Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1862-06-20
RIARYLAND.
Onr Iaggivers seem 10 bo fast 10.

: MARYLAND.
Oar laggivers seem to be fast losing
\ sight. got only Of the landmarks Of The
sTcoaatitation, but Of the FIRST principles
which should guide legislature ia Bro
Fmotipg the objects and ends for which Il
7 Is iastitntod Government, under what
ever form administered, Is concession Of
The go1crned--a creation Of The people
intended for th6protection and happiness
of all Security Of lifa and properly arc
Us declared objects. Any fixed policy,
thers-es. on The part Of those spps tated
q ooiidser tue aifaigs Of 4 natioh, which
directly e. indirectly imperils or destroys
the vested rights Of its citizens, yitiates
the compact between the governors and
tha governed. The plea ofpublic neces.
sity may at times be sufficient to put in
allegiance The strongest claims of Justice
and right, but certainly there is nothing
in the present posture Of our national
affairs to excuse the bad faith towards
Maryland and the other border States
which Congress manifested IN It's proceed
ings, abolshing slavery in the District Of
Columbia. 1t could hardly be credited
thatthis emancipation act was believed
by its congressional advocates to be an
honest one, whom they had before their
eyes an enactment Of their own of an OPP
, posite character, passed by themselves
only a short time before, and couched in
the following language: mo amendment
shall no "a. fa., I. III
will authorize or give to Congress the
+ power to abolish or interfere within any
State with the domestic institutions there
OF, including that Of persons held to labor
or service by the laws of said State"
To turn away from proposition like
this, and initiate system which invades
the vested rights which that proposition
meant to cover, looks very much like tri-
ding with the border States, and design
on the part Of Congress only to play them
I along until all non-slave- States could be
I made to work in unison against the rights
= and interests Of tho others The limits
Of oppression, it would seem, are only to
i be cireumscribed by tho extent to which
the popular mind will suffer them to be
. carried. Nothing could be more unjust
: to Maryland than tho course which the
Z slavery agitation has been suffered 70
Z taassf'..5.s. II istgue, there was lRaleas
G popular outbreak within her borders on
Z the 18Th Of April, 1861. But many de-
i precated it at the time, and her logisla-
y ture made every atoncment in its power
for de unhappy occurrence. Let any
r one read the proceedings and acts Of het
0 last General Assembly, aud then say il
e he can, what further oxpialion could have
d been made. Maryland is still one Of the
+ United States, entitled to demand the
J enforcement of the constitutional guar.
7, ontoos made in her behalf and to protes
. against their infraction Her legislature
: penitent as il proved to be for the mis-.
deeds Of the 10Th Of April, was not will
u ing to sacrifice an institution Of vital i'm.
portance to her prosperity, or see it in.
torfeFed with by outside Influences An
ti-alogery abstractions, though harmless
IN New England, were clements Of ruin
when trausplanted in Maryland. The
! idealism Of the Negrophiiist may be beau
: tiful afar Off, but becomes extremely
hurtful when brought to our doors The
r most ardent Unionist in Maryland are
pretty much Of one mind on the subject
I Of abolitouism The Governor Of Ma
ryland, whose devotion to the Union no
one win question, insisted in his inaueu-
raj address, upon the indisputablo right
Of Maryland to regulate slavery for her
SELF Tho last legislature Of Maryland
. which was not behind any other ia Tie
Mon in evidences Of IFS attachment,
passed. numerous resolutions indicative Of
ita scnsiilgcuoss as 10 all eztranoous in
iormodliing In her domestic institutions
Resolution SO. 3 dopreoatos tho agita-
ton of The slavery question ia Congress
Resolution No. o calls for Q cessation Of
such agitation on ihe part Of Congress.
R6so,atioa No. Is is dcnunciatYry Of Tho
Efforts Of aboliiionists TO emancipato the
p slaves Of the District Of Columbia. Re-
solution No. Is protests against any in
reference with the subject Of slavery BY
Congress, and any attempt. to make this
war pretext for the aboitionof slavery
or geryle instruction.
Subsequent action in Congress has
shown With how little respect that body
was disposed to treat the feelings Of Ma
ryland. As for resolutions Nos and 0
they have turned out TO DO no more in
Washington than so much "Jratem (i-
mca" Resolution No l3 has also re-
eeiyod It's quietus, tho only response there.
70 being the passage Of tho emancipation
bin for the District Of Columbia. As to
resolution No 10, the debate on Mr..
Loyejoy's bill to exclude slayory forever
from all places where the United States
= shall have exclusive jurisdiction, proves
very conclusiyoly that the border States
have but little sympathy in Congress. In
decd, if hoyejoy's policy should be adopt
cd, it may well be doubted, if before
another month rolls round the recorded
slavery sentiments of Gov BradfOrIs in