The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-03-11
Matters t.e K1r7,ya.J

The Unconditional Union State Convan
ton OF Maryland met in Baltimore on ,b.
22d uit The result Of its deliberations +.
thus stated iii the Baltimore american:
Ii the pro-siavery men of MARYLAND naeded
! another evidence Of The rapidly cuIminafino
| sentiment Of the Stat, on tue suniect ~
universal emancipation we think It was for
| nished Dy the Unconditional Union State
convention which assembled in this city on
| the a3d inst. There wa no mistakinG the
voice of the people as ,nunciatsd by tha,
body. Rejecting all the uiyocatio1s ana
phrases OF double meaning which usually
characterize the resoiut1ns or nolit;coI
bodies soliciting public slpoors. tbe Gov
yention marched boldly N 10 the uo,k ha
| fore it and declared for IMMEDIATE and mi
varssl emancipation, and, ia,o far as MAJ,
lauo is concerned, against Site camDensS
ton.
The unanimi:y with which he resolutions
enalciating these views W ere ;,ap.e,, shows
| ccnclusiyeiy that the people ofMarrIan3 ara
determined not only to be rid rsiaysrv- but
that In the discussion Of the merits OF The
| institution they have passed beLnd the mere
question OF benefits aad adopte the ethical
view of the question. Therekas a time
! when they were willing to regaV slaves as
property, but that time has passcl So raniJ
has been the devel ,pment Of pbiic senti.
| ment upon this subject that tlunasses of
the people seem to be alive oniyo tina fact
| that the principle is DfoAy-thathev bava
really no right to delay the remoVi Of that
wrong beyond the time necessaryF, c,otha
! the measures for its removal with Aa ssnc-
| ton Of legal forms.
Upon the question OF compankion n
member OF the Convention, from Whinc~
| on county, took OCCASION to express Ia dis.
| appro 9al of the people of his couutyf ths
| course OF their Senator, who had offell re-
| solutions making emancipation depSiant
on compensation.
In the Maryland Senate, on the 2sLba
following scene occurred
! Mr.. Bayless offered the following:
Whsrsas, Many of the legal voters of \.
State are on the tented field, in the armyf
| the United States, beyond the limits of Ii
| State, and by the Constitution and laws \
the State are not entitled to enjoy the eleS
tive franchise, unless they vote in the p,a
of their residence; therefore,
| Be IL rssoIsed BY The Gsnsra, dsse,.Jly of Ia
rylana, That the Secretary of War be, an
Is hereby respectfully requested, as far a
may be compatible with Shs public Interest
to grant to the soldiers of this State ali th
facilities In his power TO enable them to re
turn to their respective places OF voting, an
vote At ell elections to be held in this Stat,
Mr.. Briscoe spoke In oppodtion 70 the rsso
lu.ions three or four times, saying that is wa
q bad policy to invite soldiers from ths isl
to vote; ~ in the Wess, according 70 the rs
ports Of officers, 1t had resulted dissstrous1,
to the army on Que or Two occasions. He di
not think good Union nan could support suo
Q measure. We had had enough military i,
tsrfersnce in the eleclions Of this State Dr.
ring bis rem arks he eaid he was a good
Union man Is sny ono who occupied = ssat o
the door Of the Senate.
Daring tbs dsbate a warm controversy O.
sued between Mssars Fiery and Briscos. |
which Che latter WAS denounced as ''tra;.c
in heart and in acaion" Mr.. Eisry said b
could prove him to be 50 from his record
was only owing to the cisMsacy Of ths Gel
erxl Governments that he was not now expi
ting his crimes in Fort f4sf.ye e.te, where tn
cabal Of traitors whicA.6ad mel ia Rzedsr:a
In l06l-Tsakls Wsllis. Psrkin Scott, and OF
srs--hsd been confined When the Uaion
rsstorsd, his rsco.d wouid prove damnin,
aud his condemnation bs written In istaers
irs, and his children would blash for ths .
tiOns Of thelr father.
Mr.. Brisooe said be did not desire any aes
m0nlous discussion on this or any other sl
jeet Toe Senator from Washington ha
!. stated that hs had 20 right to discuss the n