New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-06-26
MARYLAND REVISITED.
SLAVERY AND KNOW. NorHryGrs

recutly Zee reyifirs bis naive State Freedom no vsb
out its sdvsestes, u the sorthi
! Correspor s.ace Of The y. Z. Tribuns.
NAsHISeTos, d. c., Friday, June a.
Twas born in Prince Georges, one of the best Coz
ties in the State. containing large number Of slaves
But slave labor is not productive here. The slsve-
holder. will convers- about the great question Of the
day; have in no inst ,see refrsised from gentle
manly expression OF Frs@Son sentiments. l assure
you 10 STAKEHOLDER has es-v much ~ intimated V
ne that WIS., too hard. Icy generally conceded tbs
pCni, that Slavery was not Vsiuable in Maryland.
told them ha' was for holdiy the South resPonsbis
for tic consequences attending the repeal q the Mis-
soui Con promise. At this they would color and
Nd but would soptly deny that tley were reeoonsibI0
fr L. rcefeitinE in every Instance TIC opening Of the
old wounds by which means the crunrry had beeu
thrown into such q great commoton. 4 informed
them that | looked TO WILLIAM III. SEWARD
as the man above all Others % saite the
North ard SOuih ThIt his speech in the United
States Senate, wherein be proposed to ?sy for the
slaves I'D, seted by any Save State wac the olive
hrarch Which, IL rejected by the South, wsuld place
II TN minority party; and so lar as me District OF
CClun bia ccnceTued Congress al no distant day,
rorld certainly abolish Slavery there. This they could
noe believe Some aFglpd that Cosgress had no power
10 20 so: othes asserted that the North had always
bsoi ed out, and would DO 90 again assured them
that ihey were mistaken this time; that the North, a.
ncst 10 q man, was Free Soil and loved the Union,
and bought they were rsrong eeough 10 preserve IT.
aud to yut a bnal stop TO the further extension OF
slavery; that in my opinion the enrfe Free States,
except perhaps California lsnd the Golden State can be
carried - the night sort OF ticket constructed,
pledged to Freedom and Western ntercsts,l would 20
for Fusion cuUddaie for the Presidency, and whether
they elected him by the people or not II the election
went 10 the HOuse The Free-So, Anti fierce. Ant-Atch
icon and AutisFIhbuster Neutrality-suspicious. were already
ia a minority of some twenty, aud would certainly
cery tie day u spite of all Southern and d0ughfaoe
OR oson. They were forced 10 admit that tie hs-
med results OF Ae members elect to the noxs Congress
hsd rather ugly look and that the recent Senatorial
elections in the Northern States roalY meant some
hing. Thus conversation would turn, and the South
efn Stakeholder have found 20 be quite reasonable
nan frequently cnsenting to sell his slaves and 20 in
for Freedom if The General Government would pay an
equivalent. They 40 longer make any pretenses a.
10 tie divinity of the Institution, at Least IN TINS seq
ton of the South, although am told that the divine
attributes Of the pe,iar Institution hsVe hosts of be-
levers on the cottor and sugar plantations further
South. | find il general belief here that Maryland
and the District of Columbia viii yet abolish Slavery.
This ia the best side of the question. But go with
me among the renegade Northern mechanics, laborers
and proies sional men who have emgrated hnher and
who should be possessed OF better principles, aud
will slow you a vile race OF men OF whom the slave
owner is ashamed They, together with the lower or
deIs of the naveborn who living here IN the most
degrading position imaginable, who own no negroes,
aie the men who talk OF lighting the North This IS the
sass who form wall oidriftwood ready 10 be hred
AZ any moment by unworthy demagogues. They arc
bat slaves themselves and believe that such subserv-
fence is necessary to obtain the employ aud patronage
Enrore there are classes by blood, which super
sedcs riches. If Slavery - ever abolished in Mary
land and in this District, il must be done by the co.
operation Of the saveowner and eonscenhons phiaa-
tiropist.
Public sentiment at the South has undergone great
change since my last visit Slavery is the topic Of
disc Ussion every where. Il IA evident the question ~
about TO come 10 a focus. Inc united sentiment Oh
The people press and politicians of the Northern
States in reference to the Kansas proceedings and the
repeal OF the Missouri Compromise cheers on the lib
eral men of the South, who have been Obliged hereto
fore 10 SUPPRESS their real feelings at the revolving OUT
rnqes attending the institution of Slavery and its ag-
gressve political policy. The Slavery sentimont
of the South was more formidable than at the
present moment. In 1856 l am confident that ths
Anti Nebraska party will have Electoral tickets in the
field in nearly every Southern State much larger
Froe.so vote will be thrown on that occasion than
ever in the South before. The liberal men OF tho
south are awakening to their true interest and are de-
termined to do what they can to crush the monster
which is destroying The industry, agriculture, and
pcace of their native land. In this emergency the
people Of the North have only to remain hrm and me
cause OF Freedom is victorious.
feel prond OF the Northern Know Nothngs who
seeded from the National Council. They have shown
that there is North and that the nre OF their hevo-
utiOnary ancos burns bright IN the bosoms OF Free
Men, em delighted with the great fzzle at Phladei-
rbia The boys, that is SANS Guards, are nut
morous about leTe They swear % that they have
"platfoim of but enc face, and that II faces the
South - -
Mr. Pike of Arkansas declared at the X N. Ratifca-
ton Meeting last night that there no mistaking
the sentiments of tie Know Nothing party on tho
subject OF Slaveyihat it the first and only plat
form exclusively Southern that had ever been adopted
by n National Convention in the Uni)n. IL had M
face for the North. He could go home and buckle ON
bis amor and fight for such platform. But, said
lie. sif the Democratic party will at their National
Convention get up as good one, then ! would just
sra coon have a Democratic President as Know
Nothing" This thought rather let the cat out OF
the bag ,,,
When the Devil cot we'll the devil a monk was he" .
Nv candid opinion is that Know. Nottingham ana
tiraoy negro dealing and negro driving, are one ana
lie ssme thing south of the Potomac.