Year: 1868

In the first flush and excitement of
the contest now going on at Washing
ton, the country has been insulted be-
yond endurance by threats that the
Maryland militia, fully armed and un-
der thorough discipline, is ready to
march to Washington to the support of
johnson, should he be impeached and
clash occur. It is said that the Bal
timore railroads can again be cut of,
the Maryland bridges again be burned,
and that she can send $4,000 militia to
MAINTAIN the President in his seat.


No armed conflict will grow out of
the present crisis in Washington. The
contest between the two branches Of
government will be decorously settled
through the channels of law and order
and the talk, now looming SO largely,
about resisting this Or that result, by
another civil war, will go by as the
wind, none knowing or caring whittier.
The men who are doing most Of that
kind of talking are not the fighting men
of the country; they are "home guards
the draft sneaks and the Canadian vol
unteers. There never was any fight in
them, and there is none now. They
are calling loudly to Maryland to do
something, but will not be there beside
her in the evil day when she sends her
militia to Washington.


By all means let this militia march
upon Washington. In these days Of
departed Justice in legal channels, it
will be the surest way for the rebel mob
of Baltimore to reach their just deserts.
They will never come home to assail
another regiment on its way to the sup
port of the government They will be
trampled out of sight by the loyal men
who will flock there in support of the
lawfully constituted authorities. By
all means let Maryland play her little
game once more, and we will promise
no court shall ever be troubled for ad-
| Indication upon it. There are too many
who have been waiting for years to set
tie it themselves-too many who went
with Sherman from Atlanta TO Rich
mond, and whose pleasure with the
great excursion was only marred be-
cause Baltimore did not lie in its path


The antecedents of Maryland are moi
such as TO fit her for settling this dis
pute in Washington. For every man
we drafted ont of her boundaries into
the Federal service during the war, she
sent dozen volunteers into the rebe
ranks. She furnished aecomplices,
horses and hiding places for the muir.
derer of President. She burned hel
own bridges to stay the progress o.
Federal soldiers. She drove out the
Naval Academy from Annapolis She
kept up a continuously rebel Legislation
during the war. She was only prevent
ed by ruse from herself assassinating
Lincoln. She kept open, through bel
lower counties, broad highway fol
the passage of supplies, rebel mails and
spies between Richmo' d and the North
She now sends rebel to the U. s
Senate; her Baltimore Common Coun
Gil offer their support and sympathy tt
johnson; and her militia, which has
for months been in training for some
such juncture as the present, is said 4
be ready to march upon Washington a
any moment


While this final treatment of the IN
cured sores of secession is going on
let Congress 90 back and cauterize some
other lite matters. Rescind that shame
fully toadyiDg vote by which the Nava
School was relocated at Annapolis.
Provide for another railroad by which
the National Capitol may be reached
from New York without having TO g
through Baltimore. Arrange so tha
another Massachusetts regiment shal
never again be stoned by its "Plug Ug
lys" and "BIoody Tubs" Provide that
no future President shall ever have t.
go through there at night and in dis
guise. And so arrange that in another
shock of war, her bridges may be burn
ed and her railroads dertroyed by I'm
ion men and not by herself.