The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer. (Bel Air, Md.) 1862-1864, 1863-06-05
7Carrespo~dsace Of The N, KIzribrns.
MARYLAND POLITICS.


last mouth. That Convention laid down
the principles aud objects upon and tor
which the late electi,,us are tp be contest
cd. The resnlutiuns, of that body Of elec
tors, comprising seule 5000 in numbsr,
were repubilsbed IN the Tribune. .They
were the k, not Vt the politicians, but
of the llb,hing people, who are supreme
in i, the. conduct. Of the Balumore Union
Leagues Tue Committee go r solutions
kept. their OWL. counsel, did NOT consult
any of the politicians, aud nobody knew
what was cunning untik they were read
They were received by the huge assem-
blase line by line, with overwhelming ap
plause, and so satisfactory were they to
the meeting. that it was not deemed ne.
cessary tUsubmit them formally. They
go to the marrow now agitating the pub
lie mind Of the State. They avow the
extinction of slavery throughout the coun-
try, including Maryland as essential to
the annihilati,u, Of the rebellion, aud the
restoration, of Il permanent peace.
Governor Bradford is said to be with
the resolutions, bur is not yet clearly COLI
WINGED that it is polite to make the issue
iu the coming fall elections. Two ouly
Of our merchants, Mr.. Enoch Pratt aud
Mr.. Albert Schumacher, who had been
made Vice Presidents "f the Convention,
were driven by their business complica-
tlons to disapproye., the resolutions, but
their ill-advised card has only served to
intensity the feeling of the Leagues and
all other earnest Unon men against all
such displays of C"ppe.headism. An ef-
fort was made to break the force of the
resolutions, BY using the fact Of tht ir not
having beeu formally, voted on BY 1he
Convention, but this failed of it, object,
ford the several Leagues having been called
together for the express purpose, indorsed
the; resolutions bya unanimous standing
vote, with the exception of one gentle
man, who had not yet been able to go for
the arming of colored Union men in de-
fence Of the country, for the resolutions
approved this policy distinctly. Every
day since the meeting of the Convention,
the resolutions have been gaining upon
the public affections to.qt so 81 ,isinu I'D
BY aud by, the Union men of Allegha-
ny county took up the gauntlet and en-,
dorsed the resolutions Of the Union League !
of Baltimore. AMI recommended 1.-THE call
of State Convention at an early day II
Governor Frank Thomas on this uccasion
was re-baptized in the anti->lavery filth,
and came out boldly for the resolutions.
Whether his constituents will trust him
again after his tergiversa,inus in the last,
Congress, remains to be seen., The .Uniop.!
men of Cecil county have responded ar
IDENTIFY to the ruice of Allegheny county,
and last night the Ancondit onal and un-
terrified Unionists of Baltimore followed
suit, and elected u new, Union city col.
vention, consisting of five members from
each of the twenty Wards, every one of
whom is in favor ofIhe resolutions of the
Goth of April, which will, be unanimous
4 ly re affirmed at the first meeting of the
convention next week. The elections in
some Of the wards were tinctured with
personal preferences for, Winter Davis
and Thomas Swami fore Congress, but ia
no case was there any exhibition Of Cop
perheadism. = MIR. Davis stands square
upon the resolutions, and tue friends Of
MIR. Swami aver that he stands there,
too. ...,af. 5l,.,. oi an. ut .sa..y "A
| Meantime the Union Copperheads of
the S,ate, wrre stirred up BY the. sUuion
Leagues resolutions aud they set about
to circumyepti them They sent, fecEet
circulars to pro slavery su,eD, calling an
1ibfor,pal, mseting ~ Barnum's Hotel, IN
Baltimore, non. the 18th inst. According,
" some twenty Or thirty Of this class of
/ Uuipnists, whose idea of IA terrestrial par
adise is, Negro slavery. and whose natural
and logical place is JEFF Davis domiuions,
cape tpgether, and cnsultcd. and pro
| tossed an intense love Of the Union, pro-
| yided negro slavery was preserved, and
resolved that, the Brauiz Mayer extinct
State Central Committee should call "a
Convention pf, their sort vf Union,
tit, at an early day, and then adjuurned, !
They found ilbe surrpun,iingsAf even Bar,
! NUNS Hotel uncomfortable, netwiihsland7
ing ,libe atmosphere WAS poisoned in no
small degree ny the 3presepeeof isywpathi
lzing .secesssenists. The nul terings Of an
approaching storm, threatensd by indig-
hant anIi-slayery. Uuionists. were distinct.
1 ly beard. H. the assembage,I wers
observed the following potablss- apts
fble. for ,tbeiri cpndstieyak Uninpisai. st
lslI times, wepo ofi butts AND ifs, and 20
1 feyerenae for tbs ldisius itstii utionaof|
siaveryf:o There WIS sgge sos ttheyB ewies
lM Prince Georges COMPRESSION district,