Excerpt from Third Address to the People of Maryland Amidst all the troubles which surround us, it has been to me most fortunate that the paramount allegiance I owe to my country has been perfectly consistent with the loyal attachment I have ever felt for the State of Maryland. Her interests and honor, I believe, are firmly bound up in the Union. If that Union be broken, either on the Potomac or on Mason and Dixon's line, Maryland will receive a heavy blow. To part her from her sisters of the South is to paralyze her left side; whilst to separate her from her sisters of the North is to paralyze the right. Maryland is still in the Union. I believe her only safety is to he found in its perpetuity. It is often said that the boundaries of governments are fixed and controlled by advantages of trade and commerce; that commercial prosperity is the first tiling to be secured in settling the boundaries of a people. There is, however, another question which rises high above commercial advantages. Security is the master-principle. No State can attain high and permanent prosperity unless her boundaries are defensible by her sons; whilst her women and children, her aged and infirm, are safe around their hearths, and her operatives free from interference with their industrial pursuits. Liability to the occupation of the enemy during war, is fatal to any State. It will break down the spirit of a people. It exposes the women and children, the old and the infirm, to a series of insults and wrongs, at the mere contemplation of which the heart sickens. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.