The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-09-15
Tho Issues of tho DIV.

Extract from ~ ieecis - that .icrIing patriot
GEoHaE " SANDS. E.g. one cfihc LiScotS aud JouS
soS eieeior, delivered before the STATE Comptroller
Convention a; baltimore, August 18th. Is..,
&" One word A. 60 the issncs II this iav What are
they There u bat one lcf % that miserable rot,rn
old party that made the about the negro and have
nov no political capital but III negro And they
going about saying 20 the iopie that sou aud fellow.
citlEsns. negro equality men. negro suffrage men
and all that miserable trash dispose % such argu
mens and % them 80 FAR a. ain concerned BY saying
that there l. the humhi-st negro In the land who
would not sooner cothe with the ba0, aud the elective
franchise than the rrd handed traitor fImmense an.
pausc Hut. fellow citizens. they falsify the Record
aud no one knoaa u letter than they 10 themselves
And by reference the record think can con lie,
thea ~ such fabrication We had Conven,ion here
aud many q the gentlemen whom see before were
memhcrs q that body When she question up Il
hkinF the basis % representation In TIE % Mary
land what Is the story that the rccor tells Why that
j. aud every man with whom voted In that Convention
u MARY tafd-every ~ us voted make MARYLAND
iHr IEEE vHirE MANS sfsrr, and every one q them
voted for Negro q them That
th' record " you DOUBT a. look AZ 1899 ~ vol.
umc second II the debates u the Con
ventlon ~ lsAi IN that Convention for the first time
occurs The word white - the fire. white population
o. this state shall h. the basis Of representation thew
Ia says the Convention Aud Mr. Daniel CLARK, By
lrArsF IN hi. csnicsoacFcd substitute Cor the rrIt
ofths committee ny which the word white should ~
stricken out from the Fetort and the snstuton thus
leaving the II baltimore al of you herein a.
eided inequality that negro down In the Ieninsu
Ia should equal ten WhIte men In The rv AZ
baltimore. Yet thes around With their one nissr
able cry, niErer nigscr' Nov. In rvgan 10 nation
on w. sans subject ,aerc y bat the L.
which they making such strenuous earts IL n
bodied In ihe Constitution - Maryland. What Il but
government and control IL Applause To illustrate
a. the last census ~ Mars landyour state and mine
good true, noble, loyal old Mafyandthc Maryland %
the old Revolutionary line true 10 the fame her anccs
tors had $40 oo0 fe inhabitants, while IN South Carolina
had an army ~ 20 600 to sfarr ut wIen von eoIe In
TO our National ieFisiaure hnd that south Carroll
you had Why "a. this because she had $50 900 NJ
grocs. We say 20 South Carolina " We will Aeoept
you As Iari ofihc white mans government, Come In
representative for representative. are represent
ed one man Tor every ls5o 90 irc Shts lnhahliants
and Nc viii admit you 90 morrow" We not afraid
u, because you tried u with all the means and
forces you could gather, and failed The ruins q
Guf q Mexico We arr not afraid u YOU Come In IN,
On equal terms with Hut cay that the mos, a.
graded and ignorant slave hut ceniy freed In ts State
o. south Carolina shall not pessess Eea, power
equal Representation through you the honest Patriot
&c white man Of Maryland. We tell you u such are
your terms ~ coming hack into thl. unlon you shall
never come at all lApplAnse. White man Tor white
man We do no. FEAR you, with England and franes At
you have prated about onFa dose % pure and sim
ple white mans government. I tell you white men
say u 10 the white men 10 whom my uttsrance NAV
reach Throughout, the length and breadth of this STATE
s hr.e % four millions q negroes shall be representsd
and WHISTLER traitors shall represent them fArpause
New that neither one nor the other shah ever be
90 not think that my county IL endangered. There
power IN America 10 save America under any and
AZ eircum.tanees tApplauns. hut believe that "
me mAn Who ta now unfortunately the head o. this
government u permltsd 20 70 on hs mad aud minsra
ee career be VIII hnE trouble and confusion amonE Us
There 10 one thing more that hops ron will permit me
Say -Sould you not AL like 10 have the wnns Of the
dove to-day 80 that you could up and hover ever
eown ofa the ag ends o. faction aggregated IN
ene paee upon the iace ~ the earth, that exceeds
havs better ohr here. l0Fca applause THERE'S not
ne humhlsst man here, engaged In this noble cause
we " net better than The President of that conesm
@ yoaihsy may does they please, bat they esnnsl via