The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1868-10-31

take In Ohio about week ago the honest met
OF Ohio buried him under q majority Of %, 900
and in November will bury him and his policy 81
deep that neither will ever be rcsurrectcd ZAP
plause.
The nation will no, now permit those 10 dis
grace II who tried TO destroy II II will not vio
late iis faith u will maintain It's honor, aud
will pay It's honest debts contracted under cir
cumslanccs that should be binding on all homes
men. Negro suffrage which heretofore hai
troubled our Democratic friends so much, has a
last received their special favor. Only day ol
two ago the telegraph wires brought with light
ming speed the news that the Democracy Of South
Carolina aud Georgia have resolved in favor o
negro suffrage. This came since the elections Ia
Pcnnsy lvania, Ohio and Indiana. Before thcss
elections they were going 10 elect Seymour aud
Blair aud overthrow negro suffrage. aud lhe loyal
STATE Governments at the point Of tie bayonci
Now, they have concluded that ihey won't %
that but will go 10 for negro suffrage Laughter
Negro suffrage ai the South i an accomplish.
cd thing fixed fact a matter Uf organic law,
just as much so rs emancipation Is in the State
OF Maryland. The question there Is not whether
the negro shall vote hu; how hc should vote
The Democrats are not only paiiing him ON the
shoulder aud coakine him 10 vote with them bu,
Hrc giving him choice seats at the table, eating
with him, Injecting aud consulting with him ia
conventions, speaking With him at public meet
ingsi aud complimcnling him IN their rublc
journals rs sensible aud Intelligent Democrats
The question Of suffrage is not an issue here nor
10 any O. the States North fUF the Republican
platform adopted at Chicago expressly declares
that ''thc question Of suffrage n all ;ht luyAl
States properly belongs To the people Of ihoie
States
II there 10 Conservative or Democrat b fc who
does not like the present Reconstruction laws 81;
Congress, hc eau blame ihe Democratic party TOT
10 Z ~. q.
iion the Fourteenth Constitutional Amendment,
which LET, Ihc question VI suffrage a. the people
thcmselVes but, hecausr il cut down their rep
TeseniaiOn to n basis of voting population ~ IN
the loyal States and disifanchisci the lcalcf. Of
the rebellion. they rejected it. which gaze iise 10
the present Reconstruction laws
The present basis. Is the only basis upon Sc hich
the Rebel States could he reconstructed Goa, rcss
proposed other means, aud waited long ani
patiently TO see what could be- lone II Assem-.
blel ia December, ls65. ln ls6G IL brought for.
ward the Fourteenth Amendment ~ the lhsi. Of
reconstruction this WAS rejected, aud wHs not
until February 1867, that Congress determined
upon the present plan OF reconstruction. One OF
three thugs had 10 be done We either lad tu let
the Rebels take POSSESSION OF the southern States
drive out aud murder the Union men q. Mt had
10 either hold them continually by military pow
tr or u.s. such NJ tneiy upon such neH basis
menis TO be raised up and, as Senator Morton
tells Us ia his grca, speech ia the Senate. ia tie
last resort, after COugfcss waited long the uAtiun
waited long experience hid 10 coiue 10 the rescue
OF reason before the thing VAS done-iu the ias,
resort, and as tie las, thing 10 be done Congress
determined 10 dig through all The ruhlish-dis
through tie soil and shifting sauis and go down
TO the eternal rock, and there, upon the basis %
the everlasting principal Of equal and exact ius.
ice TO all men, plant the column % rcconsiiuc.
iion and though II has risen slowly i; has tis-
en- surely, and will be completed on the third day
Of November next. Il has not been hcwn froma
single stone. Il is composed Of many blocks
painfully laid up aud put together, ccmcnicd by
the tears and blood OF the nation, aud 'ihc gates
Of hell shall not prevail against it, We nrr
charged with extravaganza, vet in this State the
Democrats spent upwards OF foriy-ihrcr thousand
dollars more in one year than We spcn, in six
years They have spent $500 600 on the Swaun
militia $500. 900 Is taken out Of the public
treasury aud given TO Charles, Calvert and St
Mays counti,s 10. build a railroad Baltimore
and the Western counties ATE taxed 10 build a
railroad in section OF the State that pays but
little taxes Offices multiplied and salarie. are
increased, aud thus our expenses are sweled up
10 IS, 5sj, lg9. 80 in one year. When we look al
the statistics Of public expenses of the General
Government We iud tie same state of affairs. \
regiment OF soldiers ia the regular army, under
Buehanan's administration, cost upwards Of a
million of dollars each year in gold, while reg
iment under General Grants management since
the war costs but ifiie over halt million "a
year in paper. The average expenditures Of the
Government for tie civil aud diplomatic services
under Mr. Lincoln were annually upwards Of
tweniy-one millions less than the same expenses
under Mr. buchanan. We have ALREADY paid oil
upwards OF One.fourth of the public dct: brough,
upon Us by the war notwithstanding We in
hefited q bankrupt treasury, dishouofel credit.
and gigantic rebellion from the iraitorous al.
minisiralion which preceded that Of Mr. LiEcoln.
The history Of the Republican party is a proud
record. While Il has put down the rebellion and
our credit, il has wisely administered
the Government that prosperity has Lcen all the
time abroad ia the land !, has built railroads
and opened up rivers, carved Territories out Of
the widest domain, aud added new States Of
promise and power to the National Union. Zap.
plAuse.
No opposition can relArd lis process General
Grant will DC itiumphanily elected Then we
will have no more war every man will be pro-
tec,ed under his own vine or fg-trce, with no
one 10 nOlesi or maze him afraid the unity Of
the nations will be preserved and the national
honor maintained We will have "ycae, and mi.
rsrsa! property" attending our progress a We
move onward in the beauty OF our strength, and
10 the pride Of our majesty, peFfcciing our free
dom and administering equal and exact justice to
all men alike. Continuous applause.