The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1864-02-06
Opening OF the Campaign.

IN TO-DAY " Nt5 Will De Iouhu the
call of the Central Committee, of .ne
Unconditional Union Party, for Primary
meetings. The Convention bill having
passed into law, the peor.e are called
upon to put the seal on ,he act of the
Legislature, the FIST " ednesday in
April next, by formerly declaring IN
favor OF Convention and elcoting dele
gates thereto,
The slavery propagandists having been
driven from ali their ouicr works arc
preparing to make desperate defense
in the citadel, and force from their OPP
ponents the most favorable terms of ca
pitulation possible. The question will
be asked every Unconditional Union
man whether he is an Unconditional
Emancipationists.
Men Of nerve, who have taken up the
glove which slavery threw down, and
have, with good strong arms and brave
hearts, pushed the usurper Of your rights
into corner, are you going to stand and
make terms with the tyrant now? We
trust not. We say no terms with so
willy and uDscrupulous foe, save IN
conditional submission.
We hear it from all quarters that sla-
very is dead in Maryland. The dead
ought to be buried Immediately, before
corruption sets in. The welfare of the
living demands it. But slavery is not
dead while it IS recognized by law, tho
for all useful purposes it has been dead
In the State for many years. 1t is
alive aud active at this hour as much
SO as ever it was, for mischief to the
people aud their interests and viii re-
main that dangerous enemy it has proved
itself to be from tho founda.an of the
government, until unconditional eman-
eipation sweeps every yes:ige Of it from
the SAFE.
But the rights Ct property ought to
be respected, say the pro-sIavcry mon.
Nuisrnces ought to be abated also, and
if individuals have converted nuisance
to the public, into private property, the
justice which awards ;compensation to the
proprietor is, to say the least of it qucs-
,ionablc. What has slavery been, other
than downright nuisance, and positive
injury to the Statc7 In proof Of this
we refer the reader back to statistics
which have l'een published in The l1hig
and all other Union newspapers through
out the country, comparing Maryland
with nou-slaveholdlng States IN poin, of
wealth aud national progress.
1t is argued by the slavery propagan~
dists that immediate emancipation will
bring burthen upon the State in the
support of the aged, inirm and young,
who are unable TO support themselves
tho masters being absolved from tie
resp onsibility Of taking care of these
classes, by the act of emancipation, will
turn them out to be provided for by the
public. If slave has consumed the
golden days Of his life in tho service of
n master heqhas certainly earned enough
to support him in his declining years,
and BY every principle of justice the
nan who has received the profits of the
toll of years, should be compelled by
law to support his aged servant. Will
any deny this is simple justice No
man or woman whose youth and middle
age has been spent in manual labor in
the United States, but kas earned enough
for support in the decline of life. The
master having been the receiver Of all
the slaves earnings, is morally, and
should be legally, bound to support him.
But there can be no just discrimina-
ton made in cmancipating the slaves
To cmancipate one class and retain the
ntbe,s in bondage would create dissatis-
tons among them, which would thwar'
every eRor. to alleviate tlcir condition
by keeping them in slavery little
longer.
sam will tell you he's entitled to i
freedom asswell as Dick, and the mos
profound Sta esn,an cannot refute HI
simple assumption.