The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-10-31
VOTE FOR BALTIMORE COUNTY
CAN DIDATE-JOHN T. ENSOR.

mo. SIR; | HAVE NEVER VOTED IA cores
pendent of the Louisville Ky, Commercial,
writing from Paducah, Ky, September 2, shows
in the following paragraph how Democratic can
didates elected in that section OF the State.-
The same practice no doubt prevails generally
over Kentucky and some OF the other Southern
States:
'Wbile waiting for the train in the afternoon
we made little discovery that is, we learned
something after this fashion Seeing several COL
ored men sitting around the platform, we accos-
ted one of them. an intelligent looking mulatto,
and asked him how mas. cblcred men there were
in town. He said be did not know, but quite
number. We then asked him how many votes
they poed. 1--WE don't VOTE said he s'fou
vote when there is nm election, don't you ~ mo
sir /; | have never voted they don't allow us to
vote He seemed frightened at what be had
said, but on questioning him further he stated
that the negroes in that community bad never
voted in any election that just before An election
they were told if they attempted to vote they
would surely be visited snon after by nght-riders
and made TO snffer. | asked il he had ever been
told this. He replied that he had often, and: at
he had never tried 10 yn.e This in the iaw-
abiding State Of Kentucky. This is no sensation
talk, but facts that are patent To any one who is
acquainted with this section of the country
Then is it any wonder that three Democrats can
didates lear no danger from Republican candi-
date coming into Office with the hold they have
upon the feelings of colored voters P'
GEN. LoNGsrREEr. The following opinion of
Gen. Longsreet upon thu cond,,ioa of things in
Louisiana and the Sonh gener div is worth con-
sderaion by our Democratic friends Tn,spcan-
not say that it eminates from carpet bagger or
from one who has always bcea Republican -
The opinion Of a Con'ed'r,e s,li.r and~ 4Sive
Sou,herner should have s,m' weight in the ,,rem
iseS The following are his rem ,rks:
81 suppose | am pretty cordially hated b, a
certain pr0Scrpiive class ~ Siu hrrncrs but that
cannot be helped Men can / all think Ike, and
the trouble with the Soulh-rn p,opIr ,.iSJys has
been that they won, tolerate AN, df.rtI.t.es OF |
opinion. If God Almighty had intended 81 men
to think just alike He might as well hays made
hut have decided ,ni :, Ii IS |
thought duty required. and oth-s-aan4 Ayib- |
eriy 10 do the same NJ opiuon iss,K-> 'nti
true solution 70, Southern rrouT.Fs IS q, pep I
pie TO accept cordially nn1 in gona-=s4fih ali Of |
the results OF the war including the recoasruc- |
ton measures, the acts of Congress, negro suf.
trage &c, and live up to them like men. Ii they
would do this and encourage Northern imn,igra. |
the troubles would soon he over, and in less than
five years the South would be ia the enjoyment |
OF greater prosperity than ever before "
~" We know the indifference of many peo-
pie to vote. The reasons almost as nnmer
Gus as the different voters. We care not-how
popular candidate may be, there are some
people who will find some excuse for not.yoting
for him. Voting is duty that each citizen
owes himself his community and his country.
1t is not the man for which we vote It is the
principles he represents. No patriot should al
low any personal feeling of his towards the man
on has ticket to interfere with his discharge of
the duty he owes himself, his country, his God
The voter who does not deposit his ballot on
election day lends that much assistance to the
election of the candidate of the opposite party,
who misrepresent his SEN iment. The fhost
sacred trust confided to the Americas cit;G +, is
that of voting. 1t is that which contro, he
destinies of forty millions of people. r. ga
sacred responsibility. We cannot escape : 5m
it. We must vote if we would discharges our
whole duty as American citizens.