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3;* I1kfk *- iiiliii :i:tof April next, and east hit rut* for a retit ion and f*r tuiMciplffioft. It Mwell established fact, that (hit State canwnt ***»d htr quota of the different drafts, with tbc tiou.|4arebuilding Svat**—rxcept by calling out the negro population to her ■hi—without taking the tail white man within b« r border.*; and this fact become jaSelit, when we reflect that the whitepnpuUtinn of the slave States is not more than about ntie third of ibal of the freeStdes. Calling the negro to arms, therefore, does uot only save the poor, but,like* wise, the rich. - 'Be it so. that tbc calling of the negro to arms saves all classes from the draft, there is another questiou that must opt be passed over in silence. Negroes are recognised and acknowledged by the 1 as property; and wliiUt we mediate emancipationfial, uoder existing ei ___glt;Hn] of our National Government and the future cotntnevcial interest of the State, yet, we say, it is but just and right tbatour Government should compensate theowners of sduves for their loss of property, which has been used or destroyed iu defence of the Governuicnt, and to sustain her nationality; and we earnestly advocate the doctrine, that our nsn-alaveboldiug ftdiow-cicixcns of Nortbtvu Maryland should cooperate with us af)d give us compensation for our losses, which we are willing to sustain for their benefit; nor do wc doubt but liiat our uou-slavtholdiug brrta-reti will renutueraie us forcvur pecuniary loss, if we give , them some evidence of ourbyaity, and remove the stijiiu which hasso long rested upou the cottiSy, by aendiug such meu to the Convention as will receivetheir cmftideticc. In this connection, Mr.ought to feel att interest iu the io«n?uti«ii tw negro slavery, and to am-wit* recipninl benefits to both master and servant, erethe first to slab at their own interest, and pi the relationship hitherto exiting I of the wealthiest. (would it be *Un-say the mra ardent worshipers of ther?) hav«! compounded, compromised, their slaves for their service*. Onrrltlalwiprivate arraigaoiet , ’•Every man musttact ly pUot Ito althetinnimayhowMaryland e that im-ly ease tuft »r the _______,____ ves. oaa baagone in Co. on the product* of the farm..One says be turn* support**V. G. Uvc'i nowParty, a* the only party that can do him any [ cent good. O temper* I Omort**! OU men. • lion-witose principle was used at the paper miil war. when the last Greenback was manufac- TIlured ! I’d rather be a beggar of the pit- disp! tauce froui honorable dooun*. than own your broad domain* and profits of you A oo. mod wist devices. I can think of nothing so applicable to the above class as! the Fable of the Council of Sh op, in which i it was determined, (old rmui dissenting,) to | sum jump down a precipice and break tdeir • partI necks, because they heard the cry of* indil bounds. ; iu»aiI aoi an humble individual, too humble iherStaU the-■;dioat will In k| to represent St. Mary’s in the Convention j deft*.8 a • s a • * • .tj But if I were in the convention, and the tru*iIquestion of compensated emancipation I to a j were to arise, I would try my utteiuio»t to . a (J save the State from the expense of privateAMr.mod previous emancipation, a* vex:»tions j and difficult of fixing the por iod of limit.| Those who emancipate their owu slaves Tot j their aure wout wih compensation. No man , Mar * ought to wish pay for what he does for bilt; j vutiim a a ^ as a ^ a ^ ffiGugbt be. Fellowowu private interest j Citiseu*?Uu the 6th of April, proximo, you willthatWJuoT.county the name of Mr. Thtd K. Prou«i,as the unc«mditional Union Candidate and tbc candidate of the consertative people, generally, of this county, foil a scat iu the Couveutiou. which assemble! in Aonxpulinon thc‘27tk of April uext. Aud, I willit _____ ibe called on to vote for or against a conv«-u- jthe hA| tun to form a utw Constitution. Go toi polls aud vote unanimously against it. : eti . This is no time to frame u constitution. wit! * Sectional feeling U taging like a contagion. • slav Reason is gooe. Vote it down and stand {by the Axcixnt Rkoimu.
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Saint Marys Gazette
Leonardtown, Maryland, US
Thu, Mar 24, 1864
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Ruthie B.
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