Maryland free press. [volume] (Hagerstown [Md.]) 1862-18??, 1866-09-13
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lavish 10 sill the attention Of
ypps readers 70 the Southern EoysiIs's eoaven-
iion. Al first il went By the name Of Southern
rpiont,s' conyen,ion.. The name was changed,
~ douat. fohl Ghiozfst to Loyalis,, with undue
consideration -tlssis paEi Eaiaa a;pans onc
Thing ana I.ovgl means, apether. "A man may
rs loysL ,byt t9Iwhat be G,ay pc loyal is 9acs-
ton. Pafson BrowntoWis nnlodBtedly foSai toI
Hhe dishof6a 3ct;inrso Of me fXifesls, bas Id ous
4stimsffSh.heis at'from tsdns Cnisn0 azahs
i uffirnht o. this Bsiaf nts;o The tsEpi
Hst,lipsssHres.th The AarHe Of tbs CchShtiqn. IL,
| iIMsFill; now notice the men ,cnnposing theI
Convention from the Southern STATES: 4s fhet
1.-The iRaditdtI9ss o. Should Sd INN; Southern
s;'hsidiatesgaor tht Sdsis Iess steiner of sopsa-
ernistaiesa The piost conspicuous naIaeatthot
Gpnscntian. is, the, name tof tNpe ye1-Attarnfy
General, Speed Who is he? In the beginning
of the war ne was an out-spoken rebel. Tie
wanted noble old Kentucky 70 secede.. Now he
has been bought up by the Radicals, and 70 re-
wari him for his treason in tho first instance,
and his consistency In shs second he, Speed
penf secon'i-rate, Pot-honse politician. lis made
President of the Convention. Dig work that r.
! Making Union f,s,
Tho mex, MAN We wifi notice 'h i Judge Bond
of Maryland. Who Is lie! Ant substitute for
old Julye Stumn. lie Is the nan, who, ia the
-glhhing Of the war DECLARED in the Methodist
C'hftrene6, that secession was the word, and
tried to break up. the conference. lie was %
much in favor OF secessihs, aud so decidedly in
sympathy with the Sontl,, that he had 10 carry
his views into 4 conference OF his Church. Now
what is he doing' lie introduces r. resolution
at the grand farce Of Convention, i'm favor Of
'fnrcing negro suffrage upon the Southern States.
What beautiful record this man Bond presents.
lie is no Bond OF Union, hut n bondage 10 tho
people of a corrupt and fagitious tyranny u
Bond is a-',igot in relisiona-in politics knave.
More notice would make him Significant, 10 We
R,licaliFm, ,.A.-..,.
John Minor Botts, Whig, whom the party
never trusted for being an All ,litionist. lie Is
there, anda Vice President of the Convention.
|, lie may thank secession for blessing him above
all men in the wori.a Secession has made him
ell he s perunarily, and also politically. Be
fore the war be was poor, now he is said TO lie
wealthy -beihg 'mtie so by specializing in rebel
money! A r. oil loyal man is hel As far as
JohplNilor Bolts is concerned he i. q ,mi gtptri,
in politics, and cannot speak for the people Of
| Virginia.
The Hon. ]. W. Crcsswell, from Maryland,
deserves a passing notice. Tic Is there, Vice
President, a. we'll rs Butts lie cursed Gov
Hicks for not nvening the Legislature of Mary
land in 1891. lie also offered resolution at a
Convention In Elkton, Cecil county, In lsG2, in
favor Of Maryland seeding. lie presents beau
trfal record for n consistent Union man. lie
Acted with the RAIDS In Congress at the last ses
sion, and now stands eonii tied in favor of ne
gro suffrage .i1,i pl.t aa5u .,.r.. aI'...s
The next in order is Fred Douglass. 1t is
needless to say that in complexion he differs
slightly from the rest of the gentlemen nained.--
but he is ai'oyAl Bengal Tiger and lie is there.
Perhaps night sessions will be suggested for
FredIs Special benefit, IS well rs the comfort oil
the rest Of the Convention, as the weather is hot
! The calculations from Frels axiary glands
might be rePugnant TO the slf.ctorics of John L.
Thomas, as he says he is opposed to negro suf
TRACE; but the right Hon. Pete and Hon. Frank
can suffer anything for the good of Sambo.
You will notice that the locomotive runs with
"Peter" again, but not from Southern disoynl.
lists, but to meet Southern loyslists. Conse
I quently Pete Is at the Convention o:a ,~S!
Now as TO purpose of said Convention, wewil
give but passing notice, but will wait for fuur,
developements. We believe, however, that Par
son Brownlow has not made out the programme
further than that Southern gentlemen should
receive the dctation of Thad Stevens. For
if they refuse 10 receive Thad's sugges.
tons, he will use his lash upon them, ha wing
used il so skillfully last winter that he is an adept
in the business, and besides they being South
erners, should remember that he is angry at
them for burning his Iron Works. Well TRai
will be needed, and consequently VIC may look
for delivery from that Convention, go prcg-
nant with great results, Of a black infant called
negro suffrage The truth is, the child has been
living for some time, as its mother Is the Con-
stitutional Amendment but It is to be p1blicly
christcned at the Convention, and is 10 take its
| place among the black children of the laud.-
Therefore, we shall not to be surprised to find
out that The Convention will be no mother nj ALL
but they only wish TO saddle the maternity upon
the Convention, rs they 1.-THE mennters) are
SoutllerHers. pr. Fred's first case will be, we
think, entirely ,uccessful. 3. s..-t.a ...l t.,.
| al ..r F. . A REGISTERED VeTER.
SharpsLurg Sept. 8, 1868.
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