The national Republican., 1862-06-28
FRnB aDanORs.


In these days Especially rsesvsd denagosue
clamoe agsiost ffss nsgrss, Il ID veil worth
while 70 know What , real public opinion
about them. wbsre they are most numsrou,
The little stats Of Maryland has more than
third q many frse negroes % there are In
all The free SlatsA In Maryland, II soywhsrs,
the advantages and dissdvsatasss Of that spe-
ciss or population are practically known.
Nov, In 1859, thase w. large oonvsutiou
Of slaveholdss to consider this very subject
There wss . difference Of opinion; there VI.
discussion; several proposison ware offered
and . deliberate dsciaioa W. srrivsi sk
One resolution o6sred was - follovs:
Rssolsed, That IL Legislature be rsqussasd
to terminate Tree negrota0 In Maryland ut IN
. carry day, and % the nose advantageous terms
to Tie white population"
The coavsotiea refused 70 sdopt this rssolu-
ton, bot sdoptsd sn altogether different one,
In the words following:
:" RSsolcsd, That any measure for the gsnsr
vi removal Of the frse blacks 10 impolttic, insx.
pedtent, and uncalled for BY any public sxigsn-
oy which could justify L."
This resolution, which vss sdoptsd, cane
from COMMITTEES, accompanied BY % slabo
rate report, drawn BY Nr. Pssrcs, he distin
guiehsd Usitsd States Senator from MARYLAND.
formsrly Wig, but Of Late year, .es'ne and
voting With tss Dsnoesasc party. Do
10 this report, NJ. Psarus ssys: ..
-" The existence Of % large number Of fn>e
olscks 10 the midst Of . sisvsholdiug STATE 10
osnsSsd 70 bs q ttesif N evil. and tbs .svil 4
sidsred That portion Of thsa are iils, vioiGu,
aa4 anproduotive. This, however, 10 not ths
nsss Sna tas 0alor'ty of them. and their r..
Sss ss.sxs vSSo ,s sSs oormttee believe; - fer
land evsr sufsrsd from thsm. In the city Of
Btltmors IL q estimated that there are more
.esn twenty .hve thousand Of them. employed
o"e%y 90. = So.sstic ss.vsnts rlssorsrs q vAri.
RAJ detric0 q the STATE, where labor is ~ no
meAns Aeus1sut, tbey furnish 4 Javae sunplv
q asricuitaPai labor. and Il 10 usqusstionabis
M ,,,,sd 's,rEs pc,tion q our soil could mot BE-
supply ainnet IN the lsber denssdsd by The
Mrmss. Thstr rsUovl fron the State would
dsduct se..iy say per es.l fron ~ houashnid
and aGrtoslearal labor favuAshsa by psoOls Of
s,s,s sn Stor acd tadspsasaSc 70 the psop's q the
cM.enlsuoe tn the great body Of houssholders;
would break up the bustnsas s1d daStrov I'M
property Of large numbers OF land svnsrs and
,s,,na Ena aIsn,en-a ia class whose Interests are en-
other portion Of our citizens; would BE- karsh
and oppressive to those p>opje themselvss :.
would violate public sentiment, vhioh q eener.
sny not only lust but kindly. and would probs.
2 fbssr s !" 20 an, o.Sst evil: which !hs sonmittes
a measure could not rsosivs The lseislstive
sanction, and would not be tojsSatsd by ths
iA,, great body Of the people Of Maryland, even
WHIT WIN mat sanction. The conmittss, therefore,
Y0A0mHAnA al A.
state. Sun more unwilling should they be 10
favor any measure which looked TO their being
nepr'ved o. the right 70 freedom which they
nave nay ~ sso?airsd oy me Indulgence Of our laws
as q birthright."
Some rubsequent proceediugs In Maryland,
all tsnding TO the same conclusion % TO the
real condition Of popular feeling there, are do.
tailed 10 the following EXTRACT from . speech
made recently in the United Statss House Of
Representatives, BY Mr.. Porter, Of Indiana
"rhs reckless agitators who desired 10 OK.
pei the free negroes from tho State, having
iallsd 70 secure the approval Of the slsvehold
kindred proposition into the next Legal stu re-
that Leglsature 90 largely disloyal in its com.
position that majority, believe, were placed
under arrest BY the Governnent on account Of
,neH uousutsoo sympStny fOr the rebel CAuao.
They suocsedsd In procuring the passage Of n
!sw: limited 10 its provisions 70 the great slave
ho'd,ng counties 0fSt. Nays. Calvert, Howard.
Kent. bAnuors, Worcester, 6omsi set, Talbot,
Queen Annes, Prince Georges, and Charles.
providing that all negroes. male and female over
twelve years Of age, should hire themselves out
TO industrious and respectable citizens 10 labor
and seryios BY the year, and, in the event that
they did not, they were to be exposed u sale
TO the highest bidder for the term Of one year.
Children from four TO twelve years Of age were
to be bound out by the Boards Of Commission.
ers-the males tn serve until twenty. .one years
Of ago, the females 10 the age Of thirty. ANY
negro, hired or bound. who should absoond,
secrete himaslf, or. run Away from service, was
to be sold into slavery for life, and the pro.
oeeds or the sales wers to be Appropriated to
the school fund Of the proper county for the
education Of white children. This Infamous
enactmsnt cou'd not make Its way through the
Legislature until provision was Inserted that
shouli not take eaeot In any Of tho counties
10 which II was applicable until approved BY
lhs people BY an expression at the polls. II
was thought, b 'wever, that y sufficient bribe
had been of,rsd 10 the oupidily OF slsvshold.
srs 70 induce them to make haste to put II into
Bat, ssr, Whst wss the RESULT The expression
wHHesY q lhs Presidential slsotion Of 1880,
% 80 ~ csssNSsES eoss!y eld u ssoNsy ~ Or