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Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-12-01
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Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-12-01
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Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-12-01
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Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-12-01

Even whore he has sdsd them into eternity ~ II
the honest debtor satisfies his eOnhding creditor when
fate seemed lOaat prSpItiOus. In moral and worldly
sense t s one eat weapon by ~siah TO roo death Of
his sting
Lat any husband, fsther, son, ask kmsef "lf was
to 11e tonight, would those who are dear to me
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-12-01
SUPPORT THE WIFE OF HIS BOSOM


ltis the hand Of tho Provdent father, rsashng
forth from the grave, aud still nourishing his offspring,
and keeping together she hmry. BY 1t, the faithful
sou
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1864-03-26
Diic0.

EWlNG.-At her residence, near Row
landsville, in this county, ISABELLA p.
EWING, on Saturday morning, the l9th
inst, after a short illness, in the G4th
year of her age.
ENANS.-At her residence, near Harris.
vile, in this county, MARGARET EVANS,
on Monday the 2lst inst, aged about "A
years.
The former taught our infant lips to say
Mother the latter was that mothers dear.
est friend and elder companion Of her girl
hood days. Both were members of the
West Nottingham Presbyterian church from
youth. Having fought the good fight, fin.
lshed their course, and kept the filth, that
Providence who ruetb the dcstinIes of man.
and who had guided their steps through life.
tracing their paths so near to each other,
led them at last through the cold, damp
valley of death almost together, up to the
peary gates of Peace and Home
MANLEY.- Friday afternoon, the 18th
inst, at his residence. near Einton, Gait.
NICHOLAS MANLEY, in the Gyth year of
age.
BUCLDEN On Tuesday morning ODD
inst, MARGARET BouLDEN. at her resi-
dence near Eikton, wife of Jesse Bou.
den, III the - year of her age
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1864-03-26
State Bounty.

The County Commissioners have received
from Gov. Bradford list of four colored
volunteers from Cecil county mustered into
Co. c., 3oth U. S. Colored Troops, with au-
thority to draw on the Treasury of the State
for the State Bounty.
We learn that as fast as the Governor re-
ceives properly authenticated rolls of enlisted
men he will toward authority to draw for the
Bounty due, with copies Of said rolls. 1t is
important, therefore, that the officers of re-
enlisted or newly enlisted men should see
that such lists are properly furnished the
Governor, as until furnished no Bounties can
be paid to the men.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1864-03-26

THE DARN To BE TAKEN BY JuRoRs.-The
following is the Act recently passed by the
General Assembly Of Maryland, adding ,theI
following sections to Article 40 of Public
General Laws, requiring Jurors to take the
oath of allegiance:
SECTION /. BE it enacted by the General
assembly of Maryland MS follows; All
Grand Jurors shall before being empanelled
on the Grand Jury, and all Petit Jurors
shall before being cmpanneled on any Jury,
take the following oath Of allegiance, to be
administered in open court as other oaths
are administered:
II do swear Tor AFFIRM that will bear
true allegiance to the United States and
support the Constitution and laws thereof,
any law or ordinance of any State to the
contrary, notwithstanding, and that ] will
duly execute all laws of the State of Mary
land, Furnishing treason, or other ofenses
against the State of Maryland or against
the United States, and swear this without
any mental reservation or qualification, SO
help me- God"
SEcrlox 2. That said oath shall be ad.
ministered to the Jurors at each term OF the
Court or at the commencement OF the tern,
| of service Of any Juror. Only once to each
Juror during such term Of service, and no
person shall serve on any Jury without hav'
nag 50 taken sxid oath.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1864-03-26

A SHORT CATEcusM-We submit the
following rs proper series oflu's ions 10 De
answered under oath 10y the caudidntes tor
the Convention, some oi'thtm being adapted
to slt cial cases; and commend them Ia the
consideration of the Military Comm anGci
Of this Department:
Are you a supporter of the United
States Government in its efforts to suppress
the Rebellion? :"
Do you believe the Rebellion justlfia hlc.
Have you ever voted, in the Leg stature
or elsew here. or would you now vote for Il
recognition ofthe Southern CuuicIeracy:
Have your sympathies heen with the
Union, or Rebellion: in this struggle!
Do you think jefferson Davis Il traitor,
and il caught, deserving OF a traitor $ doom.
Have You ever been confined III Fort
McIIenry, Fort Warren, or Fort Lafayette,
ana if so why!
Have you voted at any election IN this
Stale since the last Gubernatoral election:
Do you propose to vote at the next Pres
idenlal election?
Are you anxious for the re. establishment
of the power of the United States Govern.
ment over every portion of tie territory
known as the United States of America
in the Fall of 1860!
lfelected to the Constitutional Convention
will you vote for ma Ordinance of Secession.
american.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1864-03-26

The Unconditional Union, men o. Hartford
county held IL county convention at Bilat
on the 18th inst andnomina:cd the following
gentlemen as Delegates to the Convention
to form new Constitution for the State o.
Maryland John A. Hopper, william
Galloway. George NJ. Mccomas, Thomas
Russell.
The following resolutions were passed by
the Convention with only one dssenlngv ic,
There is no Secession ticket in the field ia
Hartford county, and the soft Sims those
secession wolves in sleeps clothing gre
crowded off the track.
Resolred That the war which has beer
forced upon the country by the disunionists
of the South must be prosecuted until the
rebels in arms are subdued, and obedience
to the Constitution aud Laws enforced in
every part of the Union.
Resoircd That the policy Of Mr.. Lilcoln,
in his administration OF the Government,
has been dictated by patriotism, and a
desire to preserve the rights o. all citizens
of the Republic; that it has been wise and
humane and meets with our hearty endorse.
ment.
ReSolred That as the institution Of African
Slavery is the source from which the present
deplorable strife has sprung. we desire for
the sake of future pertinent peace and
harmony to see this ''bone of contention
entirely removed, and to this end VIC favor
all legal and constitutional measures for its
entire destruction.
Resolred, That the material interests of
Maryland as well us the duty of her loyal
citizens to use all lawful measures to and in
>uppressing the rebellion, demand that a
Constitutional Convention shall be held. to
provide for the immediate and unconditional
Emancipation of all slaves within her Limits.
the same to be done without State compen.
sation.
Resolred, That after Emancipation shall
thus be accomplished, We claim from the
General Government futilment in good
faith of its pledge made by both Honscs of
the 3Ith Congress, in the recommendation
of the President to give pecuniary aid to
any State that would inaugurate Il system
of Emancipation.
ReSolred, That the resolution passed at
the late State Convention, endorsing the
Radicals Of Missouri, Louisiana and other
States. known as they are to favor the
revolutionary doctrine Of Senator Sumner
that the States in which the rebellion eXisis.
are no longer States in the Cuion, but are
mere lerTllo'leS, kho"ii rs thtV are 10 ie
opposed to the proclamation of ANN ,Sty by
the President OF the L. S.. aud hostile to
his reelection. We unquaiiedy condemn,
aud we declare the same do not represrn,
the views OF the Union men af Hartford
county.
Resolred, That VIC cordially invite ali
Loyal men to unite with us in efforts t.
make Maryland free State, 10 make the
United States II free Rrpuolic, and at III,
same time to preserve that form uf govern.
mcnt winch secures to cacn state all liz
rights. within its proper sphere. and delrr.
niue the Onion to De 20 Ac anl inaeparbIe,
now and torever.'
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1864-03-26
Free and Slave MARYLAND

:, ne principal arguments adduced by the
Maryland Abolitionists, who favor a State
convention chiefly for the purpose of lber.
atlng the slaves, are, that if MARYLAND were
tree State, the price of land would be en-.
HANGED and population would be increased
thereby"
The above quotation we take from an ar.
ticle In The Democrat, of last week, at.
tempting to deny that the superior wealth
and prosperity of Massachusetts as compared
with those of Maryland, are attributable
mainly to the slavery system of the latter
State. We are told that ssnaked assertion
proves nothing and those who tell US such
things adduce no arguments and bring for.
ward no Facts to prove what they say"
We will not go from home to prove the
o'ssrtion; and if conviction followed such
proofs there would be no partizans of slave
ry in Maryland at the present day. We will
prove by Maryland statistics that if she ''were
a free State the price Of land would be en-.
HANGED and population would be increased
thereby"
Its slavery influence on the wealth and
prosperity of the State is shown by the differ
ence between the free and slave counties :;
the former north of the Sassafras and Pa.
tapsco, the later south of those rivers.
The free counties contained, in 1850, $50.
l47 cultivated acres, while the slave counties
had l,747, 1923 but the free lands were val
ued at SAT ,S5l,6l while the slave lands
were worth only $4l,779,616.
The farms in the slave counties average
l4S acres each, worth SO, 1873 the free farms,
averaging only 101 acres each, were vet
worth $4,935.
The free land was worth $4s, the slave
land S23, per acre.
Thus is'the relation of the Slav States to
the Free States wonderfully brought home to
our very doors, and made manifest within
he narrow limits of our own State,
The contrast is the more striking when we
remember that the slave counties are the
old, the free counties the new
The contrast is made still more remarko.
ole by comparing the assessed value of tax.
able property in the free and the slave parts
of the St.te. i'''''
The assessed property was, at the last as
sessment, by the Comptroller's report of
1902 IN the tree part of the State S2iO, 729,-
20 TO- IN ire slave part of the State only
soo,o9S 1903. The free counties alono are
assessed at Ss4 ,927,YS5!"
Now we ask if this is not adducing argu.
ment and bringing forward facts which are
strong as proofs Of Holy writ, that slavery is
the great enemy to the prosperity of Mary.
land? Gainsay it who can.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1864-03-26

The EMANCIPATION QrEsTIoN.-Cnder
this caption will be found on our first page
this week. an address by members of the
Legislature to the people Of Maryland, to
which we invite the attention of every read.
er of The Wing. The address is a manly,
out spoken document, exhorting the people
to action, and declares in favor of thorough
Emancipation, untrammcled by State Com
pensation.
ave are in favor Of Emancipation, imme.
date. final, unconditional, unfettered by ne
gro serldom, unaccompanicd by any oppres-
sive burdens on "a people, whose dearest in
| terests have been sacrificed, whose blood has
been shed, whose fields hav been laid waste
in a wa, selfshly waged by armed traitors IN
the interest and on behalf of Slavery"
| The following is truisn which the slave
mongers cannot deny;
"They (the Conditional and latter day p
mancipat;onists) yield merely to necessity
which they cannot coptrol. II, when the
Convention meets, Slavery is evidently dead
they will make the best bargain for the sale
of the corpse. If circumstances shoulo
change, If the favorite institution can still bt
saved, they will try to save it.
1t Is your duty, fellow citizens, to s"e II
il, TIA. none such get into the Contention
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1864-03-26
The secesh rizzle ut North East.

The secesh OF this county have opened the
campaign quite briskly, by incorporating q
series of meetings. The first of these meet.
ings was held at North East, on Wednesday
evening last, and the orator of the even.
ing" was the artistic Albert Constable. ESQ.
His audience was not large crowd BY any
means,-36 being the number, and of that
number, but sixteen wer. of the " faithful :"
the remainder Gentiles.
His statistics were novel. The following
Is brief summary of them, as far as they
refer to Maryland, handed to US by reportr.
er: Mr.. Constable asserted that the slave
property in Maryland was assessed at ssO,.
100000, and that the tax payers would have
it to pay for when the Democratic party got
into power. We have no doubt that the
people will consider this as one of the best
Of reasons for keeping them out of s.power,'>
Where the gentleman gets his AUTHORITY for
making such statements we are at q lose N
know. The maximum taxation allowed nv
law for slave property in the STATE is $500 a
head for men and $500 for women. Now,
assuming that one-half .. e men and the other
women, the maximum assessment would he
$3.50, which, mulr:. piled by the whole num-
Der OF slayes that were in the State before
the war. ,000-will make but little more
than Tat amount. The facts of the matter
are, that the average assessment of slaves
throughout the State is but S15S per head,
which, multiplied by the whole number of
slaves before the war had depleted them,
will make but little more than thirteen and
half millions of dollars.
Having shown what a bad cipherer Mr..
Constable's school master has been, we will
turn to the rant part of his speech, which is
even worse balderdash than the other.
The schemes of the Abolitionists 4" in
Maryland he contended, are to elevate
the negro to the level of the white
man, socially, politically, and coanubiaHy.
to keep the present party in power, not oal,
by the suffrage of the negroes Of this State
but Of those who would escape from Vir.
ginia. In fine, the negro was to elbow til,
white man away from the polls, sit in judg
ment over him in courts of justice, and marry
his daughters by force if necessary.
While on the rampage, the speaker as.
surred his audience that bill had passed
the House of Delegates, at the last session
of the Maryland Legislature, and was de-
teated in the Senate, guaranteeing the major
part OF the above enumerated privileges to
the negro. Tie statement is false. No
such bill was evcr introduced at the las, ses.
sion. or any other session.
his, we are assured by our reporter, is a
tG.lr specimen of the bco less twaddle made
use of by Mr.. Constable in his effort at North
East to resuscitate niggerism. There is a
maxim of an old poet which our young Sc
cession knights of the forum would do we'll
to remember
Lest men suspect your taleuntrue,
Keep probability Vt least in view"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1864-03-26
Lest men suspect your taleuntrue,
Keep probability vt least in view"
About "the Sta tlls of the Negro.,'

The Copperhead orators and newspapers
are so solicitous for the welfare of the nc.
gro, that they sigh piteously over the deca:
dence Of Slavery, and draw dreary pictures
of the forlorn future that awaits him when
he becomes a freeman. They ignore the
fact that Slavery is the melting cause and
main-stay of the Rebellion, and endeavor to
distribute and divide public opinion by saw
age discussions of "the status of the negro"
and similar topics, which are at the present
time side issues, and are got up merely to
direct attention from the one prominent OBJ
jcct with all loyal men-,thc suppression of
the Rebellion.
Believing that sufficient unto the day is
the evil thereof zee are in favor of a vigor.
Gus, straightforward earnest prosecution of
the war until the Rebel Confederacy is com.
pletely wiped out, and the authority of the
Government established over every foot Of
soil belonging to the Federal Union.
The maintenance of the Government is to
US above and beyond every other considera-
ton; and the question as to whether the
negro is happier in state Of freedom or a
state of slavery is one that has no bearing
upon this subject, either directly or indirect
ly. We recognize the inalicnable right of
every human being, no matter what his col
or, to freedom-to the ownership Of his own
limbs, and the gains Of his own toll and
we, therefore, earnestly hope to see the &C.
cursed system of human slavery in this
country 20 down with the Rebellion for
we are satisfied that so long as slavery exists
We can never again have Il permanent peace.
We have no pet theory about the future 9:
the African. We neither know nor care to
know what is to be his destiny. Humanity
and justice require his freedom; and the
suppression Of the Rebellion and the main.
tenauce of the Government imperatively de.
mAnd it.
If, after he has obtained freedom, he is
not able to compete with the white man in
the struggle for bread, but is crushed out
of existence by him, we have no doubt the
Copperheads will be exonerated from all re-
sponsibility in the matter, both here and
hereafter. But VIC have an abiding faith
that the same kind Providence that is thwart-
ing the hellish designs Of JEFF Davis and his
Copperhead co-adjutors and sympathizers,
will see to it tina, the negro eventually finds,
and faithfully fills, the position marked out
and reserved for kim.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1864-03-26

MovlNG.-Ex Sheriff, James L. Oldham,
took possession Of the Howard House yes.
terday, Mr.. johnson, former proprietor, re.
firing 10 the {" shades of private life
Ex.Sherfi, Eli Cosgrove, removed to
Mr.. b. +. Mays residence, on Main street.
Mr.. Chalkley B. Cutler, Register of Wills,
removed from his farm, near Pilot Town,
to Elkton. occupying the residence vacated
by Mr.. Oldham.
Mr. Daniel Bratton, who recently sold
the farm near Frenchtown, where he resid.
es, has removed to Elkton.
Mr.. Enoch Crouch, who has been resi-
dent of Elkton for number of years, NOV
ed to farm of Mr.. Anthony Reybold, neal
Delaware City.
Mr.. Alex. Mcknight, of Elkton, occupies
the dwelling and restaurant vacated by the
latter.