The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1862-08-09

/ cDuSettS nad 10 10 the square mile IN
1890, (4S.55,) and 1871 to the square
mile in 1860, (157 S2.) Thus Massa-
chusetts had only 20 more to the square
mile in 1890, and 9G more to the square
mile in 1860 But If the areas of Mary
land and Massachusetts had been reycr-
sed, Massachusetts, with the area of
Maryland, and the population of Massa-
chusetts of 1860 to the square mile,
would have numbered then ,755,G6l,
and Maryland, with The area of Massa-
chusots and the population of Maryland
of 1850 to the square mile, would have-
had then population of only 4Sl,72S
upon that basis, leaving Massachusetts
in 1860, 1,273,393 more people than
Maryland. Thus is the assertion in
former part of this letter now proved,
( that in the absence of slavery, the
population of Maryland in 1860 would
have been at least l,755, 6G1, and Balti-
more at least $4,000 But, in view of
the many other natural advantages of
Maryland, as shown in this letter, viz
in climate and salubrity, in shore line
and navlgable rivers, in fer ility of soil
and hydraulic power, in more central
location for trade with the whole Union,
and especially with the West, and nearer
supplies of cotton: and, above all, in
coal and iron. 1t is clear, in the absence
of slavery, Maryland must have con aimed,
III 1850, a popula ion Of at least two
millions. BY the census Of 1919 Mas
sachussctts was the fourth in population
of all the States, and Maryland the
sixth but in 1850 Massachusetts was
the seventh, and Maryland the nine
tccnth, and if each of the 81 States
increases in the same ratio from 1860 to
1870, as from 1850 to 1860, Maryland
will be only the twenty fifth State.
These facts all conclusively atcs' the
terrible effects Of slavery on Maryland,
and is only one Of the dreadful sacrifices
she has made in retaining the institution.
AS 20 wealth, power, and intellectual
development, the loss cannot be over
stated.
Nor can Manufacturers account for
the Difference, as shown by the still
greater increase of the agricultural
nor Invest. Besides, Maryland, (omiting
sIavcry,) had far greater natural advan-
tagcs for manufactures than Massachus-
sets. She had More fertile soil thus
furnishing cheaper food to the working
classes, larger and more accessible
coast, and nearly eight times the length
OF naIigable rivers. greater hydraulic
power, vast superiority in mines of coal
and iron, far more salubrious climate,
cotton the great staple of modern in
dus'ry, much nearer to Maryland, her
location Ear more central for trade with
the whole Union, and Baltimore, her
chief city, nearer than Boston to the
great West-viz to the Ohio at Pits
burg and Cincinnati, the Mississippi at
s.. Louis, and the lakes at Cleveland,
Toledo, and Chicago, by several hun
! drcd niles indeed, but for slavery
Maryland must have been far greater
manufac uring as well as commercial
Sta than Massachussc ts-and as to
agriculture, there could be no compare
son.
But Massachusetts did not become y
manufacturing State until after the tariff Of
| 1924. That measure, as well as the whole
protective policy, Massachusetts earnestly
| opposed in 1920 and 1924 and Daniel Web,
ater. as her representative. denounced It as
unconstitutional. From 1850 to 1920 Mas
sachuSettS was commercial. not manufac
turing, and yet. from 1890 to 1870. Massa-
chuSetts increased in numbers 1i4.l42. and
Maryland, in the same time. only S7.622.
Yet, from 1870 TO 1920, Massachusetts. the
most commercial State was Car more injured
by the embargo and the late war with Eng
land than any other State.
IF Maryland would only initiate this policy,
and come to The rescue OF the Union from
rebellion and foreign intervention, she would
nscribe her name first on the page of history
and IN the gratitude Of her country and man
kind. The position of Maryland upon the
Chesapeake, the Potomac the Susquehanna,
and the Atlantic. is most commanding. She
surrounds the Capital. 1t was her own noble
donation, and she is its national guardian and
sentinel Her waters, emitting the Blue
Mountains and the All. ghany, flowing into
the Atlantic and Mississippi thus making her
an Eastern and Western State. Through
ont all her borders, not citizen would lose
anything by the change proposed, but all
would be enriched. Take down the barriers
of slavery, and new and unprecedented cur
rent of population and cap tai would flow into
! lIit p'dtt. TbpeEtN WOMB raise lIllIl''nStIt
in value the price of her lands would soon
reach those of Pennsylvania. new towns and
cities would spring into life, Cumberland
wonld soon equal the great manufacturing
cities of the North, and the railroad to Pitts
burg would soon be completed. Baltimore
would fulfil her mighty destiny, and the canal
up the SHgguehGnnn, equal to the grand work
Of New York, would connect her with Lakes
Erie and Ontario. Such would be the effect
of this measure on the material intrcsts of
Maryland and, let me add. of at least all the
Border States. whilst the President does not
oversate its influence in crushing the rebel
lion and restoring peace. This measure
adopted by Maryland and the Border States.
and the rebel cause would be regarded rs
hopeless, at home and abroad. and would be
abandoned in despair. Dreadful, indeed, is
the responsibility to God and their country
Of all who oppose this measure.
: Maryland, the Border Stat Is and the South
would then indeed commence a new career of
progress by removing slavery and negroiam,
and their Augmented wealth, aud that Of the
whole country, would soon return to the
Government, in increased revenue, sum far
exceeding the cost of gradual emancipation
and colonization. Indeed. if, as a mere fnan-
cial question, | were devising the most ehtc-
tive plan for liquidating the national debt and
reducing our taxes, it would be thus vastly
TO Augment in a few years, our wealth and
population by the adoption OF this system
This, then, instead Of plan as charged most
enormously to ipcrese taxes, is system
which, by adding rapidly to our productive