The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1866-05-17
GOV. swANN,s POSITION.

OtHtt"tcWT- III tiic IldgcIStUWu JfcT- |
AID and 7oych, of the 9th instant, noti-
ced in The Aneyicdn of this morning, | |
find my name announced as one Of those
expected to be present with Hon. j. A.
J. Crcswell, Hon. Francis Thomas, Hon
j. J.. Thomas, General Garfield, Hon.
Archibald Stirling, Hon Henry Stock
bridge and William Daniel, Esq, at a
mass meeting TO elect ten delegates for
each district to moeC 10 County Conyen-
ton on Tuesday, May 26, for the pur-
pose of choosing six delegates to repre-
sent Washington county in the Union
State Convention, called TO assemble in
Baltimore on Wednesday. the 9Th June
In the call Of that meeting, signed by
II. Mobley, President, it is with extreme
regret that ! witness some Of the most
useful aud reliable Union men Of Balti
more, belonging to the State Central
Committee, characterized as disunion-
SITS.
1t may be proper for me to say that /
recognize the Unconditional Union
State Central Committee as the only or
gan authorized to call convention Of
tho Union party Of this State, and am
not aware By what authority, under for
mer party usage this call Of conycn-
ton II appointed to take place. The re-
cognized Chairman Of the Unconditioa-
al Union State Central Committee, with
the acqieseencc ola majority Of the Ex-
ecutiye Committee Of that body having
called general meeting Of the Commit
tee TO take place on the Goth May, which
viii result IN a call for q similar conyen.
ton Of the people, We have the Union
party Of the State Of Maryland thus
hopelessly divided What are we to
gain by this, deem it due to myself
20 say that ! shall advise my friends to
adhere to the regular organization ofthe
Union party, aud shall await the action
of the recognized State Central Com
mittcc under the call now pending, aud
the convention ofthc people which shall
come together under that call.
gave no authority for the use ormy
name at the llagcratevn meeting, ana
am sorry 10 say that differ very wide.
y from many Of the distinguished gen.
.lomen announced to speak on that oc.
casion.
4, am daily pliced in false posi-.
ton in the meetings which are b.iug
held in this State, aad am appealed to
in many quarters by persons DESTROYS Of
knowing nay present political status.
viii avail myself Of fhi- occasion to say
that the opinions expressed by me 10
my annual message to the Legislature
in January last, aud which received
the endorsement Of the popular branch
ofthat body. have undergone no change
IL may BE- proper, however, that | should
be little moro explicit
avn for keeping the control Of this
Government ia the hfnds Of byd nan
cr.hmirsiy. upw and at all times.
ava ior the reconstruction O? the
Union BY admitting the rryoItcd State.
to representation in Congress, tr1rAei
hyy ,irst m.a ef aHdgajtri t,yaly pre-
garrd Ia ttha M 5ah reyatr.R III hg'
bajy.
The masses Of the Southern people
IN prepared 10 trust b causc / baiivc
thsy h.yc been dcoeiy j by ambitious
aud designing leaders. With Congress
glIl Tct the power to protect itself aad
the country 5g1iust disloyal candidates
seeking admission into our National
Councils,
Lam for maintaining tie integrity Of
tho Unconditional Union party which
sustained the Government in It's efforts
70 put down this rubelnou. and avn for
adjusting our domestic difference with
ia our own lines Lam utterly opposed
20 universal negro suffrage aud the ok
Irmg RADICAL M Of certain men in Con,
errs aud in cur own S.aty, who have
been striving to shape The platform OF
the Union party ia the interests Of nc
gro suffrage.
look upon negro suffrage aud the
recognition Of the power IA Congress to
control suffrage within the States ns
the virtual suborliuatiun OF the white
race 20 the ultimate control and domi-
nation the negro 10 the State OF Mary
laud; aud in Wow Of the action Of cor.
/ tain extreme men in Congress for three
months past upon the bill TO introduce
universal negro suffrage into the Dis
tr.ct OF Columbia against the unanimous
voice Of the people the enlarged Freed
man Bureau bill-the Civil Rights bill
and. finally. the Reconstruction scheme
Of the Committee OF Fifteen, ! consider
the issue upon this subject Of negro
suffrage as well made IN the fall cleo
tions and the most important that has
ever been brought 70 the attention OF
the people of the State Of Maryland.
deny that the admission OF the rev.
oltcd States; By igyai representatives.,
subjects the reconstruction plan Of the
President to the charge that no guaran-
tee has been secured lof the future
The States asking admission have, by
Com tutional amendment, granted uni
ycrsal freedom to the negro, and they
have further guaranteed, in another
form, a population Of the debts incurred
by them in the rebellion These guar
antees | deem as securing for the pre-
sent all that can be reasonably asked.
In these views believe am sustain
ed by the almost united voice of Presi-
dent, Johnson's cabinet, comprising many
prominent Republicans who have been
the friends of both Presidents Lincoln
and johnson.
look upon the war now being waged
upon President johnson as ungenerous,
unwise and uncalIed for, and | believe