The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-07-28

| need only refer 10 the pages OF The CHRoS.
lcLI aud lmH PREss TO prove how steadily
] resisted the idea that you were plotting
10 betray our friends, and how earnestly
| ] endeavOred 10 convince tho country that
you had no,sympathy with the common enc.
| my. In all my visits 20 the Presidential
mansion, and they were frequent, il was not
until late in January that / began clearly
TO perceive you were conspiring with the
COpperheais and traitors. Before that
time not Il word had ever fallen from your
lips TO excite the suspicion that you we're
preparing TO become the prosecutor Of the
| colorcd race, or that you were preparing TO
bring back into full power tho red.handed
traitors whom YOU had so bitterly denounc-
ed during four long years. But when, with
an amazcment that ] can never forget or
faithfully describe. these facts appeared too
| plain for doubt, icarlessly discharged my
duty, regardless Of, and fully prepared for,
| all the consequences. did not stop TO
calculate whether in denounciug the dan.
| gerous conspiracy OF which you were then
proved ~ be the chief | was helping or
harmlng the distinguished gentleman in
whose behalf wrote the above letter.
And now, sir. word ia reference To your
personal affairs | know right well the diff.
hculiy, IL not the danger Of the position /
| occupy. / know that for sternly holding
you o your pledges am assailed aud threat
ened by every Copperhead and traitor be-
tween Maine aud Mexico, aud know also
that stimulated by the passions that have
control led you since you broke away from
those pledges, there ia nothing that you
would not resort 10 demoralize the party
that elected You, and ruin those who refuse
| 10 hollow you IN the ranks OF the common
enemy it's not the first time have been
thrown into conaict with laithless aud coz
fupt Executives but il is the first time
have ever been called upon 10 contemplate
aud 10 expose such perhdy as yours will
| not remind YOU Ot my earnest and uncalcu.
!a1ing friendship, from the period when you
| took Issue with treason in the Senate, 10
1860 down 10 the Baltimore convention IN
i-Ol, which body ut the request OF the Ia
mented Lincoln and such earnest radicals
Is BENJAMIN j. WADE, of Ohio, attended
| alone Tor the purpose Of pressing your nom-
nation for the Vice Presidency, after il
became apparent that llANSiBAL II ANLiS,
the incorruptible patriot was willing TO give
way IA order TO allow a representative Of
the War Democracy position upon the
national ticket. That you should have for
gotten these facts amounts 10 nothing ia
comparison with your heartless ingratitude
10 the party which placed you in nomina-
ton and elcciedyou Vice President. In
diyidual iugratitude and cruelty concern
only the person betr4yed aud Injured but
when. as Ia pur case the betrayal Of the
whole country IS contemplated. the offence
becomes national and should be according.
y checked and couuteracled
There is. however. one part of your expert
encs winch deserves 10 be differently con-
-ftL all 10 in -
,em OF rrvenge YOU have adopted. viz that
OF publishing the private letters OF gentle.
men who refuse 10 sustain your attempt TO
ma = loyalty od.oGs and treason honorable.
( Need tell You that | allude % the dis.
( graceful 18th ol March, l-G5 When you
/ resolved 10 desert tue brave aud benevo-
/ lent men who threw over you the cloak OF
their forgiveness aud charity on that day
yOn consciously or unconsclously prepared
FOR every sgcce .ding treachery. When
7 YOU obtained your own consent TO do that
single act of shame. your intrigues with the
/ Copperheads before tue lall elections of
/ 1850. Your veto OF the ireedmen's bureau
/ oil! after having almos; explicitly promised
to sign it. your revolving I'D Of February
I speech. your prescription Of the brave
1 white aud cOiored loyaliSts OF the south,
and your publication OF private letters
written 10 you IA transporting confidence
| followed naturally aud irresisiibly. sup
posing that any ether gentleman could have
been guilty as you were guilty on the 18th
Of March. lsGj, what would such a gentle.
man have done You stood before YOUR
own country and the world dishonored aud
degraded.
The ordinary calumnies OF the Copper
heads aud traitors were coined into the
most irlghilul maledictions against you.-
J know OF no scene in history where pub
tic character Tor an act Of inexcusable
weakness, was az the same time so univer-
sally eXecraied by one party aud so indul-
gently aud magnau!mously treated By
another. Any true man. equally unlortu-
nate and equally forgiven aud defended.
would have turned TO the great Republican
Union party aud have said " For this
act ot noble clemeucy | am bound TO you
through life aud unto death that which
you have done this day. places me under
obligations from which can never escape,
and which shal! forever cherish. ! fee.
that | have disgraced you and dishonored
myself. and 10y u life of gratitude | will
prove that, although unworthy OF your cou-
tdence, and unworthy of your vindication.
! can at least do my best 10 atone Tor my
offence But you seem TO be made OF diff
ltFtlt metal from tuCn character, YOU
have not only cody forgotten the gener.
Gus men who saved you from disgrace. but
are now engaged in the pleasant pastime
OF slandoring them aud prescribing their
friends. will postpone description OF
my own part in that sad drama. prcferring
10 wait for the other private revelations you
Z promise 10 lay before the country Ii is
very certain that, il you have forgotten all
shame. you cannot have forgotten my con.
neciion with yourself during that unhappy
experience. Probably no more graphic
aud instructive page could be added TO the
curious history Of Your Administration than
detailed account Of that celebrated day
have not been as careful in treasuring all
the incidents. as you have been in presery-
ing the private letters of the gentlemen
whom you intended 10 betray but where
my own memory fails ! shall be able TO exc
out q complete narrative by turning 10 the
copious aud fascinating columns Of traitor
and Copperhead newspapers which are now
defending your character and your conduct
j. W. FoRSEv.
\ Mas WITHOUT MoSEY.-A man with
out money is q body without a soul--a
wa.ling dcath--a spectre that irightens
everybody. Ills countenance is sorrowiul.
and his conversation 10 languishing aud
tedious. IL he calls upon an acquaintance,
he never finds him ut home. aud ifhe opens
his mouth, he is interrupted every moment,
50 that he may not finish his discourse,
which il is fearful will end with asking for
money lie is avoided like a person in.