The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-07-28
Maryland Conservatives and Demo
0rofa

1t is very evident that Maryland Conservatism
and Maryland Democracy is in fair way for
full coalition, the name under which they shall
rally, and the leaders they shall choose being
the only points on which they are now at Varl-
ance. The Purnell party desire to follow the
lead of Gov. Swami, and the Democracy that OF
the leaders who marshalled them against the Un-
ion and in favor of the rebellion during the war.
Mr. Pnrnell, under the directions of Gov Swami,
has endorsed the Philadelphia Convention, and
called upon the State Convention to assemble in
Baltimore on next Wednesday week to select del
egates Oden Bowie, Esq, Chairman of the old
Democratic Executive Committee, has also called
q Convention of that organization to assemble IN
Baltimore ON the 8th of August to select dele
gates to represent the Democratic party in the
Philadelphia Convention. Thus it will be seen
that both the Conservatives and Democrats are
travelling in the same path, and that men, and
not principles, are the only points of antagonism
between them. The call of Mr.. Bowie is not
alone TO the Democrats, but to all persons, ir-
respective of party who are friends of President
Johnson to send delegates to the democratic
State Convention. Itis, in fact, an invitation to
Gov Swami and Mr.. Punnell to come into the
Democratic fold and to drop their Convention
of the 25th Of July. If they do not accept the in
vitation, it is the intention of Mr.. Bowie by this
to put stop to the movement among the Demo-
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Purnell Convention.
That Gov. Swami and Mr.. Purnell have virtu-
ally abandoned the Union party and joined the
Democracy, is but too apparent. They have not
done so in the honorable and manly way pursu-
ed by the Hon. Montgomery Blair, who went to
New York and publicly gave in his adhesion TO
Tammany Hail. but have endeavored to over
throw the Union party of the State by refusing
to yield up the power accorded to them when
they professed TO be trueto its principles Mr.
Purnel, as President of the Union State Central
Committee, has attempted to hold control of that
organization whilst virtually adhering to the
Democracy in all matters of State and National
politics whilst Mr. Swami is following his ex-
ample, and is using the Executive power of the
State against those who placed him in the posi-
ton he couples. This may ali be in accordance
with strict political morality, but we must say
that it is not an example that we would advise
any one to initiate who is an asprant to political
honors. Such men can never be trusted in the
future by those whom they betray, and those
who profit by their detection will cast them off
SO soon as the power they may now be able to
WELD has exhausted itself. All political history
proves that the man who betrays one party is
applauded by the opposing party so long as he
has patronage or power in his hands, and desert
ed by them the moment that they can no longer
use him to their advantage. There are others
holding minor positions, who would do well to
consider these facts before it is too late to retrieve
their error.-BdItinlore american.