New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-10-30
THE EMANCIPATION uOVEuENT
IN NARNlAND.

Nom. a the Border Slave STATE. j. making 10
visible AN advance in NJ Anii-s.asery direction
a. MARYLAND Missouri has q more radical
Emancipation party. aud Wet Virginia Is
ahead in her Legislation for ia. Abolition OF
Slavery; but the actual transition from Pro-
slavery to An,i-3laycry sentiments il just now
no whcre 40 apparent as in Maryland
In I-5l, only one among the SIX Union candi-
dates for Congress, Henry Winter Davis, made
afrank and open profession Of Anti Slavery prin-
cipl.s, and he was defeated by the Seccssionist
May by NOR. than 1000 votes. All the other
Union candidates were supposed 10 run on a
Pro-slaycry Union platform. They were all
successful. though ia two districts they beat
The candidates Of the Peace party by only
tnAing majorrrs. In Congress, none Of the
fiye Union members of Maryland, Crisheld,
Thomas, Calvert. Leay and Webster. voted
uniformly with the Union majority, and the
advocate of the Conhsca'ion AM Eunncipa.
tiun policy OF tie President generally found them
In the ranks of 'he rro-Slavcrv opposition.
The war has cducaied the people. WHAT they
uow-ihat slavery i- the cause of the Rebellion
and cursc To- Maryland. Gradually, though
-lowIy. ihcnucl"us OF party has been gathered,
determined to plant Themselves. Al tie State
election this Fall. upon the platform Of An I'M
conditional support of the policy of the Gov
rri mrni. expressly including the tonh.calion
and Emancipation acts. and Tor ia, con vocation
of "A state Convention for the special purpose OF
4holshing slavery IL the state. ~ the time OF
the election drew nearer it was determined Ia
mn nfiI Stale t.olei oi The Unconditional mon
and Emancipation party IL four out Of the five
Congressional Districts which the census of l-60
assigns 70 Mary land the regular Union Nomi-
mating Convention selected candidates who took
the pledge demanded by the Emancipation
party. In the yth District, NJ. Crsheld, who
had been ronominated, refused 10 take the
pledge, when another outspokcn Emancipation
list, Col. Creswcl, was nominated by the Eman-
cipatonists in opposition to HIM The regula'
Pro-Slaycry Union party had renominated ior
State Controller Mr. Matlit, VINO likewise ro-
fused to declare himself openly OIL the EmanoA
patton question. He, too, WAS therefore dropped,
and Gen. Ii. II. Gol,lsboro, Que of the nOblesl
and shameless, Emsncipa the State, rul
in his place.
The Slavery question, in the mean while, was
receiving practical solution. The ahle-bolied
negroes either ran away or enlisted III ia,
United States army. The sight Of well-ilsci
plincd, wcl-bchayed negro troops Dispersed
many prejudice; the consideration tina, every
enlisted Negro saved one white man fr,m III,
draft made the enlistment Of the negroes. an,
consequently the emancipation of the slaves
popular with the masses of the people; Tn,
pledge Of the Government To pay t. the low,
Shareholders for every negro S3Un, ~ soon ~
state Convention of Maryland Aial pass N
Ordinance of Emancipation, converted even
many shareholders into Emancipa ilonists. Thu
il has come to pass uiet even II large portion .
The regular Union party which support men lS
Crisficld and Calvers for Con ,rcss. have mite,
with the Emancip''ions's r.pon joint tigkct q
Emancipation candidates for the State Scnat
and the Assembly.
When the time Tor canvnssing the State AZ
rived, mos, Of the pduental men Of tho Stat
had publicly come oot in favor of calling Cor
veptioa and abo'ishing Slavery in the State