Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-07-20


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wo,d vs b, reilly behea,ad BY 10 accession OF
Nh Wan to the Con'ed,r cyl We hoT tbl' Is ue-
rc, subject 10 tooch upol, s,eiog that some nODe
sos If that Stal are doing good service in our army;
I'm, we feel that il just we'll now TO pro'lm What
~. believe 70 be the pbEc 'eniTent n regard TO that
State as to leave ts development to the slow progress of
events. =,
We sincerely believe that the exclusion Of Maryland
would rather be an advantages - u3 than otherwise
She is two-thrds abolition zed and for that reason, if
for no other we should avoid political association with
her. The Potomac, moreover, is the only true bOun-
dairy which Nature would TO have struck between
the North and the South and ine that we can draw
along the North ,ra boundary of Maryland would ohsr
any barrier to Northern incuriols and aboh IN rhd
AMI then when We rheot upon the CHARACTER OF TIC
population which would pour IN tp'n US as result OIL
th, association We forced to the OPT ion inst every
col s'deration of rational safety, socA Pohtc4l emu
moral admoD4hes US ofthe proPriety-nay, neces ~
of syoidng all connection wi h Mary and We nave ID
bs n.sfroas crew which the msfortureI of war have
Wrought among Us from Baltimore a foretaste OF the
moral end social leprosy which closer political Goa
a sou'd bring aud it is dle alike to the "tfey otour
n,,s intele and the social and moral purity OF our
p.Ople to keep alOOf from Maryland.
Tee il in truth but little sympathy with us in that
St, We learn from eLtieman who arrived here aieW
days ago. after scourn Of several months in New York
md Baltimore that there is far sympathy with US
in ,bs former city than in the later, and thst the
spee, there of active aid in our behalf far greater
.lould our army penetrate far, tran in BhtiWore
There Is no nogeneousness OF feeling between hhy
In ard ourselves Long commercial and social inter-
course With PennsylvAniathe mes; ant Southern oil all
IN, Nor bern States Observation-Disclosures srlnged
that ATE from US anddenhel her with this Dutch stye
in feeling and sympathy. Her very railroads are con-
s,ueed with reference to Northern commercial inter
e,ur,, and she has at this moment line OF rafoade1
tending from Baltimore to Harrisburg aud thence TO But
o vbiob has formed since its construct n grand out
e. for runaway saves AS the pea 0identity of inst
tut,n, which we tave frequently heard advanced as
Ground for the admission of Maryland it is the merest
S,.e, conceivable. She is so strongly innOcu'atd with
Abolition doctrines as we find by the favor with which
Lipcous Emancipation Proclamation Wss recsVed there,
4, to render her a dangerous associate. No Political
connection, no identity of political or commerce al IN
,srs.ts CA, ever eradicate the emancipation protiVi-
s, epgensered in the ilds Of the ptooe of Maryland
through the corrupt Washington agency And this be
inc the cas-. We would ask what motive can exist for
admitting that State in our sisterhood? As we have
. every cons deraton Of interest and safety forbds
bsr Admss o. and Natures Decree it is revealed in
the matter Of boundary, fOrbiis it,
We cannot withhold the expression Of our warmest
admiration AID sympathy FROM tue noble aud gallant
sons of that State, who, At heavy sacrifices joined
their fate TO ours and mado common cause with
a. To them, We would extend the hand of fell
low.bp, and concelS the fullest privileges thS! our
own citizens enjoy. We are satisfied that
they have sufficient appreciation OF our condition with
respect TO Maryland in the particulars referred to- to
realize the perfect compatibility Of warm esteem for
III, mseves and the exclusion Of their State from po
hca association with They constitute the eXcep
ton in great measure to the general political demo
raj cation which makes that State ellen TIE
c;sson 10 our city OF 50 many depraved and reckless
ysgabonds from Baltimore has added to the general
sentiment Of opposition to harylAnd's admission With
the Coniedsracy, which pervsdes the community
Through the cOuduc. Of this class city has lost its
character for peace and morality and nothing but the
energy and rmness of our city authorities has Iaved
US from being snguIphed irretrievably in the lowest
depths of moral and social depravity, through the
agency of Baltimore outlaw1 1t will need ye. the rig
orous Application OF every available legal means to
Iuge the city OF this class and save US from fate
little better if any than would await could the
my Obtain control here.
Commercially, Se have = strong interest in excluding
MARYLAND Baltimore would become the great CONNER
eia I'm Orium of the South, if Maryland came in; and
with her prssent wealth and great commercial facilities
competition on the part OF Nor ok or Richmond
Charleston, Savannah and Mobile would be ouI Of the
question But that consideration is entirely secondary
20 the quiremens Of national safety which Is involved
in the maintenance in its full integrity, Of that great
conservative nsttuton-savery-And the preservation
Of pure social and political system, free from the faint
OF YankeeiSm.
We learn that il is the purpose Of number Of
l;imore sdyenturers, encouraged by the Of
Others who came on here and amassed fortunes, to
transfer themselves to this city and other parts Of the
South upon the close Of the We sincerely trust
mat the next Legislature will take timely steps to foil
this purpose by Lhs passage Of law nterdictng the
right on the part of ali who may immigrAte from be-
,oud the limits Of the Confederacy TO engage in bust
meas Let Congress abolish the naturalization laws aud
the tEo measures combined will afford us some security
against the corupting influences which must needs re-
suit from an iudiscrimina.e influx of heterogeneous
icreign element If some such safeguards not pro-
vded, We will have again the leaven Of abOItOnism
laid in our midst and re-enacment, within remote
period of the same terrible scenes which We are now
witnessing.
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