New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-04-02
THE FUTURE OF MAINLAND.

Prince Georges County, Maryland, Is i'm
mediately contiguous 10 tho Federal Metropc
lis, and has never been under the Rebel flag
But it is a saveholdlug County, having in 1860
IL, 479 slaves TO lO,St5 free persons, aud,
though formerly strong Wing County, 1t gave
breckenridge a majority over both Bell and
Douglass aud in 1861 it gave So Union u
723 Secession yotes-nany Of the SecessiOnists
being absent in the Rebel armies, aud many
others not choosing TO vote. There can be no
doubt that it is essentially dsloyal to-day, as
is indicated by the following paragraph from n
late Rebel organ:
rni.ssSr 10 Gxs Lss-we have .een the beautiful gold
admirers in Prince Georges CounS Maryland They
yefy uealy ouamented and suitably ms nbrd by al the
rule. Of ciya Cen Lee las on his spurs a. tue ni.h,
aud tho ladies aud gebe Of Prines Georges
pacply pronounced aud bvs,oo secotdlnsly Lon
nav he wear them. Richmond sennvL
The Unionists Of Maryland are at length
arousing TO the fact that, with rare exceptions
Treason is rampant wherever Slavery is strong
and that their afiiuity is vital aud indestruci
Bile. There loyal Shareholders In Maryland;
but the champions and devotees of Slavery are
not aid cannot be made loyal; and whoever
seeks and labors TO uphold Slavery in Mary.
land is at heart with jeff. Davis, aud ought to
be with him in person. They are resolving
therefore, to strike Mt tho root of the Rebel
lion, and TO make the coming canvass dis
tinclIy on the issue OF Union and Freedom
against Slavery and Treason. The reason for
this step is well stated in the response by
Judge Blair, POstmaster-G General, TO an inquir-
Ing friend, as follows:
Nv, RICHARD CHixBERi G,eca.bo,oHgh. Cdniias Comfy
Nd:
DrAH SIR: have your. the 2sd instant asking whether
1t would bs better for no. to make the question OF
Emao cipstion in approaching election.
H. Is you assume It was Ia power to make not to
make tho question might be profitable to debate with
seyes whether we would would make st. But when ia
poict OF fact IL is for say whether tho question shall
OF ha be made II TO be idle to discuss the
policy mslng The question upon aud all that
do ia TO say on which side shall range ourselves 10 be
debang whether 1. better for 90 have it. 10 like
DEBATING whether tbs rain that Is falling is needed.
know indeed that many Of our friends 90 afraid
the Slavery question or rather terrified at the sece.
ZION howl OF Aboionts" that they persuade themselves
hat they can dodge the ISSUE and join ia the howl
without helping the secss,onist, but the dench
ng the land In blood which due to this ldy should at
east teach that to before traitors aud adopt their
lang is inconsistent alike with patriotism and seespsc.
No ono d,ubt that II the OF the South who dir
ent from MI Cahouns monstrous doctrines bad stood up
,oldy against them should have exiting them with
nut violence But, instead Of making against
no nui6.r they Joined IN his wscry against tho North,
which utterly drowned the feeble notes they attempted to
lttes for " the Union"
Such have BEEN tho disastrous rssal of attempting TO
lodge the Slavery question which Mr. Calhoun, end
y h psss,a lss.s sass pabhs forged "a the s9uDtry.