American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-07-25

FRIDAY MORNING, JyLr %, l84s.
ANn BALTIMORE rLLnPER

.y5v,rIcE. In his letter ot'the list instant,
...s Baltimore correspondent Of the New York
l.ra.d does injustice to 4 portion Of the ciu-
MOSS 81 MARYLAND as Will be seen by the follow
-- e.uac..
..A meeting has ocou held by the citizens Of
.'..af! e. county, from where the gang OF runa-
.iv slaves recently arrested at Rockville start
Vs. They are oyerrunuing with iro and bnm-
s.Iac fyr the northern abolltionsts. and are full
THANKS Tor the bravery, activity and patriot
RI Of the citizen soldierv of Rockville. Two
'se negroes butchered by these brave Baccha-
:, ..Ans have since died, and others are in n
.rn1r urecarious condition. The cause OF their
.tl1h is attributable as much to want of attcn-
',.., Is TO the brutality OF their Captors. You
Mn sur 'oy the resolutions passed At the meet
10y. that the preachers are not to bc allowed TO
vlrurt the slaves in religion unless in the
.,reacuce Of their masters, and as they Scorn the
subject generally they will but seldom find it
cuuYencnt TO afford them an opportunity by
Ir,ug present. The free negroes are also TO be
ari9en out of the county by the first Of Decem-
lie, asxt, without either law, Judge or jury
What a patriotic, law-abiding people the slave
holders Of Maryland ate!''
Upon what authority does he charge those
.'tr.ens @f Montgomery county who arrested
t..r runaway slaves, with being "Bacchana-
,5csl" We have seen no evidence that any oc
size parry we're intoxicated, and we think that
,ae writer will find it difficult to establish the
acl--nor has tic evidence that any of the ne
ycogs were "butchered.' The slaves were arm
u 9th different mpoments-refused to sur
-saaer, and made fight. Now their pursuers
I'D esther to let them pass quietly on their way,
.Ir 10 capture them. The latter was their duty
I4[ ia accordance with law. Whilst the slaves
s2oa CT The defensive they could not be cap
.zprgs1 without resort to firearms; which were
SD. We are as little disposed, as the Her
aids correspond ,nt to Justify or pal!iate inhu-
"l1H;tv even to slaYes-and most heartily do
ne wish that the whole colored race now in
.@ur State were safely landed in Africa But
slavery exists aud obedience must be maintain
d We must take things as we find thcm
sgacn we cannot shape them as we desire T he
condition of the slaves of MARYLAND is vastly
aaEericr to that Of the free people of color, as
'fr FftthIJ ISIS vi lllbIIltIllS Ill lIlS Guy, Us
.selS IS every day observation, will prove. We
Know not in what part of Maryland the writer
4gss travelled, that he should sneeringly ex-
.!aini-"what patriotic law-abiding people
rce shareholders of Mary land are" We are
-olcvably well acquainted with this class of our
les3ow- citizens, and know that they are hui
sla2me, patriotic and aw-abiGing. If the rela-
ton between master and slave has been some
~hxt changed of late years, it is attributable
s.ot TO the want of humanity on the part of the
:orGaer, but to the intermeddling Of Northern
1aolitionists, who, by infusing discomfort anc
lIsaffection amongst the slaves, have produced
Ehe necessity for more rigid laws, and more
exact surveillance. Before this interference the
tSyes were contented and happy, and the mas
sezs Ienient and knd--now the position of both
8 aluch more disagreeaole and unhappy, the
ahiaanthropic abolitonsts having succeeded in
exciting distrust where, before, there had been
perfect confidence