The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-07-21

WbD Vi 4tUCIbJ1 ttUgAA uuO JubblC0 rs preston
Brooks, Of South Caroline, Wigfall, Of Texas,
Floyd and Wise, Of Va, JEFF. Davis, of Miss.
Breckinridge, of KY, and their compeers.-
But while we regret the eloquence of these, our
former associates, wecan point with pride to
the course Of one, at least, of our Representa-
tives, Mr.. Benjamin G. Harris, the distinguish
cd defender and kindly friend of Eis martyr
ed" and suffering constituents, Atzerodt, Mudd
and Surratt; and the able defender of Booth,
Payne, Wirz and other gentlemen Of their
views.
Look at what this so-called Congress has re-
Gently done. They have endeavored TO take
away from US, in the adoption of what they call
their "plan Of reconstruction" two of the priu-
ciple arguments on which we have relied for
success in the coming campaign. We allude
to "Negro Suffrage" and "GontiscationD Thad
Stevens and Charles Sumner have both been
defeated in the plan of restoration their" blood
hounds of Zion" have agreed upon and placed
before the country, and in consequence they
have succeeded in entieing over to their and
its support some Of our friends ON whom we de
pended. =
This state of things mustnot, however, alarm
you, as there ls still comfort in their action
We allude to the infamous section of their pro-
posed Constitutional Amendment by which Mr.
Jefferson Davis, Mr.. John Surratt, accused of
being party to thee murder of Lincoln) Mr.
r. f. Lee, Mr.. Pryor, Mr.. Wise, Mr. Beaure-
gard, Mr.. Harry Gilmor, Mr.. Moseby, in fact
every person who assisted in depletinc the SUI
perhuous population of the socalied loyal
States, is debarred from holding Office under
the Government which educated MANY of them
at great expense, and thus enabled them to as
sst in the attempt at its destruction. We will
not criticize the injustice of another section of
their proposed mendment-wherein il is in
tended to prevent our friends from paying the
debts and obligations their States incurred in
| opposing the so-called "war for the Union -
That speaks for itself. We are done with Con
gress with the remark that Frank Thomas.
John L. Thomas, and Creswell, who have voted
for this abominable plan, should by all means
be defeated. In Mr. Phelps case we are not
prepared to advise. He committed an error in
voting for the Freedmen's Bureau Bill and the
aforementioned plane Congress, but may
vets himself right. Of our other Represen-
Enthusiastically, johnson, Mccullough and
Harris, tits needless TO add, their course has our
approval, and we propose their reelection.
/ We support Mr.. johnson. We do not allude
/ TO Bradley T., or Reverdy, but Andrew John
son OF tennessee. 1t is true our party did not
support his predecessor and himself for the Of
tlces they were elected to, land it is also true
that We gave him the title of s'the boorish tail
! or" and other names of this kind. But these
things are nothing, as our President is forgiv-
ing, and forgets such things. Has he not for
given and granted full pardons 10 our much
strances of Gov. Bradford Has he not forgiv-
en- and granted full pardon to our chivarous
Bradley t. johnson, against whom several in
dictmehs were found by the-people COM
posed the Grand Jurors of the q. S. Court in
Maryland. LES he not in fact, granted over
twelve tho pardons to good Democratic
voters and including rebels. $50 called" coun-
terfeiters and mail-robbers, since his acciden-
tai accession to his present high position. Our
friends who have been elected by their late
subordinates in the armies of their States to Of
fees of honor or trust if they were not pardon
ed at the time of such election. had but to as k
and they received it. ~ 4 4se f,e ~
While we give the Presidents poicy-par-
ticularly that above alluded to-our cordial
support, we would remark that you mnst pay
no attention to those speeches wherein Mr.
johnson is reported to have said that ''leading
traitors. must be punished and treason made
odious. We doubt wether he ever made use
Of such language. If he has, it can have no
reference to our friends, whom the so-called
Union party have been denouncing as traitors,
and We infer it has reference to the Black
Republicans who commanded the abolition ar
mics, or who have a majority in Congress.
The declaration imputed to the President,
chat were he resident of Tennessee he would
make suffrage dependent upon intelligence,
not color, which declaration is said to have
been made at Nashville-we denounce as fab
rication. Such a policy would destroy the
Democratic party, as with intelligence made
the basis of suffrage conservative" would
be unknown.
We support President Johnson We support
him at the present writing and will continue
to do SO as long as he has offices within his gift.
Whether VIC will do so after the election is an =
other matter.
q In conclusion, we point with feelings of adj
miration to the consistent course of our party.
1t is true that we declared the late so-calledre-
bellious States out of the Union in lS61--as B.
G. Harris does in 1866-we tore down the Amer
lean flag and tried to impede the passage of
troops to protect Washington. We now say
the Southern States were never out. But that
is q matter of opinion merely, involving no
principle--and principles are nothing, as we
support men and not principles, our great OBJ
iect being the destruction of the Registry Law.
Now, fellow-ctizens, will you not respond to
this call and send delegates to our State Con-
vention of the 25th Of JuLy, the fourth Wednes
day of the month. From the mountain ridges Of
Allegany to- the ocean shores of Worcester,
from Canada, from Virginia. we who visited
these chimes, come forth in the glory of your
reconstruction, and in the full array of Demo
cratic purity, and make the Convention wor-
thy of the cause in which it assembled, viz -
the repeal of the Registry Law and support of
President johnson. NJ 7uIs acs
Particulars in relation to the Convention,
ETC., will be given on addressing any member
of the Committee, or the Chairman, through
the Post Office. By order .e-.7
Il STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
j n. BAH the papers in the counties are re-
quested to copy the above ~ 1t.