St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1862-04-03

4 Warning.
However adverse may hare been the
original intention Of the Federal admin
ITERATION to the Inauguration Of q war
Of races At the South. and howoyer sin
core may have been Mr. Lincoln in hi.
past pro,estations to the contrary, it il
now evident that the diabolicsl and ne.
farious policy Of Greedy and bis cohorts
10 fast gaining the asecndcncy in the
National councils. The fierce struggle
that has been going O., for the past sew
sral months, between the radicals and
conservatives may be sail to be now
about to culninatc. and the elemen,
shst, but yesterday, demanded the de-
eapitation Of Fremont and drove Came
ron from the Cabinet, is about 70 Gig.
nalixe its apostasy by the emancipation
Vt the slaves in the District Of Colum-
bia. Indeed, the public functionaries Of
the nation may be said to be becoming
rapidly and sadly aboli,ionized. The
cry hsS been raised. that slavery has
caused the war, and. to emo it success
fully and finally. the root Of the eausc
must be stricken at. Dir. Lincoln. who.
but q few months since. declared his in
,ention to veto any measure looking to
che Infringement Of the Constitutional
rights Of the STAKEHOLDER, now issues .
proclamation recommending the abclirion
Of slavery in the Border States. The
Great West. that declared its intention
70 disarln 80 soon as the war should as
line an abolition shape, is now repre-
scented BY Chase, pomeroy and Lovejoy.
~ having seen the folly Of such re-
solves, and ~ ready and willing 70 pros
rcute the war il such manner and upon
such terms as the Government may die
tate. The late action Of the Congress
s:snal Committee. in recommending the
l.vying Of an i.hibi: y tax upon the
culture Of tobacco. is but another means
devised for the abolition Of slavery
Nor 10 this attack. though covert and
somewhas ingenious. misunderstood BY
shs people Of the Border States. They
are swars that The Government must
know. that the proposed tax upon to-
baceo would work an estoppel Of its cul-
.ure. and that slavery is principally de-
sirable in this region for the prosecution
If that peculiar branch offa'ming. They
are also aware that the Government must
know. that any action on i's part BY which
she utility and profit Of slave labor is de-
stroyed is blow struck as directly at the
institution Of slavery ss If an open wal
were waged upon it.
But We have digressed from the caption
II this article. not accidentally. however,
or without purpose. Our object is t.,
shew the gradual tendency Of the admins
tation and Of Congress towards the adop
ten Of measures hostile to the institution
Of slavery; but. that notwithstanding. there
is still cxtant in our rnansclcd audi unhap
py country. . voice that :dares lift itsel
above the grovellins influences of party. j
not to proclaim the rights Of the oppressed
1t least to dsnounce the acts Of the op
prcssor. Aad, this voice comes to us from
Q region in which. We are told by th,
organs Of the Government. the war spiri
10 as. fierce and undated as ever. Whcth
er this be 90 or not, We would advise
the administration to take warning. i
10 ono thing 70 be in favor Of the war
sod another to be an abolitionist. The
recent reception rendered to Mr.. Philips
at Cincinnati 10 not to be overlooked, MOI
are the late democratic gains in New
York. Illinois. New Hampshire and else
where, without their significance. i
may be true. that the Northern democracy
are in favor of tho prosecution Of thu
var. that the Union may not be asun
dered. but II must be remembered thai
they wage NO war upon slavery. nor d.
they endorse or approve any Illegal o.
unconstitutional connivance. looking T.
the gradual destruction Of Southern ip
Eisstisln. They would see the Vpio'
/rsstDved with ice old C.nsti, ution ant
sdniaistered apoa tho basis Of fra.erni,.
and equality. but the dogmas Of Phil
ipps, 0srs;ssn and Grey they ssoss AM
scpsdate. We repeat, ls' the ad"ln''