The evening Argus., 1865-09-07

of the Union men of the south against this
form of imperialism when broached in 1868.
had been from early manhood an opponent
of slavery; had assisted my brother in or
ganizing the first and only victorious emanci-
patton party which existed in the south prior
to the rebellion / was in favor of maintain
ing Fremout's proclamation and, failing in
that, had recommended, in writing, Presi-
dent Lincoln to make one himself in his an
nual message of 1861. | had defended Lin
coins emancipation proclamation in a
speech which Senator Sumner himself did me
the honor to quote with appreciation. had
led in the emancipation movement in Mary.
land, and never faltered till its success was
achieved. But, notwithstanding the furore
about emancipation by those people, this ear
ly, earnest and constant support of emanci
patton on my part did not satisfy them. So
far from it, l was, believe, the most odIous
man to them the continent. No, there
was one still more odious, one still better
abused by Phillips, Chase, Davis 4 Co. 1
need not tell you that that man was Abraham
Lincoln the author of the emancipation proc
lamation and to such an extent had these
men poisoned the minds of some of our true
men against me, that | apprehended that my
continuance in the cabinet might affect the
election, and therefore insisted upon with.
drawing Nor was it because / had done
any thing to make myself personally offens-
i've. My only offence consisted in asserting
the equal rights of my people and you see
they would not tolerate any southern man in
the cabinet who stood for the rights of the
Union men of the south under the constitu-
ton.
have not referred to yself in this connec-
tion to give myself importance. L have done
so because the example was required to Illus
trate the true spirit of those who seek in the
guise of pre-emiuent loyalists and transcend
ent emancipationists, 10 annihilate the states
and destroy the constitution ; and Mr.. Ray
mond, the chairman of the committee by
whom the resolution relating to the cabinet
was reported in the national convention, has
publicly stated that the managers amied
thereby to give themselves authority for de-
manding my removal by the PRESIDENT. The
people OF the country may see in this that ID
is not unionism and emancipation they seek
and 1t concerns the people of the whole
country TO mark 1t. They propose indeed to
strike the south down first. The union men
then must suffer with the rebels for the mis-
fortune of being born in the same region
Their most precious rights are to be wrench
ed from them, regardless of their devotion 20
the Union, through good and through evil re
iuE thc CEluic Ol not De1Dg aDie 10 YeSist
secession when enforced by color of state au-
thority, sanctioned and scquiesced in by the
national government. Every one who raises
his voice against this hsgrant injustice is de-
nounced a. an ally Of copperheads and trai-
tors. As 1t Is proposed to treat all southern
men alike, It Is necessary, to effect this pur-
pose, that the people of the north should be
taught TO regard US all as criminals. All are
In fact equally offenders In their eyes. Ii 10
the claim for themselves and their fellows of
their rights as citizens which ofends. Ii Is
the monopoly of power which is sought, and
that design is eqsally frustrated By allowing
the southern states their rights, whether in
the hands of union msn or rebels. All agree
in discardiug the shibboleth of the imperial
lists. There are some, indeed, who give pri-
vate assurance that they will work up to it
by and by, and who, by joining In the clamor
against the dead rebellion, are cooperating
with the imperialist in propagating the idea
that the safety of the country requires the
exclusion from congress of representatives.
from the south, and thus contributing to fix
the conviction upon the public mind that il
Is necessary to subvert the rule of the white
man IN the south before that region can be
restored to a share In the government
Swarms of hireliug writers are sent to the
south, who 60 the-e as English tourists come |
TO America, with fOregone conclusions against |
the country of them in the paw |
OF the war department, but of the non com |
batant species. whose continuance in the SER |
vice depends on making the impression that |
secession is not dead but sleepeth.
The southern man who joins in continuing
this clanor against the south is aiding In dis
franchising the south, and the whole south.
Maryland included. We may, indeed, have
persons from Maryland filing seats, but
those who reflect the feelings of our people
will be without power. Those only who are
elected as the member from the first district in
the last congress and one of our present sena-
tors were elected, will find favor with the i'm
perialists. That is, by the use of public
money and military force directly applied
Let me give some particulars. A regular
'ommissary was removed from Baltimore last !
winter. as the ~enatoriAl election was coming
IN, and a politician IN the volunteer service
vas recommended for the-position by Mr.Da-
Wis TO the secretary Of war, because of his i
.eing an anti Blair man, was put in the place. c
his man and the quartermaster assessed the
merchants dealing with the government heav-
ly TO raise money to De used in the election
gainst me and my friends. The quarter
master, learn. raised $40, coo. How much :
be commissary raised / do not know, but he =
as been heard to boast that it was by the
loney he raised that / was beaten. Some of :
ne preliminary steps were taken openly ey
ne department. A number of senators cleo
on by the people were arrested, aud others
lreatened until compelled to resign, and