The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-07-28
The Conservative . Mass Meeting
SLIM ATTENDANCE.
MEsSRS. BRADFORD, SWAMI, PERRINE
AND HOGAN ARE ABSENT.
THE MEETING A FAIL URE.


For about month past we have heard on
every hand the notes of preparation for mon
ster gathering of the " friends u of President
Johnson and Gov. Swami, to be held in this
town on Tuesday, July Gath. Posters ANNOUNCE
ing that Gov. Swami, Ex-Gov Bradford, Hon.
John Hogan, of Missouri, Mr.. Perrine, of New
York. and other distinguished gentlemen,
would address the meeting, were sent out by the
arnyuU runners were despatched from the
Custom House and Revenue Office to every part
of the county to stir up the g faithful to a
sense of their duty, and, even by the opponents
of my policy" good meeting was expected /;
but, alas for the mutability of human calcula-
ton, the whole affair was complete, miserable
failure. Brightly dawned that Tuesday morning,
and a beautiful day seemed to augur success for
the meeting. A splendid band arrived at an
early hour, and its members discoursed sweet
music to the wondering boys that crowded
around them the cars from the city brought
out many of the officials and visitors who had
doubtless come to see the Death OF Radcalism y
foreshadowed in the posters of the Johnsonites.
Everything was propitious, and all that was
wanted was the people, but they didn't come =
Eleven O'Clock was the hour fixed for the meet
| ing, but not until two o'clock could the few
present find heart to proceed to the Court House
and organize. Counting sore heads" Rebels,
strangers, office-holders, and good Union men,
who had been drawn through motives of curios-
ity to the meeting altogether, we do not believe
that there was, at any time during the speaking,
over one hundred and fifty persons IN the Court
House. George Ellicott, Esq, called to
preside, with the usual number of Vice-Presi-
dents and secretaries, and then the meeting was
ready for the speaking But,
Ex-Gov. Bradford wasn't there
Gov. Swami wasn't there
Hon. Jno. Hogan, of Missouri, wasn't there
Mr.. Perrine of N. Y, wasn't there
and the services of the other distinguished
gentlemen, an excellent saving clause, had
to be availed of. A single voice called for
Gallagher" and Gallagher " came FORTH
Frank Gallagher but it was the best that could
be done. That gentleman entertained the audi
ence for about an hour, praising President john
son, and abusing better men than himself. Hon
John NJ Frazier, man whom the Union party
| trusted and elevated to office, followed in much
the same style, doubtless doing his best to repre-
sent the absent Swami. Hon. ]. Morrison Har-
ris, who arrived at very late hour, in compa-
ny with Custom House official, then appeared,
and said his say, of course abusing Congress and
landing the President to the very skies. Scarcely
had the last word of his harrangue fell from his
lips before the few persons present took up their
hats and left, and the great mass meeting y
that was to kill radcalism was over.
Gentlemen--you who made yourselves so
prominent in getting up this meeting--ain't you
ashamed of it and of yourselves Here you have
been trying for weeks to get upa meeting, scat
tering your calls broadcast through the county,
announcing that distinguished speakers whom
you named, would be here, and yet you have
failed-miserably failed After all your efforts,
not enough of your feow-citzens assembled to
make decent primary meeting for the smallest
district in the county. Your county convention
held last week, and your mass meeting on Tues
day, should certainly convince you of the oppo-
siton of the people, OF the Union party of the
county, to your views and opinions, and you
had better give up, and You that do not want
to follow Montgomery Blair clear over into the
ranks of the Democratie-rebe party, had better
come back to your first love, to the ranks of the
good old Union party.