St. Mary's gazette. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1863-1867, 1864-03-31
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Saint Mar,'s County.
lIarcn 18th 1864.
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Chaplico District Chaptico District !.
The c"ncrntrrd wisdom and rsscuc" Of in
tcl,ic"nrr Of Chanticn District wishes tu
send Tbad. X I,reuss. gu unconditional
Cnipn man, to- the Convention -. eau
scarcr refrain frnm criticism Of Chapticp
Districts prosody bu, deem it uuuec,.s-
sary AZ am sure the readers Of his initial
composition will see too plainly the brau-
lies ut his punctuation after 1.-THE 9th Of
April nezs;" to require 4 second reading.
wont outrage the feelings Of the people
Of Chap,ico District by addressing tl:is ar
'icle to '-Chapiico District" but will al
dress myself to Iheuas. nlias JUDAS OF
oa'iie: | would respectfully ask Thea-
':as. alias Judas Of Galiiee what h. means
by this u.uddled paragraph: Through
the consequences. brought about by an un-
holy rebellion, waged against this good
aud nIunlicent G"vernmcut. at the hands
OF political demag"gues aud bad men. the
institu,iuu OF sia"cry has been brought to
premature death" Does be mean friends
or enemies? The great Force Of circun,-
slanccs" must have dictated the bedizzened
ani ambiguous expression from the Oracle
uf Del, hos
Theudas ,hints i, military necessity to
call to arms all the able bodied negro men
to suppress the rebellion, with its back
bone broken in half dozen places) when
VIC have nearly five to one, of the States in
rebel lion. don't claim 10 be very mag
nagimous, but il there was little man
whom | had grudge againt. and I was
I've times as large, and five times a strong
as be. aud wanted 10 lick bin. and tried
it. aad couldn't, on my honor as gentle
mau, wouldn't call il my negroes to do
it Would you. Theudas ? Calling the
negro TO arms 10 save rich and poor, is
arrant cruelty. Let those who made the
quarrel be the only ones to fight, and soon
the world will be at peace.
Theudss places before the people Of
Saint Mary's County ''lhe name of Mr..
THAI. K. Preuss, as AN unconditional
Union Candidate and The candidate of the
conservative people generally" How does
he, now eau he reconcile the two classes
''uncondiiionsl" and conservative ?"
lis an absurdity, Talpable a, 4 patent
Unconditional Dnst ask no terms? Re-
serve nothing? All for the Union. Cts
good old term. no rights left. freedom.
properly. right to tliuk. right 10 speak
our Thoughts. give up all. save the power
to say We have Union,. have Seen
Union man. aa, Union map. will be
Union man. but not az snch price. The
article is no. worth tie cost,
commend Theudas tor his liberality,
even while be offers the Give branch with
ole haod, aud brandishes the sword iu the
other. Generous Theudas. accept our
grateful acknowlcd gements iur Offering us
two moderate democrats. If We will give
the one unconditional Union delegate"
Fellow moderate men, would it not be veil
.e accept this peace Offering. lest We he
east off to go aud do our beat ? (Theudas
mems worst, reckoa.)
Theudas appeals 10 the masses Of the
people 10 throw aside the politicians and
arsert their rights. Good for Theudas
We agree in toto on this point. In answer
TO his questiun-"What cac they gain by
taking themselves 70 the Cost tails Of Sc