The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-06-10

After ~ sther co. ~tnon TIE counties we're nnay
called and the motion 70 ioarn was carried BY large
majority.
TELEGRAPHIC.
sroosp DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
BALnMoRs, June Q, 1889.
The Shareholders Convention reasssmbled this morning
10 consider the question the OF regulating
the free negro population Of the State The hall was
crowded and much interest manifested.
Hon. JAMES ALFRED PEARcE, chairman OF the Com nitee
on Resolutions, submitted majority report.
Mr.. F. W. JACOBS, Of Worcester county presented the
views Of portion Of the minority being = written al
dress, going the whole ground detailing the griev
Of the save Of Maryland aud the perncous
influence Of free negroism the population generally
BE then advocated the prohibition Of emancipation and the
passage Of laws for tho gradual extinction Of free negro
s BE next alluded 70 the tendency in the Northern and
Western States Of legislation against FREQ negroes He
also alluded 70 the Interference Of the Methodist Episcopal
church Of the North the matter, and very
the New York CArissan advocate, touching It's strc
lures In regard 10 the Convention held at Cambridge and
for attempting 10 threaten with ecclesiastical cowbde
the Mcthodists of Maryland II they oountenanced the
present movement. He avowed himself Methodist, but
repudiated In strong language any attempt ecclesiastical
interference in homestead Institutions Of the State.
The following the substance Of tho report resolu
tons Of the majority Of the committees
The Committee Resolutions respectfully report
number Of resolutions which were submitted to them by
the members Of the Convention ell OF which they cousi
dered and discussed carefully, time allowed Two sub
ects OF primary Importance occupied most OF the time OF
the committee These were the proposed expulsion from
Maryland Of the free negroes now residing 10 tbs State
and the policy adopted by the Legislature Of 1890 one Of
the restraints upon uanumssion and the necessity Of ed
dtiona legislation 10 give vitality and vgor 70 tho law OF
that year. which probably nom the imperfecton Of Its
details has fallen into deeuetude. In regard to the
nrst Of these questions the committee came the con
cluson that u was highly inexpedent 10 undertake
population from the State and that il is for The best nte
ree Of the State and Of that OF people TO require
only the due enforcement Of the statutes already existing
On this subject and Of such additional laws be
necessary to carry out The purposes Of former Legs
lures 90 a. to make these people orderly industrious and
productive BY the last this class OF population
numbered about seventy four thousand but within the
last nine yeare they estimated by natural causes
and manumssiors to have reached over eighty thon-
sand The existence Of 30 large . number OF
free blacks In the midst OF slaveholding
State believed to be OF Itself evil and this evil
readily perceived TO be greater when oasdered that
portion Of them are idle, vicious and unproductive.
This however, 10 not the case wit the majority Of the
greater than ali the evils the Of Maryland ever
fefed from them. Their removal from the State would
deduct nearly My Per cent from the househoi aud agr
cultural labor furnished by the people OF this color, and
which Ia indsper sable 70 the people Of the State II
would produce great discomfort and inconvenience TO the
and land renters class whose interests entitled
ssu: as h as Of noo Of
themeeves would violate the puplc sentiment, which
tbern, and would probably lead to other evils which The
committee forbear TO mention. They satisfied that
would not be tolerated BY The en body Of the people Of
Maryland with that sanction. The committee
therefore, cannot recommend their expulsion from Toe
Sase still unwi,irg should they be to favor any
which looked to their being deprived Of the right
10 eedon, which they have acquired by the indulgence
Of Law and tenderness OF their masters whether wise
upwise, or which they bave Inherited Il birthrsht
Or lie Other proposition, the restraints upon manumie
sion, the committee think that the policy in this regard
adopted by the act Of 1884, was wse and proper That
act provided for the compulsory removal Of all blacks
manumed after the passage If the law provided for the
be members OF the Colonization Society society whose
duty should be to remove such people of color as
ee IN ne se 81 s j.
tbs board of managers Of every manumsson by deed
will within five years after recordings required the Board
Of Managers to notify the Colonization society," and
range with them the removal of each naanumitted slave
to LIBERIA If the Society declined 70 do the Board was
to remove them 70 other place without the State
with their consent and they efasod to leave tho State
then the Sheriff Of the county was to be notified by the
Board und thereupon was the duty Of the Sheriff ar
rest and remove them beyond the State II s thus ev
cent that the policy Of tho State in 1881 oompu
sorry removal from the State Of slaves anumitted after
rapid an increase Of this part Of our population The Com
mttee see no reason for describing this policy now but
that the same reason which Influenced the Legsa
ture Of 1881 exists In greater force.
After further discussion OF this point The report
cludes by recommending the following reeolutions-
Resolved, That the Convention consider any
for the general removal Of blacks from the State
Maryland mpolc, inexpedieps and uncaed FOR BY any
public exgepcy which could Justify 1t.
Resolved That the free negro ouation should be we'll
and thoroughly controlled by efficient laws 10 the end
that 1t may be orderly, industrious and productive.
Resolved, That for the purpose OF diminishing far
possible the evils which proceed from the excessive aud
Increasing FREQ negro class the policy Of the State, de-
ciared In 1881, should be reafhrmad and such amend
ments be made to the act Of that year will give TO 1t
active force, az will either prohibit emancipation alto
those emancpated and that the Legislature should be
asked to review and amend the relating to free
negroes and to emancipation 10 remedy all the de-
ects Of system which time and experience have shown
Resolved, That committee OF ---- DO appointed 10
submit the views OF this Convention and TO ask appro
PIRATE legislation by the General Assembly.
Mr.. JACOBS minority report concluded With resolutions
asking Of tide Legislature ws to compel free negroes 10
leave the State or be sold for lMe
Judge MASON, another memper Of the committee, said
he did not agree entirely with the report of the majority
Col SoTHoRoN said his view YVES that the Legislature
shoud enact . law to prevent emancipation
After protrncted debate the majority resolutions
adopted almost unanimously, and the Convention ad
jourred sine die.
ROBERT MORRISON MURDERED IN WEST TRoY--
Robert Morriscn old resident Of West Troy and at the
time Of his death OF the deputy shers Of this county
murdered within few rods OF his residence about
midnight Friday 10 in evidence before tho Coroner's
jury that early in the evening he left home for East Troy
10 attend meeting Of the lodge Of Knight Tempiars ut
Masonic Hall; that be remained there until the meeting
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