Mobile, were seized by Governor Moore, of
Alabama.
''January 5th, the steamer Star of the West
sailed from New York with supplies for Port
Sumter, and on the 9th was fired upon by
the rebel batteries at Charleston, and driven
back to sea.
"On the 11th, the United States arsenal at
Baton Rouge, Forts Philip and Jackson be-
low New Orleans, and Fort Pickens, on Lake
Ponchartrain, were seized by the troops of
Louisiana.
" On the 16th, the rebel Colonel Hayne de-
manded from the President the surrender of
Fort Sumter.
"Same day 216 sick and feeble patients
were turned out of the United States marine
hospital at New Orleans to make room for
rebel soldiers."
I wonder whether the gentlemen cannot
expend a little of their extra sympathy and
new born humanity over these unfortunate
sailors, sick, feeble, and homeless, turned out
by the chivalry of the South.
" Next day, Florida seceded and] took possession
of the Pensacola Navy Yard.
"January 19th, Georgia secedes, and
steals all the remaining property of Uncle
Sam.
" On the 21st, Louisiana seized the United
States ilranch mint, and $511,000 of money in
it belonging to the Government.
" February 1st, Texas revolted, and Gene-
ral Twiggs betrayed over to it the Union
troops and a million and a half dollars' worth
of arms and other Union property.
" On the 5th, Arkansas takes arms from the
United States arsenal at Little Rock to fight
the Union power.
" On the 8th, the rebel government was
formed at Montgomery, Ala. '
" On the 9th, elected Jeff. Davis President.
"On the 10th, inaugurated him as Presi-
dent of a hostile and separate confederacy.
" On the 23d, the President elect thwarted
teh plot to assassinate him by going through
Baltimore without being announced.
" Freedom of speech and of the press, the
right of peaceful assemblage and habeas cor-
pus were suppressed; the United States offi-
cers were insulted and driven from power,
peaceful and law-abiding citizens, both men
and women, were abused, robbed, imprisoned,
mobbed, driven from home, or killed in vari-
ous ways, in great numbers. In short the
Constitution, laws and powers of the Govern-
ment were subverted, and a military despot-
ism reigned supreme; and thus was a ' reign
of terror' inaugurated equal to that of France
in her bloodiest times.
"On the 4th of March, after all the above
and a hundred other acts of war, treason,
robbery, murder and crime were committed,
President Lincoln was inaugurated, and with
his cabinet began to roll back the tide of war
they found raging." |
This is a summary of what the Southern
States' rights men did, under an administra-
tion of their own selection, and before there
, was any action whatever taken by the General
Government to oppose them.
On motion of Mr. DENNIS,
The Convention adjourned.
TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY.
SATURDAY, June 4,1864.
The Convention met at 10 o'clock, A.M.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Paterson.
Present at the call of the roll, the following
members:
Messrs. Goldsborough, President; Abbott,
Annan, Audoun, Baker, Berry of Prince
George's, Clarke, Cunningham, Cushing,
Daniel, Davis of Charles, Davis of Washing-
ton, Dellinger, Duvall, Earle, Ecker, Farrow,
Hebb, Hodson, Hopper, Horsey, Jones of
Somerset, Keifer, Marbury, Markey, McCo-
mas, Miller, Morgan, Mullikin, Murray, Neg-
ley, Nyman, Parker, Peter, Pugh, Russell,
».Schlosser, Scott, Smith of Carroll, Smith of
Worcester, Sneary, Stockbridge, Swope,
Sykes, Thomas, Thruston, Todd, Valliant,
Wickard, Wilmer, Wooden—51.
The proceedings of yesterday were read
and approved.
On motion of Mr. CUSHING,
Ordered, That the use of this Hall, on
Sundays, at the discretion of the President
of the Convention, be granted to the Agent
of the United States Sanitary Commission,
On motion of Mr. FARROW,
Ordered, That it he entered on the Journal,
that James D. Carter, of Caroline county, is
absent from his seal in this body on account
of sickness in his family.
On motion of Mr. CUSHING,
Ordered, That it be entered on the Journal,
that Mr. Stirling, inember from Baltimore
city, is absent from his seat in this •Conven-
tion, by reason of family affliction.
On motion of Mr. THOMAS,
Ordered, That it be entered on the Journal,
that William Brooks, of Baltimore city, is
detained from his seat, on account of official
business connected with the draft in said
city.
DECLARATION OF RIGHTS,
The Convention resumed the second read-
ing of the Declaration of Bights, the pend-
ing question being upon the amendment
moved by Mr. BRISCOE to the 4th Article.
Mr. PETER moved to postpone the consid-
eration of the Declaration of Rights, as there
was not a full attendance.
Mr. ABBOTT. I object to that most seri-
ously. I believe many members are absent
to-day on account of their determination not
to sit here to listen to treasonable language
in this House.
The PRESIDENT. Unless the body should
determine by some vote that certain language |
