Maryland free press., 1867-03-21
For the Free Prcss.
yybere are We Drifting.


s,,rer and Stevens ore the leaders OF Cen
oress. and to crafty their revenSc'ui feelings ''e
whole nation must suffer. Sumner was c1ueu
in IN. Senate chamber by Brooks, OF oo"'h e'lr
ol;na. AMI Stevens hal his iroa-worKs oorheo
fva rebel invasion of PennsJlvania; aud lor 'his
the nation is dissolved without the most distant
nrosnect of a reunion How long will the nanon
stand this, just to gratify the reveHgeini 'e''hss
of two men? 1t cannotb bc lon5-it VIII moi oo
Io,g. Human ntture is the same the woriu
over. -.
Have these men read history in vain7 Is
,rrc that :tthose whom the gods intend to destroy
they first make ma'l2'' 1t looks ike II. no
vhirlwind will come before long ana u % hciP
,,ose who are ia its track. The RiicIls or our
S,.te imeqine they nov hear the rushing OF 'he
le,v.s and are already ci'liug upon C1nSress and
the Negro for help. Bat they Will call IN vain
They will find that they, as well rs Congress III"
The Negro, will be driven like chaff before the
wind before tue rig hteous Indignation ofsne peo-
ne, when once aroused When we look paek,
,he ,ronrcss of events for the last five or six years
sfen; aImos, like dream. During that periou
how many of our best citizens, without ca"sc OF
proyocaton, to crafty the m.lisnity OF some
miserable wretch Of u neighbor, were sent cross
the lines? how many incarceratcd in prisons, ih
lunceonss how many hauled up before drunken
provost marsh lis, and M lds take the oa'A OF al
legiancc polan' rHy, or be seat across tue iines'
or imprisoned? how m my were driven nom Tue
ballo,-box by ignorant AMI corrupted JuuseS'
backed up by the lowest, mcauest wretches 'h''
.vcr walked the earth? Every sort of torture
AMI insult that cpud be coined in the West
brain vas inflicted upon the best citizens III the
community. AMI now do t.eSe d's'aru'F
wretchcs think their doings will be Forgotten
und forgiven? They have sowl the VIM anu
some dav not fur distant, they have got 10 reap
the whirlwind Then those very persons whom
they have so much abused, belied and outraged
will slaugh at their calamity and mock when their
iear ccmcth." The murderer is hung, the thiei
i, sent to the pcnitentiary and all crime is or
should be pnnished in some way for the good OF
society and it would be morally wrong to let
these wretches go unpunished. The punishment
of some of these dirty scoundre!s has already
commenced. They cannot now look an honest
man in tue face and 'lol ge him a. every corner,
verifying the truth of the inspired pcnmani "ths
wicked heeeth when no In pursueth.'
Every man has right 10 his own political
opinions but he has no right to fo:ce THEM upon
his ncighbors at the point o. the bayonet, or the
threat of bastiles and dungeons. ! respect Rad
ical for the honest Entertainment of his opinions
and no one has light TO modest him in their
avowal, but he has NJ right to trj anil force
them upon others by any other weapons ihrn
those OF reason AMI argument. Som. of my best
friends are to he found in that party, hut must
say they are few and far between. Asa purity
it is the most ignorant, biso,eI and intocrant Of
anJ that ever cur;cl the nttion. We have dem
ocratic papers in the State that speak of lencn-
cy, moderation &c, in reference to this mongrcl
thing, and let hy-sones be by-gones! CowLr lily
ours; what lick the hand th,t smites thee? Do
not al. such eltors know that the more kindly
you treat the Ass the sooner the brute will kick
The same with this ass Of party. Treat it sind
ly and it will kick all the time deal il heavy
blows and spaniel like it will lick the very soes
of your feet. For illustration the Free Press has
been pounding the Herald and Torch for months
and Fleet Pete the heal and front of radicalism
in this county has not us much as riisel foot;
but once spaniel like, gently laid his hand on
the editors head and said 'ihoa hast brlins".-
And so it will always be found best, kicks and
cuffs for the mean bastard, gentlcncss and kind
ness for the brave and yirtuous. ANON.