Maryland free press. [volume] (Hagerstown [Md.]) 1862-18??, 1867-02-21
THE FREE PRESS.
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Eg-0n Wednos lay last, in the House Of
D lcgates, Mr.. Anplcpan of this county
offered the following order: ,......r ...
q" Ordered, that this House cordially
approve the bill for the Reorganization OIL
Louisiana, passed by the National House
of Representatives en Tuesday, the 18th
instant" Our Distinguished delegate was
promptly and eifectua!ly e.cttayti&tcd, b.
Mr.. Jones of Somerset, who Expressed in
indignant terms his aston;s'iment at the
introduction Of such a proposition in tho
House, to approve of the establishment Of =
military ,lcspotism. unler the an hority oil
Congress, without the shadow of pretcxt
under the constitution, beginning with a
remote State, and when even Maryland
has been threatened with the same fate .
IF the spirit of liberty is dead, AMI if the
spirit of flna.i,ism is triumph ant; ii the
people are prepared to be governed by a
military despatism, they d serve their fate
an the experiment of republican gov
ornment is failure. H. spo',e Of the
"wendcrfal effect on the popular mind
Of impu!eat and persistent lying" s Mr.
Jefferson cllled it in one Of his letters, oil
the N'rthcrn press ana people in refer
oucc to tho Southern people. AMI of the
tinidity anil cowariiee Of the democratic
and conservative purity AMI press, which
in view of Congress, has 5rou yht the pco-
pie to a poiRt of preparation to receive at
the hands Of Coag gross military dcspot-
ism.
On Thurs l'y Mr.. Ap?leman asked the
unanimous consent Of the House to with
draw his order offered on the preceding
day, endorsing the action of congress in
reference to Louisiana, which was granted
and the order was directe not to be enter
ed on the journal. Mr.. App!cman stated
that he proposed to renew the order here.
after. .s... ...... ''
That Mr.. Applcman, who il his mental
calibro, and capacity as Legislator, is at
best buta particularly small minnow,
SHOULD wrigglc and sqriir,h when hcldup to
pablo gaz-, is not to be wondered a.. We
really sympathiz, with our unfortunate er.
t;agasisAed rcpr sentative in the Notifying
position in which he must stand in hi:
own estimation as we'll as in that of his
colleagues. IF. .......... ...,,...
1t has been his sa | f,,te to Illustrate, as
many have done bcf,r, him. the truth O
the old maxim "Let not the shoe make,
go beyond his last" We have never
locke upon Mr.. Apnleman as very vim.
dictivo or malicious man; persons of hi.
calibre seldom arc. We doubt very
much whether he ever read the bill for
the reorganization Of louisiana, or if he
did real it whether he understood it. Tn
the esriy part ofthe session, Mr.. Arplemar
made himself conspicuous by his unsuc
cessful endeavors to tawart the passage o
the bill restoring tho elective franchise ant
the right to hold Office to those of his fell
low citizens who had been unjustly de
privcd of either privilege; ard rendered
bold. We presume, by seeing his name in
print, he unhappily for himself venture,
upon this last proposition of his, the enor
nifty of which has been so fully exposed b,
the distinguished Delegate from Somcrse
as to render even Mr. Appleman ashamed
afhis own banllins. We presume that
for the remainder of the Session he vii
listen little more, and talk little les
than he has been accustomed to do.