The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-09-04
corre.pOadsHss Bal1iNSTs Coua,y Usioa.
THE JOURNAL" ON HAAfPToN's
SPEECH.


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a, times The real meaning and nu,nos. ~ -.
men m their nublic ac,i.r .nJ *. s.r,...,a. ~
what thew desirna,e AZ their views ar ~, ,hs
.whoIe Iniied STATE" ,,.., men =. Lno.. n" 80
respeet. the editor Of The .l,s,,,oi dsss,,a. ,hs
greenest ehaplet. II IL A great piiy he ra. No, =
member of the Labor I.easus receniIv hsII II, nj
timore. for n he had been. Ral,i,nasa count, -.
dav wouId glory IN the posscs.ion ~ an ha1o,.a
citizen Who ,urna,.es sren ..,hs o,..L. La.s;s.
arms" lie certainly exeels In every au.Ii,v ar,
indicate, superiority In dealing win sor,hs,n sh
iects. The Gilman Of his uou.ness i ...orL
doIag.r." What gorv. handed. int -s,a;n.d .Ii,~.
in Uaneock's camn can rise ahoy s.sock do. -,
Then he gently softens himself down 10 the smooth
draperv Of cooling sentences AMI nio,s,v ~.
uhs,hsr anx other editor xouiI ..I;.s \, ~. -
found glare of his brilliantly re,plenen, ,ru,bfl
editorialsp
IL Ia considered remarkable that n man ho,,,
and reared under the genial influence ~ n mill
climate should ever become so heat. engendering
duel Threatening truth nur,lcyinv A. ,hs -,
editor does At times.
In commenting on the already regretted u,,.r
ances Of Wade lIampton 10 which Won called M.
attention, he said he would expres, an oninion
had Wade ever uttered them and he also ,.iJ he
did not think you would "accuse Wade Hampton
Of lying" You are not Hamptop's apoIoy;,, AMI
never have been from tho dav he 6rs, j,nw III.
sword 10 destroy our Union 10 the dav no was
forced 20 surrender 20 the armie. of the lenublir
and ten. Garfield among the copauerors.
For the REASONABLE language he uttered a,
cement the divided Democracy OF Virginia. which
the Journal strictly defends, he has 10 answer 10
his audience. and most Of them M, confederate.
in arms during the rebellion The editor Of an,
GaIisv vipgisias stand. firmly nv hi. ye,,ion !.
the reporter. whose report va, .indor.ed, nv
Hampton. does likewise; the Y;ndieasor. whose
Democratic editor reported IL himself doe, the
gs.As
ing you dare you say Wade Hampton was guilty
Of telling the truth To crafty the Journal editor
and keep him quiet, 10 possible you should say
most emphaticalIy, LET the KILKENNY eat. settle
the matter between them" as 20 whether Wade
Hampton lied when he diselain.d his uubli. hcI
utteranees. which arc a. follows:
"Considcr what Leo and jackson would do "a ere
they alive. These arc the same principles for
which they fought for four years Remember the
men who poured forth their life blood on Virginia.
soil. and do not abandon them now. Remember
that upon your vote depcnd. III, ,uer... Of the
Democratic ticket"
The .IowrHai man occupies a singular position.
Al time. there IL an excuse for this, lie saw.
the dead heroes lee and Jack sonl alive they
uoud be loing what Wade Hampton is now do
ing. That Is precisely what " adie Hamilton said
as you will see by referring 10 the extract from hi
speech.
The most remarkable part Of the J.sranF. eli
torial Is where he say, "the two dead heroes aud
Wade Hampton surrendered in the lat. civil war
although he siudiously avoids To- saw that they
surrendered to the Republican Generals. Pcrhap.
he wanted the readers TO believe they surrendered
90 themselves. Scraps % history floating in the
air. seen by both Union and Confederate soldier.
indicate that Jack sons surrender VA. coca .ioncI
by stray bullet FROM an unknown nu.krt.-
Jackson never surrendered. The .L,arHaI editor
should "be true TO his partys history IL he cannot
be To anything else"
With rcyerent respect for the dead heroes, Lee
aud Jaekson. let me 20 % the living, Wade IIamp.
ton. and say Of him what the Jonrnaf editor boast
ingly does: lie 10 carrying out his view. which
are well known to be those for which he and Lee
and the surrendered Jackson fought-scpara;ion
Of the South from tho Union and the es,ablish-
ment Of Southern Confeierary. Their prc.e Mt
candidate-Gsn. wingieid Scott Ilanrock-whose
vaultisg ambition and = desire 20 be President
caused TO leap into the camp Of his enemies with
Gen. Garfield. who l. still io4ai 90 tho cause for
which he fought. and host 81 others proclaimed
= Southern confederacy should hot disrupt the
tsion eemsnted by the blood Of the founders Of
the Republic. aud wage forced 20 cause many green
mounds 90 be raised in the south which are an =
nually decorated in commemoration Of the Lost
Cause'-wade Hampton being chief mourner.
However, in the versatile judgment &c the editor
Of tho Journal everything is reversed or turned
upside down. mirage in the political sky
Radicalism tried 20 destroy the Union the South
from 1861 10 is6j fought TO preserve il, and Wade
Hampton. with other like patriots are still en-