The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-02-23

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| When found that the Radicals were trying "a
beat the for the Senate which discovered thai
| that miserable demagogue, Judge Bond aud bis
friends, backed by that superciilious, arrogant,
and corrup, body, the Union League OF Balii.
more, were doing all In their power 10 heat Swami
| and you will please understand, gentlemen,
that have always been a Swami man. Cries
| O! good" and Swarm forever - at which
| Dr. Swami laughed like a hermcifically-
scaled oyster. Yes, gentleman, whcG ! iiscov-
cred that they were trying 70 beat Swami. ! re-
solved 10 give the State over to the Plug Cglys,
10 the Blood Tubs, 10 rap,nc ard slaughter, to
| fcd-handcd rcbcls 20 the devil himself rather
than be defeated II deafcnng aprlauscl l--and in
this patriotic determination was nobly sustain.
| cl by the pa,riot-thc Southern patriot john
| son, who, like myseif has been al things 70 all
men, and nothing long during the last four
ycars. Applause. Yes, the President assgTcd
ine Of bis sympathy, and pledged the army and
navy Il necessary And aow, gentleman. per:
nit ue 70 lathcr aud shave that hypOcr.r aud
| imc-scrvcr. Editor Fulton, Of baltimore Cries
Of " what's the name VI his paper GeEileman
will not name tho vile sheet To do so would
bo 10 advertise H. and Il shall not 70 bo said that
Swami ever advertised anything bu; a Swami -
In fact, Swann's down on everything but Swami.
Yes, gentlemen But ms friend, Gcnctal Berry
viii read few columns IN supper, OF my posi-
ton Here the melancholy general, who has an
interesting fashion. Of snoezing aad coughing,
went through his PAGES for the space of an hour,
when he sat down thoroughly exhausted. And
now, gentleman, what IL the condition of things
| At present? Why !, Swami, am Senator, aud,
OF course. am the envy Of disappointed aspi-
rants. Even Rcverdy Johnson has been pleased
to say ,ha, have won distinction at his cost,
and IN an unworthy manner. The Democrats
are piqueh because ! have beaten them The
Union men $50 called, call me an apos,ate and
the CONSERVATIVES say they are afraid To irus, me
But, gentleman, ! stand where J have always
stood stand for Swami, and Swami stands
Tor the Applause In point Of fact Swami
and arc for each other, now aud for ever, one
and inscperable. tCries o: immense" and
t. true as gospel T. OF course, they will make
an atiempttO keep me out Of ms seat. sumner and
Wade, and Fcsscnden AMI Wilson, aud cat,cl
and Frclinghuysen, and Trumbul and Yates,
and Conucss and Chandler, aud Reverdy John
son, will 10 all In their power 20 keep Swami
out in the cold but Swami has friend, .nd
that fyicni i' the President, and the President
said tina, Congress is an irresponsible body hang
ing on the verge o. the government that Sum
ncr and Sciyeus ought TO be hanged The Pres
ideni will "kiek them GU, Of Washington If
they are not morc circumspcc, These men know
all this as well as DO, and therefore ! feel sure
that Swami will get his scat, notwithstanding
charges Of bribery and corruption. ! fell sorry
for POOR Creswel! but he never was % ior the
position lie Is a poor devil. wiihouian ;nfaen-
iisl friend in Maryland outside OF the Schley fam
lily. Aud now, genileman-bui fear ! ain de-
ianina you lCries Of oh 10 go on. you
have spoken only two hours AMI hal! - 20
on, " take up the whole evening etc. Thank
you, my good Conservaiives--i mean Democrats
aGi now preparing my opening speech in the
Senate, and intend 10 occupy four DAYS ht lcas;
will make longer flight than ! have made
this eycning. And now, gentleman my friend
General Berry will read eight or ten columns
from the Bii,iisors County T'nioH, published a;
Towsoniown (the editor OF which l. ms bosom
friend and boon companion by which intend
20 make good my assertion TIM; SWanns are al
ways for themselves and always will be- IGcu-
eral Berry here read, az requested the co;apauy
applaading almost every paragraph senate!
Swami, in conclusion, thanked the gentleman
:or their libcraiiiy in subscribing 10 81 dinner
to 10 him hono' he said he would 10 rs mGclrI
for any Of them al any time ia fAci he begged
10 assure the honorable company that he always
kept open house that be was n Carte Dor or
Champagne man despised whiskCy and whiskey-
drinkers Applause and cheers for Johnson and
had frs:-ra,e cook lie supposed this dinner
was partly owing to the hospitality he had shown
several gentlemen from philadelphia and who
had pledged themselves privately 10 sccipocra,e
at an carly day tu; be had been assured by
his brother, DIR. Swami tina; the thing had boen
attended With n great deal OF trouble and vexa-
ton.
Senator Swami then took his seat. amidst
perfect storm Of applause, having occupied n,src
than too hour, and a Aalfin the delivery OF his
spcc b. Speeches were likewise made By Mayor
Hoffman Of New York Colonel Page. Richard
vaux, pr Swami Theodore Cuyier, M La
;rohe. jerry Mckihlvn Frank Mclaughlin. aud
others. Mr. Hoffman speech vas irsi class
ei'or; Po.a;ed eloquent witty, sensible occu-
plying just twenty minutes. Lieut.. Governor Cox,
Of Maryland, made the drcaricsi, the most dis
NAL. the mos, stupid, the most fatal srcee! ever
attempted Ten dead men wcFc taken oui while
be was making his eiioti. ns. SWAIN IL, Svna-
tors brother, got GU; Fean OF foolscap and,
in his dircfGl manner, rrocccdcl To ttain al
within hearing Even the walters we've ,akeu
with spasms Dr. Swami is os was a member
OF the Union League, ani as be must have heard
some good reading and speaking the's, 3. IS
without excuse We ,hink the j.; is Con-
scFva,iye, o. Christian gentleman, o. The
Las, Rose oi Summer, .. something % TIA;
sort, ana %, therefore ought - take lessons ~
reading OF Prof White Indeed, ial,,d Dr
Swami, you must do better next 'iuc Ani,
therefore, you should study Think Of l.slman.
with his genial, ou,spoken, graceful mauls,
hearty uticrances, and Lieut.. Gov. Cox, with
his Latin by the sentence, and MS uicsrrihaule
dreariness. Copy Hoffman, og dc no' speak at
all Good gracious Doctor when senator
Swami began 10 sIeak, he had AZ audience q:
ifiy persons, which dwindl,i 10 twenty-five
before he sat down Or. Swanus slecoh was
the feather ,ha, broke the poor camel back hc
(almos,) cleared the room II the S,nalot and
Doctor and Coz and Berry and I.a,rohc and
the rest Of the " Mutual Admiration Society
could have heard the incidental remarks Of the
evening, they would have gone home in a
spccial train l,ui then they would have missed
the Screnadc under the auspices OF The renowned
Keystone Club Of this city, an association which
has daFtd much, but which was never - severely
taskcd as on this occasion. TN their way 10 pt.
Swami residence 10 seranadc Senator Swami,
some OF the members OF the Keystone Club were
somewhat inquisi,yc. what arr Ne seTcnad-
ing this d----d sucker fos ? asked a pro-
minCni member. "oh, shu, up, cant you
what are you growing about Don you know
you re going TO get good suck Of champagne
Oh. well, II thais the case III 60 along but,
you see, they say there's nothing in this here
bird
lIosiER CoSvERsArioS -" Ilullo. stranger you
apptar 10 be travelling