, 1859-06-27
THE E37AsYLAND SHAREHOLDERS,

TInLArELr1IA, JH'e2. lst.
Iii" con,oca,ion uf Maryland Shareholders
recently assembled in lie nc=hboriny citv Of
Baltimore, wfi:cll, from, the cnchantcnt Of dis
t.ucc aud tie dtitrential l;lusencss Of the ttle-
4':ll'. YOU haze doubtless regarded an occur
r",rc of considerable Importance, was rr.luc-
ike u: nothing but conte:Dpt,,uus mcriinrrt in
the t"wn III monuments aust surprise. nst
u:,nrnrlrl with abl,orrcnc-. hercabout. To
the Ealsimorcans these country gentlemen, full
IT lacun, brandy and wrath, with their slow,
''old f"=y movements. quaint talk, compound.
I'd If rousinc licty and plantation profanity,
and general Rip Van Winkic nnco1sciousnc<s
If the progress Of events and tendencies Of tic
time. putting tn.c,lcr their vacant and vcner-
able p"ws tuE the purpose Of changing the des-
'i'lir- Of commonwealth, furnished constantly
recurring l'ros"ra'ivts Of laughter. T"u*, not-
"il>:an.liu. til. Surveillance exercised by Il,
''.;.;, their cna.; jut,r*, wIosc seSaSrnari.n n-
;r:u>i1: ,!u,v restrained, so,le If the pr,rc1s
l,,,:cllcd presented themselves in shape it,
which II WAS difficult to s!ctri7nne whether The
i.!ol;c or the Infamous prr.l"lni,s"t.t. Fur l,.
stance. there WAS one jacobs, !: ratr;arcl If
Worcester, wlso presented ,:,:nerisy re},rr,
lrl ,v>r!,..inns in which t a}yurates! lie forced
reduction d! the frr'. ne2ro population TO >!av-
cry; expressly excepting, in Il manner which
lii! credit |" lis compassionate nature. that I'os-
1ua og it stricken III years. 50 tir:.cc1y dill I:-
rnb> illuminate a.ai1,s! the New York Ci,jttttn
-ll"o.;t. and tic Northern Methodist Church
If which it is the that anticipate tie most
disastrous consequences. If alr latter survive,
il must. indeed se founded upon rnc!. Siuce
DuHtul i;H;nterctl in thu tribune uf the French
t.n,tt:ius there has been not!lin,, cqua! to it.
Talk uf i l.ar.!1trs obstructive n@t,!cir>. whr
a>I.hvx.'iug gat, 0nr tni II, engage to lombard
al" bring II tesi,s tile wl.o!e church militant
Wesley. eer clearly, was i'll impnstor-a saint
l.. 1n.u liz. u.i>rn-roo,,l for Jacobs. Then
there was M;Snu- rdrs Aas..ui all imposing
individual, d''uh,lcss, in hts small ncigl.to1houd
and famous within circuit If inus,v ,tSter
LetlS, but "lse'sr Judicial reputation is untraycl~
led. ot opinion that the ttrc negroes :1e 100
prosperous. lie would gladly, I.c inthnsscd in
strain al pathetic aspiration, see them sGualid,
,',l>vd and brutal fur tiny wo4,|ti ,irn raert
cnutrat-pE'"lucing eject nI,nn thei. brethren
i'll -rrvitutlc. This immaculate representative
ut1lle "rn,lnc, delivered i.inlerlfof quite icr.mi-
:l UoN tnllpe's 0s>tilacy in Ecr%iStis,u IL ris,.
:"'s.' his ,.1"f4. NJ. idea! 'niy.er" status:
ANIL 'i''ally, with tears in lis pi,,iat,tropic
eyes, suspect. abandoned tic further con.j.lr
ration ui IL: matter fu ttle convention, finding
hi1u>rH totally inc'aHlt;e:;! tn the task.
IN truth. thr affair was, iur Its cuntriy.rs, 4
"rt'yi:i@ :il,".tun; and not the less that they
were compelled 1v Tic frpc soil sentiment Of tlt,
State, the extent and ener.y IF which ,hrv Ind
M,''tira'rd. themselves to make il all abortion
TIL original purp">e wa$, not only 10 dispose If
H." IRE. lr.rp population. but 10 iuau.,,rat,
1}ow tllry could l,Hre 80 strangely miscalcu1a,ed
their strength is puzzle. They lad before
t!nhn I'll" crn-nS tnale$, and knew tI,cr
"rrc l,at sixteen tllnn>aad, out Of white non.
n'ainn Of four has.!rcd and seventeen
thousand in loI'', with greater present
diSrropor.inE,- Strange though it be, they
>tuli!irl themselves. until unais,akcabit,
lo,tcntS aroused them TO la lively sense
"t their position and peril. Even 1,ow,
il is possible they do MT believe that f!rv arc
doomed, and .L; 1|rir sacred institution exists
ia' by >ull.rarrc Not few Of the friends ui
lice eoll it1 Maryland regretted tile meek con-
cis,>'":l II tlr coavent"n. Ardent natures and
able rr.t. uau full 1.ursrs were ready. An ill.,
,e:.c gentleman Vi baltimore, III Il letter lc-
iHc 'nc. thus dssconrses: Tie Shareholders
"tonve1itinn WAS gram! tizzlr. an,l It was
rather a.:susitY to STE tlainbtrs--tllc raul-
'ran;, .anatica pru.slaycry Ci,a,nicrs-.u the
llon. James Alfred P.arce en,s,,>cln. ,,,.Jrra-
t"n and choking by their efforts tAc s,:nrlin.
'coasv,ti"u IL DEATH Iw>h they had let I'LL The
''a@s1ate:> wllo attended hare full swing. As Is
''t,e cause u! ,re.4iom has b4rn :,lvanvri but il
The p,niccis Of Jacnu$ and n,lcrs i..,s been
- adopted. the sIu:lbering anti slavery .euti-
n.s:'t III tflr masses waulI have brtn aroused
~" such am uA,ent that frtr suil organ mnu'd
- III uncr lav. tcen demanded in til. State
There are tw" noticeable points in the Report
which WAS accepted by tlsc Convention; an..
'!,e distinct and novel admission that tile free
nt,'rs in the niain arc industrious aud p,u.iuc~
ti.r lah"rrrs: and the other. all assertion that
they constitute fifty per cent. of tl1c labnrius
l"ru'a'i"n ri tie stats. ot ttc tn importance
/" noO-saselss''drrs. whose interests The Ton
rtnti"n nagranisnous1y candc>ctn,is II reco.-
Eize WHEN compelled. which is frl|owr, ly a
declaration against the Increase Of :ll;s class nt
lrsc lIbnrers by nlal'unissuns within tlle State,
c!sisIfy promoted by Observation-Disclosures, constant.
" demanding. acccs>i.'tl. to th' working pup,:la-
ton. y" l.r.ter illustration oi tic intv.,~t sci.
isl.ncss of s:aschnldtrs, their natural and thor
"uch hostility I" alt industrial interests bu,
t;lcir own, could tr 4l.rIed. T.,