Maryland free press., 1866-10-04
Hon. r. Thomas.

N'"S' c's"hH ca'hphiSu, We are
I, not called t qlpon TO qn lerra'e any services
the ab1vc gentleman may have heretofore
.-"ndered iiiis country. 1t Is sufficient fer
u t" kn'w t,rat be has optliyGi the qppr-
tunity tv-be asofla apl thst his course Of
late shows Tilt ::ha dos not comprehend
the true ippterests Of the country, Wills,
tn" war progressed, Sindicrive feelings to-
wards the Sqntl might be. .9ysrlooled,a or
excused on,she grstuntfof .execgiTcapa-
triotis.mm bYt, SINCE 'its Termination, the
IItnlulg"nec Of bttgF feelings has become
out of place, and the country requires the
services of such as can only get under til,
impulses Of trpe C''ristian prirsiplcs. The
recoqt course ef,sIr. Tb 10 Congress,
an particularly iall his late speeches in
,o"ngress and before the people. psQvS ,tiiiaf
he is flIea with this 'bitter spirit. Hi.
support Of the Thlddeus Stevens policy Of
exclusions his bitter attacks on the, mcrci-
fful policy Of President yJsshp$c9, and
tinrslcnting persecution pfiatlrei SN,tth .
prove this ' .';E@ mi
II. in'leef. Itle gnsdsofi theicountryore
CURES That tar South .sapull III still fur
theE hunbl.l in tic dp+t, AMI HE blool' t
her erring sons should be sill poured o, :
TO app>ase the wrath Of All offended Cow
!egnmept, and to ensure safety for the IT.
ture, then IL mmay be right, anil a fit in-
strppment to represent il, tho councils o.
the nation. But such oanuot be the. true
view of the subject we cannot Shut om
eyes 10 the fact that the late civil war VA.
the result Of great political Disturbances
and wrongs committed OF both sides: that
fhe passes of people South as well a.
North, acted under honest imprl.
ses. whetli mistaken or not, and that i:
is the greatest mistake that can be made
to treat such political Offences nthe samr
way as common crimes: Tt is contrary to.
EatuEc annl the experience Of the past.
Such war. amongst citizens Of the sam.
country, induces bad passions it is true -
but its effects never can be healed by the.
continual indulgence Of such passions. -
They must invariably make matters worse:
whilst the DEPOSITS course. the disph,y f
generous feeling and charity at once dig.
arms resentment, and restores the masses
to their former harmonious condition. The
intolerance Of die radicals Of the, North
they who were, as guilty in the orig!
inal quarrel as the radicals, Of the South,
is painful to behold in this crisis. They
seem to forget, II stdtlei r self righteousness
that they are not without sin themselves,
and that they need forgiveness for wrongs
long since committed against the South
in their fan .tieql blindness they mistake
the remedy; but our countrymsn will, we
trust. at the ballot-box, soon restrain the
evil they would 50 blindly prolohg. ." r
We feel sure we do not misreprcsent
Mr.. Thomas in this matter; for we heard
him speak at our Court House lately; and
became thoroughly pressed that he was
80 filed with prejudice against the South
aud the Southern leaders, hat it would be
impossible for him to do justice to the case.
On that occasion We heard him ,exclaim.
whilst invoking vengeance on the erring
Sduth-that we migut as well throw open
our jails and penitentlarcs, and let the
worst of criminals escape if the traitors of
the South should 60 UNPUBLISHED. Surely
no one knows better than he the difference
between the degraded criminal and the
man who rebels against his government
under the belief that his rights have been
violated. If lie only did this to minister
to the vindictise feelings of his audience
he would be unworthy of trust; but werrc-
feg 70 bssiiexs that he was 50 full of prtju-
dice that he could not divest himself of it,
and of cygtss nnfittedadbe h,sst.'l@s zthe
representative of .peoplsswho dcsisss pow
to temper justice with mercy.
Printing office. visitors, though always vol
come wo1rd do Seif 10 ret1eafbef thaa.hSurs. de-
voted 10 con versreAb< TIE st6hipd sis
usually an expensive lgapgy t9 ths tfrPtistors,.
''n,atter' correctly while talking or hearing any
Thing not Pit dpwn JIM Yeopy.n The iimes Of
tdpcd in correcting dirty proofs' costs the
proprctorsju just as Us much money per lhouf as
any other work, beside being attcndt d with more
or less injury to the very expensive article of
type. 1t is IL loss of time aud money perhaps
not thought Of which printers undertake to enter
tain company during working hours in thee
Tossing room. We pot our "brotcn up" in IN
6ice where the proprietor did the talking and the
printer the work. irhe printers understood that
every thing not connected with the printing bust
ness had TO be attended TO observation-disclosures We
respect the old rule--bnsincss first pleasure ai-
terward .--.Ilo. IHpfni1. -:.-..a- ....i...-
I ~ vi.
TAX ON KS0wLEDGE.-On of our exchange pa
pers in speaking Of The high duties placed by
Congress on paper and printing materials, says
tn. duty of lhirtJ five per cent. printing pa,
por renders il Cheaper TO SEND book over TO