The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-11-09
People or I,eOiAex::,

U lie urgent necessity OF the South ID puliti-
cally Homogeneous people. Gov. Prasr ~ Texas
that ihrre Ice neither I.are nor safety 10 that
State that there tan he n0 prsnaneni establish.
mcnt there OF loyal government while the RTerI-
men ARE declared from The enjoymeni III ihos..
civil rights which are the legitimate couss-
quence Of Emancipation" Gov. =. was not
originally Of this opinion be- was at frat oppos-
cd To Mautos'd Suffrage he has b-en converted
by Andy johnson, the dismal result OF whose At.
tempt Ia rvbuild State governments out Of Rebel
Ruins. has opened Gov. Psases eyes. Ne now
secs, aud acknowledges, that IL u only by jaslce
To- the black that the loyal State goveFusnents can
possibly hr maintained Murder, Tuhbsfy crouch
ing, treason aud undlsscmblrsl hatred have taught
him loliical lesson inorc thoroughly than II he
had worked u nut for himsrlf b, abstract prO.
o'ssrs and throrriics,l conclusions. Matters are
not Tar from equitable arrangement whrh lls.
whit" man safety d~Peuds upon his jusiice 10 the
blark
Men IN the late slave Stairs may he divided ia
Ia,
Fart The unIrpenrra,r Rehels, who still de-
test the uniun and Human Equality with the
sickening v~hrm-nr Of al impoieni passion.
Ss""'rIiy The really Fepeniant Rrbcis, who
now that ih-y made mistake, even though
they arr still blind To the TACT that they commit
tel a crime.
Third The whites who never we're Rebels
who hated treason during lie triumph, when il
had them under IL feet-who have expsfisncrd
it tender mrrcirs and have no desire 10 try them
again.
fourth The ireimen, many Of whom fought
for the Union, and who know that their only
chance Of the smalles, happiness Il In lis conin u.
ed iniiurncr over the State.
tn these classes, the SECOND will probably al.
y itself with the party which shnll prove to he
the strongest. We will leave 10, therefore, COM
foriHbly OF intentionally, roosiing upon the
fence, satisfied tina, Il will come down upon the
side upon which the eorn mny be the most PRO.
fusely scattered. Finally. the ever loyal whites
have The choice either Of risking the enuii,y Of
the ingrained Rebels. hacked up by The neuters
or Of making eommoa cause with the frsedmen
who. without voies, without any political power
and under q perIrtualed social ban. will lu feeble
auxiliarics Indeed. The whole matter e % plain
as the multiplication table Ia lie earliest Stages -
Liberty must 20 10 the wall unless sustained b,
the votes VI the rmaueipated and snch defeat
implies carnival Of npine and Of blood % fright
iul that We may we'll shrink from the coniesnpla.
ton oi lie details
We do not speak here at the North Of "Peo.
piles bot Of The People, although NE all know
very well how many varously and widely differ.
ent elements go To make mp te aggregates. So
eially, We permit classes politically. ne ignore
them. We accept suffrage pretty nearly uni.
vrrsal because II Is better, with all lie dangers
and disadvantages, than body polite made up
Of divided members and convulsed BY caste, by
faction. and by artificial rrlations rigidy enforc.
ed. We do our brsi 10 avoid the inevitable dan.
gers 81 our theory aud practice by disseminating
kno~ ledge, by encouraging moral reforms, and
by serkng to make our enormous constituencies
NJ oncr intelligent and honesi. On sons locnl-
ties we soccted. and In others Ne fail but no
ill-succrss, however great and lona sontinned, is
though, suiiicicni b. any party 10 Justify ~ In
Of exclusive franchises or limited suffrage. We
ash the South 10 do no inorr than We have our.
selves done. aud are now doing. Il mas, en-.
eoanier difiicullies a. NO have but u has en- I'd.
vantage Of whirh u has been acrusiomed 20 boast
lit has great rural populations anconiaminated
by civic vices. With peoplr u may be prospsr-
Gus and happy with Peoples u eau know
only poverty and distraction y TtiJsms.