The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-08-04
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The late out-cropping of the Johnsonites at
their State Convention in Baltimore must satisfy
anv honest man, who does not chance to be an
expectant of United States Office, as to whittier
thai faction is drifting The resolutions adopted.
Invested of windy verbiage, amount simply to
this That the President must be supported in
everything he may do, and the Registry Law
practically nulIi6ed until such time as it shall
be safe to attempt its absolute repeal.
As to the first, such declaration comes with
exceeding good grace from conclsve whose
chief fugleman, Montgomery Blair, together with
MANY of the members, has been DINING our ears
with dolorous 6ut-cries touching the one-man-
power y as exercised, in time of war, by Mr..
Lincoln.
AS to the second, one knows not whether more
to admire the efrontery which could put forth,
or the more than asinine stupidity which could
permit this statement. Here is q body Of men,
composed in good part of ofice-holders and their
satellites, not one of whom, from Swami, the
Great, up Cor down to Frazier, the Little,
could be an actual or prospective incumbent of a
State Office, were it not for this identical Regis
try Law which they now effect TO decry.
Have not these worthy gentlemen Judgment
enough to speak good word for the bridge
which carried them safe over? Have they for
gotten what happened to the bewildered Ethio-
plan who persisted ia sitting on the limb which
he was busily engaged in saving of? Don't
they remember who it was that drapped ;"
with the limb Is Swami, shrewd business man
that he is such precious innocent as for mo-
ment to imagine that he can ever be sent to the
United States Senate after his recently appointed
Registers shall have :" executed - the Registry
Law, in compliance with the recommendation OF
his partisans, ''in fair honest and liberal spiI"
it % For Blair-after his shameless advocacy of
modern Democracy and Voluble abuse Of an Ad-
ministratiou which had vigor and worth
enough to survive even his participation
for him there might, possibly, be the ghost OF
a chance for the Senatorship. But for Swami
what insanity can have seized him?
Then, what a happy family party, to be snre,
they made up for their delegates at large to the
Bread and Butter" Convention in Philadel-
phia Swami, Blair, Crisfeld and Johnson
Can these men meet without laughing or spit
ting in each others faces
Think OF the Convention to which they CO.
Now that Fernando Wood, Judge Woodward,
Pendeton and Vallandigham, are duly accredit.
ed delegates from The loyal States TO that
I" Union !" gathering-to say nothing of the bat
talions of ex-Rebel Generals and ofice-holders
from the rebel States-but one thing ia lacking
TO render the affair graceful and complete in all
its proportions Let our reconstructing Execu-
tive give JEFF Davis the liberty Of Virginia, Ma
ryland and Pennsylvania that he may represent
Mississippi His second in command, Stephens,
is TO speak for Georgia why leave Davis out
Is it seriously expected that this Philadelphia
Convention to which Swami & Co. invite the
Union men of Maryland-can, in any possible
contingency be endorsed by the men who have
saved the Union from such individuals, North
and South, as are to figure in it Does any sane
man believe that unrepentant and defiant rebels
are to be permitted to legislate for the country
they have done their utmost to destroy--even if
A. Johnson does intend to bring it aboutY
A longer forbesrance can scarcely be virtue
We read that be who stole the saw-mi managed
to get off unseathed but when he returned to
steal the dam, this was admitted TO be carrying
the thing too far-and the adventurous wight
paid the penalty for his temerity