New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-27
FROM MARYLAND.


ELKrON, Nd, Aug. leo7.
There Used TO be mary able statesmen among
the politicians of the South, whose views upon the
subject Of Slavery were liberal and expansive. Be-
hevKg it TO be an evil which must be got nd OF BE-
fore the country could become prosperous, they
spent many thoughtful hours in devising wsys and
means for is q ,dUal but ultimate EXTINCTION, and
looked forward hopefully TO the day when We
should be freed from the lDeubls which they say
plainly WIS crushing out our vitality. But the
Southern politicians Of the present day are men OF
different caiber. They are mere hucxsteriBg
pohticsns unable 10 see anything out Of the par
tcular locality in which they may happen TO reside,
and are, consequently contracted, unsound and
selfish in their opinions Of DatiOnal affairs. Ever
since John c. Calhoun insugurated the policy
which, with innumerabh additions and emenda-
tion., il now. under the name Of Democracy,
dlstractiDg the country, they have been assuming
new positions almost daily upon the Slavery ques-
ton, and, having passed through every phase OF be-
lief upon the subject have at length arrived at the
conclusion that "the peculiar institution is the
mos. perfect system Of society upon the face OF the
earth, and that any expression OF opinion adverse
thereto is iDcendiaBism" OF the rankest Kind.
Cammen cnc with the undisputed premise that Con-
States they followed It up with the declaration that
it has no power TO prevent its EXTENSION INTO the
Territories sr thst il has 10 power to Interfere
with il III any shape Or form whatever. But the
newest Gsbt upon the subject is that which hiss been
difnsed through The medium of set Of resolutions
adnp.eI az recent meeting held in Port Tobacco,
Charles Co., Nd. These resolutions. among other
thpgs assert that the power to control aud govern
ia in the institution of Slavery, and the doctrine
that Congress can abolish or control it Is absurd,
slavish, subversye of the principles Of our free
Government, and blasphemOus." They also add
that "Congess has, and can have, no control over
1.-The question Of Slavery, and il is usurpation,
and unconstitutional IN that body to debate the
question"
This, moderate man would be apt to think, was
plng it on toleraby steps but it seems not to have
satisied these Port Tobacco SolOns. Fearful some
emancipation project might spring up in Mary land
and carry rythng before il, they thought it best
to be prepared, and accordingly go on and resolve
That Slavery, being individual ard private prop
e,ty alone, and the State Constitution guaranteeing
the protection only and not the control OF that subject
the majority Of the people of State have no power
| 10 sboth the institution"
1t is TO be hoped that these doughty champions
of the rights and interests Of the South adjourned to
their respective homes perfectly Satisfied that each
| one had acquitted himself admirably, and that the
country was safe for another week at least. These
resolutions have since been published and indorsed
as sound and able by some of the leading Fro
Slavery papers, and must henceOrh be considered as
genuine Demo cratic doctrine. Truly, If old Jeiitr-
| son. or Paina or the Hero Of New Orleans, could
rise from their graves, they would be filed with
horror at the unparalleled audacity of such n0n-
| sense being styled Democracy! But SO We 90.
| The political raying cry Of Niger has for the
past few years been so servceable 70 Southern dem
seogues and Office seekers that they are ready to
| 90 any length in their efforts to make capital OF
| IT, AT the commencement of the agit1tiOD, II man
dared IL say word upon the subject OF Slavery, he
was set down as monster who wished ~ incte the
slaves to cut their masters threats, and to bring
about dissolution of the Union, &c. And thou
sands of pesceable, well-iptentioned citizeus-
among them some able statesmen-were frightened
ont of their proprety by the terrible cry of Aboi-
:ionist;" and though bitterly opposed " the exten-
sion Of Slavery, gave their support to the Pro-
Slavery party, merely because they deemed 1t eype-
dent to compromise and settle The v.xed quest; N,
and thought by doing they were taking the
mOst eaectual method of accomplishing that object
But their tempOrizDg policy has proved rulnous
one and has increased instead of allayed the agiti
| ton. The moment the politicians discovered Mig
ger" and "AbolitOnst' were the magical words
with which they could operate upon the prejudees
and fears of large number of voters, they ret to
work in real earnest; and at every session Of Con-
gress since some re-ea.er from the South, or seedy
douphface from the North, has obtained the floor,
before the members were comfortably seated and
commenced an interniuable harapgue about Mig
gers" and sgainst the agitation Of the Slavery ques
ton. II any one will take the trouble to examine
The Debates and Proceedings of Congress, he will
End that at least tenths of oil the agitation
the subject has been concOcted and produced By the
very men who clsmor the most against the discus
| sion of the exciting topic; and a moments retec-
| tisp ought now to be enough TO satisfy the most
obtuse that the sole object is political effect. So
| long as political hobby can be ridden with adj
vantage, there will be plenty Of men anxious to ride
| il; and, since the Niger" hobby has proved
truly excellent nag it is but natural for ambitious
trclsers and demagogues to be endeayoriDg to get
astride of IT, II would be unnatural for them to
acr otherwise But such a state OF affairs must
terminate ere long The thing has been
run into the ground, and large portion of the
people in this section of the South are beginning to
discover the game their politicians have been playing
at and are losing their respect for them. They are
opeubp their eyes 10 the fact that the more intense
,bsir politicians become in the desire for Office, the
more devoted they become to "the rights and in
reres.s Of the South" and the more rabid on the
subec: of "nigeers," and make some pretty good
eues.es as 10 their motives. The Democratic lead
ers and organs, and their old Wing allies in this
State, are, however bawhng away as rabidy as
ever on the same old keynote in the hope OF once
more attaining the a:ceDdancy this Fall; bu: they
may OaWl as Justify as tney Piooec' ao' "uVR ee
absurd resolutions they see proper. Their labor
will be in vain. The men who do the voting are
wpary Of the disgusting twaddle they have been
compelled to listen to long, and, after ralIying an
der The banners of Know Nothingism and repulsng
the Buchanan cohorts in November, they will be
ready and willing to join any national party that
bss a: heart the interests of the whole country and
the entire overthrow and subversi0n OF the Sham
Democracy.
FROM WESTERN NEH- YORK.