Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-01-25
EmANcipArIon IN mARlLANp.



General, Hon. Thomas Holiday Hicks, United
States Senator, and Hon. Thomas Swami ad
dressed the members OF the Legislature in the
Hall of the House Of Delegates, which was well
hlled on the occasion. Governor Bradford was
President, and Philip s. Chapel, ESQ.,, Of
Baltimore, Secretary of the meeting.
Mr.. Blalr's remarks were principally conflnSi
to the influence Of elavery, the causc orthe
rebellion, and in support ofPresident Llncolns
plan Of paci1cation. This speech was marked
by clearness and force Of statement, and We
would commend to the democrats Of the pres.
ent day the concluding portion Of Il, which s
as follows;
Our would-be nobility Of slave creation has
thrown down the gage Of battle for the slave
system against the free system Of Government.
When the batteries at Charleston poured their
hot shot Into the fortress built and armed aud
manned by the nation To protect that city from
foreign Invasion under which II had twice
| fallen, IL slRnl1ed a war OF fire and sword
against the nationality founded by our fore.
fathers TO secure the liberties for which cur
couutrymen fought and conquered.
| The Democracy Of the North rose as one man
| with the Republicans, in whose hands the elec-
tions had placed the Administration, to defend
the cause Of freedom and the Union. The
Democracy then saw the conflict in which this
act involved the country in its true ASPECT.
Every step in Its progress proves that II is q
war Waged for military supremacy on the. side
of the assailants-for the liberty and national
ity II secures on the other.
Foreign kings and emperors are invoked to
Join with the conspirators in making a wreck
of the Republic, and share in the advantages
to be derived from Its ruin. Pirates bearing
} the Gag Of the rebellion, and fitted out under
the auspices of wealthy spectators, looking
for remuneration in the plunder of our COM
merce, disgrace the civilization of the age by
robberies and conhAgratlons on the high seas.
In such war-a war for freedom on one
side and slavery on the other-no permanent
peace can be patched up. To endure, there
must be submission TO the Government as con-
stituted by our fathers, or as II would be con-
stltuted by Nj. Davis and his military adherents.
Any compromise or partition treaty would
give but breathing spell for fresh prcpara-
tions for renewed struggle.
May We not hope as there is no escape from
an Issue so forced upon us, that the Democracy
ofthe North will, as at the threshold oftho war,
be found with the great majority of the constl.
tuency Of the loyal statcs zeal0usly battling for
the right, which every patriot, of whatever
party, holds to he with the Government Of the
Union!
II has taken the stand that the extinction of
the Slave institution is essential to save the
Union and perpetuste the Government which Il
has put in jeopardy. The armies Of the Union
nght to make prisoner of this giant Of the war
on the side of our adYersaries. Once with
drawn from them, he takes from them the mo-
tiyes and the means Of continuing the conflict
The partisan who may thwart the brave men
that risk their lives in battling for a consum-
nation alike patriotic and humane will, on the
| return OF the maimed veterans to their homes,
| covered with laurels and honorable scars. hide
his diminished head in ohscurity forever.
In contests Of opinion between parties, Ill,
utmost yirulGuce OF expression 10 soon forgiven
and forgotten. But when war strikes the coun-
try, the man who withhold support 10 the SOL
diers who offer their lives In liz defence or dis
ableS their efforts by words or acts fayoring
the cause OF the enemy, never recovers its con-
, hdencc. What was the fate OF the public men
who took sides with England in the war Of the
Revolution or that of 1879!
The political convulslon OF l1gS-9g, ending
In the election of Mr.. Jefferson, was character
lied by more bitterness, with party frenzy
more Intense, than when blood flowed in but
ties on the field. But the i'll spirit vanished
like the spectre of a mornings dream when
Ar Jefferson rose to the nations chief honor,
and the country was relieved Of the apprchen.
sions OF the loss Of the election made Icy the
people.
The struggle had been on one side to consol-
idate the Federal power, and by construction
give 1t the tone and tendency of the British Gov
ernmentj on the other, to assert State rights
anu popular sovereignty Dy strict adherence TO
the Republican model presented In the Consti-
Opinions Of both coStenJing n",ti.s s''"''u 'no
They were reconciled in 1he admirable imam.
ts assertion OF wat was tyns IN he ar,at Sodr a.
of the people " We are ali Rennb6ransWsi
Federals." 1t may be truly said nor, speaking
the sense of the masses OF our countrymeD,
"We arc all Rcpubllcans-all Democrats"
Exclude the consplrators and the slave inst-
tuition, which they have shaped into a glut to
split the Unlonj exclude the consplratOrs and
those whom slavery has made their slaves and
our countrymen are at this moment d" all Dem
ocrats-all Republicans ASSERTING popular
sovereignty, the right of self-governmcnt, the
rights OF the Suites, the nationality of the
Union, all defined halanpal rhanl.ad and