The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-07-07
Gov. Swann's Speech.

Gov. Swann's Speech.
The Union press Of Maryland are severely crit
icising Gov swami address at the baltimore
Mass Meeting Nota paper In the counties that
supported him ia his Guberna,orial contest ell
'lorsrs his present position. They NIL retnain
( firm tn 'hc principles then advocated. noiwith-
sianding the detection from the Union party Of
some OF the men they assisted in placing in pow
cr aud position, and have given their cordial
-uppor' 10 the Gih 81 Jane Convention. They
hi- opposed To III" formation OF 90 new party.
and oppose the men who engaged in IL, Tor.
nation
We aplnni .ouc extract, from the Union pa
icfs oi the STATE, pretty surely indicating the
sentiments OF the people upou the political ques-
'inn. now d, issue
From re CY~b,riaHi C,r,ii1,.
ga the whole the Governors speech is rather
o remarkable document 10 proceed from one who
owes his official position 10 the operation Of the
principles vt the Unconditional Union party.
lie has placed himself in an unenviablc position.
lie hss totally repudiaicl the party which elected
him to Office. aud which Is the strongest in ,hc
stat, his past course has rendered hm peculiar
. ~ obnoxious 90 the Democratic party. and b.
nov has To rely entirely upon his new party for
support. and u - unable Ia furnish even 8 cor
POrals guard
car readers will remember tina; the Governor
not many years since declared that he " hid
mounted the emancipation pony. and Intended
- ride him with whip and spuE lie rode that
pony until he reached the executive mansion, but
within is walls be has found new friends OF the
80 Conservative order, aud while they make
mercy over future imaginary successes. the pony
has been neglected as Of no further use. The
Governor speech IS neither original, able nor
rrciiiablr. All tina, he said on that occasion
has been said before an hundred times by
Noaig emery Blair and Others OF that genus.
You are YER short sighted, Governor you
should have stuck 10 your emancipation pony
Your new party will fail tocarry out your wishes
The Baltimore Si..fis has said that - Governor
swami only hops lay IN the rigid enforcement
% the Registry law. lie IL now in miserable
repuie with tue true Caion men and the DE
mocracy, Rebels and til repgdiAte him As "A de-
ser,cr from hi party and principic. and are I'M
willing to trust him.
FFos n, Hig,rsi,wn H,rtil ant Tsreh
10 si.N 81 the fact that the .. Radicals made
the Constitution 81 Maryland, which explicitly
ignorc, both negro suffrage and the representa-.
ton Of tie negro rebels and in view Of the ad.
ditonal face that these same " radical t'ncon.
di'ional Chion men have IN all their State Con-
vcniions declared iheig opposilons to negro sui.
irage IL might be presumed that their record was
complete on this subject, and past all possibility
OF doubt or uncertainty. Especially so, when
We remember the truth Of the aphOrism that - &C.
lions speak louder than words Will his Ex-
eellency the Governor allow us 10 say 10 him that
these historical truths, known and felt BY all
men of any intelligence and character confront
and irinmPhantly overthrow his wild insane
and WRECKED effort 10 faslen upon the Cncondi.
iional Union men the charge Of advocating negro
suffrage aud negro equality
The Hyadis Of opinion that Governor swans
ambition TO succeed Mr.. Creswell has something
TO do with his 81 present political status Il
ssys
II cannot he said ihat much learning hath
made him uiad, " but !, may h. said that the am
biiion TO become United States Senator has sap
ped the foundations Of his political honor, and
made him a traitor 10 the party by whose votes
alone, he holds his present position
The Rebels aud sympathzers are jubilan, over
his detection from the Union cause publishing
in full, and lauding his speech, but when they
get the power, does Thomas Swami, % Plug Ugly
FAINT, SUPPOSE that he will hc their choic, ? Does
his infaiuiiion run 10 this extent II il does he
will ouilive II, and sink far below he surface
Of both political parties that the hand ~ resurec.
ton will never ind him, nor will take place Of
his encouragement send mp even n single bubble 10
indicate the SPOT where he went under.
The Salisbury Ns,r ira IN referring To- the ~
ecu, meeting aud Gov. Swami speech, says Ibis
savage sand foreign grOwl amounted 10 bat little.
lie dwel q, length upon minor topics, ~ foreign
tn the real issues, he himselfis TO statesman;
freely uiiering his contempt for the only true Tn
ion Iarty. Il repodiaies the statement tina, the
tneondiiionsi Union party favors negro suffrage,
aud says
Il appears tina, Mr. Swami snvies the of com. /
puied ignorance ofthc negro, judging from his /
ihrusis at that accurscd lie Is frighifl that
the negro will claim the right Of suffrage, and
unwliingly charges tbs party 10 which he owes
his present position, with favoring II aud tries,
despite the sentiment Of the sth of June Cunveu.
ton. 10 wake negro suffrage an issue. NJ kssoars
MI reh that such TAIL riH nj stand ~ he face Of
'fefS, and Ne has q particle ~ ssRsiJiiiiy, y
SaTrsioSs thai hs eau be gully " ssck tiss ssssrz,-
resswqiigHs. lie has asserted himself, eauivocal.
ly, ~ favor az qualified negro suffrage, therefore
" would be polite for him 10 think twice before
speaking once.
Tho sslnir Ns''oHsi iS',v,esn,t thinks that from
Mr.. swans spesch the URion party Of she State
" cannot count on the co-opernson Of Mr..
Swami, aud declares that the " sentiments Of
his speech are borrowed from his eonfrcres, lien.
~ May aud benjamin Harris" On the subject Of
the United States Senate, the Amsricsn says:
u Mr.. Swami Is DESTROYS, In bis made effort,
to force himself into the Uniled States Senate, |
aud willingly becomes the tool Of his associates
BY whom he Is nj present surrounded, we aro 81
a loss 10 conceive why Judas IscaFlot aud Bens.
dict Arnold should not become bis examplaTs.-
The dHssyiesa advises the Governor to drop
the name Of the Unconditional Union party, asst
''may madden his friends" II 10 also Of the
opinion that were the late Henry Winter Davis
alive, Mr.. Swann would not have made the
speech he did. Il says
" In noticing his Excelency's speech our opln-
lon must BE- declared, trulhfnliy aud fully, We
think w cannot BE- wrong 10 stating that
greater eonglomeration Of lalsity aud wild imag,
lnation never emanaied from the beWildened ana
dlsordored brain Of elf lmmolatsd snaFtyr Of
political cupidity shen the instance now reisrrsd
10. Mr. Swami was on raid-and belisvlng |
bic master Henry Winier Davis OF, e. he styled