Civilian & Telegraph

Union Men of the Border States.

The loyal attitude maintained by the great mass of the people of Maryland in the presence of the invading army of the Confederate authorities seems to have produced as salutary an impression at the North as it is likely to leave upon the minds of such in the South as have doubted the genuineness of Maryland's allegiance to the National Government.

It is truly said by the Boston Post that many in the former section have seemed little disposed to do justice to the determined and self-sacrificing spirit manifested by the Unionists of the Border States. It is instructive, however, to observe that their loyalty is impeached only by those captious critics at the North who seem equally disaffected towards the President and dissatisfied with his policy in the conduct of the war.

As to the people of Maryland, it has been made very plain that the Richmond Whig counted without taking their real wishes and feelings into its calculations when, referring to the entrance of Gen. Lee into this State, that journal held the following language:

"We have every right to expect that her people will not only be prepared to fight in our cause, but that they will cheerfully contribute all their power to the support of our army. Should they remain apathetic at this crisis, it may be regarded as proof of their indifference, if not hostility. At length the opportunity for Maryland has arrived. Our armies have defeated and chased the invaders from our soil. The barrier of the Potomac has been crossed, and the victorious banner of the Confederacy waves over the soil of Maryland. The time for patriotic songs and sentimental sympathy has passed, and the hour for action has arrived. If the feeling of the people be what it has been represented, they will rush to arms."