The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-10-03
A VERY SIGNIFICANT ARTICLE-A CRI- |
SIS IN THE HISTORY OF MARYLAND THAT

A VERY SIGNIFICANT ARTICLE-A CRI-
Z, SIS IN THE HISTORY OF MARYLAND THAT
MUST BE MBT.-The time has come when
the Unionists of Maryland can not avoid
declaring themselves Internationally in IA
vor of euer,y measure demonstrated needful
to. crush an infamous rebellion. And
whatever in the outset combined to make
the loyal of the land regard those ac-
tons as mistakes or errors on the part
of the leaders of the instruction which
have since developed themselves az crimes
of the first magnitude, the persistent
wIcknedness, the horrible bloodshed and
oppression, set on foot by these men, have
wrought the inevitable and mighty change
until eyen those more leniently disposed
see but one way todeal with them, and that
is to use every lawful agency in thwarting
their vile purposes, and utterly breaking
their power. II is not strange, either, that
the Government and the loyal States have
arrived but slowly at this conclusion. In
the beginning of these troubles these delib-
crate conspirators against free govern
ment were our "erring Southern breth-
rem" and dealt with hesitatingly and
tenderly. They returned this treatment
with every provocation, every outrage and
taunt that could serve to make the breach
between the two sections final. They sys-
tematically stimulated the ferocity and
bad passions of their ignorant and mis-
cradle dupes, and in fact, omitted nothing
which was calculated to make the war they
began as cruel and revolving as possible
And the further they have progressed the
worse have they become in this regard
What wicked and INSCRIPTIONS military
policy dictated at first as giving hopes Of
success, is sharpened now by reverses
which have driven them to desperation
We say the Government and the loyal of
the land have but slowly comprehended
their real purposes; but the day has come,
OF last, i0hen all iChO UieU these matters
Alright are determined to bring every engine
to bear ,ohich can crush that dccursed ana
doomed slaUe otigarchy whose sordid ambi-
ton has brought these cells upon the country.
But, sooth to say. while the great body
OF the nation has been driven to this con-
clusion, there are men still among US who
seem to have made little progress in COM
prehendlug the situation. While the cot
ton States, by the mouth of Mr.. Stevens,
proclaim to the whole civilized world their
purposeto make Slavery the corner tone'
OF the new Confederacy, men who consider
themselves patriotic, enlightened, resolute
defenders of the Union, refuse TO recognize
slavery as the real foe they have to deal
with, and, as if set back a score of years.
talk of it as something substantial-as
having, in a manner, its old standing and
pOwer-when the shadows that fit across
the earth from passing clouds are little less
heeting than this once formidable agency
or interest, which has taken such infinite
pains to insure its own complete destruc-
ton.
Well, the consequences of thus clinging
to the. traditions Of the past-the errors Of
the past-is apparent in our State to-day.
Certain gentiemen-prominent heretofore
in the political history of the State-cannot
divest themselves of the notion that the
moving cause of the rebellion, not only
its own destroyer, but the DESTROYER of that
power so long welded in the South, is still
something that must yet be deferred to,
must be conciliated, must be tenderly dealt
with. They will not see it's ferocity even
in TIN Re spasms which are premonitory of
its dissolution; and they cannot hear the
fierce threats, the savage denunciations
which are proclaiming from day to day an
unconquerable purpose TO win or perish in
the fight. But truly loyal men hearthem;
the unconditional" Union men hear them;
and their unhesitating response is-let
Slavery perish, but let the Union endure. |
So far as the institution in Maryland is |
in the case, we have long since done what
we could to soften the visitation brought
upon loyal owners of slaves by the mad
men OF the Cotton States. We have done |
this by urging emancipation and compen-
sation." 1t has not been our fault that |
certain gentlemenl, high in political posi- |
ton,before referred to-have persistently
stood in the way of any such measures |
But, with the institution here going adrift |
piecemeal in the storm that has been pro-
Voked by its supporters elsewhere, it will |
be the fault of the great body of the truly
loyal of the State if this do nothing, ten
der footed policy is still permitted to hold |
sway. AT the very crisis Of our fate, as it
were, those who are not up with the ext
gencies of this hour of revolution, and
bloodshed and change, must give way to
those who are.
Finally, we would say to those who are
for the Union Internationally" who are
determined that every assailant of it shall
perish in its track ere it shall perish, now
is the the time to marshal that phalanx
Wilhelm the support of the Government
of free institutions-is destined to bear
down all before it. Without concerning
themselves too much about the fate here
OF an institution already in the last stages
OF dissolution, let them touch elbows
throughout the State, let them know each
other, and prepare to deal alike with scru-
pies which would paralyze the Govern
ment, or agencies which would directly de-
stroy it. The issues are becoming distinct
ly marked between the different shades of
pubic sentiment in the State, and in the
struggle to save the Union we must stand
or fall with the Government. And as it is the
duty OF Maryland to stand by the Govern
ment to the uItermOst, let her send to it's
councils only those who will sustain il II
every proper method to crush the rebellion.
In this our duty is plain. We want no
Copperheadism, or even its semblance,
here. The Cotton States politicians have
ruined the interests of slavery in Mary
land, and if there are those here who win
not see this, who will vet stand up and
omplain of the Goverrment and the people
for at last recognizing their foe, let them be
made to stand aside and ''give place to
better men," Beaten down and exhausted
as are the ferocious crew who are now {
fighting and breathing denuncations
against the civilized world because man
Kind will not recognize their wicked and
absurd pretensions, battles have yet to be
fought, and loyal men have to be slain as
the consequence oftheir acts Let all then.
to overthrow a Confederacy
whose very existence is an anomaly, a
and this upon the showing of 8
its own chiefs; let none hesitate at any $
measure which may even serve to cripple |
it if thereby the struggle may be curtailed. I
Then, we say, once more let the over scru- /
pulous, the men or the politicians not up {
with the times stand aside. But whether /