, 1862-04-18
..TME FERMENTATION BEGUN.
mnfylaNdsn First Response to the
FFceadents9 Antf-SIaTery meEBagee


From the N. Y. Evening Post.l
:. The benevolent and judicioas proposition Of
the President for the removal Of slavery from
pic and Of Congress is beginning to have its
effect. We find in the Baltimore 4nsericdn,
one Of the ablest and most influential Journals
IN Maryland, which has always been noted for
its conservatism and moderation, an elaborate
argument.in in defence Of this policy; The oocs.
at Washington, high in the confidence OF tne
Government Whom we suppose to be sie'
Reyerdy johnson, though we do not Hno"-
in which he urges the necessity OF instant &C:
tion On the part Of the STATE After 1asntyang
the course adopted By Mr.. Lincoln, the writer
says: .,
who nov now thinks that slavery viii endure Much
been ss epss Wboe 10
p9esent eala1ntea Some blame the abolit,oaists;
Bnt The time Ior this disputation is past. #heth
e. either OF an these part1es1 1 and otheEs haTs ne
sd dnsx Il Is aes
now sensible that slavery 30 anecta the people,
whether il ought to DO 90 Or not g to make s. It
iubrues brothers hand in brothers. blood, and
es WlS ths to Padt Paqe
| only inquiry should be how to get rid Of an in
| stitution which produces such miseries. Some
UTge instant and universal abolition as the efec-
! tiyeand proper course; but the President adopts
men, made before slavery became a political
hobby, viz gradual emancipation. with CON-
pensation and The separation of the Iaces. Many
those Who without having any properly interested
lnit-haye found their account in slavery as po-
ltieal hobby M III opppose NJ L1nco1n,s ~ policy,
violent alternative. But the people Of the State
win sustain him. They. whf nov listen TO the
eages and patriots, who founded the Government
and warned us to eliminate slavery, and will close
their ears to that Relish tribe Of partisans who
would risk its destruction merely to carry an e1ec
! tion-"
TheAneriean adopts this passage as tex, and
breaches fervent and dimpFessiyes to the
same effect. Whatever may have been the
| views Of the people In regard to slavery before
the var, it says that now the question has been
precipitated upon them in new shape By the
mad action Of the cotton States. It confronts
has never before assumed The politicians o.
those States we're warned Of the probable re
suits Of their action; they we're told that the
effect of it Wonld be to undermine slavery
but they persisted in their madness; and nov
they are only reaping the reward OF their mad
| ness. A day Of reckoning has come. "They
have aroused Thousand enemies to slavery
where it had but one before; and thei
| rash course has been especially fatal t.
the States that were to serve as thei1
sbulwark-' They dared to mike the issue
they eagerly threw down the gauntlet, and ths
| loyal portion Of the nation, called upon TO re
pcl their aggressions has taken it up. AM
| now, after the monstfou5 crimes Of which th
cotton States have been guilty, after shroud
ing the whole nation In mourning and almos
bu1ying it under load Of debt, they dare t.
insult heaven and earth With their indignan
cries because retr1bution threatens that insti
| tuition which they ayoTed should dominat
! the continent under the lead Of Toombs an
Stephens and the Rhetts. Had the evils thu
provoked fallen on them a1one, the cas-
wou1d not have been SO bad, but it has falle
| heavily on us; and Us the letter nc have give
truly declares, the institution here has escape
only through that labitnal respect for th
laws characteristic Of our people,"
As the cotton States have virtually rulue
the interests Of the shareholders il Mar}lant
as in consequence Of their action the value
slaves has been reduced to nominal sun, c
negroes, who year ago were worth fftee
hundred dollars, now sell for three hui
dred, tie american suggests that 1t is time #
The State to save what it can Of this species
property By timely action, the owners
their losses. The cotton States, in which 4
grocs have suffered similar depreciation
may retrieve themselves partly by purchasir
from the border States, but for the latt
there is no hope, save IN accepting the tern
offered By the President. The words Of tt
dHafAHW 41C 4A44 u AA4pDAt iA44A cA5AAuI+AAt<
it says:
"That the 10y al men Of the nation will long
tolerate slavery az 3 political hobby is not pc
6ible. It has to 60 to the wall, peacebly, lit y
-fo1cib1y, il it must; and those who debate
merits in future, even here in Maryland will ha
| to confne themselves to its pecuniary aspec
The prccipitators' have pretty nearly precipttat
It; have draggcd it at least to the brow of ! pre-
pee, and It Is idle to Disguise the truth So tar
the Constitution can be appealed to for its satet
it is for the present safe. But We hazard nothi
in warning the people Of Ma1E1and to lose
time in considering the question presented By t
President in his Message, and again present
from high source in the letter we have give
Those most deeply interested 2s its defenders
the believers In the doctrines put forward By Sou
Carolina,by Stephens and Tancey- y-may now, at
the mischief is done here fold their arms, thr'
themselves back on their dignity-on their
Eefved rights'-and ignore what Is impendiI
but the nation is ar0ueed by an unpryokcd war
civilized world ia aroused according to the Il
declarations OF Mr.. fanceJ himself -aud nc
here need attempt to ignore facts 60 full Of me-
ing"
These are not high considerations to prest
ID. to the people, but they are none the less
peratiTe. maryland must consent to lose
Slaves altogether within the course ola
years, or part with them on the equita
terms presented in Mr. Lincoln's messa
TO- The fact is go, regard it as we will, and We
glad to see it stated with such distinctness