The Baltimore County union., 1866-08-11
Montgomery Blair and the Conser-
vative Party.

we presume that no one Will queStl0u the IacC
that Montgomery Blair is the g head and front
of the i" new party in Maryland. He it was
that brought it forth he controls its Conven-
tions and its leaders, and is their candidate for
asked very many of this new party if they
were Democrats, they would Indignantly deny
the charge, and say they spurned any alliance
with the party that so strenuously opposed the
Government in its hour of need. Yet Montgom-
cry Blair is Democrat he proclaims it openly,
and expresses at public meetings his sorrow for
the +" misfortune which caused him to disagree
with the Democracy for four years Mr.. Blair
addressed Democratic meeting at Reading, Pa,
few days ago, having first given his assent to
the following resolution, which will show all
true Union men the destination which these gen.
tlemen, with the aid of Gov. Swami and Mr..
Purnell, propose to lead them:
ResolOed That the Democratic party are now,
as ever the only true Union party of the land
that we point with pride to the unsel6sh and un-
firing efforts made by all Democrats and Con-
servatives, in and out of Congress, to preserve
the Union before the war commenced, by concil-
iation and compromise, the only meansby which
it was formed and without which it will never
be more than name that the refusal of the Re-
publican party to yield their partisan prejudices
for the sake of peace and Union was the immedi-
ate cause of the war, and posterity will hold
them responsible"
Mr.. Blairs speech was of the sensational char
acter, showing the desperate means that are be-
ing resorted to to frghten the people into coop
GRAFTON with Rebels and Northern Copperheads.
He oomplimented the Democracy as having been
{" honest men, who loved the Union and their
Government" and asserted G that no man who
speaks the truth will arraign the democratic par
ty with being wanting in patriotism and fidelity
to the Government His whole speech was a
TRADE of abuse against the Union party and pras-
es of the Democracy and "heir great leader, y
Andrew Johnson.
This speech seems, however, to have opened
the eyes of some of the Union men of the State,
and to cause the journals in the interst of the
Conservative party " to look about them, and
to inquire whittier they are drifting. The Balti-
more Commercial has been one of the most ardent
supporters of Montgomery Biairs new party move,
and very enthusiastic in its praise, but it does
seem to like the look of things. 1t has word
to say about the dough-faced " Emancipatonist y
as follows
We had thought it possible that there was
something wrong in the dispatch received night
before last from Philadelphia, concerning the re.
ported utterances of Hon. Montgomery Blair at
| the Democratic gathering at Reading, Pa but
we observe that more elaborate reports confirm
| the statement.
We find that at the place referred to, Mr.. Blail
| took occasion to honor the Democratic party tO'
the part 1t acted IN the late a0ar and this too, in
the presence and ostensibe political fellowship oi
| Mr.. Pendleton, of Ohio, the very embodiment al
one time of opposition to the war. Besides this
Mr.. Blair, on the occasion referred to, undertook
to foreshadow a programmeso revolving to every
| friend of peace a programme providing for an
other coalition betwixt the Northern and the
| Southern Democracy, the whole to end in another
g civil war;" that we beg leave at once to enter
our protest against any such dismal-and we
may add-disloyal view of the case one which
| we are sure will by no means suit the views o
| the Unionists of the State and nation, and il
bound to shake their faith in the political consis
| tency and sagacity any one who indulges it.
We want no coalition avah, no concession TO-
| the old unrepentant Buchanan Democracy and
we take the earliest opportunity 10 SET ourselves
right in this thing with our readers, the true Tn
ionists of the State. And, further, we protes
against any such political association such as i
appears that Mr. Blair is getting ready to force up
| on those who in good faith have been and arr
the supporters of the Presidnts policy in thii
| State. The Buchanan Democracy the very men
thus auded by Mr.. Blair, were largely responsible
| for the commencement of the war.
| And after it was in full blast, through thei
criminal completely, they, as represented by Reec
and Ingersoll and Woodward of Pennsylvania
| Valandigham and Pendleton of Ohio, HoratiC
Seymour and the Woods of New York, ct I'D on1
ne genus, cid all they could to embarrass the
| Government; conductin well defined and marked
contrast to the action of the "War Democracy, y
who patriotically went for the Union. IT may
do for Mr.. Blair now to hurry into political al
lance with the guilty faction we have indicated
but we are sure that if he expects any of the orig
inal and true Unionists of Maryland to second
him, he reckons in vain.
| Let it be noted that when Mr.. Blair ventures
to foreshadow the terrible complications IN which
he makes the +" Northern and Southern Democra-
CYL so CONSPICUOUS part, he is only seconding
the extremists in Congress like Mr. Bout,
well of Massachusetts,, who seek to larm the ma
ton with similar horrible calculations Weonce
more protest against all such attempts to alarm
the people for the stability of popular govern
ment to shake their faith init; and for one,
we will not be driven into any association OF
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