Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-08-20
MARYLAND.
Proceedings of n Republican Union
State Convention - Resolutions
AdOPted-DeIegates 10 n Loyal
Southern Convention.

Convention Of the UNCONDITIONAL Union
men of Maryland met in Baltimore.
Nearly every county was represented, and
great enthusiasm was manifested. A large
number of the soldiers of the Union, and
original Emancipationists, who denounce
"my policy" were present as delegates.
Thomas McLaine of Frederick, tempo
rary Chairman, said, in abiding to the
Philadelphia johnson Convention:
1t is n of the greatest political con-
spiracies that has ever been formed upon
the face of this earth, for the subiugatlon
and enslavement of a free people. l am
satisfied there is at the base of that con-
spiracy something that will probably not
be displayed until after they have mani
pulated and arranged it to q definite ex-
tent and have drawn into its vortex lnno-
cent but deceived persons. Does not every
one know the nature, purpose and design
of their manipulations2 Can we not see
through all this faithless arrangement
that they have made? Most assuredly.
For William Il. Stewards hand is in this
matter. He purposes TO originate a mid
die party in the country, and so far as
manipulation of the Philadelphia Con.
vention is concerned, he has gained his
point, and from this time out you will see
that faithless man, Andrew johnson, will
be compelled to fall back into insignih-
canoe, and VIM. H. Seward, leader and
controller, and the great power OF this
whole affair, will advance forward in the
ranks, and make his claims upon that Con-
vention for nomination TO the Presidency
Of the United States.
After addresses by others, George w
Sands of Howard county was elected
President. Mr.. Sands was a member Of the
Free State Convention, and an elector on
the Lincoln and johnson ticket. He has
Just been removed by President johnson,
at the instigation of Blair and Swami,
from the position of Collector of Internal
Revenue in the With District. Mr.. Sands
said
The Convention has the pleasure Of
being presided over by a headless man
So far as 1 am concerned, they have not
patronage enough between the Rio Grande
and the st. Lawrence to make me turn
back on the good and true men with
whom I have served during the war. Fol
one, I will never prove recreant to the
confidence and trust reposed in me by the
people who gave me their suffrage. One
word as to the issues of this day. What
are they There is but one left to that
miserable, rotten old party that made the
war about the negro, and have now nc
political capital out the negro, and they
are going about saying to the people that
you and l, fellow-citizens, are negro
equality men, negro-sufrage men, and al
that miserable trash. 1 dispose Of sucf
arguments, and of them, so far as 1 an
concerned, by saying that there is not tho
humblest negro in the land whom l would
not sooner clothe with the ballot and the
elective franchise than the red-handec
traitor.
He said he believed that if the mar
who is now unfortunately and acciden'
tally at the head of this Government i
permitted to 90 on in his mad and miser,
able career, he will bring trouble and con
fusion among US. Referring to the Phila
delphia Convention, he said:
OF all flag ends of faction ever congre
gated in one place on the face of the eartl
that exceeds all. There is not the hum
blest man here, engaged in this holy
cause, who is not better and nObler thar
the President of that concern. I tell yoJ
they may do as they please, but they car
not win. They will fool some people
They are just now playing the gam,
which the devil tried to play with oul
master when he took him to the top of &
high mountain and promised him, if he
would fall down and worship him, h,
would give him all the kingdoms of the
earth. The poor devil did not own one
foot of land, and 1 tell you that three
years viii not pass away before there viii
not be one crumb from the table of Uncle
Sam-not one crumb-that will find IFS
way down their capacious Threats. Let
US set up our standard. We fight for
%fnaiflCy, afu eytrywnere the prayers oi
good men all over the world are around
about and with us. They can't conquer
US. Stab us in the back they may, they
have, and they will, and if we were down,
crushed and bleeding to-day, We would
rise tomorrow.
A Committee on Resolutions wa APP
pointed, with Charles c. FELTON, as Chair
man, and after a short recess reported as
follows, which was unanimously adopted
That we heartily indorse the Constitd-
tiOnal amendment as passed by Congress,
regarding it as both fair and impartial to
all the States.
That we see nothing new in the refusal
of Congress to exclude non-voting negroes
from the basis of representation, as we
in Maryland have made the white popu-
lation alone the basis of representation in
our house of delegates.
That, while We are not in favor of ex-
tending the elective franchise to n class
of persons excluded from the same
by the Constitution of Maryland, we are
opposed to the representation of
the freedmen of the South in the halls of
Congress by those who have split the
blood OF loyal men on the soil of Mary
land and elsewhere in the recent war.
That we approve ofthe test oath enacted
by Congress as a preliminary qualification
to the admission Of members from the re-
bellious States TO their seats, holding that
man who has taken part in the late
should eve be admitted to a
prominent participation in the Govern
ment of the Union which they labored so
earnestly to destroy.
That we regard the course of Governor
Swami in relation TO the Registry law, as
direct invitation to those whom he has
appointed registerers to periure them
selves and trample under foot the law and
he Constitution of the State.
That we hail with qualification the ev-
dence given throughout the loyal States
If a determination to uphold the Congress
# the United States in its efforts to re-
construct the Union upon the basis of
earnest loyalty and unfaltering support of
he Constitution and the laws.
That We regard the reconstruction pol- !
cy Of President johnson as identically
he same policy as that of JEFF. Davis and
General Lee, and that those prOfessed
Union men of Maryland who have given
n their adhesion to that policy are neces-
arily in sfiiation with the leaders of the
ebellion and in a~ntsgonism to the Ioval
1en of the nation.
That we view with feelings Of horror
he details of the recent massacre of loval
at New Orleans, which is the direst
nd inevitable consequence of President
ohnson's policy, and we hold Governor
.wann and other indorsers of his policy as
Indirectly implicated in its terrible re-
llts, and responsible for a policy calcu-
sted to produce a similar condition of af-
airs in Maryland.
That we are now and ever will be op-
osed to treason and in favor of human
berty and Free Government the world
yer, and hence we d~snounce the policy
E President johnson which places the
power of the United States in
le hands of the Rebel Mayor of New Or
ans to crush out the Union sentiment of
ouisiana and, on the other hand. wields