The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1858-07-24

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Speeches Of he lion. jmlgc ChamIcys Senate
Pcarce ood Hon. James b. Ricard--1h
Turing and Fea'herIna Of citizen Of Ken
Co"niy-Rosoiut,ons Passed by tie Msefn.
Future Measures DeciIsH Upon.
CnEsTEKTowN, Kent county,. }
July II, 1858. {
A meeting Of the citizens of Kent count ,
was held here to-day. at which those of al
joining counties were also present, 10 take in
TO consideration the proper measures to ,,
adopted TO promote the better security o.
their slaves property, &c. The particular
circumstances which led to the meeting ar,
fully detailed in the remarks of the various
Speakers as given below. The meeting was
numcronsly attended by leading citizens, ard
the subject discussed was, of course, Of IA very
exciting character.
Judge Chambers was called to the chair
and Dr. +. {. kcnnard appointed secretary.
REMARKS OF JUDGE CHAMBERS
The chairman acknowledged the mark Of
personal respect. He stated that the meeting
had been called at the suggestion The Aeri-
cultural Society of the county. whose repre-
senatiecs, the Board of Directors, were in
ing. He thought the time Lad arrived wien
il bccamc proper to take some dc cisiyc measure.
i was not necessary, in this pr essence to give
de'ail,d history Of late events in the county.
All were informed Of lhclr. Nor was it ncccs-
sarv to enter into the merits of the question,
whether those who had driven flon the
county a man universally believed to lie en-,
gagged i'll the most criminal and mischicvous
nt,rrcnrsc with our slaves, had executed
1Ecir purpose in a way TO deserve condrnna.
ton. ]Ic was free to say he would have ad-
vlstd different course, but that is not now
the matter dtmaEdng attention, right or
wrong, that thing was done and could not be
unaonc. The more important inquiry is.
what is doing and TO he done? Matters
must be dealt with as they existed. The fact
was then, that we were to proTdc for the
protection OF Shareholders and the friends Of
Shareholders, against the lawlcss attacks, as
well as threats, of men who woe protesting
to be the friends Of law and order, while in
the most palpable violation of it---mcn who
manifested Their aversion TO everything like
illegal violence, by assaulling and bca,iny
Their nrlehbo,s FOR no other alleged of II e
than decided dctestaion Of alullonSis and
InccndialiCs. He was told that men dis
claimed SN mpathy with the man whose guilt
they could not deny and dare not openly de-
f,nd. lie did not believe word of it. On!
instincts prevented us from proclaiming even
the faults Of our friends when engaged with
It's in II common Cause, because they erred in
the manner Of doing a right thing to turn up
on them the fire which ought to he dirccit q
against common enemy. He had been a
soldier in the war OF 1872. A whole political
party, when there were hut two in the coun-
try. opposed the war. What then did they
go about to vindicatc the claims of the British?
Were they content to take it out in abusing
Mr.. Madison and his friends, who declared
that wal? Not at all. We all knew to the
contrary. They said, the war is here
right or wrong, our duty is plain and he
was able to say that they had baltcd side by
side with us as bravcly and as effectively as
we who have differed with them No, he
said, they were no friends of the Shareholders
or their interests, who did nothing in the
matter but drnounce, insult or assault our
f,iends--the.c must be some agency, some
electric or ct her unseen fluid. which brou. ht
kindrt minds INFO communion. In truth,
he said, Of the two classes he thought the
man who, by his early education, his as
sUcations and exemptions from religious ia
raticism or political organizations, ought to
know and feel correctly, was more to b,
ccnsurtd, when hcretical on this subject
1Ean the man who, under these influences
was an aboliionlSt
We were then, he said, in this condition
the question arises, are we to fold our arms
and tam,y submit TO see ourselves gradually
stript of our property by the great machine
tons Of those who operated in the dark and
only in communion with blacks, who could
not legally testify against them, and to the
threats and assaults OF their adhcrcnts, OF
were we TO take measures to protect our prop
crtv and our friends? He had been told
there were those who claimed not to he con.
WINGED of the guilt of the individual " hos,
expulsion had been affected. lie did not sup
pose there could DC a doubt about it. ii,
was not in possession Of details as fully as
friend who sat before him. Ilon. j. A
pcarce.) and to him he would leave that his
tory. We have persons who ncle and assis
our slaves to abscond-those only who ar,
privy to their crimes are incompetent wit
ncsscs. We applied TO the Legislature tt
authorize such testimony in this particular
and excepted case. These men insist tina
these slaves are entitled to all the civil priv
lcges we enjoy. and we would have practisct
thtir own doctrine upon thtm.
The Legislature refused TO pass the law
lie regretted to say he understood some O
our own citizens who had 1ull opportunit,
openly and freely TO discuss the question at !.
large meeting, afterwards, secretly to us
asked the Legislature TO refuse the law
However, here is the Casa glaring grow
ing crime is gradually lessening the mum he
OF our slaves, and corrupting those that re-
main, as well as the free blacks-the law viii
not reach thcm--faISc friends who will moi
openly avow their defence, yet encourage an,
countenance them by abusing, threatening
and beating those who take part against them
Something must he done 1t was for IN,
meeting to deter mine what. They must O
course expect to be abused and misrcprcscnt
Cd by the Abolition presses. This was thei
trade. For himself he did not care the sna,
of his finger for the abuse of every Abolition
editor III The country. He was pretty wei
used to 1t. lie thought two prominent oLje,'
should he kept in ,iew-lirst, to cause Ines
criminals, their defenders and apologists dis
tlnctly to understand that we meant to main
tam our rights, and visit to the last cxtrem:
~ every attack upon them, and secondly
that both they and our friends should as dis
tmctly he made to know that when on
friends do find it necessary to act in dercns
Of our rights, we will make common caus
with them against all who try to punish the,
for so doing, and that we shall not be Owe
NICE in looking for indiscrction or imprudenc
in the manner Of their doing this duty.
REMARKS OF HON. JAMES a. PEARcE.