Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1856-09-20
From the Richmond Enquirer,

RaItimore 1.-THE City of Baltimore l--An Eye
=. :; = - to Baltimore
We are looking so intcntly at the North and non
slaveholding States that apt to overlook en-
emies peace and property in our very trench
es more dangerous far than those farther Oft Ma
ryland is now the only doubtful one of the slave
States, and the vote of Maryland mainly depends
on the city of Baltimore. An election for Mayor Is
soon come of in that city, and on Its result tne
Presidential election may hang 1t is important
then to know how to calculate on Baltimore. how
does she stand for the Constitution and the Union
against them proslavery or antl.slavery-ior US
of the South or against US? Not to De for u.s. Is 10
be against us How does Baltimore stand! lew
years ago she largely Democratic, even against
the vote of the State of which she is the seat OF
commerce. OF late years she has gone over to the
enemy under the lead of that worst ism OF Demon.
ism, called Know Nothngism! She is now joined
to Demonism against Democracy This is partly
owing to a paradox that "whcre Catholics are
strongest they are weakest" They are numerous
enough in Baltimore and Maryland to excite Protes
tant ire and not numerous enough to deter its
wrongs This was one of the causes OF the success
of "Sam" in the State of Howard and Carroll
But there are other causes. Her geographical po-
stion, her longest line of boundary being co-term
JUS with non-slaveholding territory, and her mar
row territorial limits making the escape of fugtives
easy, forbid her bcing-a slaveholding State with
safety profit in q few of her southern coun-
ties. The consequence is that a large majority OF
her population non. shareholders from the neces-
sty Of their location. Baltimore, with ZOO OO0 IN
habtants, has less than 1000 slaves The cond'-
ton of that city and the State of Maryland, in part
accounts for Stewards boast at Albany that "Free-
soilsm is stronger the shores of the Chesapeake
bay by slavery than on the shores OF San
Francisco bay surrounded by eesoilism ITSELF" The
politics of Maryland were Wing, the majority of her
religions Protestant and this may account for her be.
ing anti-D Democratic and Know Nothing But this will
not account for the just cause of doubt and dstrust
to her course in this critical and decisive Presi-
dental election. Pro-savery and anti slavery are
now opposed to each other in hostile sectional ar
ray 1t is useless to pretend that Maryland prefers
Fillmore-that Baltimore goes for Americans rul.
ing America" That humbug is exposed. The real
issue is African slavery or its abolition! A vote for
Fillmore now in the South is more than half vote
for Fremont and anti-siavery. vote now in Ma
ryland against Democracy is whole vote for Dem
onism-for disunion and against the reign OF the
Constitution and laws! How, then, stand the Bal
timore merchants and men of means and influence?
Maryland's leading Wing politicians have come out
from the sms and show clearly where honor and
interest point the way to all men identified in both
with slavery. Where are the Baltimore merchants?
All of them depend almost entirely on the Southern
trade and the products of slave labor. Are they
aiding to promote Demonism or to destroy Democ-
racy-which? We must hold all to strict scru
tiny, and We recur to some facts which are noted
First.-Baltmere has become the centre OF the
Methodist Church pro and slavery divisions, the
very fulcrum of the lever of agitation which most
efectualy reaches the homes of masters and slaves
In the Baltimore Conference the secret was dscos-
ed, that the union of the members North and South
is kept up upon the principle that it brings Adolf
ton near enough to strike slavery in the fifth rib;
that it uls suspicion by coming from slave city;
that it can reach Virginia when nothing from Phia-
dephia or New York can do SO as fatally.
Second.-The non-slaveholdng traders from Ma
ryland and Virginia, in shallops on the bay are met
agents, and it was through them that so many of
this class caught in Sans net spread for them
in that city,
Third.-It is notorious that Mr. Wise, in his can
vass felt the influence of Baltimore in various Sec
tons of Virginia. particularly in the Northern Neck,
on the Eastern Shore, and the line of the Balti
more and Ohio Railroad. more against Democracy
and slavery than he felt from any Northern source;
and the influence Of that city the vote of Virginia
was greater than all her own towns put together,
saving and excepting their votes Baltimore had out
more agents and more money than they all had
Her most active and mighty exertions were made
against the election of Mr.. WISE It is felt and is
remembered by the Virginia Democracy, and was
alarming to Virginia shareholders.
Fourth.-A renegade from Virginia, Henry Winter
Davis, was nominated for Congress from Baltimore,
with full knowledge of the fact that his opinions
on the subject of slavery were ut least suspicious;
and. notwithstanding his doubtful position, he was
elected by large majority over of the truest
and most talented Southern Democrats, Henry Nav,
Esq; and since his election he has given two votes
one on the election of black Republican Speaker,
and the other on the revolutionary question of the
army appropriation bill, which prove conclusively
his freeso proclivities These votes if not approx
ed have certainly never been publicly reprobated by
those who elected him. Indeed it is said and be-
lieved that several of his Know Nothing councils
have since these votes passed resolutions approving
OF his whole course. These facts justify the infer
ence that the city of Baltimore is as deeply dyed in
freesoilism and as destitute of sympathy with the
South as Philadelphia or New York. And if this
inference is well founded and correctly drawn Bal
timore must be counted not for us but against u.s.
We must deal with her as with the other more Nor
therI Cities all sectional enemies who are assaing
our domestic peace and property and our perpetuity
as free and equal confederacy of States. Baltimore
if she goes along with the North, must take the con-
sequence and not be benefited by the patronage of
the South. We must not make fish of one and
flesh OF another" Our enemies in the slave States
are the most dangerous 1t is question Of vital in
terest-who is with us?
LIST We beg our friends in Baltimore to publish
from time to time the names of those merchants ira
ders and business of all vacations who are pro-
slavery.
I'd. We ask our Southern dealers of all classes to
note who are friends and who are foes in Baltimore
as well as in other cities; and not to spend dollar
of their patronage upon those who are not known
to be for us.
3d. We ask our towns villages and country places
in the South to organize meetings, publicly to pledge
their patronage to such only in ali the cities Bati-
more included are known friends of constitutional
protection to property in slaves; of State equality
in the Territories of the union of the States and
20 are not abolitionists and freesoilers.
4th. We ask the whole Southern press, friendly to
our views. to call attention To this m and to
rouse their readers to the necessity of this course of
elfprotection.
9th. We ask our friends in Baltimore and all the
Northern Cities to organize and procure and publish