Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1862-07-24
Why Maryland should Respond
with Aiacrity TO the Gail OF the
Government for More Troops.

! ed to the counsel of traitors.
Can we as citizens of Maryland who hav
!. not only felt, but can bear testimony to tn
:. whitening influence produced upon that soil
which was once the pride of the nation
hesitate to express full and firm relianc,
p upon that Government, whose wisdom ant
power has sustained us amidst this exLaustine
!, and fearful ordeal which is now regeneratns
our beloved country; though it be through
another baptism Of fire and blood?
When we reconsider with what tenacity
: those evll-minded men--those traitors te
the best interests of our people ,nfded tc
heir acknowledgements, rel by every 90 :
rupt device, their wicked minds could en-
gender, to force upon us all the horrors which
have accumulated upon the heads of those
victims who were less fortunate than our
selves, we must. acknowledge in deep hu-
initiation and fervent gratitude the directing
power of Him who rules the tempest and fix
es the destiny Of nations. II s..,o
knowing these things, and much more, as
we all do, why is it that We have not respon-
ded to the call, coming as it does, from our
Chief Magistrate, whose honest and patriot
heart is wrung with fearful an guish for the
suffering of this great people, and which is
plainly Swallowed forth through every SEN
tencc of his address to the members of Con-
Sress representing the Border States?
Is it because you have not been sufficient
y scathed by being made witnesses of the
sufferings of other States, whose soil has been
drenched with fraternal blood and their
homes made desolatc by the hand of ruthless
and pitilcss tyranny, which has forced our
people by CONSUMPTION to take up arms in
defence Of a cause they have no sympathy
with, but abhor both it and its paternity.
with hate that is destined, ere many days,
to revenge these burning wrongs with a swift
and awful justice which. knows no mere.
because its objects, extended none to its vict
inns ? W "
Why hesitate in an hour like this, when
your lclow-citizens are performing prodigies
OF valor upon score of battle fields, wrcak-
ing with heroic blood poured out to keep
back those traitors who would destroy your
peace and desolate your homes to accomplish
the objects Of their mad ambition f? M.
Have you already become insensible to the
obligations you are under to those gallant
men, who came to your rescue at n time
when traitors were bargaining with traitors,
to sell your birth-right while holding the po-
sitions of representatives in the councils of
your State; some Of whom have offered their
lives sacrifice upon the altar of their coun-
try? ..... ..r .'.s. ,..- ......
Have you no sympathy for that patriot
heart, that now wreathes in anguish, while
struggling under weight that would crush !
any but true and generous soul, whose
purity Of purpose alone, enables him to sus-
tain himself under such burthtn as no
Chief Magistrate before has ever known?
We will not do you the injustice to doubt
your sympathy with all those great hearts,
now struggling with heroic forttuds to pre-
serve our government. We feel assured you
will respond with power equal to the occa-
sion, and thanking your God that you are
privileged and highly favored by being per-
nttcd to live at n period when you may es-
ablish, beyond question, your claims as sons
If worthy sires-who though called upon to
preserve your Government, you now present
at the baptismal fount of fire and
Hood to sustain those institutions they plcdg- 6
d their lives, their fortunes and their sacred
onor TO establish. ...
Let the avenues of trade at home aud COM ,
nerce abroad dry up, let capital and profits i
eyond our necessities be soleinnly forcsworn
y every one of us. Let all differences of
very sort throughout all the avenues Of
fe, be made to yield to the one great ques-
on--a question in importance, high above
Il other questions that can be presented for n
cur serious consideration-shall we have a II
Government, or shall we become the objects :
scorn for other nations to scott at through !.
i time? l,
Better that we ignore cotton, rice, sugar aad .
l other tropical products, with it, labor, to +
stricken from the face OF mother earth, than
c should succumb 10 this weak invention of o
c enemy TO obtain power. aud thereby de, Il
roy the only guarantee the world has ever d
ID that we arc capable Of governing ourselves. q
Let civilization pause in its onward march :.
r century let the proud hearts of these am Il
tious traitors be humbled, bro ken, crushed Il
'yond all recovery--rather than we should =:
come the victims of this selfdestroying poll n,
y, which, when fairly inaugurated, would es- il
blish the very elements of its own destruc- y
on, carrying down with it to inevitable ruin ~
cry principle Of popular government. tn
" We are essentially aristocratic' said that a,
ch-traitor, John G. Calhoun, "but we can, ~
ID do yield much 10 democracy, so long as =,
. can rule the co untry, but when our power tb
do that is gone, we will dissolve the Union!' w
But why should We talk at a time like this A
hen Acknowledgements action--can only 70 70
ect your purpose. Immediately demand of Is
e Executive that he ,nvene the legislature tr
gu have the sole power to act. Let measures q! ns
taken at once to place Maryland 5 quota in q,
g field, thoroughly equipped for the conflict tn