The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-10-05
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Even the coolest AMI most .iislassi"nat. -
server cf the excited ani greedy clcriionccr
ing now going on anon: the rank aud III" 81
the 4" untcrrific,l. cannot avoid siyhim. that
there few offices To- I'LL ia the coming tall
election For the Positions {" l,c iillci IN y"
vcmbcr we have about. "n an average. ten can
diiatcs 10 each. aud a. there are nineteen
county officers Ia he rlertr u follows that there
are one hundred aud ninety gentlemen VIII"
think. aud say it boldly. that their peculiar
merit. aud the general welfare 1t the party
slike demand tina, they shall have at least a
bite ut the d" i"avrs and i-hc-" Verify. il i
worthy Of coumisscratiun. that Andrew John
son, when he BUSTED from their oiiirial dutic,
the good aud true men through Whose efforts
and loyalty he was elected. simply because
they would not, like him. prove trcach"rous to
their party and their manhood could not find
places enough Tor all this hungry crowd Of Of
lice seekers. II I. - burning shame moreover,
that our las; Legislature. ar late constitutional
Convention. did not make offices Tor these one
hundred aud ninety grniicmrn. So that all IL
them would lee suited. A. ~ j.. the cruel aud
melancholy fac; is rudcly tLru,, upon our no.
ticc that at the hes; we have "nr hundred aud
seventy one needy and ambitious individuals
in our midst VIII" must 6" unprrvdcd for
Think OF it. Kind reader. On. Hundred and s,r,a-
y o., sturdy. self sacrificing democrats turned
away from thu table aafei' will not this be
a severe example Of unrcquiiei toll aud per
soual abascmeni: Democracy should either
create more offices ar establish q pension li.i.
The service rendered. aud the humiliation sui
icrcd by any man VIII" has consistently adher
ei 20 democracy during the last twenty YEAR,
"f its declining existence deserves no small re-
ward
As il j. with democracy here. 81 1t appear.
To be all over the country Their hunger after
the good things oi office Is M, sectional every
where the democratic cry is going up. more SO.
norous and deep toned than even rang the cry
Of e beef. beef. through the American army
in revolutionary days. and is burden is "of.
flee. office" Perhaps we may be- able To- lur.
nish our democrats friends with a hint which
may inurc Ia their future benefit. A late mum.
Der Of the New York TribHae says:
" The old leaders of the South, being debar.
red from Congress byan iron. clad oath, North
Carolina newspaper has the courage 10 invite
northern PEACE Democrats tO come South aud
be candidates. will they take the hint. We
think We see resurrection of fossils through
out the North--a grand rush Of dry bones To
all the railway stations southwark. There are
the amiable Mr.. Pierce. the suave Mr.. Seymour,
the rancor"us Mr.. vallandighain. the unwash.
Ell Mr.. Dean. the unierrifcd Mr.. Poincroy. all
with carpet bags in hand. all Northern men
with southern principles better rebels. in fact,
than the rebels themselves They are asked 20
represent the South. How eau they refuse -
Have they not been 'loing il all their lives
May we not hope tina, after the democratic
convention meets on Monday next. some Of the
dishcartened aud disconsolate onc hundred and
seventy niaytu their faces Southwark Per-
haP- the North rarolina newspaper nigh, no,
consider thr 'o"seTrai,rf PARTON OF them it
and pr"per person. for the high h"nors Il speaks
of. hut still the chances are worth the expert:
ment.