Year: 1859

SO came in for his share of the money This negro loving
negro stealing, abolition devotion the dear negro is
reduced to perfect system of the most unprncpled nhu
man and knaysh money making enterprise started
IN this country There are travelling agents all through
the SotheL States who are regularly paid for every
slave they can steal us individual
New ork was lately in close uation with conference
OF New ok MethOdists and has recently gone Lon
don Tor certain purposes 1t requires Solomon to in
terpret the object Of his mission. That gentleman


mas certain aspirations IN connection with political events
| in 1860 Are in Maryland, to be flooded with the
Su6Sdntidt fruits of his present visit to mOnarchica
| England during the next year? This gentleman has
made the discovery that there only 525 slave
holders in the Union; and he assumes and predcates his
argument upon that assumption that all Others not
shareholders, interested in the abolition of that
suuton By the same parity of reasoning might say
that because there lawyers doctors and
merchants in the Union as there are slave holders there
fore all who not doctors lawyers merchants


interested in the abolition of those several pursuits His
object array the South against tbe Sonth NV throw
ing in this false fictitious issue He was careful to
send that speech all Methodist preachers for one
of them, visiting my house was frank enough to- inform
me of that fact, by exhibiting copy sent to him


In saying what have, have the approval of my con
Science and my Judgment III have been frank in the
utterance OF TRUTH is fault for which
repent If have wounded the lust sepsblities of anv
one one none can lament it more than myself Sir let me be
patriot, and die Christian shall not envy the success
! of those who aim at less worthy objects.


I C. W. JACOBS


Bradley I. johnson, ESQ.,, of Frederick, moved
that in the discussion of the report speakers be
| limited to thirty minutes.


Cries of "twenty minutes" "ten minutes" ''fve
minutes"


! Marcus Duval, ESQ.,, of Prince GEORGES
moved that they be restricted to fifteen minutes
Inc President put the motion restricting speakers
| to thirty minutes and it was lost


A motion limiting them to twenty minutes pre-
! vailed. F
Judge Mason said as a member of the Committee
he felt compelled to remark that neither of the re-
ports received his appreciation. He was in favor of
prohlbltlng manumission and of adopting some poll
cy which would tend to the gradual removal of tho
| Tree negroes from the Safe.


| The Vice President moved that the motion lust
passed, restricting speakers to 90 minutes should
| not apply to the two gentlemen who had presented
| the reports.


Senator Pearce said he did not ask for anv more
time. lie was opposed to long speeches. and was
very pad listener He was compelled to hear
great deal OF useless talking during the year. and he
| did not wish to be punished now. He would rather
stand out in shower than listen to such talking
ii he saw occasion to speak during the day he was
sure he could say all he had to say in the time al
! lOtted.


Col: Sothoron said as member of the Committee
ne dld not agree with either of the reports made,
| but he held in his hand resolution which he Of
| fered as a substitute for both the reports:


ReOlred That it is sense of this Convention that
emancipation should be discontinued within the
limits of this State and that free negroism should be
! gradually abolished; therefore


Re$olred, That Committee of -- be appoin ted TO
memoraze the Legislature, and obtain the passage of
| such laws as will attain those desirable objects


Marcus Duval, ESQ.,, then offered the following


Ol.I


WHEREAS it believed that the portion of the African
race now held in slavery in the United States are better
provided "r and taken care Of and happier morally
ana socially than other portion of race and
whereas it is known that the free negroes of MARYLAND
contamnate and corrupt the slave portion such popua
tonand looking upon the free negroes in MARYLAND as


nuisance and evil in our society it would NOT he
equitable and just to drive them beyond the jurisdiction
fore o' ~


BE 1t resolved by the citizens of Maryland in Conven
ton Assembled that recommend to the voters of this
the mo faIIeo
General Assembly who in favor of enacting bill re.
curing the Levy Court County Commissioners of the
Counties in Maryland and the city of Baltimore as soon
as possible after the passage of the BILL every
negro within their respective Jurisdictions who is not
der and that cne half of the proceeds sales be for
warded to the Treasurer of Maryland remainder
| retained by the Commissioner for local purposes


Beale II. Richardson, ESQ.,, asked for the reading
OF the resolutions attached to the report of the
! Committee, as he sure many of the delegates
had forgotten their purport.


The President stated that the request of the gen
tleman could not be complied with as the reSolu-
tions were in the hands of the printer He called
upon the chairman of the Committee to give the
substance of the resolutions.


Hon. }. A. Pcarce then stated the substance of
the resolutions.


The President stated that the subject matter be-
fore the Convention was, two pr0p0sitions-the
first embodied in the first resolution of the
Committee, which declares it inexpedient to re-
move the free negro population of the State, and
the other was embraced in the fourth resolution of
the minority report, which declares it expedent
! to remove said population.


Major Bond of Anne Arundel, called for the read
ing of the resolutions attached to the report of the
Committee, and on being informed that they were
in the hands of the printer, objected to proceeding


They were accordingly sent for.


Judge Mason moved that all debate on the re-
ports cease at two o'clock, and at that hour vote
be taken on the two propositions


Marcus Duyal, Esq, addressing Judge Mason)-


"Why do you desire to stiHe debate by such mo


ton p?


The President members of the Convention vii


address the Chair, and not each other"
The resolutions of the Committee were now re


turned and the President read the first two and thc


read the fourth resolution of the minority report
and stated that they were before the Convention
for considerat ation


Col Jacobs said that he was seeking to better tb


condition of the free negro, and also remove tina


which was most ntOerable grievance to the citi-


zens Of Maryland. He believed his proposition


would bring about the result desired He was no
in favor OF driving the free negroes out of tn,
State, but in all charity he would open the door So
that they might enter into slavery The presen


condition OF the free negroes highly injurious


not only to themselves but also to the white popu.


laton. They were now, and would be NOR,
so, engaged in competition with the white artizan
mechanic and laborer. This competition was radi


caly wrong. and theT should be compelled either


to leave the State or else assume position suita


BILE to their condition. They had their election
and if they refused to accept of the offer they
, should be removed from the State.


}. i. Earle, Esq, of Queen Anne's, said that gen
) temen should consider gravely the proposition
which the gentleman from Worcester offered
They should look at the results which are to flow
! from the adoption of such a course of action
r There were in the State of Maryland at the las
census 10000 slaves and "A, 200 free negroes. l.
I this Convention ready to recommend the adoption
J of policy which will force from the State SO pei
E cent. of its labor? Do gentlemen think that thi


banishment can take place without seriously affect


ing the interests of every man in the common
wealthy inn nf bao a.,
Worcester would certaiY drive by far the larges


portion of the free negro labor from the State


How could this labor be replaced? 1t was idle t,
Tl TAX ABOUT these negroes going into bondage


Their lifelong dissolute habits would proven


them from making such a selection. The,
have no desire for servitude, wish to be
obedient to master Look at this question
2 practically He would adduce few facts to show
the result of the adoption of the substitute Balti


city has $4,000 free negroes within its bounds
Are the citizens of Baltimore ready to drive th
labor from their midst? Can they do without it
e No, sir. Caroline county has over 1000 free ne


groes and about 500 slaves. Are the delegates from


Caroline ready by their votes to recommend tina
5 this labor shall be driven from their county?
they are, where will they get the industry whicl
is to till their soil? Are the people of the Stat


ready to suffer from the ruinous effects which will
e undoubtedly follow the expulsion of this class? II
=. could not believe So There no probabilit,
that a measure of this character would NEE
! the appreciation of the people, and it woul,
: be short-sighted policy the part o


the Convention to recommend it. He did no
believe that this labor could be replaced. Gen
tlemen might suppose so, but they would fnt
/ themselves mistaken. He did not wish to see tn
white man perform lnenial service, and when it be


came necessary to employ the white man as a me
nial in the State of Maryland, he would leave th


land where his fathers were buried, much as h
o loved it, and seek home in the South
y Let restrictions be thrown around tn,
o free negroes-let them be forced into industriou


habits, and the great results which all were seekin
: would be secured.


Hon. A. R. Sellers, of Calvert sal
that as member of the Committee he fel
bound to state the reasons which cause
0 him to give his assent to the report of tn
, majority. He did so because he thought it utter
$ impracticable to remove or Danish the free negr
race. And if it practicable, it would be
ruinous policy. Have the gentlemen who favo
, the idea of removal, thought of the immense mag
+ nitude of their proposition? Have they thought O
the shock which the people of this State would fee
l. when such violent measure should be put int


operation? But it iS useless to talk upon the sui
Il Il ject for it is impractcable. The moral sense
!, the community would never suffer itself to be out
J. | ragged by the enactment of a law fOrcin
r free people into bondage. Public opinion is to
# well settled on question of this character not
be perfectly understood. But, again, there was n
denying the fact that this Convention is a Conyer
u ton of Shareholders 1t is, and we shoul
/ remember that we not the entire people of thi
e State. If we recommend measures which are


benefit us, at the sacrifice of the interests of Others
IS there will be nothing gained There are thousand
of farmers in this State who are dependant on fire.


negro labor for the cultivation of their fields The


do not own slaves but are compelled to hire labor
$ Now, sir, begging the gentlemans pardon, | thin
i the minority report should be STYLED hill for th