The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1870-03-12
The EeUe1'.


The fever of resistance to the latest amend
ment to the Constitution of the United states Is
raging to a very great extent in several portions
of our State at this time. Some cases look very
much as ifthey had become chronic and threaten
the patients with serious consequences, it there
is not change in their cases in short aine
The doctors fail to agree as 10 how The COM
plant shall be treated. Some recommend that
a vigorous resistance to its approaches be used
by all, and that this course of treatment should
begin al once.
Others more conservative in their views to
how preyailng ailments should be treated, pre-
scribe tonic, quiet, patient waiting for its com
ing, and then gentle resignation TO its opera
ton and course; ia other words TO make the
best of what they must inevitably accept.
Some think, again, that ii will be very an
moving in its symptoms, and assert that they
had rather submit TO any degralion or be
whipped into measures than TO make the ac-
duaintance of the much dreaded visitor. We
look in vain to find in our exchanges through
out the State any recommendations for its treat
ment that are at all reconcilable one with another
There is one point however about which there
is no dispute among them. That is that the
amendment is part of the Constitution, and
that its practical operation 1.-THE fever is near at
hand They are now satisfied that "Ihe some
thing that can be, I" is very shortly 10 be prac-
teal, living reality Although the doctors are
now puzzled over the problem as to what
ssessy 81 q tonic for those w6o expect to be
victims TO the coming fever, we fear the alarm
has assumed much larger importance than the
danger it seeks to avoid or the affection it hopes
to alleviate.
The District of Columbia has had the same fe-
YER for some time, but no one as yet has been
seriously injured by its prevalence there. The
sun rises in the east and sets in the west as
it did before the fever came or the war Of the re-
bellion began. The Georgetown clock strikes
the hour at regular intervals, as ii did in its
wonted way before the coming of this self same
fever. The Potomac flows as peacefully by the
side of 1.-THE city OF Magnificent Distances as it
did ere the booming of the guns at Bull Run
echoed in the dome of the Nations Capitol
Senators are sworn in, take their seats and dis
charge the duties of their stations. They have
their soirees and their Revels as of yore The
seasons come, go and return in their regular or
der; men pursue their accustomed avocations,
schools flourish teachers instruct the "young
American" idea how to aim at high success aud
noble ends, just as was the fashion when Clay
and Calhoun we're rivals in the same party and
the policy of the country embodied their wish
In brief phrase, nobody knous now that the Dis
trict of Columbia ever had the mich dreaded fe-
yer or if they do, they are not thrown into con-
WILSON'S because of its contact.
Why can't Maryland show the same courage
in the matter that the District has n II the Dis
trict once part of Maryland, can stand the fe-
yer, we can see no good reason why the Mary
land Democracy should be so much alarmed or
agitated at its approach. Ithas not killed Wash
ington and Georgetown it will not force Mary
land Ito give up the ghost" Don't be alarm
ed nervous friends, the doctors prescription
may not break your fever or quiet your fears,
but your case is not so serious as you think
You will survive your breads and fears on this
subject
Louis 18th Of France, was once sick almost
unto death. He Was exceeding low. His tenn
per was so violent a consequence Of his fever
that every one was afraid to approach him
Powerless at the mercy of bis disease, he was
nevertheless the dread Of all within reach of his
influence. Making no Roadway against his all
ment, receiving no ameliorAting aid from either
medicine or nurse, in fit of rage be discharged
his retinue of doctors and began from that hour
to mend. To short time he entirely recovered
from his sickness and assumed the reigns OF his
Kingdom. We would recommend the Kings
example to our feverish friends. If they would
dismiss their doctors from Benjamin G. Harris,
up or down-they would have no further diff
Guilty with their cases the fever would depart
and leave their systems in a healthy condition.
After the crisis is gone-after the fever is over,
we shall live as usual. The sun will Hot be
darkened at monday, nor the moon turned to
cheese with every change of the weather. The
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad trains will bring pro-
duee to Maryland's metropolis from the South
and West as before Jones Falls viii still pass
through Baltimore city, though it may be in a
new channel. Rich oyster beds will still be found
in the bosom of the Chesapeake. 1t will not
stop the work of the City Hall. 1t will not de-
prive US of the alternate return of sunshine and
shower. 1t will not remove the foundation OF
Washington's monument. Baltimore beauties
and Baltimore oysters will have no less admira-
ton or demand than now Take it quietly