The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-04-25


Every Tennessean should read the
following article carefully, inasmuch as
the ideas and facts stated therein will
apply with as much force to Tennessee
as to Maryland:
From the Cumberland civilian
The Coming Campaign in Mary
rt land
Several questions of Heighty import are
destined to enter into the political cam
paign that will come off during the en-
suing fall.
The FIRST in Importance is that of a
convention TO remodel the Constitution,
and to give us a more thorough form Of
republican government. The last State
Convention effected much that was de-
sired and imperatively demanded by the
people, but il failed 10 go far enough to
meet the demands Of liberal and enlight-
ened statesmanship. We are still suffer-
ing from, and laboring under, to a great
extent, the effects and rotten system Of
permitting the few Shareholders in the
State to rule the numerous hard working
yeomanry of the Commonwealth. The
small slaveholding counties still hold the
reins of Government and dictate thepol-
icy of the State, while such large con-
siituences as those of Baltimore city,
Frederick, Washington and Alleghany
counties, have no more influence in the
Senate Of the State than such small and
feeble counties as st. Marys and Charles.
1t becomes the people of Allegheny and
other large counties, containing as they
do the wealth of the State, that they
should demand a representation equal to
their population and their wealth,
We are at loss to know on. what
principle Of republican government the
counties which have but small voting
population can claim TO have equal
influence in the halls of legislation with
counties which count their citizens by
tens of thousands, Surely the simple
fact Of their possessing given descrip-
ton of property does not entitle them tc
claims above those who possess another
description of property equal il not su-
perior in value TO theirs. Legislative
power should be In accordance with pop
ulation, and not the possession of slave
property. This we claiEi TO be in accord.
ance with republican principles. On,
subject, then, of interest in the coming
fall campaign will be the calling Of 1
Convention so to remodel the State Con
stitution as 10 allow Allegheny and th,
other large counties their just representa-.
tion in the Legislature of the State.t
Another subject of interest will be thai
of emancipation, Since the diabolica
effort Of Southern autocrats 10 overthrow
the Government, slavery ia Maryland
has been on the rapid decline hundreds
Of slaves have made their escape, and
those that remain with their owner,
have become so demoralized as TO be al,
most worthless. That slavery can ever
be made of permanent interest to slave
holders in this State under any cireum
stances, 10 out of the question. Il has
met its doom in Maryland. The only
question then is, and il is of more i'm.
portance to the slaveholding interest thar
any other, what is TO be done in the pre-.
misses? 1t is urged thai Maryland, un-
der the Presidents suggestion of com
pensation, shall manumit her slaves.
BY adopting a system Of manumissioI
with compensation, the slaveholdinl
portion Of our citizens will receive al
indemnifcation much larger than thei
slave property will now comman'
in the open market, and more than !
will ever be worth at any subsequen
period, while the State will berid Of al
Institution which has ever set upon he
like terrible incubus, paralyz yzing he
efforts, and retarding her progress In he
material interests in that portion Of tn
State where the slaves are most numsr
Gus, and enquiries are being instituted
in reference to its introduction in th
fall campaign.