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Maryland
In the Maryland House of Delegates, on the 20th inst., Mr. Pitts made a speech, confining himself solely to the question of State-Rights.
In conclusion, he said:
Again and again has the assertion been made of Territory wrested from the Federal Government by the seceded States, and the secession of Louisiana, of Florida and of Texas has furnished the theme for oft-repeated ridicule.
But what has been said of Virginia, who, in order to secure that Union she is now falsely accused of assailing — Virginia, whose soil is now being reddened with the blood of her own brave children, mingling with that of the generous sons of every Southern State--by a deed of free gift gave away without price an empire to the North?
The very States now most clamorous for her blood are the creatures of her bounty — the stained monuments of her sublime patriotism.
Yet we are told she must be whipped back into a servitude she has spurned; that in order to recover forts and arsenals
State Convention.'s Saturday, Nov. 30, 1861.
The Convention was opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Bosserman, of the Universalist Church.
The case of Judge Pitts.
Mr. Morris moved to take up the ordinance previously reported by the special committee in relation to the loyalty of Judge Pitts, of Accomac.
It was taken up and passed.
Punishment of Offenders.
On motion of Mr. Price, the Convention look up the ordinance for the trial of persons offending against the laws Judge Pitts, of Accomac.
It was taken up and passed.
Punishment of Offenders.
On motion of Mr. Price, the Convention look up the ordinance for the trial of persons offending against the laws of the Commonwealth in counties in possession of the common enemy.
It passed, as follows:
"Be it ordained, That offenders against the criminal laws of this Commonwealth, when the offence shall have been committed in a county in the possession of the public enemy, or is threatened with invasion, whereby the laws cannot be safely or conveniently administered therein, may be prosecuted, tried, and punished in any other convenient county; and no question of jurisdiction as to the place of tr
The Daily Dispatch: February 4, 1862., [Electronic resource], Northern Items. (search)
The Daily Dispatch: March 28, 1862., [Electronic resource], House of Delegates . Thursday, March 27, 1862. (search)
Judge Pitts.
It appears that the case of Judge Pitts, of the Eastern Shore of Virginia, has been brought to the notice of the Federal Congress.
Some member of the House of Representatives charged him with disloyalty to the Lincoln Government, predicating it upon the address of Judge Pitts to the Legislature of Virginia.
At Judge Pitts, of the Eastern Shore of Virginia, has been brought to the notice of the Federal Congress.
Some member of the House of Representatives charged him with disloyalty to the Lincoln Government, predicating it upon the address of Judge Pitts to the Legislature of Virginia.
At last accounts, the case was under consideration. ge Pitts, of the Eastern Shore of Virginia, has been brought to the notice of the Federal Congress.
Some member of the House of Representatives charged him with disloyalty to the Lincoln Government, predicating it upon the address of Judge Pitts to the Legislature of Virginia.
At last accounts, the case was under consideration.
The Daily Dispatch: June 20, 1862., [Electronic resource], List of Deaths at Seabrook 's Hispital to June 20th, 1862. (search)