contends that it was per-
f.ctly fair and legal election. Now. We
sse naturally fa,.d Of fun, but We cannot
help thinking that pleasantly Of this kind
b very much out Of place in grave STATE
Papes. Besides. these are serious tunes
se can tell Gov. Bradford. There is
scareely silver in the National Treasury.
There is great and growing discontinue in
the National army. There is general hu-
sili.tion a h",ne aud general degradation
abroad. Defeat 10 the Federal arms and
disgrace to the Federal polio &C looming
jesting humors Of the carnival n Gov.
Bradford is at liberty to be merry while
the eeuEsry IL going to ruin, upon what
principle, We would like 10 be tvld, shall
the adding At Nero be condemned! Is
not the solemn dullness Of Gov. Hicks
preferable to such unseemly popularity!
Gov. Bradford ought TO he a,hau,ed Of
himself. He is cracking jokes about the
Maryland election when We should all be
Ut prayers.
With loud voice. His Exccllency cries
out. that Maryland has always been for
the Union meaning Sewardism. We sup
pose, lis for the Union now and ever shall
be. world without end. lie proclaims
this With the utmost dogma.ism and with
the air Of man who h.d fully made up
his mind to knock down any body who
denied It. We well know the risk We
rum. but We have determined notwith-
standing to have talk with this learned
Thstan. Why is Federal force quar-
tered in almost every county Of the State
aud in every city aud considerable village:
Why are not the cannon in Fort MeIIenry
made to point seawardf Why are not
the forts and Notifications around Bal,i-
more % arranged a. 10 command the ap-
pro.clses of the cityf Why are tho guns
1t each and all Of them lsycllcd at the
city? !, will not do to tell us that Mary.
.and is occupied and ovcrrun By FEEDER
u troops in order to protect her. BY
whom is she mcnactd! by the Confed-
crates! Why. We have been told, time
and again. and By the highest Union au-
thori,y. that the idea Of Confederate
farce crossing into Maryland was only
ssee.si"n fancy aid was in reality the wild
est folly IN the world, What says Mr..
Thaddeus Stephens' Even this. Il
have no doubt that IL our army were to be
wishdrnwn from Maryland. she would be
thrown into secession in week. lido not
believe anything about the loyalty Of the
Marylandcrs." This is pretty significant
talk for the Chairman Of the Committee on
Ways and Means. But if Maryland is
thoroughly for the Union meaning Sew
ardism-as Cor. Bradford boldly pro-
claims. why are the State Right men
treated as if they had the power to throw
the State into revolution in twenty minutes
~ tho watch? If they are de*picaLlc
from their numbers. Why arc the temples
Of Justice closed to such Of them as are
iangaishing in foreign prison! Why
are tho laws silent for such as arc now be-
ing hunted like partriigcs upon the
mountains {" Either the devotion of Ma
ryland to Sewardism is hun,bug or the
treatment Of the State Right men is moth
Ing short Of vindictive persecution.
As was to have been expected. Gov.
Brsdf"rd is drcadfully indignant at State
Right men aud all State Right prctcnsions.
lie is consoliktionist. the theory Of
which school appears to be. that the States
~ n1rlsr thanu Dns,anded
popular majority can act pretty nuch as
it plcases. lie says that State Sovereign
y il ''faneiful theory" opposed to M
common sense aud without any Constitu-
sional warrant. When he proves this. We
pledge ourselves to believe it. Jefferson
and Madison were both Of q different