St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1862-07-31

and safety of the mother country that
were ip.periled by the Revolution which
accomplished our own independence. Be
thi. as il may, to the honor of the sturdy
English people of that generation be il,
spoken, they suffered no plea Of State or
popular ncccssity--no mob or tyran! cry
of s"'us p"p"li Ter s"pr"mn est TIC be-
guile them or to stand between them
aud their own frccLon
When Will it Terminate.
This question, which to rejecting
mind would seem to be one If vital i'm
poltancc TO the American people, is now
seldom asked and never answered. 1t
seems sufficient to be known, that a
war exists and that it is being fercely
and vigorously prosecuted. The qucs-
tions Of time and cost, which were re-
gardcd as serious ones in the commence
mcnt Of hostilitics. are no longer sub
jccts of alarm to either Mr.. Lincoln or
his supporters. The old periods of six
ty aud ninety days have passed away,
without the accomplishment Of the prom
iscd results of MIR. Seward, and with
! them, it would seem. what little of rca.
son and justice that might have once
been Possessed by the Northern people.
: Defeats which should have sobcrcd, sccni
only to have maddcncd them, and the
advancement of dcspotism seems their
only object and aim. \ war for the
Union, upon the basis of the Constitus
ton is no longer the contest they are
wagine. Opprc>se'. Unionists at the
South they are no longer seeking to re-
, lcvc The maintenance of the laws
least Of all do they battle for. On the
contrary, they are striking at the vciy
| foundation Of these officially promulgated
and sclf-imposcd propositions. The eman-
cipation of the negro is now the battle
cry and devastation and ruin mark the
F., footprints of the invader. Fanatcsm is
the watchword and stealth aud robbery
arc its allies and its followers Plum
der and outrage are the order of the
I day. and a Federal General has even
proclaimed a public license to his van
dial cohorts. They are to subsist, as far
rs practicable, upon the people they have
invaded and are to .'ctain all the ne
groes that may come into their camps.
, They are to seize horses and other prop
cr,y to an extent limited by their own
, judgments, and are forbidden to protect
private property in future. No such or
der preceded our march into Mexico,
nor can It's cnforcem cnt be justified among
civilized people.
In the Border Slave States still loyal
to the Government, affairs may be said
to he in no better condition. The ap-
pcarance of Federal uniform is gener-
ally the precursor to 4 negro stampede
or plundered hen-r"ost. The war upon
public opinion has broken out afresh
and with renewed fierccncss and vigor. a
mere expression Of opinion is passport to
the Bastilc, and the NaJcas Corpus sleeps as
soundly as ever. Neutrality of position is
no longer to be tolerated, and the oath Of
allegiance or Punishment are the alterna-
tivcs to be presented. Mr.. Rcdpath, VIC ara
told, is even now transporting negroes from
Aqua Creek to liayti, without even the
institution of the inquiry as to what locali-
ty they belong. Some of these negroes
are no doubt from Maryland and the
property, nayhar, of loyal people, yet
the Government says naught in condemna-
ton or rcproof. The ConGscation of the
property. CT Maryland traitors is sub
jec, Of ordinary discussion at the North.
and We have no doubt is 4eriously conteni-
plated by the Washington Government
To what end this measure will lead, and
what will BE- the result of this modern mo-
dus for restoring the Union, the future
alone can develop. We respectfully sub
nit, however, that the South will not be
likely to yield with this fate hanging over
her. Ii wrong in the beginning, despo-
tism and misrule have placed her in a diff
fercut position. and Northern malignity