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 Conf Pam #798 
 
■ew*^ MOM 
 
 MARYLAND. 
 
 Br JAMES K. RANDALL. 
 
 Tha defigoi's heel is on thy sbore. 
 
 aiaryl.md! 
 ?iid Jouch it; a-i thy temple door, 
 
 Mai V itiud ! 
 Avenge tba patriotic gore 
 That wept o'er gallant Baltimore, 
 And be the battle gueen of yorv, 
 
 Maryland ! li^ Milrylaud ! 
 
 Hark' to a waud'ring aop's appeal, 
 
 Maryland ! 
 My motbnr State I to tha^t kneel, 
 
 Maryland J ^^^ 
 
 "or li*> and death, for ^-oe an»I woi«l, 
 Thy pcerksa chiv(i]?y revtsl, 
 And gird tby huh.yVcu-a^ limbs with steel. 
 
 Marjiiand I My Maryland i 
 
 Thoa wilt ne7c" cower in the dust 
 
 Maryland I 
 Thy b< aminji; bjvcid feball nevor ruai. 
 
 Mar J lard ! 
 'oraember Cairoil's sicred trust, n 
 
 H.frnf-r-'- • " '-'■ "'r-ird'H wavlike thvuhl 
 Ano :. ..ihtrbra with ih«jUM 
 
 11 .... . , My MarjUnd ! 
 
 •.;o«i« I 't« > ibo \<o'«ja'^ji or th« «!*yr - 
 
 Orme ! wilfi ihi tanophed array, 
 
 Maryland 1 
 Vv'iih Iiini?j{f luH spU'.it for the fray, 
 Wiih VV«lS'.:.i's Wood ftl MuniO'cy, 
 Wuh fcatlv-:! Ljwe and daauicg May, 
 
 Mwyland! MyHsiryl^od! 
 
 O'jiuo I for Ibj shield is bright And 3trojtig, 
 
 Mar viand J 
 0<,5r.ui Id? ufr dalliaacc dees thee wronf„ 
 
 Marjl'-tadl 
 vi,rae! to thine own heroic tbronf, 
 That stalks with Liberty along, 
 Aad give a now Key to thy son;^, 
 
 Mftfviaad ! Maryland 1 
 
 fkar Mother ! burst the tyrtnt's chain, 
 
 Maryland ! 
 Virp^inia should not call i)i ^Aia^ 
 
 Maryland I 
 8hf» rreets her sisters ou tbo plain — 
 "Sic ^emyer^" 'tis the proud refrain. 
 Tbui baffl'.'s miuiong back amain, 
 
 Maryland ! 
 At'.Sf, in nisjesty again, 
 
 Maryland ! My Maryland I 
 
 1 toe the blush upon iby cheek, 
 > '^ Maryland ! 
 
 Br.t thou wast avtr bravely meek, 
 
 Maryland 1 % 
 
 But lo 1 there surges forth a ehriek 
 Frnra bill to hill, from croik to creok — 
 PiuouiBc calls lo Ohes'ipQake. • 
 
 M&r^ iHod ! My Mary! .nd ! j 
 
 xbou wilt not yield the Vandal toll, j 
 
 Mar>lMn<W | 
 
 Tnou wilt r./L crook to bis control, 
 Mai yi, rid! 
 
 Better the fire upon tUfeo joU, 
 
 Better tba bladf, the shot, the D;>s*l, I 
 
 T^-Mi cru::ifix':ou of the seal, i 
 
 Mury!and I My MaryU'-d ! 
 
 I )n..ii the distant thunder h-vui. } 
 
 Marvlai-.d 1 | 
 
 The Old Litit'sii bugle, fife, atp^nmni, | 
 
 Maty^and ! • 
 
 ^•1*. I r,<v /!...! T .•■ '• aT nor darab— } 
 
 , t.he:-ii dcuiu i I 
 
 . ^ I "'htj'll come ! i 
 
 HUBii come 1 • ) 
 
 Marylana 1 My Maryland ! j 
 
 Foi-NTE OtiuPKK, JL.A., Apr;' 20, IhOl. ' 
 
I 
 
 will uot feecura !h«oor:irofof ihe county con; 
 Now, look fct it. 
 
 I ment proposed oj 
 
 lB»ti^fi?'l "•''' '-^ -^ 
 1 I haye th 
 
 ! revonne, con;-; 
 
 i' desire to obta 
 nations either of ^ 
 ter. Where the r 
 equilly divided bv 
 1 I will ba u v<''u;icai 
 
 Oi-der t( 
 
 t to ; 
 
 ', Am 
 opiiiijiio, a:>c/ ior ih'^ f-urposa ot luliaoau.; 
 tho poliiioAl elcctJonapf the couatiee. 
 
 Nj.t, if you transfer thcsn sppoiatoients; if 
 you elect your justicuc cr^ry vd years; when 
 you come to the election oi (hesa jnsticofl, it 
 will amauut \o the clvCi.o;:^ of xho tfRoars 
 whom ibcy appoint ; ci. ' -"^^ - ■ - are 
 
 not nearly equally d;vi' > 
 
 <!i!)jj portico, it will havx . . ja 
 
 inev't-5b?y. 
 
 TlbinKit ; ••■;.!-.b!- ,-d 
 
 i coino Oil' ai a tiki 
 I t:on which I sub. 
 
 1 licf.5, Tbo pvaci! 
 j Cuiiori -wil! bi', to r'^er": r. 
 I each year for ei^ht yea 
 the whole county for foui ^ . 
 j Noiy, undgr this arrango-.. .-xk it 
 
 will be 8rc:-;'liQgly .3:f3, -.Ul ' '•^■rn- 
 
 tirsno in r..i election cf ;ht»**^ 
 coriHty of Culpeper, vrhzrc ■ ' J ■ 
 
 ticas ie twoacy-four, yoa "noald i;a7e tivo jug- 
 ticos elected in the county t°,eti yt'ar, ftud no 
 two Jro'jo the same distric." la that oa^n, it 
 would ba impogsiWe to fci-rn these combi'ua- 
 tions ; and so it laay be ; aid of e&ch county in 
 the State. You will thror it beyond the* power 
 of pari/, cr pR!.-:rnal c^* fami'ly ij^fluenca to 
 form these eomblnationii nil over the county. 
 But, we ere told that tHn.peop.'o care very 
 little about, these elcct'ons. ■ Well, I believe* 
 SO; and I voted against confenScg these ebc* 
 tions upon the people for thi-j vory raasnn. But 
 the Oor.y.rDliot.i has already adopted a o^^vice 
 •by which ihe people will 'be culled cpon to 
 vole for juaticos at the sa-ne time that they vote 
 Jit the other general eiectinns. The ppnpie feci, 
 a deep interest in the election of gen'.lwjcn^ 
 the Legislature,!© Oongresf:,5nd in Prs?idenfial , 
 clectioDfj, and they will come to the polls to i 
 vote on ttiene occasions, nnd having come/ 
 there, why ihe most of the:a wil' probably ' 
 cast their votes in those elect ionn rf county. — 
 Sn that that olj action i^ renioved. 
 
 I d3 nat th'i.ii ii is i e<;'- T.r.-;- for sao to co" - 
 snrae tho time of the Qoavevifioa any longer 
 upon this prop()3ition. ^rnuld greitly pr^for 
 a long-sr tenure. 1,'Troald prf for that, thejusticoa 
 should hold their oflac?s during good b<;haT!Ou^; 
 and ao faPiJ|om such a proposition ag th:. 
 maaifestin/f any want of Cuiifldenc? in tho pK 
 pie, it ia an expression of the vf^'-y hipho.'t oo" 
 fidonce in the people. It is ♦.n exufes'Jio.u c. 
 the opinion that the people tuQ coinpotoat to 
 sleet cadti w ' will retain (joicefor ft Ur-v-iirno. 
 I ti oat it Will be the ploasiira of the Conver 
 tion to adcpi the umendment, 
 
 Mr. pRtoh. — The proposition of ihe gentle^ 
 man from Fauquier, (Mr. Bkooke,) is to elec 
 one half tho justices ovoiy'vsix years. tT. 
 proposition of thd gantlcmaa from Madiso!' 
 (Mr. Blakkv,) is to elec' one or more ev.i \ 
 year. One thinks the election will be too fr,; 
 queut, and h.' tkssi^a ii^os toreairictthtr. 
 
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