The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1870-11-05

Mass MEETING AT b sRlsoNvILLE On Satur-
day, 10Th inst, at O. ock P. m, the Republi-
cans held a large Mass Letting at Harrsonville,
in the Second DISTRICT The following gentle
men were elected otcers President, Henry
Frantz, ESQ; Vice Residents, VIM. P. Jean,
Charles Ware, o. BeIIand Geo. B. Jean, Esqs /;
Secretary, N. N HABIT, Esq.
The meeting in pdht OF numbers and interest
manifested, was one the best district meetings
that has been held inthe county by either party
during the campaign
S. Parker Bosey, $50, was introduced by the
chairman, and madea plain, practical speech OF
an hours length. lie charged upon the Demo-
cratic party, the re possibility of the war debt,
and the governuen taxes He showed that the
Democratic party IA Congress voted against the
funding bill that saves the nation twenty-six aud
one half millions Of dollars interest annually. =
He appealed to Democrats TO show their sincerity
in their assertions that the government bonds
pay too much Interest by exchanging their per
cent. bonds for those that pay only per cent
He showed thatthe Democrats in both Houses OF
Congress, voted against the changes of the tariff
on tea from rs cents per pound to Is cents per
pound and against the change of that on coffee
from cents pr pound to cents per pound, and
against the reduction of that on sugar to the
amount of twelve millions of dollars per annum,
while the Republican party secured it against the
opposition of the Democratic party.
At the confusion of Mr.. Bosley's speech Isaac
Meyers, Of Biltimore was introduced and made a
telling. stirring speech He said that Democrats
were charging that the Republicans wanted to
send the colored children to white sthoos, and
would do it if Mr.. Gary was elected. To this
charge Mr.. Myers stated that it without any
foundation-that the coored people had no idea
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they were willing to take education wherever
they could get it-in stable if iced be-that
all they asked was that education lie furnished in
schools of their own-that they we're entitled to
this, and thought that no reasonable man would
deny it to them. He also ALLUDED to the great
bug-a-boo of NEGRO equality" that the Demo
Gratis were using as an electioneering engire. lie
said that the colefed people had no desire to en-
ter any white mans parlor, nor TO associate with
their families terms of equality Then he
cautioned Democrats that there was more danger
of that ''negro equality" in the Democrat
than in the Republican party, because he had
heard the distinguished colored Democratic
Waters make speech to a Democratic audience
in one Of the lower counties in which be stated
that he Waters, was invited into the parlor o
Mr.. Swami in Baltimore, and that he was IN
troduced to Mr.. Swann's family, and was re-
ceived as any gentleman would have been-anC
then added that he had never been received or
such terms in the house of any Republican,
Myers stated that Waters Acquaintance with the
inside of the Maryland penitentary, was of such
character that he could not be received on term:
Of equality in the kitchen of any respectable
colored man in or out of Baltimore city Yet ht
Myers, in canvassing the lower counties Of thu
State, said he had seen Judge Merrick, the Demo
cratic candidate, travelling over lower Maryland
with this man Waters on one side and another G
District of Columbia penitentiary fame, named
Francis, seated on the other side in the sam,
carriage, canvassng the district, ana soliciting
colored votes. He stated that he had seen Judg,
Merrick eating at the same table with these illus
trious champions of Democracy, and stopping a
the same house all night where there was blu
one spare room TO lodge them. Yet, said Myers, VI
here in Baltimore county, Democrats are con
stantly charging NEGRO equality" upon the Re
publican party, and Judge Merrick is called tn
"White Mems candidate" The meeting was {
large one, there being quite number Of Demo
Gratis present. A band of music was in atten
dance and discoursed excellent music