New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-10-05
sI.vpRv m MARYLAND.


zion Of slavery in Maryland because we thought it
our duty as Journalists and because we thought the
cotton States should be fully posted IN regard to the
nositiop and security Of their outposts-which the
border slave states are literally, practically, and to
ali conceivable intents and purposes When the out.
posts are threatened it is time the sentines should
sound the ALARM and if they negiectful of their
duty their neglect is not only criminal but they en-
danger the safety Of the garrison they were ex-
pressy selected to watch over and against the
approach of enemies. The border States are the
outposts the barriers the forts that protect the in
stitution Of domestic servtude on the North Ameri-
can continent and if they are swept away, the
sweeping away Of the balance becomes matter of
comparatively easy accomplishment Hence although
not directly attacked we of Louisiana are deeply in
teresad in the preservation Of slavery in Maryland
for let our enemies succeed in driving slavery from
thence they not only succeed in obtaining possession
of an important bulwark but they get nearer to Us of
the extreme South, obtain much stronger position,
and viii be better enabled to hurl their missiles Of de-
struction at us with more precision and with mole
fatal effect.
few days ago we quoted from an article in the
Baltimore American, showing that emancipation was
not only contemplated butadvocated in that vicinity
and we now quote from the Baltimore Sun of the 2lst
ut an account of the proceedings of large meeting
of the shareholders of Worcester county, which is
thus Significantly alluded to by the Cincinnati Com
mercial d very decent Freesoil paper: THE slaves
have recently been moving away from Maryland in
such numbers that the Shareholders have become
alarmed and indignant to great degree"
Says the Baltimore Sun:
THE MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS IN WORCESTER
CoUNTY.--We stated yesterday that the Shareholders
of Worcester county, Nd, had held large meeting
and recommended that general convention of all the
Shareholders of the Eastern Shore be held at Cam
bridge on the Sd Of November to adopt measures to
protect their property. The meeting referred to
passed resolutions urging the State Legislature to
instruct Senators and request our Representatives
in Congress to present to the General Government the
necessity Of rigid enforcement of the fugitive slave
law, OF the payment Of the full uaiue of ittnG,0ay
slaues; and also that the Legislature, at IFS next
session. be requested to appoint agents to ferret out
and arrest runaway slaves said agents to be aoWed
liberal bounty for each slave captured by them The
following additional resolutions were also adopted
Resolred That we recommend lint authority 5e qiesa to
Po,maer II saeehol'ag States 70 open and reed az iaers
whenever anytBng ncndary shah be found hsre to place
Rosd THAT the STATE saand has he power and owes
her citizens the duty of protecting slave property within her
from whence they may and that until our laws made
stringent this Subject recommend to civil officers par
tcuarly and TO citizens generally, increased vigilance in
Win Saves and s reward for eb service We ZdoE
Henry pay officer person sum Of
500 for white and s. for every free negro de-
Resored That shareholders and those who hire slaves
arer9ad e deoa"ae ne pracc of ato7iug saa sidres
corn patches and permitting them leave home without passes;
that select homes for their ave instead Of permitting
them 10 seek out their own as is now pacced in this county
and mat we call upon eonsabeS and MAGISTRATES to break up
Roodsmeelngs and all unau gatherings slaves and free
negroes and TO enforce the patrol laws.
Very good resolves, but we question whether they
will In n1uph Tho in fha
eond resolution quoted in full, may be productive Of
good results for money is a marvellous stimuant,
particularly when it is to be earned imam honest mar.
ner The border slave States should, after passing
the necessary statutes offer suitable reward for the
most notorious slave.sealers of the North aud due
proportion Of the expense should be borne by the more
Southern States; and upon their production no mat
ter how produced, and summary execution of the
laws after fair investigation, which should be con-
elusive as TO their guilt probably slave,kidnapping
would cease to be prosecuted as a christian phian-
thropc and profitable business at least to any very
great extent. Slave abducting has been pursued asa
lucrative vocation by many people North. Make the
abducting of slave abduCturs profitable by offering
large bonuses, and probably few hundred scoundres
would be brought South in a few weeks to meet the
punishment due their crimes Their own colfeder-
ates would betray them, for the old saying about
'honesty among thievesn doesn't hold good when
applied to slave-stealing Abolitionists
The idea enunciated in regard to a 'rigid enforce
ment Of the fugitive slave law" in the North is simply
ridiculous Were General Jackson President he
could not enforce that law, the prejudices of the
people Of tue free States against it being too strong
and violent to be resisted. majority Of the masses
of that section as Vice President BFeckiprdra twIv