The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-06-16
who Were and Are Disunionists ?

The article which we quote below, from the
Detroit Post, ought to be read by every voter in
the United States. 1t sets forth SO clearly the
shallowness and hypocrisy of men aud the party
now bowling about radicalism, and pretending
to be the friends of the Union, while they are
really working to get the Southern rebel politi-
clans back into the offices they voluntarily vaca-
ted when they made themselves procured traitors
1t is the best statement of the case that has been
made
Almost every issue of a Democratic paper one
picks up nowadays, charges the Republicans
with being disunonsts just as though I" Dem
ocracy and Republicanism had, somehow
changed places, and we were advocating the
doctrines of the Chicago Platform, and landing
Seymour, Vallandigham, Wood and Mcclellan.
And who are these fellows who talk so glbly
about dsunionism
They are the men who declared that secession
was not treason.
They are the men who declared that coercion
of armed rebellion was unconstitutional
They are the men who styled the Union SOL
diers hounds bulldogs hirengs, Hes
slams, minions, and thieves
They are the men who threatened fire in the
rear of our gallant Union armies. IL
One of these papers is the one which declared
dUy IrOOpS SuOulu attempt 10 leave NllC0l-
gan to march upon the rebellious South, &c they
would be met before they crossed the border by
10000 armed Democrats, who would open them
a fire that would send them bowling home or
greatly accelerate their march. ~
The same paper declared jeff Davis purer pa
triot than Abraham Lincoln Lee a better
General than Grant and repeatedly asserted
that the South could not be suhjugated, and
ought not to be if it could
These men opposed the raising of armies by
volunteering aA af0ia3 @'4gs 90
| They opposed the raising Of armies by con-
scription. vofa l0a Ia Us
They opposed and denounced every measure by
| and through which the Union was restored, -
| They declared that the Union cause should
not have man or dollar, if they could prevent
| it.
They called the war for the Union an unholy
war.
| They denounced Abraham Lincoln as ty-
rant 'usurper, ape, baboon,' fool, and
| assassin" 38d na8ldI5
They opposed allowing our soldiers to vote ;
and declared when they did vote, that their votes
were dishonestlycast. rs
Every rebel in the North belonged TO their par
", and does yet.
Every deserter, bounty-iumper, and fugitive
from the draft, belonged to their party, and does
yet. &A
Ihey concocted conspiracies in the interest Of
the rebels. 81 8 q
They organized reasonable societies, the pa
pers of one of which were found in the safe of one
of the Democratic leaders of the city of Detroit.
Their followers murdered and mobbed draft
officers
Their =" friends in New York got up the most
disgraceful riot known in American history
Their most exalted leaders were chosen from
the most bitter enemies of the Union in the North
Every one of the rebel leaders was member
of their party. d. stg Ri
They declared the war a failure and that it
ought to cease, and went into Presidential con-
test with played-out failure for candidate up
on that platform.
Their allies and agents maintained reasonable
correspondence with armed rebels
They rejoiced over rebel and mourned over
Union victories. Ie3
They opposed the establishment of national
currency, and declared it worthless
By every act and arti6ce of which unarmed
treason is capable, they injured the national cred
it abroad, and furnished the national honor al
home.
Their party was and is now the receptacle of
every disgraced officer dismissed from the Union
service or compelled to resign on account of COW
ardice or incapacity.
TO the crime of sneaking treachery they added
the infamy of black ingratitude toward those
whose patriotism and bravery saved them and
their sons from conscription @a 86
Their last Vice-President was a rebel leader
their last President a conceded and traitorous
coward and his predecessor was the author of
a letter to rebel leaders encouraging secession,
and pledging the Norther Democracy to sustain |
rebellion with in case of resistance to seces-
sion.
This is the party, these the papers and the |
men who now have the unblushing efrontery to
charge the party whose exertions and policy sa
we'd the Republic from death by treason with
disunonsm. sr6;ye af.g
DO they imagine that the people have forgot
ten their misdeeds so soon or that they received
political amnesty with their RECONSTRUCTED
brethren? aas gvGa eTa8