The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-06-10

negroes would have the ascendancy. WHY is it
that your brother, and my brother, and the rela-
i've OF every man here. seeks home in another
State 1t is because the free negro population is
here' There was no telling what results would
happen II this rapid increase in the number of
the Tree negroes did not cease. There are
sentiments entertained by persons in this State,
and to an extent which would astonish this Con-
Ventou, II 1T were made aware of them LET some
able gentleman commence the crusade of abolition
ism. Let the gentleman from Calvert (Col. SOL
lers) unfur that banner.
Mr.. Sollers-''The gentleman's pardon but bo
will please not connect my name with such pro
position"
Judge Mason.-Only sir, in the way of compli-
ment-l mean man of your ability, eoquence and
power. Let such man advocate abolitionism
and he himself would be astOnished at the array Of
supporters which would gather around him. But
Sir, nooro 1T .,,, is not the vagabond free
1t is the thrifty industrious free negro that al-
fects us most. Our slaves them accumulate
property and have means and wealth about them.
They long to be in their position. They think that
they too should have the same advantages He
did not like to have free negro labor employed be
cause he thought it injurious that his slave should
Know that he paid money to a free negro for per-
l"rmlng the same labor for which the slave re-
celved nothing. The slave could not appreciate
ms relation to his MASTER and could not understand
why he labOred.
j. II. 7. B. Dorsey, ESQ.,, of Howard, said that
he had opposed the call for this Convention and the
peOple vi nlS county nad opposed it. They did so
the ground that Conventions of this character were
OF almost yearly occurrence, and no good resulted
IRON them. He was afraid that the same would be
sad OF this one. Delegates come here merely to
scold and talk, and talk and scod And with ali de-
terence to the gentlemen of the Committee he mu,t
say OF their abors-pdrtHriUnt Htonfeg na,ctus r9.
c"t'Is mus. iou have advanced nothing new. You
propose no remedy. You have told us what we all
knew, and now the scodfng must commemorative
talk without object or aim must be gone through
with; lie was opposed to the proposition of the
gentleman from Worcester. He considered it mon
strous, but he desired to see some proper action
taken. 1. lie did not want the good, kind, in
dulgent Shareholders to meet and threaten,
ana talk, and sctld. He did not want them
10 say TO the free negroes can't do without YOU;
we must nave your labor; can't control YOU;
we nave trieG TO 90 so and failed; but you must
behave AS he said before, he thought the promo
sision for immediate Punishment monstrous, but
suppose that the time for the election should be ey
Tended to twenty years, and during the interim
they were allowed either to take such position as
the State should command, at the expiration Of
the twenty years be removed. This removed the
inhumanity of the act, and would remedy the evils
which would result from immediate bauishment.
put the gentleman from Calvert (CoI. SolIers)
had INDUCED in clap-trap. He never knew
him to be guilty of it before. 1t would not
do to play the demagogue, as his friend we'll
knew. The proposition of the gentleman
from worcester would not increase the
value OF slave labor, would it oppress the poor
farmer. On the contrary, it would benefit them.
No slave holder would be allowed to purchase one
oiI liz II &c lhey must be purchased at
M IIiln"l Pie oy those VINO 90 not own slaves.
Ihey could buy them for small sum to-day and
sell them for a 81 600 tomorrow The law was in
tended to benefit the non-slaveholding citizens.
oil th ho'lce tHat he intended to move that
ton ha sant 70 "llion "crt before tIe C3hVen
for their consideration.
bradley l. johnson, Esq, of Frederick, said that
ne ne represented what might be called free county
IJ .neh le.frreu 10 the manner IN which society
"ouiu oe eIected Dy the sudden expulsion of this
large class OF persons from the State. and cited in
stahceS, 10 snow the evil results, which have follow
tu W Such actlon IN other countries. lie then said
t5 Lng gentleman from Washington, (Judge Mason,)
On o. the iree population driving away the
H,ou'iI vi maryland: Inc gentleman did not give
me the correct cause Tor this. 1t was King cotton,
.it VI" II' % iohg as cotton was ID cents pound
81 TDIs ""ulu slaves De taken South.
tho SG,t ana not reler to their going to
tb StaIeS ohlV' put to the West, and in
M W GaIotiohS' If nv
WI. ooInsoh.Ihere Is no use OF talking about
kseeptns siaVes IN the counties bordering on the
t; anu gentlemen, In discussing this ques-
tL,aI ~, Iuiu vie" 1t PracucalIy. IL hve hundred
ny .Io"sahu slaves were placed IN Frederick county,
anu enpioym ment could be found for them, in less
tnan @ one year two hundred and fifty thousand of
Two cansas ,rouId ononat az zane IN l-oGsina.
Nv" bn J"uses M"IIu operate IN thelr removal. One
or Mississnni than in Frede;oi IN lou,Ti:ha ma
other was the uncertainty which cnriinolIT ~r
rounded pronertv of that class II is ai,oat -
sible 10 keen forced Labor in oo,,rt; ~ Lit .l 10
Joined PENNSYLVANIA. Residents of those counties
did not know but that whom tha,- oyyoIyo in a..
morninu $4,000 of thnir n,'onartr ro,,Id
be gone He knew of an instance yhorc ono ,a,
teman rose in tbe morninr IN fnJ +bat
$4,000 of his property was in Harrishurg Penn
sylvania. You can't keen slave nronnrty IN +hoso
counties, and they did not want it
| Col cobs-t'Are we to understand tl,ot oil tbo
border counties are abolitionized ?''
| Mr.. Johnson.-No sir but we want Won 70 undar-
stand that we would rather have 600 free paorroas
in midst than have 3 600 oboIitionists tSIin,r
their places. The negroes can't vote and therefore
cannot affect your interests but the 600 ohnitiop
lists who would inevitably take their rIac ,
vote and by that means NAV inAict sofm f,,'S vni
upon Won Emanrination i: r.r,,,,o, ,5 H. y ay"'
IL :, f;rh;Ido,, h. 1tttt A., 'S' an" 'uc S'oher
The idea of nnttino t%,,Do Co. -
slovnrv is s;mnlr - nj @ lIco heSI"es lnto
cnn,m1r;t p;3ld 80 81 nc notai sense q! lhe
think II wronr hn, - ro,JJ ~ 1:oi -, c Nu ""'
the nnbIic tbof II a L. " u" convince
were the pronertv of tho ST." ~ ~ 1 ~ / I az; a.
nose of tbem no sbo +bon.Lt r.. IN - @
restrictions aronnd thn, Iest, tl'nct oy piaclS
ton The nuestinn sLnrIdb' So T'nei '.SyuSi Iy ~
attendant circumstonces Va, fI - ~ ~ an t1
as though the State was eurrornJd ~ rS -
inc territorv Mons tboor;aa' l - 10, " '"
mipbt he correct hut circmrst,n Ill 'sionS i
their onarotions " 'S' "'"iu d''et
Lion M, o. A. earce s;iG the gentleman from How
| 10 H. -
tbn 1,ao H. ~ ;i tIi %ll 20 G N!ii'h ! oiTu@nI ioFth
- w I oaiu ~ 1i'e Noiin itcee had told mem
aon+inaG,or tb%i4 'e! NneW pe'orG' NoW' Il inc
So % r,otEi as ne SPOKE he shouia nave
E;II u : eaiilns hole ShaE mouse. put Ne
:t:E 80 ~ CIV ~ mat ne ouereu h"'lng nut II
e. f ls ~ ~ e I-o /" oo S,lrN " over Ihe hr%"S " the
ne neel oes or 10 UT " years. NOW, thls promo
t'on % - aa llGlcuous as any mouse Whatever. he
thought the committee had done something. The
Eehtendh from howard lr. dorsey could not have
mearu the resolutions read or listened to the report
Inc report recommends that restrictions be imposed
bpp nrnb;h;tnd that negroes
mon H. ooa;fot Oi, rea estate. IL recon-
act of The frnn ro',r VI az. ,ie IA" On te SUI
ment We have sslyd tbat ,h ';nI i ,let
to obey that law Of Labor Hbib pniI1,a nJ i'
pressed on mankind Is his notbinnS IL T'' Ii
| ridicuIousP Tsit as mucb as Tho ,-ar tiE5 , - -, @
sition? One idea advanced by the gentleman from
| Worcester had mischief in il. II is the notion
that the free negro class enters into comnetition
with the white artizans and mechanics He did
not intend to saw that the oentInnoan uos aware n,
it. But it is dangerous-calculated to misead and
influence those to whom it refers. Now. the con
trary is the fact Suppose YOU place the free ne
proes in servitude wOuld not the farmer have az in
| old times his own carpenter cooner blacksmith
and shoemaker? This has ceased to be the custom.
but if the gentleman succeeded in his nronosition
would not their labor comnete with The Whit mo,
! chapic9 No sir they never have coro,,a+od v,itb
| the white man while they wpre free and nerar
| will This question of removal sbonld he Waved
| nracticallv II npvnr can rlooa prhio onirion
wonId he aversa to .ncb - rIdoro ond - PaId
fail Rv ramov;n6, tbo,, fror, tba S. 80. ,.c,,Id
strike AT arricrltnro tbn soI;d
| Ifyon bana6t orrr;o,It It,,no a, - g. III ~ ta..
asfs of tba State It tb ,o az ~ he
thrown around the free negro cIass@Int them he
forced into industrial habits and see that the laws