The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1869-08-14
Correspondence:
THIRD ELECTION DISTRICT,


MesSrS Editors Not knowing if you are
posted in the politics of our famous district,
which Just at this time are'in very amusing
condition, take the liberty of posting you
and advising my conservative friends. 1 do
not know if you care to publish anything from
the pen of conservative if you do not, you
may consign it to the waste paper basket, and
not offend me in the least.
Now, your readers are well awares che
great question of the day is, who shall be State
Treasurer, Mr.. Merryman or Mr.. Fowler. We
will look and see how the leaders of the respec-
tive candidates stand. Mr.. Baseman is for Mr..
Merryman and Mr. Moore for Mr.. Fowler
Mr.. B. is working for Mr.. Turner, who is sup
posed to be Mr.. Merryman's choice for the
representative from our district. So far SO
good, as Mr.. Baseman's course seems consist
ent. But Mr.. Moore says he is friend of Mr..
Turner's, and will support him, and yet Mr..
Turner is in favor of Mr.. Merryman, and Mr..
Moore in favor of Mr.. Fowler. Now, the old
axiom is that things which are equal to the
same thing are equal to each other; but this
certainly must be the exception; for Mr. Base
man says he must beat Mr.. Moore, because
Mr.. Moore beat him for tax collector, and Mr..
Moore says he must beat Mr.. Baseman, be-
cause he, Mr.. B., is opposed to his friend, Mr..
Brady and yet both gentlemen wish Mr..
Turner to go to the Legislature.
Now l think this fight very much mixed,
and would give as my opinion that Mr.. B. will
succeed, as believe him to be the stronger
man in bringing up votes, which generally
tell at the primary meeting. But Mr..
Moore expects to win, because, think, he de-
ponds upon the conservative vote. He knows
that to be pretty strong, for two years ago,
when he, Mr.. Baseman, Mr.. Turner and all
their friends were combined, they only beat us
by less than dozen votes. But my advice to
the conservative vote is to keep "hanGs off"
this fall for they have certainly learned, by
this time that they have nothing to expect
from Democrats. If they have not learned the
lesson by this time they never will. They
have used you as long as it was needful, and
now if you don't let them alone they will be-
gin to abuse you. l think if you will come
out and stand alone, and form your own organ
izatons, you will begin to gain strength, and
it will not be long before you will again be the
respectable party you once were, and you may,
if not before be successful in the next pres-
Dental campaign, especially if you are wise
enough to select Salmon P. Chase as your lead
er. But even if you do not so as far as l do,
come out from democracy, that it may cease to
play the farce of calling themselves "Demo-
cratic Conservative party;" for they are hear
tily tired of it, and some are even ashamed Of
it !; and confess am one of them. Now, |
trust the true conservative element will take q
rest from political strife this campaign, and
vote for the best men for places, no matter
what party bring them out. But if they must
be engaged in the turmoil, let them run an in
dependent mixed ticket, and select good sub
stantial men, without respect to party. With
the above am your fellow worker and well
wisher, F. L. MoRLING.