Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1845-08-21


The time has arrived at last when hope
every white man in Prince Georges will
feel the necessity of Kidding ourselves Of
the presence of that lazy, degraded, vicious
and worthless class of oitizens-.tree ne
groeS-who in(est our neighborhoods and
disturb our peace. They are very serious
grievance. They render our slaves dissa
tisfed and unhappy. They encourage theft
on the part of slaves by being ready re-
cipients of the things stolen. They keep
away from us a class of white men, who
would otherwise settle among us, and be of
service to the State and to the people of the
State. By their presence, white labor m
the fields has become degrading IN the estl-I
nation of those whose lot is to earn their
living by the work Of their hands, for an
industrious white man will not put himself
in a situation by which his only company
is lazy free negro, and by which his
wages are to be regulated according to the
hire of free negroe A free negro can af-I
ford to hire for one fourth the price that
an active, honest, industrious white man
can, because he will be at his work FROM
sssun to sum-" while the free negroe will
be idle one-half of his time, ne-fourth of
his wages he will be sure to steal, and his
work will only be half done. To illustrate
this, a man will give So day for white
man to cut wheat. He will cut six acres,
and save it clean. A free negro will work
for $3.50, he will cut three TO four acres,
if you watch him all day, and he will
steal a pig or lamb, or some article of clo-
thing, perhaps make arrangements with
your negroes to furnish him ten bushels of
your wheat, beside wasting while at work
at least two bushels.
1t is to the interest Of the small farmer
it is TO the great interest of the poor white
mechanic-it is to the interest of all classes.
native and foreign born, that this portion Of.
the black race should be sent out of our
county. 1t is to the serious injury, perhaps
to the sloU and certain ruin of the slave.
holder, that this class of people are suffered
to remain among us. Our Legislators pass.
laws and they are not acted upon-ourI
courts are lenlent-our public Offices ex-.
tremely remiss, and our juries are inactive.
Under the laws as they now exist, if the
law officers discharged vigorously their du-.
ties, we should get rid of half this abomin-
able population, and the State would be.
benentted, while the officer would be we'll
remunerated for his trouble, besides receiv-I
ing the thanks of gratiied public. But
alas! they live on in their filth and Iaziness,
rearing up br0ods to still further eat out the
white man, and go on 10 increase, without
working, without 'any visible means of
support''-with no license from the Or
phans' Court, and living almost confessed
ly upon their iU-gotten stores. Shame upon
US who complain of our taxes to the State,
when we pay an indirect, secret black maiP
TO these marauders-these midnight thieves
these poor, degraded wretches.
Now is fit time for us to take some
stand of decided character in regard to
this subject. The course Of events has
forced Charles county TO adopt strong, but
proper and ef1ectuaI measures to rid herself
of this grevance-she will no longer be
subjected 10 tie ruinous consequences of
the presence of such people within her.
borders, and her strict police will keep her.
slaves in good order, and insure thereby
greater security TO her white population,
and greater happiness to her slaves. Let
Prince Georges follow her example, and
we will reap like benefit. If we do not a.
dept similar course, we shall be overrun.|
for our neighbor Charles will drive upon.
US all his, which, with those already here,
will make it insuf1erabIe.
Let our Orphans' Court grant no more
licenses 10 free negroes. Let our Prosecu-I
tor place the laws relating to free negroes
before our next grand jury, and call It's at
tenton to them. Let him explain to the
jury the particular provisions Of these laws
let our sheriff and his officers look 10
their duties in this matter and faithfully
discharge them. Let these things be done
and we will be freed of great pest-ourI
moral and social condition improved, and
our slave property be better secured.
Late events show that we sleep upon the,
very mouth OF voIcano-its first rumbl-I
ings have been heard and felt. There are.
spirits both lrhite and black that are stir.
ring up the fires, and unless we are on our.
guard we may be overwhelmed ere we
appreciate the danger. The free negroes.
are never seen in any movement, but be as
sured they are the instruments that this
vile work is carried on with. English.
school masters and school mistresses in.
particular are often the worst aboIitionists /
There is one in our borders whom hope
NAV read this, and consider it as a acriting
ON the araU, and be guarded in future as to-
her conduct and language, or Daniel NAV
too late interpret the meaning thereof to-
H.. min Hinder DretPnce Of teachinU tho