The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-11-17
Tho Constitutional Amendment.

\ series OF articles favorng the adoption ofihe
Coustitutou. Amendment, by the Southern
State Is being Published 10 the Huntsville (Ala.)
-iSroes's. Tho. air a.. by the same writer, aud
,e Adsoeats states that toe letters have attracted
larger share o. public attention in Alabama
than any similar letters since the celebrated series
in 1850, from The ieu Of Hon John 4. Campbell
OF Mobile. against secession. The letters are ad-
dresses to the Aabamn Legislature fromonc re-
laing 90 TIE ;hirl srciinn ~ the Amendment We
quote the following
% History will declare that a milder aud moro
healing cop ~ medicsled elements was never pre-
seated 10 his lips o. rebcllions community rs "A
corrective tot the body polite. II strikes ~ the
root az the disease aud eradicaes the prime cause
at the morbid action Recognizing the former
poliic'i idrr, os the seceeding States AS the iu-
siigaiors q" tie great national calamity, il dis
qualities them from holding those positions of
irus, which WIS the lever Of their political power
u holds them responsible for that willy diploma
cy which under seemingly patriotic motives. dts-
iniegraied the great Democratic party for the
purpose 81 securing abe election 81 the Chicago
NOMINEE - the Inauguration of the secession pro-
grnmgie II brands them with that criminal ne
cation Of the duties OF statesmen which dismissed
with studied contempt the hope so dearly cher.
ishrd by Southern patriots Of adjusting the ques-
tons Of the day through the insirumcnialiv of q
National Convention.
II commentaries by constitutional punish
meni that Wild and wicked ambition which held
~ nothing the splendid prestige which our conn-
try held among the nations OF the earth. ns well
~ iis security TO hh,fiy aud property. IT. univer-
sal prosperity. It's fiIening intelligence Us purity
~ morale aud religion. and it, wonderful inter
nal development. II estimates al is prcper
worth that rmpircism which desolaied the South.
bnukrupiCd families who were SURROUNDED by
every ihing that wealth couli besiow, closed up
our Schools and churches fot years. killed ~ mn.
ny HUNDREDS Of thousands II her sous BY the
sword consigned 80 many ~ her fathers aud
mothers To more bitter death by grief, broke
the hearts 81 her wives and sisters with SORROW,
demoralizing the whole community aud drbauch-
ed the patriotism ofthe whole South. Aud II holds
the secession leaders especially responsible tor the
two last dreadful wears 81 that war 81 rebellion,
when not a hope Of success against the Govern.
ment was honestly entertained by any man In
bis proper senses aud during which nothing
was feasible but pusipSTsagu. 81 that day 81
reckoning which had such ierors for ihem That
destructive rrtrngrade from vicksbuw that
funeral march from Chattanooga 10 Marietta,
every step Of which planted q hundred graves
that carnival Of snicide which Hood rioied In
from Pulaski TO Nashville that food Of gore
which Lee poured out from the Wilderness 10 bis
surrender all 50 wanton, and 30 unavalling 10
cause which was lost At Donaldson, at Shiloh,
and At Vickshnrg these are among the witness
80 that testify that the country can lose nothing
BY = disqualification for Office Of men who advis-
ID and defended the Rrandest and most useless
slaughter that the world ever witnessed