Maryland free press. [volume] (Hagerstown [Md.]) 1862-18??, 1866-09-13
could have been expected.

the ffcssasnt.was NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
could have been expected.
EFT Tn, whole + thing w as summed up
IN nutshell by 4 soldier at public
ineetjngIrsoePtIy., sSpeaki Of the YYRarty
Of Coagfes4" he sid ihsif fhc.of SdtiJh
was :tquclhuudred dollars, to the soldiers.
three hundred aYtl3Ss e .the Regrqes,I ,aaa
two Thousand dollars 10 Members of Con-
oress .sssIq ASA sdi TCl sinsSA
:nxa,s1sssH ,H9GTaagQa y kAxoHr
EF Tho same men who turned the war.
/ for thesi, Unioh into wafafor JtheInagfo,
are now putting arms inuthe hahdE ~ che
negroes, and goading thSnS d to hostilitles
against g,l the sgoyerqmeptia They call the
pegrQfs. ] !" sUnion men ~ when, not pne out
of one hundred of the Southern blacks,
knows the meaning Of the word.
| yFs-Even u the New, York Tribune gives
old Frank digg-7-when it. ppinteptiopaly
no doubt denounced his rlundering the
treasury Of t.cq thousand dol,ars e,rtrazpay.
as "very pnvise, cowardlss tnprincipled
act" The people will endorse this opin-
ion of the Tribune at,tnc polls on the 9Th,
of November. q z 4 j y
LDu.E 1t4LrAH
EI=The Harrisburg Patriot AMI yUnoH
counts upon ia.certainl gain Of sixDeh6-
cratic members Of Congress in Pennsylys-
mis- with chance for one or two more.
EE-For three years service in the
battle field an Abolition Congress voted
white veterans 800 bounty, negroes $500.
and themselves for, drinking whiskey,
preventing restoration of the Union aud
squaudering the peoples money for six
months, $4,000, So they have made the
scale. Congressman first. negro next,
white soldier last, After the sixth Of
November We rather guess things will be
rcversed--the first last aud the last first
particularly in this Congressional dis
trict. .... ..... ,.......-
EF Frank Thomas when he grabbed
the s., 600 extra, knew that the poor man
would have to pay him. as all the wealthy
men had their money in Government
Bonds, and thus escaped their share.
E1- Peter the Fleet, delegate from this
county to the Fred Douglass Mongrel
convention, lately in session atPhiladel-
phia, has returned in safety to his "splen-
did residence" in Hagerstown. da-og4l
He brings with him, it is said, tuft OF
wool from the cranium of his friend Fred
which is to,be kept as an heir loom in en
.tamHe de Ncgely. "'.s'.' - NA w!
We regret to learn that the distinguish
ed delegate is suffering from sever,
bronchial affection the effect of the voci
ferrous applause bestowed upon tho "a p
propristc remarks" of his fellow delegat,
Of Ethiopian de scent 49,.
re- According to the Radicals, all sol
diers who vote on their side are heroes
and merit lasting honor; but those VIII,
sustain the President are secession gym
pathisers and unworthy Of respect or graft
tude. Their worth depends upon how
they vote, not how they Fought This i
Mr.. Thomas, member Of Congress from
this district, in addition to voting bimsel
$4,000 extra pay for his term of service
among many other outrageous acts passed
by Congress to (ilch money from the treasu
ry of tho United States, voted for til,
! following jobs: .nra ',r# .}.7G
Freedmcn's Bureau Job. 81 ZOO, OO(
National Bank interest job, 30, 900, OO(
Increased tariffjob, 1000, O0t
!. Increased revenue job 5000, CO(
Funding debt and gold selling, 10000, 00(
Education Bureau job, 5000, 900
Mexican loan job, $4,000, O0t
Montana job (vctoed) 5000, O00
Mississippi and Yazoo job. 10000, 0O(
Northern Pacific, Railroad job, 81, 900 ,60(
Total in Uncle Sans jobs, $3.50, 900, 00C
RrAre you Registered? Time is rap.
idly passing and in short time it will be
too late to be registered, and without reg.
istration there can be no voting, and with
out voting there will be no end to aRadi-
| cal rule. '-} e IL 'lol3s.J 20 .
| ES There was q time when Frank
Thomas favored Repudiation-the repudi.
alton Of our State debt. He'll not besspt
to repudiate them $4,000 extra pay flched
from the U, S. Treasury. It's not his way
to Ego back'''on triaes Of that Kind. 5r%
EE-Tho "small fry" political spoater.
of the Radical stamp who have never seen
hostile Rebel proclaim with great gustc
their preference for the negro over che
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