Maryland free press., 1868-06-18
Save the CnnnfrE


Save the Country
Who so blind as to imagine our country
cut Of danger2--that the great Ship O
State is not tossed on raging, billowy
sea?
Who so duh of comprehension and ap
prehcasion as net to see that all symbol,
Of Republican form of government are
fast melting away, and that dcspotism
in form, as well as III fact, is hanging
over the people?
7 ;Yet, whether seen or unseen by those
most int rested-the people-such is the
case with that fair potion of America.
once known as the United States.
The people have been so long and con-
tinousfy ridden down by usurpers and their
tools that any new aggression seems to
excite 70 comment. Do the people ex-
pect always to remain free of relentless
persecution by cowardly precrastiuation
and lnaction? If so, and they act upon
their expectations by remaining Idle, sad
fer themrelves will be the result
In 1861, bloody war of sections was
Inaueurated. In that terrific and terrible
strife was wasted hundreds of thousands
of gallant, but deceived men, and suuan-
dered hundreds Of millions of hard earned
dollars. And, although that war has been
declared e~sst It yet continues 4to.-he
waged upon an honorable but defenseless
people, whose only fault is that thev nut
their trpst in the honor of the men at the
aead of the government to which they
surrendered.
Satrapies are established and main tain ed
in the Southern States. Tyrants worse
than Gcsler, with tools worse than Hes
slams have placed in power over valiant
but deceived and dcfrauded people.
Bayonet rule and bayonet ruin is enforced.
An outraged people are made to bow to
the will Of dcspots expressed through
their late plantation chattels! That is not
free government. L. is neither Republi
can in form or fact.
Are the people of the great West aware
that if such internal dishonor and wronc
can be enacted 10 the South. it can, with
equal proprety and justice be enacted in
any other portion Of the country? It GER
tainly can; and when it becomes the pleas.
ure of those in power to establish bayonet
governments over the Northern States,
they will undoubtedly attempt it, and
succeed in the attempt unless The people
awaken to sense Of their peril and strike
them down.
Nerve and energy are demanded to
meet the enemies of the Republic. Their
situation is desperate. and their action
will be likewise. They care not for the
'lght or wrong of their measures; success
$ their aim above all others. desperate
'ases require desperate remedies" - is an
'ld saying, yet it just suits the times in
which we live, exactly. The people of
very nook and corner of the country
hould all join hearts and hands for the
destruction of the despotsm in force over
he South; not merely because the South
IN people are thus rtyrannize over and i,
but because it is wrong and
and is halle to spread over
be other sections of the country,
The WestesR Statfsu alses-lryeegrr OF :.
IXatIon that eyer existed. In fact, they |
ADMIT to Wholesale robbery and impover- f
hment to support in luxury the low born r
loddy aristocracy Of New England. and ,
lie cent per cent holders of bonds issued ;
carry on war o State Rights. and to S
lunder brave people. The time is an b
reaching when the pcopl, will not oniy b
roam. but sink under the terrible burdens .
taxation, with which they are loaded 0
mt the demands of the shoddv-ites and I
'ndholder are imperative, and must be \
tlsiied, should the pc pie continue in p
omission to the system of swindliug, in Fl
hlch they nov acquiesce. The taxes tt
ust come, and any failure in their pay n
ent will be but pretense to at once in = =
st every portion Of the land with inst d
ch brigands as now infest the South - t.
zen will the people of all parts of the %, .,
untry be enslaved. Bayonets will gIeam y,
er every ballot box and in the streets of h
cry village, and general overturning te
the Constitution and laws, aud erasins ~ ~
State lines will take place. c1 81
Let the people firmly plant themselves
the platform of White Supremacy, ?!
Iual Taxation, Negro Inferiority, and II Il,
ng Live the Republic, with the old io
Institution as their banner, and wage he
r against their oPpressors-aga gainst trai in in
usurpers and lnnderers- tn +,
alnst carpet, baggcrs against internal be
'enue leeches-against the whole horde, du
gIy and combined. of the devils instru. to
nts on earth !-Cun,beyzond Democrat ID