The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-10-27

Anu WNANtNi MMAN4As@ty Snail paNa NO Jaw nor
make any appropriation 10 cOmpensais shs
"maslen o. ciaimanss OF slaves smanelpaird
" Rom ssrsliude BY he adoption Of this cons,i.
q tallon.''
Dy FsisFFing % ihe debates In the Stats Con.
vention, Il will Be seen that the slave-hcldine
cOPPerheads opposed this section BY every msan,
In their power aud voted agains, l, In a body
They openly declared that the time would YET
come when their smAncipaied slaves would be
paid for, out Of the Treasury Of the State.
That time, they imagine has come now. Al
early - lac, Fall, an association Was formed Ia
the slave holding portions Of tho State, who's,
purpose was TO prepare . complete list OF ID,
smaneipated slaves with their nau'cs, ages, &C.,
and also TO eOIlee, n corruption fluid with which
to bribc the Legislature and carry their objeel
through that body. Men were employed ,C
travel over the country aud collec, certain sun
per head for every slave formerly owned, with
such statistics as might be necessary To idenlf,
the slave and establish the claim OF his late nas
ter. Ia some Of tho lower counties OF the Stat,
the copperhead candidates for the Legislator,
openly declare that, II elected. they will max,
an effort 10 carry through this measure. Ia ouI
county they fear the People and are no; hold
enough openly to Rsow their approval Of it,
some Of them speak 81 attempting Inappropriate
tie School fund 10 this purpose, ihus closing III,
doors ofonr Public SCHOOL, against the children
OF tie INDECENT but hari-iaborins people Of III,
State Whatever sut,criugcs they may adopt
there crn b. NO doubt tbs, " once IN control o
the Legislature, QUO If their lire; s,cl~ will b'
| "a action looking toward this eud.
let us sec bow such measure would sase
the interests Of the STATE.
Gy the Census of isoo. thsir wcfc ~ May.
land a., ls3 slsSts Counting ,Lea al 3lOC
pet bead /. would amount tn the sum 81 aDou
S3G, 900, 600 Thi. enormous debt wonld lie set
lied upon Us and pVsleriiy iOi ,tsfs 10 come
! and the pas Ineut OF wbich would increase oIi
taxes, slreadv hnrlcusome. io m enormous ex
tent
! IL wouid require = isN Of $500 On c,eiy hun
drtd dollars worth VI assessable property IN ih'
! state 20 reach I, Now the free srciious 81 ID,
State b! which We mean Baltimore cit. aud tn
counties vi Allesany, Washington, Frederick
| Carroll, Baltimore, Hsrlotd and Ceci, u,iIhtr o
which ever had much inlerr., IN slavery, owl
,wo-,brds OF the assessAble property Of the Stat
! and pay Hbnri three -fourihs Of The iaxts llcnc,
/ ils portion of this debt would b. about two
+ thirds the " hoc amount. or shout S34, 600 600
IN tho fire. section there were only Is, III slaves
for which We would &c, by such a law, Ss,7l0,
900. The difference or Sic, $50 600 would b,
the amount the Tree section would ts compelled
10 pay 10 the slave seeiion for the iteration o
their slaves
Applying these figures 10 Baltimore county
with an ssscssed valuation Of $50, 100. 6S:, OF
portion of the Tax wosli be. at Ssoo on ih
hundred. over $1,000. OGo
! Ia return We shonld receive for our 9Is.
cmancipa'cd slaves AZ $500 each. sl.?T? $780,
The difference, or S?,7?7. 200, world he II.
amount actually wrong from the pockets Of H.
honest, hard-working Taxpayers OF the Coun,
~ their contribution TO the Shareholders Of IL,
counties ior their euancipa,cd Negroes.
This is az item o. no small importance TO ih
I iaX.Faying community. u is 10 the Union part
! that we are indebted fcr the clause In the Con
situation shielding the state against this mot.
,sro.s wrong. in The hrs; place. Tha, party anc
! its candidates pledged TO stand by the Con
s'iiuiion and oppose this mos, infamous burden
: Our opponents have KEEP; prudent silence OF
this point. Why 10 they not speak out and in
form the public whether they are in favor of lay
/ ing for the emaneipated slaves or not The PEG
PIE are already sroaning under the burden Of
heavy taxation. Why 10 they not tell rs whelhe
I or M, they ate Ia favor Of forcing every 200
laboting man, every farmer, every manufacture
and every mechanic, 10 be still molo h.nyil,
lowers counties for their emancipA;ed slaves p
! They dare not % a. They know iul! well tina
! the majority Of those who would gain by the op
Grafton nre hsir political ,risnds and supporters
Their silence shows thai they nre In favor Of Oh
project as a reward 20 those men who are mos
earnes, ia their support. This Is no fanc.
sketch, no empty charge. Any one eau exnmin
! the fgurss for himself ard SEE tho truth ~ gu
statements
Again. The Fourth section Of the Consiitn
IiOnsl amendment proposed by Congress, declare
--Ths, ,he national deb, shall bs sacredly paid
( that no rari OF the Rebel deb, shall be raid. no
auy payment DC made for emancipaied slaves.
When II il remembered that large part O
the national debt WAS created for the payment O
Douniies and Pensions 20 soldiers and To main
tain the crpples, the widows and orphans mad
such By The war. aud tina, thousands Of dollar
~ The government Bonds are held by the isIor
~ eilssss OF ibe c"untTy. ma honest man cat
for moment entertain the idea IT repadi.,in,
the national debt. Bu, shall the Rebr debt h
paid Shal! the loyal people Of the country
WHO gave 20 freely OF their blood and ircasur
tina, the rniou 81 our Fathers nigh, he pressrv
Cd he taxed to pay deb, contracted by IT, Gu
eInies IN attempting iis overthrow
God forbid that such crime should be par
peiraied, such IN outrage committed ngaius
patriotism Ys, the coppsrbead party Of the Gu
tire eoanir, pefsisiep,Iy Oppose this amendmsn,
Why do they do -. unless they hop some da,
10 have the Rebel deb, and the slaves Of Rebe
owEeTs paid They ull We that the Southern
states, IN their new Constitutions, have declare,
this debt null and void. u l. true tina, som
have done SO, but others, among which Is SOu,I
Carolina, have not. clause 10 that elect We
put In the Constitution u North Carolina, bu
when the people came 10 vote on i,s adoption
few months seo, they rejected H. But suppos
IL were IN every State Constitution 10 the South
how easy would Il he Cor the people to s,rik
out that clause n, any time aud carry their claim
into Congress. And should the nnrspsniani Rsb
els be admitted 10 Congress without some cub
slaaiial guarantee for the future, By eombininI
L ulah aha uulllinn. no.a.a.hanAa ~ IL. N..aL l