Year: 1861

some years before. 1t commenced when the effort wa


first made to the people to Of the wrongs
which the mother government was practising.
He thought that the revolution was nearly ove
| in l775. The years of the revolution were th0s'


spent in educating the people to meet the issue me


masses were hard to move They were always hopetu;


and is only when hope dies out that they will act We


must be patent-we must wait and bide our time. Mer


who would lead in great movements must be patent o


they will not succeed. The action of Virginia. Kentucky


Missouri and the other States was perfectly natural At


the time they acted the country filled with hope
! Mr.. Seward had grown amcable Mr.. Crttenden and


Mr. Douglas were busy in sending by telegraph


to all parts of the border States, telling them that The


Union would be saved-that the skies Frightening


The people were advised to cling to the Union and they
did, still hoping that all would be we'll


The belief was, that the Peace Conference which orl


ginaed with Virginia, would do much,that the breach


would be closed and the honor and the rights of the
people preserved But the Peace Conference is and
results have followed. The people beginning to
appreciate their danger and those who have been patient
are about to see the fufmen of their hopes The news


from Virginia, this morning. clearly indicates that she
has understood the naugurashe has discovered that 1t
is cheat Telegraph dispatches that all WELL satisfy
her no longer She that guarantees are to be
given for the protection OF her rights She sees that
Critenden will not be appointed to the Supreme Bench
She awaHens to the fact that all has been de-
cepon and she prepares herself for action When
she does act it will not be revolt but exercise OF her
reserved right to secede from Government which has
failed to protect her in the enjoyment of her rights


Washington said that people must feel before they
see This is true Virginia is feeling and she viii
soon see and comprehend and remedy her wrongs This
question will soon assume such shape that the border
States will be compelled to choose 1t is easy foretelling
what they will do. Does any man suppose that if the
naked question Of existence in Northern Southern
conederacy put to the people of Maryland that they
would remain with the North? Would they not by a
three ourths vote cast their lot with the South The


time has not yet arrived for putting this question but it
viii soon be here In the meantime those who


ous must remain patient Let the people feel and
they will then act and act wisely. They will demand
convention and their voice will be heard and their de-
mands complied with. We cannot act until Virginia
does, and all will be to endeavor to hasten
her action.


Weare like the Arctic arner, with his vessel hemmed
in all sides by ice. We must await the thaw before
we can turn PROV southwark We must exercise pa


ence until the genial of time melts the barriers by
which We are surrounded Our geographical position is
such as to prevent us from leading in the contest.
few days will only be needed to develop the char
acter of the present administration. The Cabinet will
be dissoved-broken up before many days 1t will be
broken up before it is perfected. Cameron has yet
assumed the duties of the War Department.


lts reported that he has gone to Pennsylvania for his
family and that Mr. Holt has been requested to act
Secretary of War for short time. This is false. Mr.
Cameron is in Washington and has been there for some
days past He has other for not entering upon
his duties The radical Republicans at work Gree
ley Trumbui Fessenden and others determined to
rule the administration and they will succeed 1t may
be that in less than week the Cabinet will go to
pieces, and be reconstructed on a basis The with
drawai of the troops from Fort Sumter amounts moth
ing Its necessity, and may be only ruse. Before


decisive step is taken, Chase and other uras will
to the slave State of Virginia. your resolutions
insult; now prepare and do your worst.


We of Maryland sanction the step which the cotton
States have taken. They are right and they must be
sustained What are we going to do? Are we to remain
w.
Washington told Mr. Lincoln that unless he did and
he would shoulder his musket. His musket Laugh.
teri 1t would doubt prove of that class which is
most dangerous to those who handle it. Laughter He
had his proclamation in his pocket with which he threat
ened Lincoln. Such action is all humbug He thought
to frghten them in Washington with his proclamation
and his musket, just though they did the
former constable of Dorchester. Laughter Such men
as Chase and Wade neither fear his proclamation his
musket


The people of Maryland patiently await events
Again say that the will cling to objects which
have their affections,
is lost Passengers will not jump from the ship into the
ocean until the very moment the ship goes down When
the water reaches the buwark they then ready for
the leap. We must therefore wait until hope dies out -
The resolutions of the Virginia Convention all that
could be desired.


Mr. Norris continued his remarks, urging pa
thence but firmness, expressing the conviction that
all would be right
Dr. j. ii. Thomas offered preamble and follow |
ing resolution. He stated that in all the resolutions
offered, there were none which referred to the |
deep interest which the city of Baltimore had in
this crisis, and he had accordingly prepared the



ResoIred, That in the opinion of this convention the
prosperity of the city of Baltimore, the emporium and
heart of the State is dependent in main its trade and
connection with the South and that the of the State
Of Maryland with Northern Confederacy would give |
fatal blow to its commercial manufacturing and mechan
cal interests


Mr.. Wallis offered the following resolution:


Resoued, That the committee be instructed to consider
md report such action if any, may be resolved proper
the prospective adoption of the resolutions before
he Virginia Convention, contemplating convention or
conference of the Border States


All the resolutions were then referred and the |
Convention adjourned until this morning at IL
o'clock.