The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-09-15
9ohtifal.
THE APPEAL
or tho Loyal Mon OF tho south 70
thoir Fellow Citisons OF the
ITnitad 9fakaa

thoir -Citisens OF the
United States.
The representatives Of eight millions Of Amer
lean citizens appeal for protection aud justice TO
their friends aud brothers 10 the States that have
been spared the crueiics Of rebellion and the d.
rect horrors OF civil war.
Here on the spot where freedom was prolIered
and pledged by the fathers Of the Republic, We
implore your help against a rcorganizcd oppres-
sion, whose sole object Is 10 remit the control Of
our deslinies 10 the contriycrs of,he rebellion AZ
ter they have been vanquishcd in honorable bat
ue-thus at once TO punish US for our devotion
10 our country, aud 10 intrench themselves la the
official Notifications Of the Government.
Others have related the thrilling story of our
wrongs from reading aud observation. We come
before you as unchallenged witnesses, and speak
from personal knowledge our sad experience. II
you fail US, VIC are more utterly deserted and be-
irayed than II the contest OF arms had been deci-
ded against US for In that case even victorious
slavery would have found profit IN the speedy
pardon Of those who had been among Its bravest
foes
Unexpected pcriidy In the highest place Of the
Government, accidentally filled By ono who adds
cruelty 10 ingrati,ude, and forgives the guilty as
he prosctibes the innocent, has stimulated the al
most cxiinguished revenge Of the beaten conspi-
rators aud now the rebels, who offered 10 yield
everything 10 save their own lives are seeking
10 consign as 10 bloody graves.
Where we expected n benefacior we find per-
secu;or. Having los, our champion, We return
10 you who can make Presidents and punish
traitors
our las, hope under God, Is in the unity and
frmuess Of the States that elected Abraham Lin
coin and defeated Jefferson Davis.
The best statement OF our case l. the appalling,
yet unconscious confession OF Andrew johnson
who in savage hatred Of his own record pro-
claims bis purpose 10 clothe four millions Of ira-
tors with the power 20 impoyerish and degrade
eight millions OF loyal men.
Our wrongs bear alike upon all raecs, aud our
iyran's, unchecked by YOU, will award the same
fate 20 white and black
We can remain ~ We are only as interiors and
victims.
We may ay from our homes but we should
fear 20 iiusi our fate with those who, after de-
nogucing and defeating treason, refused 10 right
those who had brayely assisted them In the good
woFk.
Til we are wholly rescued there is neither
peace foT on nor prosperity for US.
We cannot better define At once our wrongs
and our wants than by declaring that, since An.
drew johnson affiliated with his early slanderers
aud our constant enemies, his hand has been laid
heavily upon every earnest loyalist in the South
History, the just Judgment Of the Present and the
certain confirmation Of the Future, invite and
command US 10 declare
That, after rejecting his own remedies for re,
storing the tuiOI, he has resorlei 10 the wcapsn,
of traitors TO bruisc and beat down patriots.
That, after declaring that none bat the Loyal
should govern the reconstructed South, he has
lraciiced upon the maxim that none but traitors
shall rule
That while IN the North he has removed con.
scien,ious men from Office and filled many Of the
vacancies with the sympaihizeTs of treason, la
the south he has removed the proved and trust
cl patriot and selected the equally proved and
convicted traitor.
That, after brave men who had Tough, for the
old flag have been nominated for positions, THEFT
names have been recalled and avowed rebels sub.
siituied.
That every original Unionisi In the South who
stands fast TO Andrew Johnson covenants from
lsGi 10 lss5 has been osiracised.
That he has corrupted the local courts by Of
feriag premiums for defiance Of the laws Of Con.
gFess, and by discouraging the observance Of the
oath against Treason.
That, while refusing 10 punish one single con.
spicuous traitor, though thousands had earned
the penalty OF death, more than q thousand of de-
voted Union citizens have been murdered in cold
blood since the surrender Of Lee, and in no easC
have their assassins been brosght to Judgment
That he has rardoncd some Of the worst Of the
rebel criminals North and South, including somc
who have taken human life under circumstances
Of unparalleled airociiy.
That while denouncing and lettering the ope-
raiions OF the Frcedmcn's Bureau, he, with a full
knowledge Of the falsehood. has charged that
the black men are lazy and rebellious, and has
concealed the fact that more whites than blacks
have been protected and fed by that noble organ
izaiion aud that, while declaring that Il was
corrupuy managed and expensive 10 the Govern
meat, he has eonnived at system Of prohigacy
in tue Use Of the public patronage and public
money wholly without parallel, save when the
traitors bankrupicd the Treasury, and sought "a
disoreanize and scatter the army and the navy,
only 10 make Il more easy 10 capture and destroy
.he Government.
That, while declaring against the injustice oi
leaving eleven States unrcprescnied, he has refus.
ed 10 authorize the liberal plan OF Congress, sim
PLY because il recognizes the loyal majority, and
refuses TO peEpetua,e the traitor minority.
That in every State south OF Mason and Dix
on line, his policy has wrought the most
depiorabc consequences, social, moral, and Politi
cal
II has emboldenei returned rebels 10 threaten
civil war in Maryland, Missouri, West Virginia
| and Tennessee. unless the patriots who saved and
! scaled these States 10 the old flag surrender be
fore their arrogant demands.
Il has corrupted high State officials, elected
by Union men, and sworn 10 enfore the law
agains, returned rebels, and made them the mer'
| instruments OF the authors Of the rebellion.
IL has encouraged n new alienation betweer
\ the sections, and by impeding emigration 10 the
| South, has crested formidable barriers agains
| free and friendly intercourse with our country
men in the North ana the West.
II has allowed the rchcl sodery TO persecul'
the teachers OF the colored schools, and 10 burr
| the churches in which the freedmen bare wor
shipped the living God.
That system so haTharous should have cul
minated in the frigh,ful riot ai Memphis, and tn
still more appalling massacre at New Orleans
was as natural ns that bloody war should flov
from the teachings Of John G. Calhoun aud Jcif
erson Davis.
Andrew johnson il responsible for all ihcs'
, unspcakablc crimes aEd crnelies As he provo
ked. so be iuslfcs and applauds them.
Sending his agents aud einissarics into this &c
fined and patriotic metropolis, TO insis, upon una
king his reckless policy test upon Christian
people, he forgot that the protection extended
the lith.of-August Convention In PhilaAeiphi
was not only denied to the free people Of kes
orlcans, on the 30th OF July, when they assem
blcd 10 discuss how best 10 protect themselves
bat denied amidst the slaughter Of hundreds Q
innocent men.
No page in the record Of his recent outrage
upon human justice and constitutional law
more revolving ihan that which convicis him 9
refusing 10 arrest the preparation for that eava9
carnival, and not only OF refusing TO punish I
authors, but Of toiling 10 throw the guilty n
sponsibiliy upon the unonsnding and innocct
freedmen.
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