The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1868-10-17
doisiTcss ofthc Soldiers 0Md Sail0sw
ia The COn,lfg.A

The following Is the address Of the Soldiers
and Sailors Of the late war read aud adopted III
their reunion In rhiiadelphIa on Thursda, q,
last week, and pm, forth 10 the people Of the
country Ne an argument In support Of their noble
leader, Ten. Grant and his worthy associate.
Schuylcr Colfax
Grateful to Almighty 0od for being permitted
To assemble In this sacred SPOT we the represen.
tativCs of the survivors Of the millions Of Unop
soldiers aud sailors who fought against treason
IN the recent war, reverenily renew our oblisA.
iions 10 rescued Republic aud n purified Cou.
| siituiion.
! Gathering here IN the great riiy p.e.etniue,,l
among those communities distinguished for iL,ir
generosity and loyalty 10 the dark hours Of our
national troubles, We do not come rs lmrtisans
We meet 10 prepare To discharge the new du,s,
irtulvci upon Us IN new crisis mDIe petilou,
than the conflict from hch We have lust emerged
"nd 'o call upon our late comrades ina ms ~
cooperate with us against our old adtersaties
inNamrd 10y the sane PASSIONS led by the sam,
lradris cNuliing Ia the same name Ihes, ai,ei.
.ari,s are now projecting smother coEspirar, -
. seeking 10 recover. by violent aud dshonorll!,
neahs WhaI the, had lost In their Q, sort 10 arm.
We assemble 10 the interests Of lcacr alone
We riorosc no plans Of war. Taught l., oui
own sui'rfnes, and by the sacrifices Of our
n 'iNuefEf w hfNuiy uptftclule Tie
/ value aud tile necessity Of peare We know
that this great people, through oil their interests.
long Tor rcposc, yet we cannot deny that the pre-.
sent peril 81 the Republic IL even greater than /,
was In the darkest hours Of the rebellion.
| IN such au emergency no Union soldirr or
sailor ian hesitate. lie will remember ,ha,
liofaiio seymour Is ~ cmphA,ically the lrahr,
oi the nr~ rebellion AZ Robert T. lee wns ~ IN,
old. Tie will remember that toratio Sc, mon,
WIS Nominated BY Convention entirely con.
itolr' bl The officers and politicians who plunged
I the country into civil waf tie will rrinru,lrt
that the revolutionary part Of the Democratic
/ platform Was devised aud dictated BY A Rebel
General, rs condition oi the Rebel surpor, ~
/ Tie ~ mucralic party
tie viii teruetnber that the Drmocta,ir leaders
n"w iHl' Of - mpaiht for the Southern Rebels
never contributed a dollar TO the public trrusut,
duIing tie war never denounced the savage
treatment o. the Union people of the South OF
tue lniun prisoners of the North and never a..
jpicc'i over the triumph Of our arms
Tie viii IcHirinber that the blue uniform " !,
badge ~ disgrace In the South, aud that every
Union soldier, from the General sent 10 r1rru;,
the laws Ia the private 10 the ranks has l.,.,,
aud ro"'iaues 10 he, the object Of the iucsssanl
nssaul aud persecution 81 the Re,,sl lsadcts lIr
viii iem"mler that, since the nomination Of ~,
nouI nj Blair, Union men have been assasyinni, A
I hy hundreds in the Southern States
but while these memories arnusr . ti.hi,uu,
resentment. there are others that inspire noble
gratitude. We ieel that We are indebted to III.
lirpG l'C'n party tot standing hy US wi,hou,
iiinehinR through all our perils aud privaiots :
I Tot voting a. achievements and houniiss aud
fu' eonie'ring pensions upon the widows and or.
l'hnns - our fallen comrades for organizing
mad ctnlIOiiing the great Sanitary aud Christian
'onliIissi0us, and thousand other nohi, nyen-
lies OF patriotic benrsoence tor building cr,.s.
,rfies '"' the iilusiTous dead for relieving I'll
htahe'"s OF Industry from taxation for rnIpic
ing b' constitutional prohibition the perpetual
nj'cii'h 81 the Rebel debt for consertaiinr Lv
constitutional guarantee, the payment u our
own national debt, including the pensions and
bouniirs 80 our soldiers aud sailors. Hut more
than all responding ~ our earnest appeal b.,
uoinintiiug our beloved leader General ~. sss-
; Grant, rs their candidate TOT President ~ IN.
tHiiei states.
Ia Nn~ Therefore. al these hostile prr,ata.
tons ! = new rebellion. with "a profound sense
OF GU obligations to out country aud 10 the Re.
publican party, We call upon every citizen who
wore the Union Blue. whether on land o. s,a. u
casi his vote ia the coming elections tot the Ini.
IN STATE tickets, and iur Grant and Coihx