The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-08-25
Tho philadelphia Convention.
CoaurSrs OF rnr I,lcnuosp PsnS.

COMMENTS OF Tnr llciiHoSp PRf<s.
The Richmond papers Of Friday only received
n Geographic synolsis Of the platform Of tho
philadelphia Convention. aud they generally
withhold their comments until the resolutions 10
full shall have reached them. What they haS<
seen, however, u sufficient TO give them m idea
Of the spirit OF the platform. How Il Is received
will be seen by the following extracts
tfrom the Richmond Enquirer.
We puDlislird 10 day fuller report Oi the pro-
ceedinLs IL ", dncsday, ~ which set riay . tel
egTan,s gave only au imperfect - nupsis. The
sistch 81 Mr.. DVuliite On taking the chair ~
psrmanrnI pusiirii, Is the piincipS fratuIe Of
that day. II DECLARED cordial concurrence Ia
tue previous slgech u General Dx, aud expressed
otherwise the inOst prisc~orthy sentiments. u
dwrlt with Hn rslsecial junction Un 4" the s,cne Ia
which South Carolina aud Massachusetts were
played oil against rach other, sud made to be-
little our great national tragedy by q sort vi
sehOol-boy performance. Mr.. DOoliiile skiliully
balances the skins Of the other, aud pTonUuncvs
them meet Tor each Others cmbracr aud hence
forth they IRE To move "HIin inaim along The
walks OF history. THE ceremony would hav,
BEEN more 10 tie poiGt II the piONirs had 6sen
representative mrn ui the IwO states - Hampton
aud the Beast, instead VI Oar aud Couch.
Tut interest oi yesterday proceedings centres
In the platform ui resolutions. ~ these tue iele-
gram gives us only synopsis, aud " tells us
that they we're unanimously and rnthusiasiical'
! ~ HdOpud.' II would Ie PREMATURE Ia 20 iniu
very ni,e cOmmrnis un what mas prove To be al
inrAa,t Trpr' srntatiUu IUt Ne owe u to candOI
10 expires our great surprise that prOcss dings
which had, up to that ilnr shown nn enlarged
cathOliCity Oi scniimvnis. should suddenly have
taken 50 RrOss - turn aud We are constrained
also To declare our astunishmrnt aud moriitca-
! ton. 10 use ~ present uO stronger term, that
Southern delegates should be found voting their
unanimous assent Iii indeed they did go Ger
tain II Is that sOme oi the declarations made IN
these resolutions are what no generous man
ought To have asked southern citizen 10 vote
for What no Southern CiiErus could vote Tor
without grossly compromising the dignity Of his
State aud Outraging the seniimrnisO VI his people.
I II Is Que thing 10 subnt-t0 abide n result-io
convenani 10 do 70 with tull purpose 10 keep the
J engagement honestly. l. IL another to justify
aud applaud the uiv,ns which brought IL about.
How could the Convention. North or South, vote
that - the war bus maintained the authority Oi
the Constitution. Whrn the Convention WAS
called together for tie ,Npfe.s purpose Of sndrAv
uring 10 TfsfeTs the Constitution nov tfampled
under foot How could SOmihrIn uivn thus sanc.
ton the coHsluniiuHlihg al the coercion Of Stat!
How could ouf delegates unanimously aud Gu
Enthusiastically Vuir Ia t,pudinie the Conf, dcrnt,
debt ? Aud especially how could thct thus jOin
D
mites aud ,ir onligaiun VI the tot'bcd aud lrnni-
less widows aud orphans 81 our own dear, mar-
! nrrd, murdered htTUrs 10 pa! souIc " debt
jusil, due bt them Ia thosr made them 50 p
Our people submit 10 the violence that has beg.
CARED thvm. aud a. the military force that has
put the nobl,-l ant the best OF our suns beneath
the sod hut et will never 20 dishonor the
graves OF our heroes "a " enthusiastically TO RI,-
plaud such uticr,uccs ~ have Tcfrl red to-
The North might we'll adopt such declarations.
aud We should not quarrel With ihrm tor IL but
enough. Thousand tuirs enough. that the South
should he silent amid the drnuncitiiuns oi her
cause aud the rNultaions over her defeat
From the Rchmuud Examiner
The telegraph supplies a summary Of the plat
form adopted Yesterday "a, Philadelphia. which
We hope 10 find iikc some We have received, in-
accurate. II the rrpOrt be true. We are compel
lei TO say that II falls below the level Of the occa.
sion. aud while IL embraces some sound PROPOSE.
ton contains Others To- which We cannot agree
and which We know vii. not tall pleasantly on
ears u the Southern People. What could the
delegate, who unl,rtouk 10 represent tie South
have been about. and here Is the authority Tor
plcdging ih,ir CONSTITUENCY 10 these uitrranecs ?
W. hOpr sincerely the report Is erroneous.
From IN. Richmund Dispatch
The greatest sacrifice VAS made hy the South
ern representative. "a voting tor or even agreeing
10 the adoption oi the resolutions passed by the
COMMUNION Ne nave ~ ttt uulF = i"trgraphtc
synopsis Of these resolutions. Vet We have enough
" their contents >" tuHilr IS 10 Know that IL
must nave h'tn Powerful motive that could
have induced Southern uiru 81 true SupthcFn
seliups and pr,lndl'v, t. ntquiesre ia their adof-
tim, oT rather 10 si-ak mote correctly. in tie
adoption uf some 81 them. liut unit we have
sewn the resolutions lh,rn.,ls,s wc prefer not to
comment upon them. We Aie not disposed To
hold our delegates 10 n very sirie, account for
their acts either ~ commission or commission. -
They no douh, think IL necessary to hsi, the rad
zeal devil. with fire. aud have governed ,hen-
selves accordingly.