St. Mary's gazette., 1866-05-03
From the Noble Tribune
MARYLAND.

bored of hriu .ing before our leaders the
noble efforts of this gallant old State II DC
bali of the destitute Of the Southern States.
There is no S ate in the Union which has
been more abused and maligned by The
Southern press and people than Maryland, !,
and we deem it but our duty to take up the
cudscl in her defence and show how total
" unjust and unkinl this abuse is and has
been There a,e many people, who. III 8
derisive manner. say that if it had been
the wish of the people there was nothing
to prevent Maryland from seeding atthe
time of the other slave States. 3 Theseper-
sous we can only term ignoramuses7 Let
them take into consideration the dlicnties
that surrounded Maryland at that time-the
delay Of Virginia in seeding, the barrier
Ghe Potomac rivcr) which separates her
entirely from all assistance from the .1pth-
erp States ,and threw h1 5.aFS e.
mercy of the North. Tic Of baltia
more on the memorable 10Th Of April,
1861, in contcsting The advance OF the Fed
eral troops on their crusade upon the
South, brought upon her The severe dis
pleasure Of the Govcrnmc7.t The treach-
ery Of her Governor cnAuled the Govern
nent to throw large bodies Of troops into
the State and thus completely placed her
peop in its power. Her entire legislature
was arrested and thrown into prison. her
papers suppressed and her citizens banlshed
or incarcerated in bastiles aad treated with
every indignlty.
The whole course of Maryland through
out the war was consistentwith her posi-
ton as a Southern State. Thousands OF
her Young men, the 1howe- OF the State,
left their homes and east their fortunes
with the Southern cause Few Of those
men saw any hope of bctteling the eonJl-
ton of their State by taking up arms III the
Southern army, as her unfortunate topo-
eraphi ,sl portion and the fact that the
capital of the United States was on her soll'
discountenanceJ any such hopes. hey
abandoned their homes and families to the
mercy of the Federal solIiery. and buckled
on ,heir armor to tefnd the caus, they
deemed just. The bravery OF the Many
land soldiers is unquestionahle; then blood
has dved every battle field from Manassas
to Shiloh Those who were present at
the bloody battle Of Cold llarbor III 1861
Will remember the gallant and successful
charge Of the 2d Maryland infantry regl-
ment. to recover the possession OF their al
tillery, which had been captured by the
enemy, which drew forth the aXclama ION
from Gen. Breckenridge that 1T be had
10, 600 such men he .sould 90 all over the
North.' And ye; these very men, who
bave fought and suffered for the mainte-
nance Of the Southern cause, have ire
uucntly had their feelings outraged by the
unjust and uumanly slurs cast upon their
State.
Look at Maryland to-day. Is she IN
any better condition politically than any
of the seeded State? Three-tourths OF
her voting population are disfranchised
made ineligible by tyrannlcal laws from
holding ciell positions, or even beng en-
rolled in the State Militia. The Govern
m,ut is in the hands Of a few vlndictve
radicals, who. recognize as emitted to any
rights only those who compose their clique
Even in this deplorablc condition look al
what Maryland has done and is dong foI
the destitute of the Southern States, anc
the most preludiced individual cannot tan
to acknowledge that she is entitled to the
gratitude and praise ofthe Southern peo'
ple. Witness her contributions tor the re-
| lief of our beloved Lee, her Agrlcultura
Aid Society, her Relief Fair, and numer'
Gus individual liberalitics. Ask any Con
fedcrato soldier who passed through Balt',
more prisoner, during the war, what
treatment he received from her people
and he will tell you he has not sufficient
words to express his gratitude tor then
kindness and benevolcnce. Tins beng
the case, it is but just and proper tina
some appreciation and acknowledgment
of her liberality and patriotism should be
rendered. Hundreds of Maryland sol
diers, in the Confederate army, on the
close of the war, rather than return to then
homes and be subject to Insult aud taun''
| from those in power, determined to marry
and settle in some favorlte Southern State
Many have chosen Alabama as their future
home, and some are now IN our midst ano
identified with the interest of Mobile, yet
these men have not lost all pride or interest
in their native State, and when they know
how nobly she has stood up under all dit
ticulties for the Southern cause. they can
not but feel the injus ice of the remarks tf
which We have before alluded.
They have, as general thing, lost thel'
all in defence Of the Confederate cause
They have settled down and gore to work
to help to build up the prosperity OF our city
and every assistance should be rendered
them aud every respect paid to their feel
ings. We trust that these unjust bIcker-
ings will cease. Those who fall to disco'-
er ANY thing in Maryland's past course 'o
merit praise, We advise to turn their atteh-
tion to her present action, and perhaps
they will change their minds.
(From the Washington Iis'tor)