The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-11-16
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war. a mob of baltimore rebels endeAvored to |
make their city u scene OF blood and horror, aud |
im Tor The iorhearance Of the President. Balti- |
more would have been razed to the ground. A
trhcl Legislature strained every nerve 10 place
"ur State in opposition to the general govern
u,ni aud some " the measures passed by that
.i,lalutr ARE disgrace 10 our people aud a
',lrn,,h To our pretended loyalty ny the fierce
.unic.i ui arms, also. was II attempted 10 drag
uur State into rebellion. In ls62 lee, with his
,iriutions lcgions, crossed the Potomac 10 "Tes-
,ur Maryland from Federal possession, and
io niiach IT to the 'Conirierary.' Hut the 10y
al people of Western Maryland sputnrd the prof.
tired allinhcr, and the rebel army, instead Of
meeting recruits At every step 81 us way. was
treated with undsguis,d opposition by the pco-
pie 81 the section through which Il passed
Neither would the government consen, tina, Ala.
O., land should pass away from It's moorings in the
ruinn, mud soon there stood confronting the
,uguinc invading army line Of Boys in Blue, -
who were Diet, tmiued To rid our State Of iis en-
'ini,s Soon the mountains aud hills and peace
iul valleys Of Western Maryland shook with the
roar oi Battle; the quiet Aniiclam almost ran
rel with blood, aud men aud women even afar
~ siood still aud listened With beating heart To
the terrible noise Of the struggle going on
Thousands Of the brave aud true men Of the land
found graves upon that bloody field hundreds
from our own State died there in its defence in
our own county, aye, even 10 our own town, the
,ounds Of mourning were heard, OF bcfcayed
haA
died at AniietaIn. hut, happily, the Union arms
were successful the army Of treason was beat
en-, and forced 10 retire beyond the Potomac,
leaving behind but few 10 regret their departure
in the section through which they had passed
This army had committed great excuses In our
borders; dwellings had hecn burned stores had
been plundered: cities aud towns laid under
contribution, and our citizens robbed, SO that
when the rebels were driven from Mary land, ils
people thanked God aud the Union army for
their great delivcrance. Our State was redeem
ID again the design TO make us part OF the
'onfedcracy failed.
Time passed. and another attempt was made
io possess Maryland. Again lee CROSSED the
Potomac, marching Norihward, and penetrated
oven to Pennsylvania before he was checked In
his coutsc. At Gettysburg another fierce con-
Illicit ensucd. ending in the terrible defeat Of the
rcbcl army. and again that army was compelled
TO -e,h safety beyond the Potomac. Through
Mas, land il was ignominiousl, driven, burning
hambershurg ia It's way. aud robLing friend
and ice. Again, by the power Of our army
we're Ne delivered from rebel rule.
In -t4, our State was once more invaded
anil on tie banks Of the Monetary another fierce
conflict took place, in which our forces were
~orsicd, and it really seemed tot nWhl, as il the
"hel, were about 10 maintain possession Of our
State Their rough riders penetrated every where,
viii. none To oppose, and our town, even, rang
Win the fierce huzzas OF rebel soldiery. hut
'nc steady tramp Of veteran Union soldiers was
L,a.d from beyond Washington. aud the horde
81 rtbel plunderers, taught wisdom at Aniieiam
aud Gc,teysburg, skunk away, no, daring to NEE,
gain in battle the men who had so often con.
luerel them.
Thus every attempt 10 convert Maryland into
helper or abeitor Of treason failed and when,
80 April lsGi, Lee surrendered To Grant, and
the power Of the Confederlcy was broken, Mary
land was undoubtedly loyal Her people re-
ocel because treason was conquered they vel.
coined returning armies, and united in render
ing homage To the brave sons OF our own State
who had helped to achieve such glorious result
as cemeniing anew the bonds Of Union. Mary
land was undoubtedly loyal then, and he would
have been considered madman who would
haze asserted that in less than three years all
tina, our soldiers had won by their yalor for the
state would have been lost that all the rebels
tried for 50 unsucccssiully would he accomplish
cl
A We said before, lee surrendered in April,
1853, so tia, scarcely two aud half years have
passed since the overthrow Of rebellion. 4 shor,
f'a. fr"ig bat ct Go,, Thirty mssiLs haze satscs,i
'' ''"'i"ton':s HIryiiHd and RaLe Il u rsJeI .Sais
"" haye just held an election all over the State,
ad .''ryrhsTs he rsb,i party ha' been saocss.fai
.ia tAion has JeeR elected 10 o1fe, The prin.
cip!e Of rebellion has as complete control of our
state to-day as IL had u South Carolina when
,is people fired upon the flag At Fort Sumpter
Ia til" contest just closed, there were representa-.
live from the Lately rontrndng armies on the
uppu,iug tickets The Union men Jird for Cap.
lain Randolph J"n,s, worthy man. one who
aid aside hs sectional prrjudic's aud brascd the
orinsiion ui his iIirnds lu enter The army e his
rtnniry. where h., remained true To- principle and
i"duiy, until his services were no longer requir-
81. The rciels voted Tor Ja,nrs =. Franklin. "a
man who left his State To engage in rebellion, and
who served ms an officer ON the Stall Of the great.
es Of rebel chiefiains until he was taken prisoner
by our forces. Aiibe recent election, Ms rsbel
'oisr L,af hs Union soidsr ~ orsr 30, OO0 rotes
Is anything more than the simple statement Of this
fact needed To show that Mary land u q conquered
State that nj last II has surrounded 10 the forces
that essayrd IL capture hut failed, In 1862, lsG
aud lsd4 2 Their is M deny ing the fact that the
tuf's' way 10 political advancement In our State
iu-dH, Is 10 eAhiiia record at answering hog
iiliit i"ihe urion cause duFing the war lie who
rnn exhibit the mosl urasonable record will he
the greatest political iavorite. Aud there IL al.
O." u" doubt ofanolhsr fact. that l., that any man
who, during the recent war, had the ismerily TO
"nier The Union army, and Fight against treason,
politically dead. Il IL hard for " 10 have 10
acknowledge this, but il IL so. During the re-
cent election contest, Nj franklin could have
''."ri'd 10 no stronger means Of elec,onsering
Than ?" have Iarndrf upon his per,on the inscrip-
'i"'.. WAS ~ officer in the r,l'rl army. and to
base rone os,r the state, and Captain Jones could
base d'visd no l.lnf means ~ defeating himself
'tan 20 have Lad bis inscription Rad, u was an
"fii''' 10 the Union army"
'inrs is. We say again, a conquered State .,
"umpl'ieI, in the hands u the rebels. Our
l't'ui Gov'ruo' shesrl aud soul with irtasous
'.u.' and when he ravrs The Executive chair be-
vii w. snrtsdsd D, ons whosr l,pli,ral record Is
"n' - unniiN~d disloyaiiy In another month
he last remnant al uni.ni.m tina, yet fingers
around our State aud ruani, ofirvs will he rooted
ma. ouf Courts will ls presided over by Rebels
our 'lerks isrgisir's sheriff.. aud III county Of
heeff will Le reliels our (irn.tal Assr,n,Ix in