Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1863-09-24

III inc NOTln &c, ZUD Wnltc persons nave
Senator; in the South 9,305 white persons
have Senator.
II We conine our comparison to the rural
districts, 1881 whites in the South, and 6, 704
whites in the North elect Il Delegate; and
0,3O5 in the South elect q Senator, which in
the North requires 230l7.
The ethnography Of the State throws light
on the mystery of the patience of the North
and the domination of the South.
There are. slaves in Maryland. and they
are not distributed equally over the State,
and power follows them as the shadow the
substance.
Maryland is slave State, but it is also q
free State.
There are in Maryland 7,ls9 slaves. or
these, ~, 9l2 are held in the counties south
of the two .ifers, and only 14,277 north of
the same.
Five sixths Of all the slaves live in the
counties having but one fourth of the white
,5opulation. One sixth Of the slaves are
sparsely scattered among the other three
burths Of the white people. In the south
orn region there are So to every 100 whites );
in tina northern region there are rs slaves
10 every 1c0 whites.
The north Of Maryland is free Maryland !;
south of Maryland is slave Maryland.
1t has been careful! not to allow the law
gver to pass from between its feet. So care
full has it been that, on the prescribed basis
OF any conslt"ton"' nSen''G', nv "s?o
IA tic vote, for II Senators and 81 Delegates
are equal 10 senators a,iu ~ ,o.G5a'on .
nc uo'G,lo. 10 l.d.'''L Doo ,no rran,
iofmeu t'ic CONSTITUTION " W '''''''' ''''
three districts N S,'eceSS'9n' u.r.;,,,,,.o
ne power wl'cii se;],u VI. a"u ,or
conttlVoa ny 'i"' o''s,o'' " "co u "n
~ diSProPoiu'n''o s'i"'e VI '''' 'NV'''"''
power.
IL constituted t'le aS'ern ohotc III soul u,
OF Inc oassa!ras river; o"C one COUNTY, o'lo 81
the thrce oiS'fictS' 'nou5n IL I1l'a,n' o,''y
9l,o94 Wh'te ihhaoitan's W,I..o .nc o'n''
elaVeho'u'"S pcn'''s.," " o?o'o T ni,.;r,
haWtants shares WIN inc Guy Vi bal''',i"l'
ana It's loi''Zo waile lhnao'''n.s " w a.,
third OF inc executive po"e! anu az 90 t"'
residue OF the Tree counties WIN tAeir %ol''
l23 constitutes the other district.
The power thus eh'hrohou ~ tl'o icS'S "a
ture OF the state mas perverted INC "HoIe ~: -,
gisation OF the State to its perpetuasIGon, It's
exemption from equal burthens, ITS lniilence
in the Na'iona, Government 1-.;,,c.,to
1t has seized on one OF thc lnitta oia.cS
Eastern Shore-ali but one OF the counties
south of the Sassafras intensely s!avchoidInt
containing only 81 1874 white inhabitants
less than one fifth OF the people OF the otate
and already endowed with one th'fo u '"'
Governors.
1t has been careful to secure the iounda
tons OF its power by declaring, IN the Con
stitution, that the Legislature shall not pas
any law abolishing the relation OF master an
slave as 1t now exists IN THIS state.
That same Constitution directed the Legis
ature to take the sense OF the people on
constitutional convention at It's late session
But that would give the people an opportu
nifty to strip the ollgarchy oil power, ah'
they might see fit to do IT..
Before such contingency all constitution
al duty was silent.
The forms OF obedience were observed
but accident was ready to avert danger.
bill wHF ror0r'o', asaad TIE J.
Delegates rE "s pto~tcd'A5 10 .se 81. Try
carefully pos,F0nel y. ne !aS' n'5.. .' 40
.'or "s-l u N's n inc posse. % We s.
nl-s
Ono OF the oliGarchy, from q count
where the slave exceeds the white poPuia
tion, zealously moved amendments ana call
ed the ayes and nays, I'LL the resident pen
diuS tho "opu"i WV "''
pronounced the senate auJourheu.
This was on the loth OF March; tue res
idents emancipation message haa reaches
Annapolis on the 9TH, and that was la'ai
the bill.
The Legislature OF 1909, Whoiiy III us III
terest by laws, FORBADE emancipation Oh save
by their masters contrary 10 inc uihe-hono'
ed policy OF the State.
The same Legislature, at the oidd'hS Oh IN
lowest instincts OF the same interest uls
graced even ltseli ny law a'io"ihS 'rec -, nc
groes to be reduced to bondage at inc Will
the people IN certain couht'cs. =,
Nor has TINS power oeeh Ut "'i "oo'c I'll
most sordid ABUSES
1t has exempted the slave interest 'r"n
equal taxation ana thrown on 'he 'an,' IN
the Tree LABOR OF the otate INC ou''hch
supplying the deficiency.
Other properly Is assessed oy sworn VI
ilccrs, at It's value; TINS interest Is va'uco
law, ACCORDING 10 tho - an" seN ",'n' Il
slave is valued ABOVE 9foo' 'nousn :. ue! nH
the rebellion ne woulu nave SOFA 'o' . ~
or 81 400; anu then inc ralc Is So coh''Nt
that the average valuation OF inc ,s saves