The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1872-10-12

tached TO the welfare of the American people and
the prosperity of the nation to give their sane
ton and their ballots TO the Inauguration of q
pocv so detrimental to the vital interests Of the
country as that foreshadowed by Mr.. Greelev's
promise to do the bidding of men now clamor-
Gus for bis election. In the ranks of the Demo-
cratic party are thousands of honorable gentle
men who have been conscientious in their advo-
cacy of Democratic principles who believed they
were doing the best for their country. These
gentlemen are wise enough TO see the political in
sanity and 6llibustsring that create noisy clam
or for Greeley. They see the danger Of reopen
ing the many questions that have been settled.
They fear to trust to the hckleness of Mr.. Gree
ley and will either not vote at all or vote for
President Grant.
GRANT 5 MAGNANIMTTY.
Cancellation is delusive bit of political lit
erature that is without meaning. Grants re-
cord upon this is as good and more consistent
than Greeley's. When Lee surrendered he told
Grant his cavalrymen had furnished their own
horses Grant said "let them take them home.
They will need them to till their fields" When
Andrew Johnson and others wanted to arrest
Lee, johnson, Beauregard and Wade Hampton,
Grant interposed and said ''if that were done, he
would resign his commission" When the con-
situations OF Virginia end Mississippi were SUBJ
mltt6u 10 lDelr people uuueI tue rtCOnstIuCuOu
laws OF Congress, eminent Confederates asked
him to allow the proscriptive clauses to be submit.
ted separately, and by Grandson they were SC
submitted, and these States were turned into the
hands Of the Democratic party by his generosity
And in his message to Congress in last Deem
Der be recommended universal amnesty. Con
gress by Republican votes on May 2lst, passed
an act that removed nearly every restriction
only excluding few men from holding office
Grants administration has reduced the price o
gold from 81 35 Sl.l2. 1t has tided the coun
try over financial crisis kept business brisl
and prosperous and wages at q fair compeRsa
ton. "Thess are great things" Sensible PEG
pie do not wish to change these for q risk o
something worse. After the election Mr.. Gree
ley will learn that the people so think. History
establishes the fact that
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
is owned by no man. 1t Is too thoroughly aiv
and intelligent for the pants pockets OF Gree
ley, Sumner, Banks, Schurtz, Curtin, Trumbull
Fenton, Mcclure, or even Conkling or Grant,
The intelligent patriotism that pervades its rank
is too manly and self-reliant TO be the creature
OF any number of leading Republicans. Its vo
tiers are no mans men. They are Republican,
and patriots. The history of the party proves
this beyond controversy. 1t has been for twelv,
years in the control of the greatest nation On thu
globe. Ours is great country. 1t is worth
all it took to save 1t. 1t is worth the billions o.
dollars expended TO rescue it from the hand o.
the destroyer. 1t is worth the FIVE hundred
thousand loyal lives whose sacri6clal crimson
redeemed it from ruin. Before il looms up the
grandest destinies that ever illuminated the way
of a nation to the path Of empire. To the keep
ing of the Republican party those destinies are
committed.
'By that heaven that bends above us-by that God
all ADORE"
the Republican party Is pledged to transmit the
heritage committed 10 its keeping untarnished to
future generation and to secure the highest poe
sible development of the untold greatness Of the
Republic.
The two administrations of President Grant
will furnish two of the brightest links In the gol-
den series of events that shall be the marvel OF
coming generations. To them the future histo-
rian will point as the crisis at which American
liberty was fixed Oh an enduring basis, and from
which the Republic dated its milenial epoch