The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1868-07-11
h. W0shi1sgtO9l Letter.

WASHINGTON, d. u, july Z, 1910.
Wa anxiously waiting tor news from inc
az. family" in Now York At the present
wr nal nothing is known beyond the fact that
| az lends of the various aspirants Tor the
La.. of being "knocked into q cooked hat by
ccoo,,Grant are working very hard for their res
1--we favorites. 1t is hoped here by the re-
pp'uJicans that Pendleton will be the nominee.
twill certainly be the easiest man TO peas
ING all who have been spoken OF Tor the
nmination. As write, the newsboys are cry
;,c their extras" announcing the adopuohoi
tSSlatform. What do these rebels and copper
! Gods care for a platform? What do they care
for principles? What, even, do they care ior
each other? Each man among them cares e. oniy |
for self. They would cut each others lnloaSI1
with as little compuncton as they endeavore9
to take the life of the nation, II they coui" au-
vance their personal interests by such course.
The men among them who were IN the mon
army did not enter it because inspired by iose
of l;herty and Il devotion to the sublime poiitir
cal Gospel preached by Thomas JEFFERSON o'
Virginia. in the Declaration OF ihaePenuonoII'
Int because they wanted place, power or ciho''
hments. Many OF them, doubtless. entered the
Ieryice from less ignoble motives; but the'r
,resent determination with the villains VINO
| mobt an alliance with G. Britain and France,
| If 1be purpose of crushing out the liberties OF
tbs glorious Union, of dismembering IT, OF aus
elboweling il, proves concluslveiy' that theii
/ I
| ntiyity, should be Austria or Russia, ana NOT
| tbs country consecrated to liberty OF which
| thy are the consistent opponents.
| ndrew johnson made Il bid for the nomina
| ito by his amnesty proclamation, which, oy
theby, he had no constitutional right 10 maze
| the powers granted him by the CONSTITUTION
only giving him the power OF pardohlhg III spe
ciai1indiyidual cases, after conuction. But the
tra;nrs in convection assembled laugh at the
! idea of accepting him as their standard bearer
| Gen. Frank Blair made another bid, ny the
| nubrcation Of a letter said to be written by, or
at the dictation Of his new bosom friend, ex
confederate General Sterling Price; but the
| rebel convention not only refuses to cohsiuer
his claims but are furious in their DETERMINATIONS
! of whist thew term hi. assinine production,
which, they say, will do them incalculaoie IN
Jury. Chase, also, has made bid, by a letter
teatfinb .A.hales his past political ne anu
| vity but lacks that of point. lie simply goes
back" on the doctrines which he has been
preaching for life time. There are in the he
/ publican, party many men who thought, before
the publication of Chase's letter, that he was
anxious to bring the democratic party up to
even a more advanced place than that occupied
| by the Republicans; and although they had no
| faith that such thing could be done, they were
| willing to see the attempt made by Mr.: Chase.
! They were not prepared to see their old leader
go down among the dead men," and adopt
| friends are now convinced that he never was,
at heart, friend of humanity. but that he has
always Joined liberal movements, political ana
social, for the purpose of personal aggrandlze
ment How he will feel ii the rebels and cop
perheads repudiate him in New York, as !hey
| probably will, may be easily Imagined. IKE
| Buchanan, he will wear out the remainder y
lie now rapidly drawing to close, oy word
among the people, without friends beyond those
of his blood, and despised by his enemies as
| mpotent for future injury to them
Among the most important bills brought be
fore Congress during the present session is the
| bill to regulate our commercial relations with
| the Dominion of Canada, lately introduced III
the Senate by Sanator Ramsay of Minnesota.
Ever since the repeal of The Reciprocity
| Treaty with Canada there has been stea
DIV falling off in many of our exports to
| that Province, until it has dwinded down to
comparatively nothing, and several individual
| interests, formerly prosperous, are now IAN
gushing. The former treaty was By no means
| perfect but under it vast commerce was
| built up and great impulse given to our
| fisheries. Boston alone participated in the
| trade to the extent OF nearly thirty millions
| year, and which was rapidly increasing. but
which has fallen TO less than third OF that
| sum; and, worse than all, the poor of New Eng
| land and New York have lost their cheap her
| ring C al and potatoes Senator Ramseys oil
| is marked improvement upon the old treaty
| in many important respects. 1t provides Tor
| the admission into Canada Of all the manufac
| ture. of this country, and, what is perhaps OF
still greater importance, it secures to us the free
navigation of the st. Lawrence which the
| Northwest has been loudly calling for an
outlet for the superintendent and rapidly IN.
| creasing products. 1t is confidently expected
that under the enlightened guidance 81 the
chairman of the committee on Foreign Rela-
| tions. Mr.. Sumner Mr.. Ramsey's bill will be
reported back without delay, and passed before
the close Of the session.
| The election of Saylos j. Bowen, postmaster
of Washington, to the mayorality, leaves the
postmastershp here vacant. Mr. johnson has
| sept to the Senate the name of W, W. Moore as
J the successor of Mr.. Bowen Moore is a most
q cantankerous copperhead and will not, OF
course, be confirmed. The President will not
Nominate active Republican politician, and
/ so there is likelihood Gf the post office here
| being without head for some time, if neither
party will give IN. There is one man here
however, whom it is thought the President will
| not refuse to nominate, for tho reason that
although a Republican, he has not lately taken
any active part in politics, his whole time hav
| ing been devoted to his business which was ri
ined by the war. The man to whom refer is
Col. Alexander of the firm of Alexander & Ma
son, Patent Agents. Col. Alexandcrs record is
| loyal and brilliant AT the breaking out of the
| war he was clearing some seven or eight hun
bred dollars month by his profession, which
he abandoned and enlisted as a private soldier
afterwards reaching the rank of colonel. 1t is
confidently expected that Mr.. johnson will moi
refuse the request of more than a hundred
prominent citizens of Washington, irrespective
of party, but will send the name of Col. Alex
| ander to the Senate A. +. BOYLE