St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1862-01-16

armed bands to .eize upon eitiseDs. wholly
unconnected with any military organizs-
ton. in their quiet h"ncs.-to carry them
out of the State and commit them to 8
f.lon's Pris"as Thi. j. Gov. Brsdf"r,l's
complain. ss..iassrirginia. Nut II these
things arc wrong N Virgins, We would
ike Gov lsradiorl "r any body else to
show ~ how ,hey can be right in Mr.
Lin.sln. iT.s tho National Government
seized upon aud appropriated to its uses
no private property in this State without
compensation to the lawful owncrf Have
no arme,l bands. wearing the National
uniform. invaded Our homes. seized upon
our citizens, no trial allowed them and no
crime imputed to them. hurried them by
forced m. rrlles from the State and committed
tlIcuto the tender uerciss Of Fort War
rem? Yet. Gov. Bradford is miraculous
" eloquent upon the one outrage and
wonderfully silent about The other. His
idea probably is. that robbery and OPP
precision arc only right when he pockets
the benefits himself. IA. Sc
Gov. Bradford is quite prolific and a
jitle prosaic, We are afraid, upon the
Slavery question. At least two-thirds Of
his Message are taken up With its discus
sion- To our minds, they are the iullest
parts Of it, His Idea seems to be, that. if
Maryland goes South, her slaves will all
GO North. II .he goes North. her slaves
will all stay where they are, and the lion
will lay down With the lamb and the Ato-
litionists will be Ut rest. Our deliberate
judgment is. that. go where shc viii, sla-
very is dead institution in Maryland in
less than ten years. The difference is. if
she goes South, her slaves will cross thu
Potomac-if she attaches herself to the
North. they will cross the Susquehanna.
In either case, the order for their march
is inrxorable. The pla,itujcs Of Gov.
Bradford cannot. we arc confident, impose
upon any man who Is sober and awake.
The parallel which His Excellency has
instituted bctw. en- the Tories of the Rcvo-
lutisn and tho State Right men Of the
present day will astound historians. It is
about as correct as that which Flu.llen
drew between Maccion and Monmouth.
If you look ON the maps Of the 'orld. l
warrant, you shall End in the comparison.
between Maccdon and Monmouth. that
the situations, t"'k &c. is both alike.
There is = river in Nace,lun; and there is
also moreover river at Monmouth" The
fact is. the Tories and the State Right
men are materially alike in nothing. lii.
Exccllsncy has evidently got two stories
mixed. 1t is the Tories aud tho suppor-
tiers Of I.incolm who have the strong fa.si.
ly likeness. Like the Tories, the Linccln
people are the advocates of demonstrations
al prerogatirc. Like the Tories, they
favor the suppression of q free press.
They are for arresiing mcn without wsr-
rant aud imprisoning them without trial
They stand up for the suspension Of the
writ of M,l<"s Corpus. They favor the
closing Of the Courts and oppose the agen-
cy Of juries. They approve the suLorii-
nation of the civil to the military power
and love the summary processes Of the
Provost Marshall. Any body who will
take the trouble to refer to the Declara-
ton OF Independence win pretty soon dis
cover who the supporters Of Gcorge Ill
are like and who they are unlike. 1t sur
priscs us. that Gov. Bradford has not
thought Of refreshing his memory By su.h
a reference. He has only 10 do SO to DO
fully and finally satisfied that his party is a
genuine chip Of the old Tory block and
the only ono now in .xistance.
Is 1t very extraordinary that two friends
Of great ability and virtue should be the
first to discover the merits Of each other !?
Having made the discovery, is there any
improperly in putting i, in print? If
these questions are answered negatively.
as they are bound to be. VIC demand. was
not Gov. Hicks fully justified in attracting
public attention through his message to the
greatness Of Gov. bradford? Apart froa
all moral obligation, was not Gov. Brad
ford bound by erery principle of courtesy
and gentlcn'anly breeding to reciprocatc
through his message the politcncss Of Gov
Hicks? We mus. really decline to argue
this matter further with the public.
Things hare come to pretty pass, if .
man cannot tell his friend. without excl
ting laughter BY the way side. -"Sir, you
say I am great man, and l say you arc
another" e1