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VOICE FROM MARYLAND.
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FRIDAY NOVEMBER ., 1850.

rulers OF the slave States have 50 long kepI
in silence the lips of honest men among them,
is losing its hold in some degree Disregard
ing the howl Of 'abolitionism' which is
raised against every man who has a word tc
say against the tyranncal dictation Of these
oligarchs, or dares to intimate that ayery is
not, morally socially and politically one the
greatest blessings on earth, they are begin
ming to speak out their real sentiments bold
I ly in several Of the slave States, and to act
politically with those who oppose the czten-
sion Of slavery into territory over which the
u. s. Government has control. The bold
and manly conduct Of Henry Winter Davis
Of Maryland, whose decisive action on the
/ Speaker question will not be soon forgotten
! by the true hearted men Of the North, does
not at this time stand alone by any means.
We find in the Salem On. J } National San
dard an account Of a great republican meet
Ing (in J. Z. Nixons dstrict) just after the
Pennsylvania election, After stirring and
effective speeches by Hon. D. ULMAN, Of y.
Y and Hon. L. E. CHITTENDEN Of Vt, Hon.
IL. ". HOFFMAN OF MARYLAND was next in
troduced.
Mr. H. said 1t was with no ordinary de-
! gree of pleasure that he congratulated the
Representatives from Pennsylvania and the
people Of New jersey upon the brilliant and
| signal victory which had Just been achieved
! over the combined forces Of Locoiocoism and
/ F7zaon in the States Of Pennsylvania, Ohio.
/ and Indiana. As Marylander he rejoiced
/ at the opportunity afforded him to mingle
/ his voice with theirs in the glad, exultant
/ shouts which had gone up on the announce
! ment Of Curtin 5 election in Pennsylvania,
and the total rOut of sham Democracy in
Indiana and Ohio. 70 him it augured ia
vorablv for the best interests of the coun try,
and presented most cheering prospect OF
entire redemption In November from the
hands Of those who had enjoyed power but
to abuse it, and who were seeking turther
lease Of it, but that they might still further
pe7rcrt it.
The victory Just achieved was one over which
they might well rejoice; it was the first de-
cisiye blow which had been struck in the
campaign it was to the cohorts Of Fusion
what Magenta was to the Austrians.
But he had left his home not with the pur-
pose of Joining in any celebration Of rldory;
he had set out for New Jersey while the bat
tie was vet undecided-on the morning OF the
dav on which the great engagement had taken
place and whilst he was glad to be witness
and participant in their jubilant demonstra-
ton, he had another object in view, and
different duty to perform. lie had been re
ouested to visit New Jersey and say word
in behalf of their candidates for Congress,
Messrs. Nixon and Pennington, in either OF
whom he recognized a friend, and he was not
| the man to say nay when such an appeal was
| made.
Ma. HOFFMAN admitted that he had avow-
ed his willingness to vote for JOHN BELL, II
he could be satisfied that in so doing he could
help to overthrow the Democracy, but not II
his vote must help either Douglas or Breck-
! enridge. Yet now, many Bell men were
fqsinq with disunion and sQuatter sovereign
| Democrats, in opposition to the People Par
| tv Of New Jersey in respect to their Congress
men, as they had so shamefully done in Penn
| svlvania. Ohio and Indiana. 1t was in this
way. and by such an unnatural and unholy
aIliancce, that they were hoping to accom-
! plish the defeat of Messrs. Pennington and
Nixon
Gas member Of the Opposition Party OF
| MARYLAND, he was there to raise his voice and
enter his protest against it; in the name and
| on behalf of the nearly or quite unanimous
voice of that Opposition in the city and county
! in which he resided. be protested against 1T.
Mr.. Hoffman adverted to large meeting
! held in Cumberland in February last,in obe-
dienee to a call signed by $50 prominent cit
izens, in which the political course OF Mi.
| Pennington was spoken of IN terms OF most
positive commendation, and the following
resolutions were adopted
"Resolped. That Southern Shareholders as we are
and accustomed as we have been all our lives TO
the institution Of slavery, are nevertheless un-
| willing to admit that our feelings and views are
| properly represented by those public men who are
seeking to elevate the maintenance Of slavery
into the importance Of making it the Tallying
ground of Shareholders in our political contests
Resolved, That we deplore the existing predom-
| nance Of party rancor in our midst, which can
nehsr see the Free States any patriotic eitieen,
capabe Of sincerely SerUing country; nor IN The
Sfque States anu citizen ho be supposed 10 be-
,e honestly that there are such that in our opin-
ion. the encouragement of such diseased sectional
/ views will more speedily and certainly determine
the dissolution of glorious confederation, than
! all the political demagogues from Maine to Miss
issippi"
subsequent to the adoption of these res
olutions, tho Chairman Of the meeting, in
the course of some remarks, employed this
language
''He said at this day there was too much
political poltroonry-men, for fear Of being
called Black Republicans or Abolitionists,
feared to speak out their sentiments. As to
himself he had been born in the midst oi
slavcry-the companions Of his youth were
the slaves of his fathers household-he had
: grown up to manhood in their midst, ant
now every hand upon his farm, and every
: servant in his family was a slave, and he
feared not to say with the fathers of the Re-
= public, and the wisest men this country eyel
produced, that ''slavery was an evil ;" and
yet with this action, and these proceeding:
fresh before the minds of the public, tht
protessed friends of John Bell, in New Jer.
sey, were conspiring with the Democratic
| party for the defeat of Mr. Pennington anC
his colleagues, whose only offence consisted
, in their standing where he did with ma
tional heart-a heart large enough to take il
= all this broad Union" lie (Mr. H.) wa
; there to maintain that this course. on tn,
mart of Mr.. Bells friends In New JERSEY
: was nothing more nor less than an impeach
ment of the record which his (Mr. Ii. 's) owl
I | neople had made in behalf of the conserya
{ tism and nationality of one of New jersey
truest and best citizens. For at the tim
these proceedings were had the House 0
REPRESENTATIVES had been fully organized
| his whole course in regard to the Speaker