The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-02-17
!" I.oyal Men Must Rule. 2


~ Loyal Men Must Rule"
One day last week, a number Of gentlemen
representing the Senate and House of Delegates
of Virginia, sought and gained an interview
with President Johnson, and presented him with
a copy Of the resolutions adopted By the General
Assembly of their State These resolutions lot
course) cordially endorse, the policy of the
President, aud announce the future course Of
Virginia to be one oeuuwayering fidelity to the
Union relying on the integrity and intelligence
of those who WELD the power Of the United
States The resolutions further represent that
Virginia will not voluntarily consent to
change the adjustment OF political power as fixed
by the Constitution of the United States, and to
constrain her to do so in her present PROSTATE
and helpless condition, with no voice ia the
councils of the Nation, would be an unjusti6able
breach of faith" Mr.. Baldwin, Speaker of the
Virginia House of Delegates, presented these res
olutions TO the President, in speech in which
he took the strongest Union grounds and uttered
sentiments which might be considered ortho-
dox /" anywhere. President johnson g reply to
this Committee is able and dignifed, and must
meet the appreciation ofall who are really de-
sirous Of seeing our Country brought back to
the condition of peace and unity it enjoyed be-
fore the black hand of treason essayei its de-
struction One portion Of this reply is particu-
larly noticeable, as Indicating very clearly the
views of the President upon the question Of rep
resentation and State Government, he says:
ain returning and assuming your relations
with the Federal Government, i am free to say
that all positions and places ought TO
be confined distinctly and clearly to men scho are
loyal Iftherc ,Osrs only fee thousand loyal men
ina STATE, or less number, bat sufficient to take
charge Of The political machinery Of the STATE, those
IRE thousand men or tie lesser number are entitled
to ii If all the resi- should be ether0cisS Inclined
/ look upon it as being fundamental that the ex-
ercise ofpolitical rower should Be confined to loyal
men, 5sG go q dei32a4i9} e-afS
To our minds, this is sound doctrine, and
should have been regarded by those to whom it
was addressed, as a scathing rebuke TO some of
their actions. 1t told them plainly that if they
expected to be represented in the Councils of the
Nation, they must elect other men than Moseby
or Faulkner or Sorhmers as their delegates it
admonished them that if they persisted in elect
ing men who glored in their disloyal acts in the
past TO Office, they must not expect TO be treated
as though they were truly loyal And this Ian
gaage must have rung with unusual force in the
ears of Mr.. Baldwin, the Chairman and spokes-
man of the committee, who, but & few weeks ago,
from his seat as presiding officer of the Virginia
House of Delegates, sent forth to the world the
hope that he would yet live to see Robert z
Lee Governor of the Commonwealth of Virgil
mia. Y aa 3naf w aasg,af
( Nor are the sentiments OF President johnson,
as expressed above, applicable to the seeded
States alone. Their counsel may equally well |
be regarded by US Of Maryland, and his advice
taken into serious consideration when called upon
to elect our rulers. There is no Disgusting the |
fact that we have among US men who are even
to this day as bitterly antagonistic to the Gov
eminent as any to be found in Virginia or South |
Carolina men who do not hesitate to alter SEN
timents widely at variance with the good of our
country men who are SO welded TO their pecu-
liar ideas Of State Rights, and State Sovereignty
and all such kindred exploded IDEAS that they |
would, if possible plunge the nation into anoth-
er civil war to carry them ont This class of |
men see nothing good in any act calculated to |
punish treason they profess a holy horror when |
punishment to traitors is alluded to, and when |
such thing as political Acknowledgement to any
one, no matter how obnoxious his course in the |
past or present, is even suggested, they are ever
ready to denounce it as something TERRIBLE
They are now straining every nerve to once
more gain political control of our State, and |
hence their strenuous opposition to the Registry |
Law. They have lately made great effort to
have this law repealed, and to this end meetings
have been held all over the State, and resolutions
adopted, in turn begging, bullying and threat |
ening, and in fact, in some instances. advising
open revolution if their demands were notacceded
TO: And whatare these demands Simply that |
allrestrictons upon the right of suffrage shall |
beremoved, and that Harry Gilmor may walk |
up to the same voting place with Governor |
Bradford or any other loyaist, and exercise that
right. No gentlemen the unionists of NARY
: land do not intend to allow any such state OF |
things to exist. They believe, with President
johnson, (who, by the way, you are 30 fond of
praising, that all the responsible positions
aud places ought to be confined distinctly and
clearly to loyal men, and believing this they |
will continue to oppose every effort that may be |
made to open the ballot box to those who are |
professedy disloyal, and will see that none but |
loyal men are called to the exercise of political
power. H5i "a e.d 8aaI9e8 |