The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-02-11
Correspondence of the union

lIessrs. Editors This beautiful morning as
calmly survey from my elevated position, the
surrounding country robed in its white mantle
of snow, my senses are charmed with the sight,
! involuntarily eXclaim, how lovely, how en-
chanting! Nature reposng in the iron en-
brace of death, naturally ills my mind with
feelings of solemnity, and as thought follows
thought i'll rapid succession, scenes of the past
and the future of my once happy, but now
stricken country, rise up in visions before me.
The past few years, the angel of death has
caused many a heart to bleed, and many a
cheek to pale. Thousands ofour loved country
men lie Wondering in the dust; many once
happy home is now desolate thousands are
mourning in deep sorrow for their loved ones
whom they shall meet no more upon the shores
of time. Oh my country bleeds at every pore,
her walls are draped in sorrow. TO save my
country did my brothers fall? May they not
have fallen in vain; nor the widows tear be
hopeless, or the orphans cry unheard, but oh
may the angel of death soon sheath his sword,
and the sunbeam of peace rise to quell the
storm, and say, " Peace, peace, be STILL" AS
turn from the past in sadness, / look forward to
the future, and as Igaze methinks l see bright
omens for good. Hope springs up in my heart.
My country will yet be redeemed, will yet rise
triumphant above the din of BATTLE and the
fierce war cry be hushed forever in the silence
of death. The omens for good will notice. The
first thing that strikes my mind is, that the fe-
rocity of party feeling is subsding in meas
ureable degreee and whchis observable almost
every day. When persons meet in social gath
erings, less is said about politics than any thing
else There seems TO be quite an aversion upon
the part of those who are, or have been politi-
cally opposed to each other, to commence a
conversation upon the subject Again the an
CRY feelings. which agitated the hearts of those
who We're by the force Of circumstances obliged
to give UP their interest in slavery have almost
died away, and those who but short time be-
fore were utterly opposed to the measure, now
submit to it with degree of philosophy which
is truly commendable. And some go so far as
to say, that they in the future will be pecunia-
rily benefited thereby, and would not have their
slaves back again under any circumstances
Thus measures seemingly obnoxious at first, by
being tried, have proved more of blessing
than otherwise. And the slavery question in
Maryland, which has caused so much animosi-
ty of feeling, is gradually working out its own
salvation, and the wounds which have been
created in the hearts opposed to each other are
gradually being healed. But again, take view
of the religious world, see the blessed change
that is gradually taking place. The churches
which have almost been deserted are becoming
resusctated and breathe new life. Members of
the same church, who, two years Since could
not be induced to worship together have re-
pented of their sins and are coming back to
worship again upon one common PLATFORM
The preachers, too, are becoming animated with
new zeal, and are proclaiming with renewed en-
ergy, "peace on earth, good will to man. From
this better state of affairs, revivals of religion
are springing up in almost every neighbOrhood
hundreds are becoming regenerated and re-
newed by the power Of divine grace, and Chris
tians in general are becoming revived and
breathe purer, a holier atmosphere, and love
now reigns where the fires of political feeling
burned with singular ferocity. Behold in this,
another bright omen which prefigures to me-
that at no distant day in the future, we shall
have triumphant peace, and the rebellion be
closed forever Oh what universal thrill Of
Joy will fill the heartof this great nation, when
this cruel strife shall have ended, when politi-
cal demagogues will have been dethroned, OPP
posing elements counteracted and effectualiy
destroyed and the lion and the lamb lie down toe.
gether. Then will the shouts of praise anJ1
thanksgiving be heard from end to end Of our
now stricken but then regenerated land.
.,sa4.s .r Sra HOPE.