The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-03-26
; rmancIpation IN Maryland.

a3t The Cecil (Md) Wig, publishes that
portion Of the speech of ex-Mayor
SWAMI, recently delivered before the
Union League st Philadelphia, relating
10 Emancipation in MArylan d. The
Wing, after making an extract from Mr.
SwANN's remarks, in which he expresses
she fears that the establishment within
the limits Of the State Of Maryland, OF
10000 freedmen Of the negro race.
brought in contact with the existing free
swhite labor of the State, must lead to
consequences Of the mos serious charac-
ter, thusvery ably answers tho objection
ofthe speaker: q CAV - '-
J aHHow in the name Of common sense
will bla k labor be brought in COMPETE
tion with white labor by emancipation
or what will IL have 10 do in placing the
two races upon an equality There are
at present 81 600 slaves and SO 600 free
negroes in the state; willthere be more
than that number Of negroes il the slaves
were all emancipated morrow? There
are 10000 black men in Maryland, and
whether they SIRE all slaves, or all free,
or part slaves and part free, the num-
Der viii Be the same, and the black pop
ulation of the State can no more be
brought in direct contact or competition
with its existing free white labor than il
now is, In fact not so much; for cow
more than one half of it is backed and
sustained BY capital, while in the other
case II will have nothing whatever 10 sus-
tain any portion Of it. twill then be
white labor against black labor; and in
such a contact every body knows which
will 20 TO the wall. But do we at pres
ent, with $1,000 free blacks among us, see
ANY evidences OF this much dreaded COM
petition and disastrous conflict that We
have heard SO much prating about2 If
moi. why dread ID from 10000 free
blacks? If The additional $1,000 were
10 be intr pdueed into the State by reason
of emancipation, there might be some
basis for such fears. But as every black
man is now here that will be here such
talk strikes us as being most unmilgated
alt IL, however, not quite so stupid
As the whine of the Copperheads, which
Mr.. swarm fooiishiy re- echoes, about the
two races existing together on terms Of
equality. DO the whites of Maryland
and her $4,000 fee blacks no,0 eO.exist
together on terms Of equality ?" Or
would thoy DO so il the number of free
blncks was increased TO 10000? Will
Inanumitting, or emancipaiing, or setting
free Ia any manner you choose, the 81,
600 slaves in Maryland elevate hem as
well as the $1,000 already free, TO an
sqaliiy with the whites or will il re-
duee the whileS 10 an equality with them?
The slave owners OF Maryland are the
only men that have ever attempted
10 place the two races on terms of equali-
ty in the State and they haze succeeded ia
making them politically equal By making 0ie
entire population g Ito state he basis Of ne
prSsentati0n.
:" SO far as the question of compensated
emancipation is concerned we don't care
the toss ofsa copper whether il ia act ept-
or rejected by the people Of Maryland,
II is matter Of but little consequences
Slavery is already doomed, and its down.
fallWil be neither retarded or advanced
by our compensating, or refusing TO COM
pensate those who hold slaves Whether
or not emancipation must be followed by
colonization will be easily decided at the
proper time. Sufficient unto the day is
the evil thereof aud when the ricketty
institution tumbles over, wo will soon
disDose of the rubbish