New-York daily tribune., 1861-06-23
QUEER DEBATE ~ TIE MARYLAND HOUSE
Or DELEGA TES
on TIE SUBJECT OF REyuhNiNG FUGITIVE

From The EGiiirOTe IN


uli.ted the follow iur Fie.inLle aLd V'der
Hh,oo II has heon repre- ihi. lIon.e thai undry
slssss in have co n ts state and SIC now hs
b"ed by h- h"nLe troops sneaIed 10 'hs 80, aud iL.
rthon application ~ 'uco 'ss as beei ueo' 70 He 'osi
said roopr steps have been taken to secure Vie Iufh o
osstes Ths ,he Governor Of fMnr,id be reprc,fai,r
into h. ESP c eou ders.n tie I'D that h"s, pt ,ueh
messe'e. lHay he N bis jodrinrs' mo-, sh,' 70 ,
poe, Vhis i n-. "f u rvdef.l u"rs snd uat lie
,.Es ,uch fule nsJ be most .ieul Iescn;
,le s.cspr Of ,ve. fo b- fuuIs tie us-r 40 "ra
'ed aud in OF ssVe' IN h' fuur from ,h ga. .. mE
r,ugr h f.drnl TO seeuTe the fc.rD VI lth Sr. 20
their sypgAa0D bong made "heIs Tie dawes are
ard lie l. reque,,ea repci rhi, Hoo. any i'or
msor upon dbl .ub which be naj de- M t" be sssAi'ssga'
20 the I.oI le oi M'iyia-d"
Upon ibis order ihee sprnrc up quiie lively dis
cus,ivp the pTopIiy Of It'd pbr.,eolTyi and oi
several OF the ied -ls n.aCe nlon tlc ENecniiNe
Mr. Landing, ls-,essoIist wbote I'd. .iiy 10 the In
'or.ss 81 tis nsi siiin'Hts ~ whose prenlhr orlSi-
usliiy Of ~ lie ad oSpreron hns WOO I'm the honor
of rc,r s.L.ing Won eser County for some twelve or
fifteen consecutive terms, thought there was ICON for
amer dm-nt Ia tie crceT.
lie thought that there's ust room enough there for
70 ask rresioent Linsun 'relterl to Interfere and
pive us back our ni,gHs. IL aiut use how yon
ku fix it, To ark Gov Hick 10 do ii-'canse he cart
we've Got u 90 up bigner yit. llAughterl. Aud
therefor, he for ending the ordr 10 ssk
Prcident Linkum roar, ol laurbter for 10 Ilerr- TO
rive us auk our nigeas got gocd deal,more
use for 'enl than be has.' Ihenewed laughter.
Mr.. Pitts OPP d that the order might be Withdrawn.
The Governor Lad DO power under tue Constitution 10
fugg,s adopt any .nessuior 10 preyet te escape
OF tayee nor yet TO oiect their recovery. BY adopt
ing tlis ORDER he efoIe, the Hua,e would be asking
the Executive perform duty not imp,red npon HIN
bv the Constitution. The return Of iu.itive slaves
duty specially devolsed upon the General Govern
uient BY tie fu, tive Slave law, and owDes must
| look Ia that dir, con for satisfaction. lie hop.d
tn tie order would be Withdrawn ano lie informally
| corrected.
Mr. Denison iSecessiouist was oppofed 10 its with.
drawnl lie thought The escaIe Of slaves from Mary
lind incidental 10 the Of tie Cover or aud
oontenled that tho Executive could, by consulting
with the generals, coloptk, whoe night be in
OF the Uhited States troo secure their
o. Grafton in The return OF tie fugtives lie -aii that
this ors OF valuable slaves becoming of very free
quent occurrence. lie knew OF nimber Of cases ia
baltimore Coaniy, and BIS friend from Howard lMr.
BrOWnl lad that morning recei, ed letter Informing
N ui the escape Of ,layes from that county to
Washington aid lat their vwners n, Oh applying for
heir rccdture at Washington, had been received with
eers bses by the sol cry IN tie presence Of their
officers. lie denounced there escapes and the mcanr
by which they wee ed succ-rsful downright
robbery, aid ssil hit the Interests Of AIafy hand i'm.
peravely Iequi,ed that stor should be put to such
proceedings Oh the part Of the Northern soldiery.
Mr Pitts Secesionist) explained tha, bis objection
TO the order based Upon a mere Queston OF form,
when Mr.. Dcuison replied that il a matter not Of
law but of DegOiii H. He believed that Gov. Hicks
hai sufficient Influence with the Northern leader, 10 be
able The return OF tiese slaves. lie believed
such result; ana he was in favor OF having him d. it,
Tor tie practical good Which would result iron such
IeturD.
Mr. Lsnding had few words to say. The
only 10 son why Le wanted The order amenued WAS
"lust ,Lis:" The gentleman has told bout the loss
OF seven slaves. Well Ihats u Considerable item.
Laughter. But, While they're losing the nggas.
I've lost my Mioie rifle. lGreat laughter. tAlr.
Landing bhd ~itb great ui.hcuy obtained forty blie
rifles the people OF this county, AZ the commence
nent Of the pIesD ut Secessiop which were s~zed by
order Uf Gen Butler Oil board schooner at Balti
more chartered 10 convey them to their destination,
ana TAX 10 Fort M,Henryl. An when asked 70
have eiu back, why the Governor he tells for 90
to a higher law. lie SAYS must 60 ~ tho President
Uf tn United States or 10 Gen. Buter and while IN
bout II III tell you another thiDgwe couldp get them
back il all the people IN tho State t. ask for the
unless they cIvose 10 give them back to us. Well,
now, it's going 10 the Gov'nor 10 get bac X the
higgss. He cant do IL aud want TO I'M. nd that
oder, 70 60 TO the higher power al once. want
fr, sident Ii KUN, liaughterl or Lincone 'ugher,
or whatever you may Gull L, TO tell bis isher vt
for 10 give TO llo Maryland her private property,
which the bought Oh her own hook. lL.nughterl An
ought to li'e them back, eau We can fight for
ant agoiD 10 be walscd night over, un they mustn't
try it, or tLere'll be low, " Gght, tell you. Laugh
toll We don't want TO quarrel with old "Uncle
Abe''-llcnew,d laughterl-tle ea est way is always
the beet way OF sthpg diiLcuity, but then he must
net tho clean thing by liltle Maryland. II he
fend Of OUR, be prccnds 10 be, why let him come
TO r. lLauslter.l let hun order Ill his oicers TO
protect us Instead Of robbipg us before our faces
lLaugbter
MIR. Fler, tUnion) stated, upon the authority of q
gentleman recently foIn Washington, TINT tnee orthe
sl4yes spoken Of by tue gentleman from Howard had
been returned 10 their ners, and appieended no d
ficul In Tue return OF tiic rett.
Mr.. Brown explaued that the three slaves referred
to by pr. Fiery lad connection with toe
recently escaped, ard who bad been alluded to by mr.
DeuisoIn
TIE order was eventually withdrawn for the purpose
OF aineu dipg it, and tn, House adjourned.
FROM FORES PICKENS AND JEFFERSON.
Cant. phillps Of tho schooner John N. Genin, ar