Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-11-11
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WHY aAtYaigD FELL II 1as1-A20 T-:iE
~. 5H5 III N0r E!tG Il le52.
Mery!srd has no~ had @Hr cfE"r:u-i'l'
ard a. IL, has nat 2e1 TO acc+nC GeT drlv-
elarc; ll., ::iiau.Lr:h 'pv.crmm. may reii
cmrnr W.. IL: oil ahso.r"i lrr;l aoy ittrei ~:
OBJ Il s,r,,t! ,n,u- i. \. tr- ;i.a iutur,,."
S.cfl.l. inc iaLIuasc ri r.'r-'nt toirNr:a!
il :te L%'"i"., Iia.9'i aai el:n''aI ea;i-
MsGtF spL-as 10. Dc so:55t.i.,-i hy !:ra-
lumber OF r-ii:=rs 10 tne Cootodnr.,e ':Etes
of Amerios.
e.iWhrthnr Mnfylard seer b"o"nlao cac o.
the Ctnftlerscy or not, &c IN but Jn5t;o> 70
her SONS bath South. AMI North ut s:a p:;.'
Hsc, that ths cars-s whi'h alseed, .sra otl;l
ke.p nsf, III Ger ples-le opndition ST pn!tl,'.i
bondage akould noe te nlsrtp1r1eo'sd or
miiliso CT stDvd.
Anci4ar 2oR.- iu-t hsr frreiom h+c:liS': ~
dog ueracy Of her citizens had pr pnr~d iheu.
for tie tsrsni's yasa, ro!snd sis:I- be-rHIoe
mslsrcd -; tut i: vas through ;he n:st.rtu1es7
sstter thsn the iauils OF lor !,enuie. Ii ne
f.ll Of MAJ ylaud ia Gnai, tro future historian
Ihvss record Whistler hers w.s Ike tbs ,lsIt
degenerate Rome OF of uaiirtuna.A po:aad.
lHdL fclIISk tAiiA'I tsGk 49, -
living witnesses furnish, Ssfore It Is E"o
la:a, Che facta upon which it should IL
bsaed.
As ono Of ,asso witress,s land .n rc'or
n mkby oi the trAnseer,dns: OF which
speukNSI feel it 70 bs my duiY 20 frrol4', tie
following nalraItve-
TIE raGslpGsTIAL xLEcfsos "F 1869,
Was the laat oppoltuuily ctjoy:d D. :ise
psopls for q free expression ot .ns;r op'nia1s
az tha ballot box. Tne State voted To- B5rc&
inridge- OF sons 10000 votes, Abraham
Lincoln received nut sbour 1000. an'. the:
~ar- chiefly Yankees who ~: squ,;ts1
.nn1g ~.
After Liuooio election. N si.of !. :.~ MA
evident that be 2is.!k R.yupl"-k-: ".',;''s Is
woald corc,i 80 to thn Si'utN U"tJ icl rs: III
.tiitiorsl al ssg, IT s.t,~ns anc insulu, Oh psrty
Iinen were virtually ooiiteras.d in Ms;yland
tn: entire To- at:k;uTidse parry, with -rsrca nj
1c"rtt"r, ..al = lare" portion of. ina '*!t Rhc
Doug l;:es Eu!ars ae. 4 III cnuceTt as a SsJu;s-
srn Itigrts party. In tne mouth Of Gen rnt,a;
this party were in Il larsa majority in Mary-
land. md they were wiling aud rcRdv - car.
~ their State out Of the Yankee Union
T~1 difficulties prevented t!,iI 1r0rs G:n:
dor.-
THOMAS EoILYpnT .:kr
Hsh besn oeciden1Y slrst.d C7pveTT1@r ii
November. lA57, for tile term 81 :.ut gar.
The American or kno1 Nothing part@, hAd
Inae IN UutiV"citoL " norn.iiate IhEair ~: S'!.
u,r,A .audidst4, Gut Of ABOUT sJ0 ii;r;nhrr-
Hicks received o'lt ) vots-.until near the jQth
oh.loy, ~nen 10 WAS utdenly nominated ny
one maJnrity, tn ,he gT.e. astoniShui"FT NJ hlS
best friends, ,1,clEding hinselti HIS ra.ty
hsSirc then I'.' rrn:.orar7 ss1aadency, re
~ts, III course. e;e.:ts1. '.rcprst IN t.ps- onr'v
r;rnaS Inoe: glnf, :e:s o-ot.c.;i 20 swei!co !Gc
nGHlH:-s, s:rr -S"r Ii.uS-s,rv.
piyl-4 ~-J. yalt. ul,t-rhIe, uhoIy 3c>o;d q
conscience, n hv,srrite in religion, and d
tJioksser in politics, but possessed Of rrta,
rs,ursl shreTdur+s and cunning. 1T che
right time, ho PROVED M important soei i: .ha
hsuds If tue Illinois r.j-sphtter.
n the months of ELr~r!hsr and Janu.rT,
NUMEROUS iueetlngs. hold in various pariG'oi
the Sut4, Urged upon tho Governor r. call rhs
legislature in py1rk session. 4 Clllor!Ev u
The State Senators united in An sGGress IN ttie
rGrus sifsct. Hicks rsplIel to 1tsse 4nssica.
tions il rArioua lsttrrs in which - E,eh, pro
+. sAions Of ardent S,rthtrn feefpg:, hat re-
fuaine to call the Legislature.
. But Hicka coulh not have thTsr'>d :he
withra Of the southern msjorky: msTy dGy :
longer. A State Convention would have been
cLje,' without bis agency ard in sD:.a o: h;4
oprosit.9n; snd non- doubted thas a,ci,s Cow
veniIon would have placed &.ryiar,i GsfIh .ir
seeded Hu.iss. Bur ao"ut this t,v,- IA. un-
-xr-.ct eyzat sun5snlv pa!n!yz-c al III ctc-
forts Of the Southern Rights majority "a 1fss- 5fs
,ylaEi.
rHE riG5iTN corv1STrS
4sssnhlad early 10 Fehruarr, 1851 I: Wa
,.'ucunced to- be strongly Un!on, sd .hy M
ovrr@heltoing majority. The ncws cnm3
UPON the southern men of MARYLAND az f1art-
lirs sa PEEL cf lhnhiisr from cJ.S.Giags
sky
.Pennarioinis wss m the Fo,th End VI
finia on the South Dl ia, aNd hqrh .t,sd Go.
cidrd to remain in the U:ion. Whe: cu.i
Nsrylsnd dol II ves oseiess now CO ts!k
any more about secession. E:g'-,is ir H.
o;ded thai question !.rus: ir wna riatc>ee
for ua to taia soout Leaving :he Fri.e i Union
SO long ~ Tn Ercos Sts'o Of Tt-aioa ,lncxs-
up the road between Us SD toe Sc0taetn
Co5ifedcracy.
hearts Of the Martiandert; hut j. ~as us.!srs
to cal Legislatures or -C"n..ntio:is. whiL.
every news se3per from P chn3rd .h,tp,a,l lhrt
there wnb linton Conven,icn e:uI ;1 sosaior
there!
About tire frSt Of Maerh, Abraham l.; p
c4sin, the President elect z7e>lej though
Baltimore, vt nighi, AID in 3iaFuiss-.acause 90
hs knsS snd feared the ;r;cnse Sou,;>FU
fsclias tnnn e:i'l axis.i7s among ma Deopi,,
About lhs midals # april, "a, cail,ti i,*
$1,000 volunteers 10 suhjugGe ,hs eoaei0 i
States. r';cn, T;rgnia's. Cnpventjc7 sod,A
down thefUninD d,s-and Marylar peepanei
to join hands with her in work which is&d
heen slroei y too long delayed.
THE 18th .oF .TRIIs GSCl,
Was the commencement. Of y reuelrtcf7 j.
MARY land. The Southarn f~iing 7as kiadled
into + sudden blaze By Lincoln's pcncanarior
and ths news oftse Virgins ordnance Ths
Northern Volunteers vera attached Gss .h-ji
passage through BeltI'osse, and rontsd, viii!
bricsbata. For se.ka sfterWaTds, B,Itirpafs
and Maryland wore .i-ross NJ unanimously
.nd Intensely Sou ths-n as aTsa South CaroI-
m. The railroad kv'dsos we're burned, ard
ths p.ssses 81 Lncoln's soldiers delayed for
Several weekH.
All of L'Do,l,i's ao2r;!:t-~s 70 Office .RHd-
denly dscl.ned, rs=irnai, ar mn away. Tine
| ,oal authorities "f Blrncrn, N thr 20th 81
April, spprop riT az ssOQff10 10 procura' a. rrs
ard prnvid: i;,r u.s sirtsncs of tive city. Tno-'
appointed Na}nI tnow Brgsdsr General,
Isas.: *. Irimhls t., organic" AID r"rnrH ,!id
the rnlnnteeio ~h, -'.1- srgyriy orfs7ng 'heir
ssrvices With'1 Rnu,o sP,Sen thvf tti say
vices oi nearly u'ir,,y th.s,saod r,+r, from III.
city and the co'nfi"s, tfn t,.-n 1c:t'.re,t. =
l.rgp rn"..r Of cnyuf1,, ,n,I,n.,I, u X s., ~ r
t-ija-s. &C.. hsd frEn procured. acd mJre
were on thfi'' VIZ! fro,n viFy;,js. whose Gov
ernor sh,Wr'i. ,sop"r c'apos,r,on IN "T 1
III 'wiich shat S;a;s W well ua At,
ryland We ss.a,!y; Interested
Thna, tha iMa' yf4nd r.t.;ln,,>a -; "a :
tsgnn. Why did il ret Cn ont ! vii *
main.