The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-09-15
The Issues of the Day.

EXTRACT from the speech of that sterling patriot
GEORGE W. SANDS, ESQ.,, CT the LINCOLN and JOHN
SON electors delivered before the State Comptrolers
Convention at Baltimore, August 18th, 1867
One word as to the issues of this day. What are
they There but left to that miserable rotten
old party that made the about the negro and have
now no political capital but the negro And they are
going about saying to the people that you ana eow-
citizens are negro equality men, negro suffrage men,
and all that miserable trash dispose of such argu-
ments and of them, so far as am concerned by saying
that there is not the humblest negro in the land whom
would not clothe with the ballot and the elective
franchise than the redhanded traitor. Immense ap-
pause But fellow citizens, they alsify the Record,
and knows it better than they do themselves
And by reference to the record think can convict
them of such Justification. We had Convention mere
and many of the gentlemen whom see before me were
members of that body When the question came up Oh
fixing the basis of representation in the State OF Mary
land what is the story that the record tells Why that
and every man with whom voted in that Convention
the of the true ana noble Union party
of Marviand-every one of voted to make Maryland
THE FREE WHITE MANS STATE, and every one of them
voted for negro one of them That
is the record If you doubt it, look at page 1O46 of vol
ume second of the Debates of the Constitutional Con-
vention of 1854 In that Convention for the first time
occurs the word white ''' the free white population
of this State shall be the basis of there
inn says the Convention. And Mr.. Daniel Clark, by
way of epsode-hey propose make him their standard
in this substitute for the report
of the committee, by which the word white" should be
stricken out from the report and the Constitution thus
leaving the of Baltimore all of you herein de-
cided inequality SO that one negro down tne
Baltimore Yet they run around with thelr one miser
able cry niger ngger Now, in regard to nation
al parties on this subject there is but the one is
sue What is this Constitutional amendment against
which they making such strenuous efforts 1t is EN-
that the white men of the United States shall make this
government and control it Applause 10 llustrate
good true noble loyal old Mary land-the Maryland of
the old Revolutionary line true to the fame OF her ances
tors GAG free inhabitants while IN South Carona
they had but 3OS 900. Thus Maryland doubled her ana
had an army of 900 spare But when you come IN
to our National Legislature you find that South Caro
ma claimed and had nearly the same that
Won had why was this Because she had $50 900 ne
groes We say to South Carolina: s. We will accept
Won as n mart of the white mans government Come in
representative for representative as are represent
ed one for every 127 900 free white lnhaDltants
and will admit you tomorrow. we are not aIralo
that if YOU come again into this house you will destroy
it because YOU tried it with all the and
forces YOU could gather and you failed The ruins OF
your failure cumber the ground from the Potomac to the
Gulf of Mexico We not afraid of you. Come in up
on equal terms with But we say that the most de-
graded and ignorant slave but recently freed in the State
of South Carolina shall not possess as great power or
equal representation through you the honest patriot
ic white man Of Maryland We tell you if such are
your terms of coming back into this Union, you shall
never come at all fApplausel White man for white
man we do not fear you with England and France at
your back [Appausel You shall have dose ofwhat
pie white mans government tell you, white men
here to-day loyal men here to-day, and everywhere,
saw it now to the white to whom my utterance may
reach throughout the length and breadth of this State
the one issue before is not negro suffrage, but wheh
three four millions of negroes shall be represented
and whether traitors shall represent them Applause
Now we say that neither the other shall be-
do not think that my country is endangered There
is a power in America to America under any and
all circumstances [Applause But believe that if
the who is unfortunately at the head Of this
government Is permitted to go on his mad and misera
Bic career he will bring trouble and confusion among
There is one thing more that hope you will permit me
to say would you not all like to have the wings Of the
dove to-day that you could mount up and hover
the wigwam" at Philadelphia, and take one look
down. OF all the flag ends of faction aggregated in
place upon the face of the earh that exceeds ALL
IA voice -" Orr, of South Carolina."l Yes, but we
have better ohr here. [Great appause There is not
the humblest man here engaged in this noble cause,
who is not better than the President of that
tell you they may do they please but they cannot wn