The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-08-25

= u seemsIhai We have seriously offended
- very clever young gentleman " OF our &C.
quHin'"nee' aud said young gentleman, prob
ably alter mature drliberAtlou and consultation
With his friends aud sdslssss, concluded "a wr,,s
p'ece Tor the paPers." The case siands this
way Two weeks ago, In Speaking Of tho regis.
'e'ing business now going on ia our county, We
said that :" the Register for our own Dis,ric, haa
selected ~ his Clerk u very clever Young gentle
h'"n' but one WIN has been know a and ack no,si-
'dS'd ~ Sve~ssiOnisl aud opponent Of the gov
'Fnmrh'.' The Clerk aforesaid Il Caleb s. Tay-
lor' E'q and Caleb l, is who writes the article
iUr the Journal
We arr not At all surprised, Caleb, ihst you
deny icing SsUssionis, and opponent Of the
CO'ernmeni. It would he very hard to find.
even IN south Carolina, = man Who was an o,ipi.
nal Setessionisl all we're compelled Iy force Of
e''e|@'ia"e'', to take part agaiusI the Govern
meat, and We suppose this view oi the case Is the
one held BY you. But, Caleb, We have Just
emerged from great war one IN which the
existence Of our Government was seriously ,hrea,-
ened, when Tor iis niaiui, nance sgainst the pow.
rrs oi treason our country demanded the undivi-
drd support VI all its vOIaries. During all thrse
dark dals-ihis long period Of doubt aud dcs-
PondrHcy, did you, Caleb, Pe.Jorm QUO act, "
''y one roTd, in dgsnes 9, your Government ,
lou are good CHiCn man, you know, Caleb,
but did you prove IL by irorks during the rrLell.
ionr Was you among Ihosr WI o stood living ~ all
between our National Capitol anu its bcsirgcrs ?
When the enemy entered your State, did you aid
In driving them from our borders 2 Aud even
when that enemy penetrated to the neighborhood
ofyour own home, When they were almost at your
door, did you join that baud that watched their
movements and aided in defending our State me
iropois, or did you hide olr1y in some hicksf an.
~ danger iras pat We dou want TO press these
questions any further, Caleb for you are a
. clever young gentleman ~ tell the ruth
about It, we like you, personally, very much,
and are very willing 10 let "by.gOues he by.
gonss." We doubt not you regret nor ,ha, the
South ever seeed-d We believe you will make a
more loyal citizen In the future than you have
IN the past, aud u there should be a war between
our nation aud IL .fOrelgn porer, We would no, b.
much surprised to hear VI you Wishing oar arms
10 lie successful.
Did 1t ever strike you, Caleb, that there was
great dill renee between supporting an admins.
iralion IN time VI war aud In time Of p,acr p
You know very well that ''our Southern brcih.
ren gave rs q reason for their seeding from
the Cuion the fact that Mr. Lincoln had been
elected President. aud that |, was agains, his
Administration their acts were chiefly direct
aA A aat. ~ al.
made him the head Of the na,iOn--had iairsstrd
10 him tue grave task Of keeping Inviola,r the
Government formed by our fathers, and In iul-
filling his obligations he found himself opposed
By the armed hosts Of treason Lines we're strict.
ly drawn. 10 b loyal etfisens Il seas necessarv
10 support Mr.. LiReOin's Gdminisfration. lecau..
there was no middle ground TO occupy. The
war was against Mr. Lincoln's administration,
a. TtPTsss"iiHS ne GOrsrnmsHi, and we hold that
those who, during the rebellion, opposed the adj
minisiration opposed the Government. Il IL vv.
~ dnersnt under the administration OF Mr..
johnson. We may differ on questions Of policy,
without our differences working any disastrous
results TO the Government. and We cannot well
ser Why Caleb can insinua,e anything against our
loyalty 'rcause We do no, pull Olf our caps aud
hurrah for "Andy,"
But Caleb accuses US of disloy alty--of being
radical rebel, and TO prove this that
unfortunate Baltimore County American Extra
al 1861, IS brought before the public When
that Extra Was issued, We were journr, man
printer, in the emplo. OF Mr.. Longnscker. of our
"'nn-ciion with it ~e do not PROPOSE to speak,
bevausr It is noL"d, = business. II Caleb or his
friends choose 10 consider us disloyal We are con.
ten, they shall think so. ing upon "our re-
cord for our answer TO all such charges We
will say, however, that that Extra was issued in
an hour Of great excitement-when Cnion men
did no, consider themselves safe from personal at
tack or private injury and that IL was repen,cd
Of as soon, almost. as issued. Caleb says the
Baltimore County Horse Guards condemned the
Extra rs reasonable aud insurreciionary" Why,
then, did they gather in front Of the American
Office and cheer 50 enthusiastically upon its ap-
pearance? According TO your own sho~ings
they were applauding treason aud Instruction.
You aud your friends have made the mos, Of tina,
Extra you have urged il upon every possible &C.
c'sion for five years, 10 endeavoriug to convict
Mr. Longnecker Of disloyal u,,erancrs, and find
ing you eanno, ipjure tina, genreman's repSia.
ton for loyalty, II seems you propose to use II
against another. Proceed, gentlemen, in your
sef.imposed labor il may amuse you, bu, we
are sure Il won't hurt Us. We know that you
coun; all disunionisis who do not supper, my
policy" We ARE aware that all " no support Con.
gress, though they may have given their strength,
almost their lives upon our couniry's baltle-frds,
are denounced by you a. ensmiss Of the country.
but your showing doesn't make IL so. aud Is only
another instance Of the eifronIery and impudenec
Of copperheads.
We leave you now, Caleb, hoping you arr sat.
isasd. We do not wish 10 renew this subject, or
even recur TO IL again. II we do We may feel
compelled tor 10 PrOre'' that very clever
young gentleman was "a secrssionisi aud oppo-
nent Of the Government" Goodbye. Caleb
call aud see Us.
- Asan instance oT the bitter hatred which
It'll ellis the hearts Of the reconstructed r,b.ls
against loyal men, we would cite the general
tone Of the Southern press, when an oecsaiou Of