Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-12-11

white men are generally considered rather poo
stock but it seems that in Maryland dead negr
isn't to be sneezed at The act of 1909, chap. 23S
sec, 81, provides:
"If any slave or eervant be convicted Of an
crime the punishment whereof may be death o
confinement in the penitentary, the Court befor
whom such condemnation ard conviction shall tax
place shall Immediately thereafter proceed to valu
such elave, the time Of such servant and ente
the same in their proceedings. and such value shal
be assessed and collected with the county assess
ment, and paid to the owner Of such slave or ser
want"
! Under this act slave girl was tried in Ceci
county, last winter, for arson, convicted and sen
fenced to the penitentary. For .he privilege
however, OF Furnishing this vicious chatte the tax
payers of the county had to pay her owner $3.50
The difference between slaves and free persons in
Maryland is this j. when slave commits crime,
he has to be paid for before he can be punished
when free person commits one he is sent to the
penitentiary hanged, and nobody foots the bill.
Rather serious difference to the taxpayers. But
here is another law. 1t reads thus:
"A further supplement to tho Act entitled an Act
reiat1ng 10 frce Negroes ana Slaves:
"Sec. l, Be it enacted by the General Assembly
Of Maryland, That after the passage OF this act,
it shall be deemed high offence agains. the supro-
macy of this State for any person knowingly to
circulate, or in any way knowingly assist in cir
culating among the inhabitants thereof any picto,
rial representation, or any pamphlet, newspaper,
handbl, other paper, printed or written, of any
OF ,bo %,
ate discentent among. and stir up to insurrection
the people of color of this State and that every
person that shall be duly convicted of this offence
shall be sentenced to Undergo confinement in the
penitentiary of this State for period of time not
less than ten nor more than twenty years from the
time of sentence pronounced on such offender.
"Sec. l. And be it enacted, That hereafter it
shall not be lawful for any citizen Of this State
knowingly to make, print, or engrave, or aid in
making, printing, or engraving, within this State,
any pictorial representation, to write print,
or to aid in the writing printing any pamphlet
newspaper, handbill, or other paper of an inAam'
matory character, and having a tendency to excite
discomfort stir up instruction among the peo-
Pile of color of this State of either of the other
States or Territories of the United States or know
ingly to carry send, to aid in the carrying or
sending the same for circulation among the inhab'
iants of either Of the other States or Territories of
the United States; and any person SO offending
shall te guilty of felony, and shall, on convic.
ton, be sentenced to confinement in the penitenti.
ary of this State for period not less than ten nor
mere than twenty years from the time of sentence
pronounced on such person. ."-Laps Of Muyland
1885, chap. 325.
This is the act under which some eight years
ago Tie Blue Hea's CticEea, paper published at
Wilmington, was indicted in Cecil county; and
also under which Green, the colored Methodist
preacher was convicted, some eighteen months
ago, in Dorchester county, and sentenced 10 ten
years in the penitantiary for having in his posses
sion copy of Uncle Toms Cabin" The slave.
holders the Eastern shore of Maryland, howey-
er, think these laws do not afford them protection
enough, and have called Convention, to meet in
o few weeks to devise some more effectual means
for preventing "the bloody Abolitionists" from
entcing their property away. The press of coun.
try State generally uters the sentiments of the
and as there is not a newspaper in
the State which objects to this proposed Conven.
vention, or publishes line in condemnation
Of these iniquitous laws. it is to be presumed the
inhabitants of Maryland fancy themselves living
inder the most liberal as well as most perfect sys-
em Of laws ever framed Tribune.