Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-10-05

! he one tpesaerl did not vote In Congress FAR
| ccnscr1pt'on, confiecation or CHARACTERIZATION. mt
| fof because he thought these mrssurr. = i,ssor
| sufu,ionah The idea that sla very m nat n. Ser.
| petuei, or that millions Of human beings shssui3
| have 70 hope or refuge but In the grave, WA
| one sbhofsht to him; and he held that In the
hseaiion act and other measures the rehels
| got nothing more than heir dne. TApplause. i
The rebsis in the outbreak of the rebeilion
| teix.d our forh6catione, mints, public lands.
| 'elerrspn hnes, ana confscsied three hundred
| millions Of debt due at the South to northern
| devil with 6res
He had always held that slavery was an evil
| Id MaTs land. and 10 be got rid Of when pos
sihle; Tntra had been much said about a con-
V-htftn In Maryland upon the emancipation
'qui stIon, and one sentieman-Mr. Mant-had
sIied AGAINST agitatips the slaye question Il
was aside 9 qus stion" he said: Notso. twas
q que sticn right in front, and 1t was cowardice
no, to Ineetit tGreat appiauseJ
ne old not use this term in a personal but .
polite al seneP. -
There was nothing pocuI,ar ab.,ut ala ve nroY,
eriy that entities it 10 exemption from discus.
sfoD. Other species OF property CHARGED with
having a demoralixing effect had heretofore
neen roughly handled in debate. There was
w. e'ter controversy upon the United States
Bank, with lis veto by Andrew jackson We
All meer the vl.npers.ion BY the South
ests. and though many hard names were called.
boz wsrs n1Ssen Was party ,S 2
WISHED to SEE the people OF Maryland stand
united on this question. Marylan has no other
position except under the glorious Stars and
Stripes loud applause. Slavery could not
claim now 10 be "iet alone'' on the ground OF
being local in sttution, rs the moment it def1ed
The Government II became a national institu-
ton. He II usted that ii would be the unanimous
feeling ct the State TO have convention. The
question OF slavery In Maryland was, however,
in his opinion dead one, and the law akers
Of M aTyland ought now TO step yer this dead
carcase and come 10 live issues; see what dis
position shall be made of fugitive slaves; and
adapt our household to the new condition OF
things. (Applause.]
A miiiion of slaves were fugitives, and q
million more would soon be so. He had en-
quired OF the Register of the Treasur, what it
cost President Frank Pierce to arrest the fugi-
tive Burns in Boston, and was told that the
sum was S27,730! If in 1854 it cost that sum
10 arrest one fugitive, they could estimate
what would be the probability and the cost Of
reclaimiIg one or two millions Of fugitiyes in
the pr, sent exasperated state of feeling. And
The TACT that slavery had suffered by the war
should not be advanced TO the prejudice OF
President Lincoln Henry Clay or Andrew
Jackson could not have administered the gov
ernmt mt during this war so as not TO abolish
slavery.
SO Tar from the abolition Of slavery being an
evil, it would be a blessing to the State of
!, Maryland 1twas slavery that made land OF
The same quality in Maryland worth so an
acre i. ss IN that State then it was Just ACROSS
II line in PeInsyly ylyania, where man earns his
br al by the weat OF his brow. [Applause.l
Tie nsment Maryland is rid OF slavery her
lands throughout the State will be worth SO
more per acre than they are now.
The speaker proceeded at some length to
point out the Immense sources of wealth NJ Try
land has in her coal mines, and which, If de-
Selope d under the quickening agencies of free
labor, would soon amount TO more than the
value of the entire superficial surface of the
State, with Sambo and all his posterity thrown
into the same side OF the scale TAppiause
LEder such auspices Washington city might
be expected 10 grow up 10 population of
$1,000 souls.
Mr. Thomas concluded by pointing out the
tendencies of the revolutionary disinteg grafton
introduce d by secession, and which must end
our having an affinity of petty separate
EoyernmtL Its such Continental Europe
atounds in, and OF size that one of Gillmore's
guns could easily fire across and he painted in
al imaled colors the undesirao ole position Mary.
land would occupy as such petty dukedom,
with the necessity OF maintaining standing
army, and all the expensive machinery of a
government.
sFREcH OF COL. JOHN C. HOLLAND.
Col. JOHN T.. HOLLAND candidate for Con-
freEs) next addressed the meeting. He said hs
could not appreciate the political cas- ustry tha.
VIII support a Government but not the Ad.
mjnis1ration. 1t was our duty to ignore tn
questions OF the past, and come now TO tn
Great living question, shall slavery 60 unde
ID al the Government may live, or the Union b
b, oxen up and slavery sustained. He avow wed
himself ae fully for the Union when the tw
come into collision. There was more than tn
interest OF slavery TO be subeerved. Slavery
In Maryland was doomed institution, stalk
iI shout az yeritable ghost as the spectral
Illusions now being represented at the places
plauFs} ...
The question now for the slareholder to de-
eide was whether they would take smanciss-
tion with compensation or without.
II he was elected toCongress, he was Willing
to vots compensation tor losses In the way OF
FENCES real estate, darkies or jackasses, aagh-
teri but he would certainly vote the East man
ard the last dollar for The Suppression OF this
rebellion, started In the intsrest Of negro prop
erty. tApplapse,] He was not willing that
the interest, Of the slave owner, the iackxss
way Of the psrpetuity Of the Union.
:. ar: Holland prscsedsd at considerable length
and In vigorous language to deal with the
tsrsst in the preservation OF the Union, and
upon the local bearings Of the question In
Naryland. :s.,5