The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-01-14

THURSDAY N0ANue0 .......JANUAAY II, ieeA
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Ons1ou AND LlN0 1Aoo, h iargs = snail
\ we'd - ssarylasa.
The bin Of NJ. lrtles, to which We alluded
Tuesday, = underwood. and We believe hes
bssa expressly Avowed, TO DO intended for
the bene0t Of the Marylanders Of ego to
bear arms reading among us. In the course
al tho discnssion hard thugs have been said
q MazylAnders In general, without, We
think, sufficient Cause There are. Il b true,
among ~ many persons from Baltimore who
were the curse Of that great city - long a.
they rsmained In Il, and who viii always
b tho curse OF any city In which, for the
time. they may happen to take mp their
rsaidence Yet It does seem TO a. very
hard that the name OF whole State
should suffer from the acts Of handful Of
despsradoes who may happen to have been
born within IT. limits. Lot us make the
case oar own. Suppose some extraordinary
convulsion should Danish the whole body OF
our own nativeborn rowdies-and We have
enough Of them Heaven knows-to some
city south Of us-Charlestou, for instance.
0uppose they should practice there the arts
they have learned here until the whole popu.
latlon rose up against them - one man.
Would We not think It hard that old Vir-
einiA should DO stigmatixed for the acts Of
these her degenerate children-children
whom abe would scorn to own, and Of whose
deeds she would bedseply ashamed? There
10 no virginian who would not protest
against any Judgment fonnd against his State
upon testimony such - this. Yet this j.
precisely the testimony upon which Mary
land has been judged. The Plug Ugly and
the Blood Tub are taken a. types Of thai
race from whom sprang Howard, Williams
and Smith, In the war Of the old Revolution
Whose fathers fought BY the side Of ours
at Guiiford, ct Camden, at Ninety Blk, and
ct Rutaw-whose institutions arc the same
With our own, and Of whose sons many have
Laid down their lives since this war began,
dahting In this cause, which il theirs a. well
- ours.
When tho conscipt law was on ito passage
in tho spring Of 1862, the most prominent
among the Marylanders who resided among
- desirsd it, provisions to embrace all citi-
nens OF Maryland residing In any Of the
Southern States. These views were pre-
scented TO differ emit members Of Congress by
citizens OF Maryland, and the evils Which
would follow any exemption Of their com
trymeu were at the same time clearly point
Cd ont. They did not. however, impress the
minds Of the member 90 deeply - to pro-
duce any modification of the law. and the
Nsrylanders were left out. This fact Is
etated BY . writer In the Enquirer, of Mon
Aay. and was well known before. The USE
fnl class OF Marylanders feared the very
thing which has happened, and 30 expressed
themselves-nameiy, that the vicious class
Of their countrymen finding that they were
not liable to conscription, would copgregate
here In large numbers, and by their vices ex. |
elte prejudices against all Marylanders. The |
better class of them are at this moment all |
in favor Of extending the consumption to |
Maryland.
But why should congressional invective
be reserved for Maryland alone? Are Mary. |
landsrs the only men who neglect their
duty! Il there no neglect OF duty In Con.
gross Itself ut this moment, when the enemy
10 stirring heaven and earth against US -
What have they done, that members should
be so ready to hurl their anathemas against
Maryland - the only sinner! The law re-
auires that an accuser should 60 into court
with clean hands. Hold up your hands, gen
tlemen OF both Houses! Outside of Con.
grees-in tho army and among the people
are there none who neglect dntyi Where
were the balance of the 10000 men on
Bngg's muster roll when he fought the Lat
tie Of chickamauga With less than 20 OOO p
Where were the 100000 that Lee ought to
have had when he fought the battle of Sharpe
burg with but IS 600? Where are the stray
glets and deserters who swarm In the noun
tains aud infest tho lower country like
locusts? Depend upon 1t, II the Maryland
ers have sinned deeply they have ahmed at
least in company.
Il II evident to every man who will take
the trouble to think, that those Marylanders
who are among 10 are - deeply interested
~ bAA0 OOOISoo "a wi S0sAOV - VIC SnAA Ru0O1'
bly, be. They can never 90 back to their
Atate unless - victorA They must set up.
their homes In the South or they can live mo-
whore. Whatever iAte may beiall u must
10 their fate also. In the meantime they
have sent N many brave soldiers-men who
have fought - we'll - any in the Contede-
rate army. The mechanics Of Maryland form
20 largo body that II they fall under the
conception we understand some of the
public works Will bs stopped entirely. We
hope at least some caution win be observed
In this respect. We hope, moreover, that II
It 10 determined to conscribe these men,
Conxressmen will at lest cease to pse to
wards them and their Sate that hlppant,
Jeering style Of invective which can only ir.
htate, and cannot answer any good purpose.
FIesjdsns Grant.
The New York Herald avails itself of the
popularity Of Gen. Grant with the Northern
multitude TO turn ono of it, characteristic
ssmmsrsaults, abandon Lincoln and run MP
tAa nAme Of Grant for the Presidency. We
haye 10 dtpoaition to undsrrste tho military
shazaelsr q Grant. He has been Fortunate
Genesal not 90 much We think ftom his own
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