The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-09-02
@-The4 qualification oflthe !" Union is una
voidabiy delayed one day this week: II s.
At His Old Work.

b9 The buzzard hovers where the carrion is, and
when Montgomery !. Blair plnmes his wings
there is always fat Office somewhere IN the Po-
lifical horizon. After, President Lincoln got rid
of him in the Cabinet he kept quiet until death
Itookgthe late Senator Hicks and left his position
vacant 1t was golden opportunity Before
the Spirit Of the departed had time TO reach Par
adise,0 Montgomery was at Annapolis, fesafstlng
the good-natured Legislators and getting hisgpo-
litical machinery to work. He failehi and for
this let us always be grateful to the late Legisla
etdre. Again there was short season. of relief
from Montgomery, until, his rapacious vision
sees a possibility Of edging bis way into Con
gress, in place Of Ben. Harris Of the 9Th District
So he, had apublic meeting called at Ciarksyille,
Howard Co., on Saturday last, and madevthefn
aIspeech, villifying Secretaries Seward and Stan
ton assuming to interpret the policy OF the Pres
ident and declaring against the Registry Law of
the State in unmeasured terms. H., b1a aoa9oy,
= A man who has served his country as long
and as faithfully as Sec. Seward, can well Ybear
the assaults, of tlriyeling, interruptions office
thmnierilike Montgomery Blair'o And whend he
villi6es Sec. Stanton, he attacks the ADMINISTERS
ton not only of President Lincoln but of Presi-
dent johnson alsos since both have approved his
course and have retained him in their confidence.
o, The President may well exclaiu 0''SayeI me
from my friends p ifthey are all such as Blair.
nIni speaking of the Registry Law he calls it
ssunconstitutional,' n sc without justification"
"'instigated by partisanship" &c. When we
recoilect that Mr.. Blair wants to go to Congress
from that district this will be understood as
simply cheap bid for the votes of the semi-Reb-
els and cranky Union men who abound in that
section. s.....5 ....-,.......,g .......,,,a
It is said that ten cities claimed to be the
birthplace Of Homer The difficulty with Mr..
Blair seems to be in theother direction He has
been so universally disowned that there is q rea-
sonable doubt in our mind whether he may not,
after all, be some disguised. lord" from hover
the sea.'' He has frequently assumed to carry
Maryland " in his breeches pocket" but surely
Maryland has never cared to reciprocate the favor,
Considering that he is a sort of an sinterloper
here at best, he has treated Maryland rather un-
gratefully. He tried to force the miseries of
gradual emancipation on her. Failing in this,
he urged the apprenticeship system. He helped
to cheat the State out Of $4,000, 900 BY oppos-
ing compensation to shareholders when it was of
fered by. Mr.. Lincoln, az He has been g every
thing at all times and nothing long.9 The par
tythat supports him to-day may expect to- be
kicked from under tomorrow. He reminds us
Of one of Shakspeare's wise remarks
g When we in our viciousness grow hard,
10 misery on t) the wise Gods seal eyes, Gum
In our filth dross our clear judgment make US Is
Adore our errors laugh at US, while we strut s :,
To confuson.'