The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-02-24
Tne ualor Patty or Ila fklii.

late num6tr Ct the Nv Tsrk Tls'sS cor.nins
an aFsicls ander the abosu head. ltbm witch VIC
make tbs following extract,
Thus far, |, must be admitted, a m.jcriiy Of
The Union Party In Cougrss, sincc the COM
mencsmsnt Of the present. ssSion, have not full
FLIED the expectaicns IL the friends Of the Uuion
throughout The country. FACTION has too oflen
usuFp,d the place OF patriotism. Radical theories
have imileded constitutional action. insolence
has dictated terms 10 reason. The statrs:ian-
ship that would restore the harmonious working
nfa the States within the Union, and so restore
the Cu.on 10 mofe than H. original grandeur,
has breH rrifrdei--we will not say nusirAtrd--
by the dogmiiisin aud aulaciiy OF m,n whose
sole tile - distinction rsts lpon their ability to
pFolong the r,ign of Csiaus.
Eliminated simply In a party sense, such a
course % procedure l. suicidal. Practical lrgis-
ialion Is wanted. and we have had instead y drra.
~ WILDERNESS OF debate. Cancellation aud mag
nnnimiiy are indispensable. and Ia lieu OF these
wr have had displays Ofdespoiism aud vengeance
unw"rthy OF legislative body ia any circum.
stances, aad especially unworthy in the full flush
of the ua'iuns triumph. Within the halls Of
congress not n single step has brrn yet taken in
tie direction Of reconstruction. Not only las
nothing hrch ioae TO assure the South ct is
rights under the Constitution. hut the claims
/ even % tried southern iuyasts have bern sysir.
nAicasl, ignorcd II were fatal mistake to
.
scanned and duiy weighed hy the great majority
II those whom the Union mrmbers represent. -
A6f It wete equally an errOr to believe that there
I is any general Inability Ia comprehend the con.
sequences 81 persistence in the course which has
been until nov pursued
Among Union men the conviction il universal
THAT the party they have invested with CONTROL.
ing power Va congress - nov on its trial. shall
/ ihc "atien sconidenCe lie justified or d.shonorct
/ SHALL grand opportunities fur usefulness b,
thrown away Shall the work OF disunion frus.
iriicd "a the battlefield. he eonsumnair,l by
pretended tniouis,s ia the Capitol or shall the
victories ct uur soldiers be PERFECTED aud scaled
~ the moral VICTORIES Of our legislators Thrsg
inquiries agd such ihrsr, arr upprrmosi in
thr minds 1T the people. lon may hear them
at s.rry inrn. In city or country, 10 the sirrr
ailid your nclghhors, or ia the hotel amid slran'
g'rs, 90 'he ka-t or ia the West, thesr are th,
Questions which challenge attention. II were IL
v'er, sense impaliuc TO leave them long unin
swcsfd imlo.iiir ia patIy SENSE. because the,
Involve the capacity Of the party fur the labor,
81 isgt.tl"n aad administration in the existing
cfts' lmpuiiiic 20 = national sensr. bccans,
HnN i.lin- utss SO inability 80 heal the wounds
produced rN WAT. AMI q, Trs;ofr cordial and hap
B., authorship the North and South, will in ia,
,;.i ru'at iar wraAIsss aud antiquities vt .
country hu' rnui.ua.!y united.
TIE ril- iei t1uismp; -ud DISCUS; which 10,
tone tai ron !uc. uf the Radicals in CongIrsi
have eI.ci.e hriu- into holder relief the saeaci,
sni Patriotism of President JOHNSON For al
l'ihi has t,~n lone in the way Vt reconstruction
W-ara indebted 90 him While the stew sns fac,
zion has beca irving to destroy the uniOn. b,
500. .auofod quietly, Int -ficic 'ly enrrg-iicall
f.t consistently, 20 restore to the Union its oil
Proportions tndismaysl by TIL buliying and
threatening 81 lhe Northern iactionisis OF TODAY
~ rs the buils in- ani threatening Of Southern
traitors !Gtin- 'e ontic;. lac has pushed for
v1-. Tie -e-cans'ruction OF the States with 40
uaDsv~fins determination 20 recognize no prin
,ln's. tihose which engnAiie,l In the Con
.'f ar tHi - acknowledge no dogma no
>tart. ouei D., constitutional authority Ever,
',,.H u.ctsou iast afforded hiia for the exprrs
$500 &c his s4rw. 4ui purpose strengthens BIZ
.o'i aiol Tire -'st,r mi.d. For his views AZ,
's r..t. CHERISHED b., the Fathers VI the Ecpub
trt 10. ialrio-c sre the purposes for Whicl
.a- 'oi Tier. Ought anl which al but the lis
ur.ou fJciioni,t. are resolved "a execute
Vie 'hs lr.Tal, Of TIE Radicals in Congrrs,
-aae ana .unc wc hoi- forever that Ut ID,
t'rr-.t,ri increase, immensely. The country il
30 b. sic a. i.ty Oc iosi;.sr.y asoef'siurl u
. 4.--n..ni.'- iu,..; .;-"u = trial VI popuai
-4ea.i.. ~ i,.y'e iiisi bot NVfd Is 1-crs
.-.. 70 hfin. iogr,hvF proof tbs, his oppOnrni
. --- s.f,;- Although ffyientiss 10 Occuil
lHl1q ssa'- sFe - Vari,ncr With the over
sle.u,.lg seniiuieu; 81 tie tuioa Party. Non,
s.uw fa.. a.i,-- than the presidtnt And
.ear- P.slioa s!wty. strong i politically
. We a. 'ao-sa! sat cJa,tiiatioaAlly, impreg'
rtt.r