The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer. (Bel Air, Md.) 1862-1864, 1863-04-24
Who are Against the Union ?

Who are Against the Union?
Notwithstanding she professions of
t'Union" frequently made by the loyalists,
royalists and Abolitionists, facts are oc-
easioaally developed which prove them to
be, at heart, hostile to restoration of the
Union as it was formed under the auspi-
ces of Washington, Madison, and the
gotheg worthless of 'S7. Tbad. Stevens,
lone, of the League Leaders, was bold and
honest enough to avow, on the floor of
Congress, that he desired the restoration
of no such Union. But, for the purpose
of deception, Leagues are being formed
throughout the country, and ostensibly
for the Union. Greater political knavery
4 has never been attempted by subscriptions
and unprincipled men. These Leaguers
and their President and Z Congress, could
have had this Union without war, without
slaughter of hundreds of thousands Of our
best men, without debt, and without taxa
ton, by fayouring and adopting the Crit
tendena Compromise in December, go, as
Douglas, Bigler and other Democrats ear
nestly besought them to do; but they would
not have it thus, They were-then as
they are now--at heart enen,ses of the I'm
.aon, would make ono compromise ''-cour-
ted war which Douglas told them was dis
uniou, and the sad consequences Of their
mad disulrnliNon policy now oyerwhelm the
The last Abolition manifestation of clear
and unmistakable hostility to the Union,
was recently made in our State Legisla-
ture., A series of resolutions on the State
of the country was before the. House, one
of which reads as follws: .,' ~ r.,
Resoleed, That this General Assembly
deem it proper further to declare, that it,
together with all trnly loyal people of the
State, would hail with pleasure aud de-
light any manifestations of a desire, on
the part Of the seeded States, to return to
their allegiance to the Government Of the
Union, and would, in such event, cordially
and earnestly cooperate with them in the
restoration Of peace and the procurement
2 OF such proper guarantees as would give Sc.
curity to all their interests. ~
r No candid, unprecedented man can doubt
. for a moment that if this resolution was
submitted to the people Of the State, it
would be adopted by more than a hundred
thousand majority. Aye, three-fourths Of
the people, and four-ffths Of the soldiers in
the army, would rejoice to have the resto-
ration of the Union and peace at such a
cheap rate and on such just basis. Yet
hen that resolution was put to vote of
@ the House, the following "loyal," 'snatiop.
g alp "Union" lists voted against 1t: u.
Benedict, Bowman, (of Lancaster
Bowman, (of Tioga,) Brown, (of Mercer,)
Brown, (of Warren Campneys, Cochran,
a Coleman, Freeland, Gillian, Grant, Gross,
& Henry, Huston, Hutchman, johnson,
Kernes, COT Rhiladelphia,) Laporte, Lee,
= Lily, Machy,, Mcclellan, Mccoy, Nc
Murtrie, Moore, Musselman, Olmstead,
Pancoast, Ritter, Shannon, Slack, Smith,
of (Chester,) Smith, (of Philadelphia,
Strouse, Sutphin, Twitchell, Vincent,
Warner, White
To the face Of such evidence as this,
the Abolition Leaguers still have the i'm
pudehce,to profess love for the Union !!
Could Satan himself devise more rank
kuavery and hypocrisy than this p
Doubtful Westches,er Jetersonian. ~ ,