St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1858-09-09

gazing parties t. run of slaves, which operate
as 81 many rewards. A regular system is N
operation fer this purpose. Certain parties, Is
appears from the abolition society reports, re-
ceive oIe hundred and fifty dollars for every
adult male slave and one hundred dollars fJr
every adult female slave they dccny from their
masters. These pprSnus III their turn employ
agents 10 effect :h-ir objects and are thus en-
ablel to make lucrative business Of plum
dcriug the citizens If our State Of their pro-
perry. One Of these siave-stcalcrS residing III
Delaware, hhcwcd by his books t. the society
wnic. employed him that he had run off Ia
the free State, 2.Ojy slaves. Funds in album
lance are furnished hy Northern and English
fanaticisIn for this purpose. 1t is evident
where such prIanIZc,' agencies are at work they
must be met and counterlctel by something
more than the efforts of individuals. CJmti-
nation ahd concert of action, whatever fDin
they may take, mtIsr bc resorted 20. Unless
our slavc-owucrs are t. be compelled To part
with their property, and the Institution CT sa-
very Is u bc i'll this way eliminated and re-
moved from the sill Of Maryland, they must
devise some efficient means OF countcracthg
the ceasccss Vaccinations. against them. Pto-
pie Of one State have no right to interfere with
the domestic institutions and concerns of
another. These are matters to be decided
solely and entirely by the inhabitants of the
state iuself. Any such interference is a vioa-
ton Of State sovereignty which the people
have a right t. provide against in the mist
cfectual manner or punish with unrestricted
severity 1t il a question also of some mo-
mcnt to inquire how far the citizens of one
State have right 10 conSpirc against the laws
and the rights of the inhabitants of another.
The situation Of border States in reference to
the institution Of slavery is delicate and pecu-
liar. They are presented as a sort of break
water 10 alb Iirion influences, and though they
protect those behind them, they themselves, as
in the instance Of our own State, suffer severe
". AbDIitiorlistn, Throughout It's whole extent
including England. contributes to tie means of
assault upon the property Of slave owners on
our borders. why should not the more southern
States in their turn contribute +" their prot,c-
ton? The suggestion may Ire found one
worthy of consideration. The proposition To
get rid OF oar free nc-rH population, or t" give
them the alternative Oi going back into slavery
will no doubt he hr ught before the Cpnvcn-
ton. This course is too unjust and harsh to
he ultimately adopted, but some means of reg
uIating that class of our population might be
devised which would mnliiy many of the OBJ
cctinnaIlc features they now present Su:h,
t"r instance, as requiring every Tree negro To
place himself under the projection of some res
pcct.bc citizen WHO would be responsible for
his good conduct. 1t cannot hc doubted that.
in our State rs well as others. tie free negro
element is getting to he a very undesirable one,
and must be placed under some different reGn-
lations. 1t is probable. however that the
chief means of protection relied on will he i'll
the formation of a body Of border police, 4
measure which would seem t. have become a
really necessary one With a Gordon of this
kind, and proper vigilance together with suit
able regulations for uur free ncGrp population,
the opportunities Of tampcr:ms with slaves viii
he greatly lr>>cnc!, and the business Of de
coynS ncgtocS from their masters becoming
dangerous and cca>inE t. hc profitable will Ii"
longer lie pursued with the ca5erncss with
which 1t Is now prosecuted.