The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1868-05-30
orr CANDIDA TEsS---GRANT'
AND COLE1Y.

dent and wee President OF the United states,
together with the gentlemen named rs electors
Tor our State. who are pledged N support the
nominees Of the Republican Convention.
We but echo the word. 1t every Union man
IN the land in pronouncing this ticket as one
IN every way worthy the support oi the people
oi the country Long az" W" indicated our
preference for Mr.. Colfax Tor the first place on
the ticket, but when Gru. Grant became So
unanimously the choice OF the people We sub.
stituted him aud have urged his nomination.
We should have been pleased To see our distin-
guishcd fellow citizen. John A. J. creswclI,
given the second place ON ,hc ticket. but We
knew, long ago. that there was no chance for
him-that the Vice Presidential candidate
would come from one Of the great States of the
North. Several gentlemen well known to the
country were placed IN nomination. but the
Convention. obeying the wishes and impulses
oi the people chose Mr. C"lfax. aud placed
him. with Gcu. Grant. ~ "ur standard bearers
IA the approaching contest. and entrusted IL
them the duty oi bearing "ur banner IL great
victory. That they will L.. rl"r,e,l. "" suppose
no one doubt. General Gran, ha- fought the
battles Ut "ur country. aud led "ur armies to
the crushing out 81 treason. lie has proved
himself patriot aud - statesman nor need
We be- afraid that he will ever become AN apps
tate 10 the principles Of the party Of which he is
now the head. Schuyler Coliax is Ne well
known. though his field Of action has been
different one. He Is comparatively n young
man, but is now serving hi. seventh success
sive term ia Congress. aud has three tiines been
elected Speaker ri that bvis IL distinction nev
er before enjoyed 10y any man except Henry
Clay. lie is an able speaker. que of the for,
most debatcrs in the country. IL uublemishsd
character aud sound view. lie will bring t.
the discharge 81 his duties rs presiding officer
Of the Senate every requisite large expert.
ence, pleasing address aud stern aud uniiinch.
ing integrity.
biographical sketch OF these men seems to
be unnecessary, ~ their names and services
are almost rs familiar To the people rs "housc
hold words" but yet rapid reference n the
main incidents in their lives nny not. at this
time. be in appropriate.
ULYSSES s. GRi>t
Was born April ?sth. Is?2. at Point Pleasant,
Ohio. Lake Lincoln. and many oi our greatest
men. his intellectual advantages were Of the
most ordinary kind. and he seems to have pass
ed through childhood of poverty and s,,ug.
giles until hc attracted the notice Of the mem.
Der Of Congress for his District. by whom he
was sent To the Military Academy at West
Point. He graduated in lsIS. aud was brevet
ed the same year rs Second lieutenant. lie
served through the Mexican war. receiving
brevets OF First Lieutenant aud Captain for
meritorious conduct at the battles 81 Molina
del Ray and chaTulicPcr. Soon after this lac
resigned. and went into business at Galena, H.
linois, where he conducted an cxtensivstanne-
~ until the lat" war broke out lie offered his
services to the Government. was given com
mand VI q regiment, aud went 10 the feld.-
His great merits, however. were soon discover.
ed, and in \ short time we find him Brga-
der General. His subsequent history 10 that
Of the country. He conducted the great South
western campaign which gave Us the brilliant
and eleetrifying victories Of Forts Henry and
Donelson and Vicksburg, and for the last was
made Major General in the regular army
Soon after hc achieved the victory at Lookout
Mountain, driving the rebel Gen. Bragg from
the Chattanooga Valley and Mission Ridge,
and opening up the way for Shcrmans Great
March 70 the Sea. For all this the grade Of
Lieutenant General in the army was created,
and the commission given him. aud in the
Spring OF 1884, he assumed command Of all the
armies. making his head. quarters with the
Army OF the Potomac, whose campaigns he
subsequently, conducted. The Rapidan was
crossed in May, 1864, and Lee fought in the
Wilderness; then rapidly followed the terrible
lighting a. Spottsylvanis, the North Anna riv-
CT, Cold Harbor. 4c.. until We find him con
fronting the rebels in their intrenchments at
Petersburg Here he spent weeks in laying his
plans. studying the weak p,ints in the enc
my's Notifications. sud extending his own lines.
until in April, 1865. Hateher's Run aud Five
Forks resulted in driving Lee from Po,ers-
burg aud Richmond. and three days after
the unconditional surrender" Of Lee brought
. close 10 the var. aud r. established tho su.
premaey Of the National Government. Con.
gress established another special military grade
for him; he is now simply General Grant, but
will coon be President Of the United States.
ScHufLER CoLrAK
Was born in New York city in Is25. HE fam.
lily were poor. aud IL was with difficulty they
obtained a livelihood. ia is3s he aud his
widowed mother removed " the county in
which hs now resides ia Indiana. where he
read Law aud was admitted Ia the bar. Soon
after he started the 81. Joseph's Iaisy Register,
learning the business ia his own Office. The
Registsr soon attracted attention. ~ Il was ably
edited, aud was n model Of courtesy and digni.
~. Mr.. Collar was wing IN politins, and his
talents soon made him prominent 10 his party.
In is4s he was . delegate To the Convention
which nominated Gen. Taylor for the Presidon.
cy, and Ia 1859 he was member Of the Con
vention which framed the present Constitution
of Indiana. Ia 1851 he was nominated Tor
Congress. but a. the District was strongly Dem
scratie be yes beaten. His opponent was d..
Fitch. Afterwards y. :. Senator, one Of the
strongest man Of the party. but he only beat
Mr.. ColfaE - votes. la 1909 hs was u dele.
gate 10 the National Convention vhish nomi.
mated Gen. Scott. In 1884 be Eas elected 70
Congress, aud reelected in 1850. 1855, IssO.
1854. 1854 aud 1859, and, - we said before. has
been three times elected speaker Of the
House. A writer in Pataa@'s kagasias truly
observes that NJ Colfsx "has no eccentrici.
ties, but great tact Hls talents are admins.
trative aud executive, rstilsT than deliberatIvs.
lie would make good appointments. and adopt
care policies. lie woald make better Preni.
dent. or speaker Of the House. than Senator
He knows men we'll, estimstes them correctly,
treats them all fairly aud candidIy. No man
gill g., through his business with you Ia lswer
sninssss. and yet none i more FREQ from the
horrid tr~Agas"ss' u busy men. There are
hssr, aud kindness In Mr.. ColfaA's poiilsncss.
Political opponents like him personally, as we'll
A. political friends. We have never heard that
ne has any enemies. Tha breath Of Islander
has ssen silsn, towards his fais. spollsss name.
TIE wife 81 bic youth. afasr being iopE Gms
an Invalid saak % her anAi rest several years
ego. leaving him ebildlsss. Socially, Mr.. Col.
fan is frank. lively. joils. Il may be that no
"sasls his oats " N soms dsgrss. bat dignity