The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-01-17

liberal aud comprehensive spirit, W. must
SCI, k to settle public tranquility on solid
and enduring foundation. National har-
harmony between two sections
harmony between the two races--is
wha, the Interests of the country demand
and what the people covet. Common
sense, common honesty, true statesman
ship, will conform 10 these requirements,
aid living IDEAS, just and suitable to the
times. must superscde the fanat,cal and
vindietive crusade which has lately char
acterized the action of Congress.
The issue made up between President
Johnson and Congress must be regarded
rs decided. The sacrifice of mill of
men will not result 10 the bloody burial of
that sacred instrument, the Constitution,
sacrllcgiously derided Gas pere of waste
paper" This has been the peoples re-
Spouse to their Presidents appeal from the
Ubiquitous action of Congress. Drawing
a tempest of obloquy, add clinging with
tenac'ty to the doctrine of the equality of
the States ard the involability of the
Union, the madness which for time
ruled the hour aud disturbed the public
judgment has In the end been dissi pated by
the peoples endorsement of his honesty,
fear essuess and patriotism ..., r
Itis for the people to pass in judgment
upon their servants. They approve the
honest aud faithful They condemn the
corrupt and faithless. We cannot mis-
take or disregard when they speak, as we
have re emily heard them through the
ba.Iot-box. That voice in defense of the
Constitution, and i'll support of its defend
er, has pulsated every patriotic heart. 1t
has Infused hope and courage aud cheer
futness into every patriots breast. 1t has
proved that in the hour of danger, when
all looks darkest and hope is well-nigh
gone, that the people may ever be Deepen
ded on to maintain their blood bought
and priceless heritage.
1t is matter of painful and mor,ifying
regret that partisan feeling should have
been allowed such sway as to culminate in
the impeachment report. There is no
pretence, even in this document, that the
President had committed any indictable
ofense for which private citizen could
be legally punished. The general sense
of common fairness aud public justice,
therefore was SO violated, that what
might have been heinous crime speedily
degenerated into monstrous aud mis-
chievous farce, when the actors in il
realized the popular sentiment, and its
demand for release from further agits.
ton.
The same indignity perpetrated upon
the nation 10 the person of its President
hus been visited upon the STATE of Mary
land through her oh sen representative to
the United States Senate Oae of her
purest citizens, abIest statesmen and
most honored sons has for year been
denied admission into that body, and
the State, in this vital period Of our
coun'ry's history. been deprived of her
representation in violation of an ex.
pressed constitutional guaranty. But i'm
peachment being probably disposed of, it
may be hoped that the charges against
Governor Thomas will be satisfactorily
determined, and as there will be NO need
to prevent his sitting in Judgment upon
the President, that he may allowed to
discharge his duty to his State and the
country as Senator.
The condition of the South is now such
that one would suppose, if the dictates of
craftsmanship did not change the policy
of Congress, the impulses of common hu !,
manity would stay their hands. With
little left for vengeance or maligDity to
wreak itself upon, or cupidity to seize,
the most embittered enemies should be
satisfied with the fulness of their work
Can they, without emotions of sympathy,
look upon people proverbial for all So
cial virtues, for kindness aud hospital.
ty, for excessive endurance aud great gall
lantry, discovered from the Union, aud
reduced to state of anarchy and politi-
cal despair? Can they forget the great
aid OF these very people, "bone of our
bone and flesh of our fesn," il the estab
men, of American independence !? and
that since our national existence until the
recent deplorable civil war, which thc
whole country may we'll ask itself if the
South was alone responsible for, her he
roes in war aud statesmen in peace have
equally with their Northern brethren ex.
erttd themselves that every star upon the
national ensign shall be emblematic of the
position each State shall be entitled to
hold as free and independent member OF
the National Union.
Viii st this must be the feeling of the
whole North for the whole South, how
much more intensified must it be with us
in Maryland for our neighboring and sister
State of vi ginia, united to US by all the
ties of cohsanguinity, Of social intercourse
of business relations, and the proud aud
pleasant memories OF the past? The over.
throw of her white population by black
minority, led by men who are disgrace
to their race; the loss of thousands of her
people and millions of her property; the
severance of third of her territory after,
IN her exuberant patriotism and generous
greatness, she had voluntarily given to
the country that immense northwestern
territory out Of which have been carved
the States that have become the seat of
empire, and which would have so humili-
ated and destroyed her; her degradement
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