The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer. (Bel Air, Md.) 1862-1864, 1862-10-18
BEL AIR. MD. SATURDAY MORNING

| 1t, but not TOR the hrst, because 1t DID not
speak the whole truth because it did not
denounce the Abolitionist disunionists of
the North and West also, and hold them
responsible too. Six hundred thousand
men were soon afterwards enlisted. The
victories Of Hatteras, Port Royal. Mill
Spring, Donaldson, Roanoke, Winchester,
Newbern, Island Ten, New Orleans, Nor
folk, and others all followed. Then was
the hour for wisdom and sound policy
But no, it was the exact time selected by
Abolitionism for the very saturnalia Of its
folly and madness. Every scheme and
project of emancipation, execution and
confscation, Congressional and Executive,
of the whole session, was pressed forward,
and many of them contaminated, during
this same period Of victory. The war
was everywhere to be perverted from the
spirit of the "Crittenden Resolution.
And with what result? The South, be-
fore that time divided, was now united as
one man. Even the Border Slave States
were shaken to the centre, and thousands
of their citizens driven into the Confede-
rate service. The armies of the South
were rapidly filled up. A spirit was
breathed into each mans breast which
made him host. 1t was these things,
and such infamous orders as Buffers at
New Orleans, which inspires their armies,
making them invincible-and not over
whelming numbers Victory everywhere
was theirs. Mcdowell, the Seven Pines,
Front Royal, Winchester, Cross Keys,
Port Republic, James Island, Vicksburg,
and the Great Seven Days Battle Of Rich
mond, all followed The men, and the
women too, of the South said, If indis-
criminate execution, confscation and.eman-
cipation are to be the rule of the General
Government, let us perish, rather, on the
battlefield. ... q.
This is. what Abolitionism has cost us
already-an unnecessary and injurious
civil war, united South, divided North
and West, diminished Federal army, an
increased Confederate army, the one dis
pirited, the other confident, fifteen months
Of the most vigorous war, with the largest
army and most numerous navy Of modern
times; and yet not single State restor-
led, but public debt of thousand mil
lions of dollars incurred. and two hundred
and fifty thousand brave men lost to the
army, no man knows how. For all this
Abolitionism is responsible. Let it an
swer at the bar Of public opinion. Let the
people judge. Let the MEMORABLE SEN
tence 60 forth, and just and speedy judg-
ment be executed upon it. .. e...a,
These, men of Dayton, are my opinions.
They are my convictions. And yet for
these l am denounced, as "disloyal? ~
What is loyalty? Obedience, faithful
ness to law, or in Norman French, to
!. 10y; and there is no higher law than the
Constitution. Whoever obeys the laws
is loyal whoever breaks them, whether
in authority or private citizen, is disloyal.
, There is no such thing yet in the United
States, thank God ! as loyalty to a Presi-
dent, or to any Administration. And yet
/ / have heard of loyalty to Abraham Lin
coin; to mana public servant-whom
the people can make and unmake Who
, ever talks thus is fit only to DO a slave
, If these men mean that l am opposed to
the.Administration and party in power,
and to the doctrines and policy Of Adolf
ton, and think them false to the Constitu-
: ton and, disastrous to the country; If
they mean that I am Democrat, devoted
) to the principles and policy, and faithful
to the organization of that grand old par
: ty which made this country what it is, and
am for the old Constitution and the old
Union, then I am disloyal and bless God
| for it, But if they meaur that I an false
Il to the Constitution, untrue to the Union,
| or disloyal TO the country Of my birth, in
thought word or deed, then in the Ian
5 guage of an eloquent citizen Of Indiana,
y (Mr. Voorhees, ssthey liz, in their teeth,
in their Threats and in, their hearts. ~ .
| Loud cheers.) Z
What is an Abolitionist !? Whoever is
for indiscriminate con6scation in order to
D Estrike at slavery, is an Abolitionist.- =
! Whoever is for the emancipation and pur-
! chase of the slaves of the Border. States,
) and the pretended colonization of them
) abroad but really their importation North
t and West to compete with our own white
) labor, is an Abolitionist., Whoever would
u reduce the Southern States to territories
5 IN order to strike down slavery in them By
! Federal power is an Abolitiopist Who.
: eyer is in favor of arming the. slave s,I pr
i Of declaring slavery abolished By exeeutiye
Or military proclanation Is an Abolition