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

that competition in Its most powerful and
; only dangerous form the competition Of ne
gro labor held by masters and brought into
competition with white labor for the benefit
of the masters.
What will the competition Of the negroes
freed, divided, ignorant, dependent, with
out capital without political innueacc-bc
III comparison with the competition Of tho
master owning those negroes, forming a mo-
nopoly of nearly all the agricultural labor of
tic southern counties, an olignrchy control
lrg the policy Of the State for the promo
ton of Neir slave interest at .hc expense Of
the free labor Of the State?
1t is to be expected that the power pos
scssed of the government of the State will
not Weld without struggle The evil spir-
it will not come forth without tearing the
victim it has so long possessed. The incar-
nation of dcma9oguism, it will display all
its arts in defence of its power; and they
who wish to assert against it the principles
of republican liberty aud sound political
economy must not be slow to recognize the
Pfoteus in his DISCUSSES.
These views preside over the political DOM
nation whose organization is now tho Com
stitution of the State.
Their principles inspire the sympathy with
the rebellion which disgrace and discredit the
State. defcd il with the blood of the 9th of
April, so nearly plunged us into the gulf
where Virginia now writhcs, and even made
the Legislature elected by the loyal men OF
MARYLAND dumb. Before the rebellion it was
charged to brand and punish, yet prompt to
menace the Government if it eXcrted its un-
doubted prcrogative to remove slavery from
the District. and bold to prolong the power
of the oligarchy by defeating the bill for
constitutional convention
The saveholling interest, if consulted and
left free, would not have rebclled but it was
: imbucd with the principles incu|cated by
their political leaders, and when they acted
: the shareholders had no ground of resistance.
They yielded reluctantly, and then cover
ed their reluctance by zeal, and sought to
strengthen their interests by devotion to a
; course which has been their ruin.
S It was made in their name, against their
Q will. but they accepted the struggle as the
i result of principles common to all.
1t became an idol before which infdcls
!, tremhled, for its friends were powerful and
! prosecuting. That party of traitors sung its
1 praises, preached its principles, administered
its offerings, and pursued with malice and
/ fcrocitv all who refused to bow with them
before its shrine, till every protest sank into
S mental reservation; silence confessed the
: unity of the faith, and prudent skcptics did
c it reverence as they passed, as inlidels in
;, Spain devoutly bow with tho faithful before
t the sanctuary or the cross.
C The minds of men thus subjugatcd, the
J, great party watched the hour when fear and
u hate. and accident should enable them to
Il force the people into revolution.
: These views, long repealed by many, yet
I Il at,l IL, Il I,,,,
n and passport to political Advancement and
Il everything consistent with them s:igmatizcd
e as abolition fanatacsm, gradually sank in
e gior, governed southern politics, rang thro'
the southern press, till finally accepted by
a most, acquiesccd in by ALL
It Our fathers, in the presence of a great
= evil and great anomaly, honestly confessed
!. both, avowed the desire to end both, but
Q confessed their inability to see their way to
: its accomplishment.
S The men of the new light deridc their sem
c sitiveness, impcach their humanity, proclaim
It their Ignorance of morals, politics, ard reli-
gop, and solve the anomaly of slavery amid
n liberty and religion, by denying the human
: ity Of the negro, and invoking the providence
# Of God which enabled him to be a slave and
unfit for anything better.
: The new southern ethnology severed the
: negro from the human race.
t., The new southern morality made the hold
J.. ing negro the highest Of moral duties.
= The new southern religion made the Afri-
: can slave trade a missionary enterprise.
The new southern thcodicy elevated the
: suhiection of the negro to the white into the
y highest manifestation Of divine hencvolcnce
1t The new southern political economy dem
l. onstrated that slave works better than II
y Fl zee man, and boastcl itself the organization
S, of labor which socialists vainly strovc for il!
e Europe.
n The new southern political philosophy al
dcd to Jet1erson's enumeration of inalienablC
o rights that Of the negro to master.
= A new morality, a rev history, a new the
o olugy, new chnology, were invcntcd fo
Il the now empire.
l. A power could not I've permanent whose
foundations were admitted to be temporary
y nor safe whose principles were admitted t.
+, be wrong; nor comfortable when confessed
d to be immoral; nor source of pride whcl
the object of moral opprobrium; nor a sourc,
y of strength when admitted to be n source o
o weakness. With the aspirations for powc
], came therefore these changes, and we Of Ma
d ryland have been brought to turn our back,
, Oh every lrlhclple our loIpidLIlciH pTolcSSeu
il We propose to the people Of Maryland ;
return to the opinions. and practice Of on
Is fathers. Every step removed from their pc
l. sition has led us astray until we have reach
if cd the scene OF confusion distress and desc
It lation in which the nation now is.
= We have watched the course Of the Con
sentative mon who support Mr.. Mafft.
1t They have, at least, the merit of consis
y tency; at the beginning OF the war their &C
Is ton was characterized by timidity, hosita
it ton ard dread of responsibility, when they
Is should have shown iirnpcss, resolution an'
IT courage They talked Of opposition to co
ercion, and proposed to chain Maryland t.
e the chariot Of Virginia, guided by Rcbe
g hands When the Presidents first call fo
!. troops was heard in Maryland timidity pre-
e vented its being echoed by our authorities
e when it would have been responded to by
" the shouts Of Marylands full quota of troops
They saw in General Buffers troops at
II Annapolis enemies and not friends, and for
d babe their landing: and now these same mor
in view of the ruin which awaits the agri.
i cultural interest of large part of our ferri
tory, hesitate to accept nations bounty.
= We believe the men of Maryland arc ca