The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer. (Bel Air, Md.) 1862-1864, 1863-06-05
rave been made!

that was before them--ihat voice was no
spoken. The majority of her delegates
z" far from speaking it, resolved on an OPP
Fposite course, and were nctive aud mos
Influential in defeating the SO much DE-.
aired, the SO vital unaniniity, in supper
'faDy guarantees That the Southern mem
bers and many Of the Northern nearber,
Thought would alone meet the crisis
'EFheir mistake (and a4dreadfu'l one it was1
was because, perhaps without being awar,
# it, they were under party rather thai,
national influences They were, too, il
,eemed to me, under the further and as
sad error OF believing that the South was
not in earnest; aud that from fear, o,
other motive, they would not venture on
rebellion. They maintained, therefore,
Throughout, their opposition to the Props
I'd Guthrie guarantees, and were equal,
hostile to any that their Southern breth.
rem over and over again offered; and
n terms Of earnest Invocation impIorea
Them, adopting solicitation that would
have been esteemed, and truly, nndigni
fed, but for the great issue that they felt
t. be impending-oIvIL WAR; VIZ
between brothers. war tina uuld sun
Ter ties the hottest that had ever buuud
ople together-a war to be attended
with dreadful misery-the destruction ii,
inr prosperity for untold ages-the loss o.
iur proud station amongst the nations Of
he world, and probably the total extin
.uishment for years, If not forever, of gu,
very freedom itself. #.r, ~ .r...ia..
But entreaty proved as fruitless argu
tnent The resolutions containing tn
guarantees passed the Convention, bi+ OF.
~ by a mere maj prity, aud, as for, seen.
hey resulted in nothing. They were no
rv'ed upon by Congress They imparte,',
not even temporary assurance of sifety r.
he anxious S nth; and now the so unucI
dreaded civi war is upon u.s. Oh! thar
'ts existence, its frighttul progress, its mil
ions Of vast, d wealth. lis effect upon Oh,
'ational reputation, and above all, thrag
my which it. has brought into thousands
,nd thousands of before huppy housphuhl,
--oould then have been foresceu} By Nj.
Field, AMI th Use who concurrcd with hin,
\ny honorable, satisfactory guarantees, i.
then ofered--guarntees that wuuld IN H.
particular have surrendered or inpair,u
The rights of the Nnrth-wnuld, | tnuh,t
not, have been rpcei, ed with Joyous acula.
nHtip,,; and we should sill be, as W
wrrJ nnce, u united. and Therefore a hap
~, prosperous and powerful penple-abI..
t" bear, with naugrt but c'tite,np,u d.
pity. the insolsnce and vulgar scurrility o,
tn English r 'ebucks IT the day, vii :
former rrofessed aud hypocri.ical hatrea
If slavery they are HOW yielding to til
base 1--we "favaricious gain, too strong no.
only for all moral restraint, but even for
the fes RANT ofsheir avn penal laws.
Let us not, however. for moment PEI,
init ourselves to believe that such men ar
'vpcs of the English character, or speak
English opinion fortunately for her
honur, her interest and her SAFETY, anil
her influence upon the civilization aud
freedom of Europe, they are as unlike tn,
gentlemen and statesmen of that great
country, as our spectators and blockad
runners are unlike our honest aud "loyal
,itizeus. They arr, in truth, themselves
but the upsfdsts of the kingdom If, us is
justly remarked BY one Of their most es-
teeined and gifted historics writers, ss'arr6}
sance and pr Sumption to be the usual
faults" OF the class. 'aft.s ';G ~ slr'aHI
From what / have said, you will sec
that Mr. Fielf il totally mistaken III sup
p sing that the Peace Conference satisfsa1
me, or, DIS / have every refs,n' 10 know
sati5fed either Of the other members
named by him. The g,,ar.ntees recon-.
nendedin Mr. Guthrie $ report we're SAIL
isfactory, but the conduct Of the Conven
on, resulting, in a'great measure fii,n,
M. Fields cRurse, rendered the Convent
ton itself anything but satisfactory wei
saw 10 ID, us the result proved, certain de4l,
feat in C6ngtessof the recommended guar
,ntees, and saw, with equalcIearness, tBaI
he result of its deliberations would not.
FIR u ra6neDt. suspend aevea the periiousl
.xcitemedk of the Suthern mind ,,6r aver +.
The DAINTY 10 involved. Bot the error !,
Il the past cannot be- corrected 1--WE canl
'oly learn from them wisdnm for tHgfnpfl
tufee Whit doss that teach us !? Is Ii, X
htino Uaioh feeling IL now tolbe foundls
q the Southern Statesi?hnIs il TINT itiislI'
70 totally exsinStg taaf tofesive itsis' iIh Ii
lido notthiak Nd. TheGuRiS
lea and WieRlitfess The JSpeses, The Raj