The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-12-02
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TUESDAY MORNING. DEC. 2, 1862

From the Baltimore American.
The Drift of Events Bearing upon
the Interests of Maryland.
From the very commencement of the
outbreak of the great conspiracy, devised
mainly by the politicians of South Caro-
lima, Maryland, from its peculiar position
as a Border State and the site of the Ma
tional Capital, has had all eyes drawn
upon her from both sections as indispen-
sable to each, Few, not in possession
of the facts, are aware of the tremendous
pressure brought to bear upon our former
Chief Magistrate, Governor Hicks, to
compel him, if possible, to consent to a
betrayal of his great trust, and allow the
State, whose interests he had sworn to
regard and protect, to be precipitated"
by the usual summary process in vogue
with the leaders of the rebellion. The
theme, as events 60, is an old one, but
not the less one Of abiding and thrilling
interest; and whatever hero worship has
since been INDUCED in by the loyal of
the land as one or another public bene-
factor has thrown himself forward to stay
or control the rebellion, none, past or
present. deserve more of public gratitude
at the hands of the nation than the
staunch patriot who, for the time being,
was the rock upon which the mad surges
of an attempted revolution spent their
strength in vain. The mere mention of
his name; the thought of what he achieved
by a noble and uncOnquerable fidelity to
his oath and to his conceptions of what
was demanded by fearful crisis in our
history, should call forth blessings upon
one so true; and if the State and the
nation have not yet adequately recognized
his inestimable services, we trust the
time may yet come when this will be at
| tempted-at least.
We have been drawn away, for the
moment, from the purposewith which we
started which was, as we have intimated,
to consider TO some extent the important
position, relatively considered, occupied
by Maryland towards the great events in
progress. Whether our people appreciate
! the great fact or not, she is recognized
elsewhere, as the spot upon which must
| be initiated movements having for their
! finale one of the most tremendous revolu-
| tions of modern times. All the signs in
dicate that whether her people will it or
no, this is TO happen; because every
thing proves now, as we have hitherto
said, that events outrun speculation.
Whilst we dreamily think of what may
be, revolutions are going on upon either
side of as which are TO influence our con-
dition and destiny to the end of time.
We have been led to these reflections,
in part, by the perusal of a very remark
able article contributed to the Continental
Monthy for November, by the Hon. Robert
j. Walker, name too we'll known in
connection with public affairs to need
assurance that anything from his pen
will give evidence of consummate ability.
IT is one of series of papers entitled
The Union, and distasteful as its
conclusions may be to many of the peO-
pie of the State, yet as truths of the
first importance bearing upon their fu-
turc, we conceive it our bounden duty to
bring it to their notice 10 the extent of our
space
In the article in question, the leading
fact assumed in our old conclusion, and
the conclusion-as we cOnceiye-Of all
careful observers, that 8laUeyy IS doomed
that the moment that slavery, as an insti-
= tuition, attempted TO dominate this conti-
nent, it sealed its own fate. And yet
, after all, this need not be considered q
recent conclusion, or one originating any
where in this latitude, as we shall pro-
,, ceed to show from what emanated long
ago from one Of the most elevated anC
commanding intellects ever known il
South Carolina. In 1885, Mr.. Legar'
} wrote from Brussels to a friend in Char
; lesion, transmitting paper in regard tC
) which he said, "it touches, as you viii
, perceive, that algtu slaUe question lChtcJ
public opinion is beginning 10 busy itse.
> about" and he deprecates in the stroges
terms any further agitation Of it, w,
quote:
"In America you are not aware OF wha
is going on about you, or are too familiar
with it to appreciate its fearful character
Seen from Europe, and examined with
reference TO the experience of mankind
, in this old seat of their follies and suf
fcrinGs, have already hinted TO you tina
it is thought as bad as bad can be, No
is this opinion confined to any one party
0 il is literally universal | enclose you hal
9 Q a newspaper, in which you will see eX
tracts from several others embracing al
the varieties of political sccts. beg yoJ
% to observe particularly, as a Southern
man, and to call our friends attention 7,
it, TO what these remarks relate. DepeH
. upon IL, il you go ont Of the Union an dla
. Suyect yon are gone l0itloa remei5 or hap
Of saluatioa. Look at O'Conucll, now th
great agitator of England, and represent
ing the party that is already in the as