New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-11-15
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MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER Is, ls5s.


5AA|EHoLDMts, C0sVEHI1UE.
Meetings were held recently in the various coun-
ties on the eastern shore Of Maryland and delegates
appointed to Convention, which assembled on the
Sd inst. at Cambridge. The object contemplated by
this movement was a consultation Of public opinion
throughout the State regarding the propriety Of
stringent measures against the evils Of freenegros
at home and the encroachments Of Aboliti0nsm from
the Northern States-MaYand especially the eastern
shore, having suffered in undue proportion during
several years past from the Vaccinations of secret
agents Of the underground railroad The following
resolutions, which were unanimously adopted, show
the auimus Of the movement
Whereas, 1t has become manifest to the people of
Maryland, that, under the existing laws of the State
in regard TO the negro population it is impossible to
control and regulate that portion of the community
in proper manner /; and
Whereas, It i necessary that something should be
done in view Of the existence among US of the present
immense number Of free negroes their habits Of idle,
and dissipation, the heavy cost of prosecutions
against them for violations OF our criminal law the
evil example and influence which they exert towards
our slave population, rendering them dissatisfied with
their condition and comparatively worthless to their
owners, their well-known tampering with slaves,
and agency in inducing them to abscOnd from sergi
tude-
And whereas, Maryland is, and of right ought to
her Southern sisters and herself
And whereas, We portion Of her citizens, wish
to iuaugurate system Of legislation having for its
object not only the protection Of Shareholders nndis
turbed in their right of property but also the better
regulation of all negroes, bond aud Free within her
limits az well for the interests of the white citizens
as for that OF the negroes themselves
Therefore, be it res0lued That free negroism and
slavery are incompatible with each other and should
not be permitted longer to exist in their present re-
ations, side by side within the limits of the State.
Re50lved, That prompt and effective legislation
upon this subject is absolutely essential to the inter
ests Of the people.
ResoiUea That although this Convention has not
sufficiently considered the premises to enable them
To recommend any particular plan to the action of
the next General Assembly, yet they are satisfied
that public sentiment Is prepared for and desires re-
lief from the evils under which we are now labOring
which relief in the opinion Of this body can only be
obtained by general expression of feeling from the
people Of the State in general convention assembled
Res0Ued That in view OF the above, the members
OF this body citizens OF the Eastern shore a section
which has suffered more than any other from the in
fuenCes Of abOtOnism from abroad and free.uegrO.
ism in our midst, deem it right and proper to call
upon the brethren throughout the State, not slave
holders or as nOnslayehoders but citizens Of the
Commonwealth to meet them in general convention
in the city Of Baltimore, on the second Wednesday in
June 1859 for the purpose of devsiug some system
to be presented to the Legislature OF Maryland at itF
next session, having for its object the better regula
county and the city of Baltimore have the same re
presentation which they now have in the Legislature
| OF the State.
Resolued, That q committee of seventeen persons
be appointed by the Chair to draft address to the
people, setting forth the grievances under which VIZ
labor in reference to the matter above Indicated tt
| be published in the newspapers in every county anC
| the city Of Baltimore, for a considerable length o
time anterior to the period at which the State Con
vention is to be held. And be it further
RfsDfred That the vast increase of the free negro
! population of Maryland, their vicious habits, the
refusal to labor their inGapacity for sefgoyernment
present sufficient motives for the call Of the proposed
Convention in the city Of Baltimore and we respect
fully suggest that, as many Of citizens fully
convinced that the State should present the aerna
tive to this class OF population of going into slavery
or leaving the State we, therefore, respectfully sug
gest that the citizens of the several counties and cit
of Baltimore, in selecting delegates to said Conven
ton act in reference to this suggestion, and the sait
Convention when assembled, also act upon this pro
position.
10 view of Stewards" bloody and brutal manifesto
as the New York Herald has it, and of the DISPOSE
ton in the North to support it, as shown in the re
cent elections we hope that the people of MARYLAND
will eyince their readiness to resist aggression b
acting promptly upon the recommendation above.
The New York Evening Post notices this ConVer
ton and, asserting to the proposition that free he
grotsm and slavery are Incompatible with each othe
and should not be permitted to exist in the State sid
by side,a says:
Admitting as our slaveholding friends appear ii
clined TO do that both evils and that there is
be a choice between them. they make a mistake i
their selection. Designating the lessons of eXper
-dsregarding the loss Of quarter Of milliO
of negro property which had taken to itself legs t
the free States disregaTding the fact that slavery
the sole cause ofa their woes, and that there wer
no slavery they would lose no more slaves, they sti
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