The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-02-18
Correspondence Baltimore County Union.
THE JOURNAL ON GOV. HAMILTON.

NINTH DIsrRicr, Feb. 18th, 1882.
Messrs. Editors May ask you 10 permit the
use Of your valuable paper, 30 widely read By both
political parties in the county, 20 refer again 70
the course pursued BY the Journal toward gen.
tleman for whom know you entertain the high
est personal regard although differing with him
politically-I mean his Exeellenry, Governor
Hamilton.
In the early part Of last year. in the interes. Of
fair play and justice. you published . few letters
Of mine commenting on unwaFrantable attacks Of
tho Maryland Journal upon our worthy Chief
Magistrate. In them cited the base, calumni.
ating language Of that paper In its open endcAv-
ors 20 lower Governor Hamilton In the estimation
Of the Democracy Of Baltimore county tina, honor.
ed him moro highly than Il had any previous can
didate presented for the SURFACES 81 the people.
Tho vulgar opithcts quoted were not imag inary,
but exact copies Of tho vile slang found In the
columns Of the Journal.
In last weeks issue Of hiSpaper, Mr.. Ruby tries
TO crawl out Of the uncnviable predieament In
which his ardent zeal Ia defence the gerial
ring, who held the money bags, had placed him.
lie cannot do Il. His statement At this late day,
that he believes that In what the Governor did In
publishing his Maryland Institute arraignnent Of
the management Of the sinking fund, and what he
has done since, he was then and Is nov thorough.
~ upright aud earnest that he is right, Is even
more insulting than his former gross abuse and
malicious misrepresentation Of his Excellency.
Mr.. Ruby has the hardihood 10 "respeetfully' de.
mand Of the Iiagerstown Mail 10 point 20 one
single instance where he has given Governor
Hamilton gross personal abuse" and offers 10
place Ole Of the Journal at its disposal for that
purpose. feel !, my duty TO refer again 10 Mr..
Ruby's willful misrepresentation and gross ealum-
ny 81 the Governor, being impressed that what I
have written may have been the grounds for the
Mairs charge that the Journal grossly abused
Governor Hamilton, who Is one Of the purest aud
S s::i 'issT.Is. ssS s good old Mss
true Democracy Of the State may we'll feel proud
II wiilfully lying about person IL not abusing
him in the grossest personal vay the eitor u the
Jouraai can occupy it, columns in explaining
what IL Is doing toward him. Mr. Ruby haspub.
licly called the Governor, in the esiumn. Of the
Journal. "a wilfni traducer d honorable olciais"
Does he consider this very strong language not
abuse but praise u his Excellence night quote
other base epiihets 90 be found 10 the osraai bu,
shall forbeaT and eonhne myself % few ex-
tracts from the paper whose editor boasts that he
has never given Governor Hamilton gross per.
sonai abuse"
Mr.. Ruby IN commenting on the Maryland
Institute meeting said the Governor vas very
severe about the registers of voters Ia Baltimore
ei,y. wanting them all turned out" although Il
was very veil kn9wn that his Exceleury nevor
alluded 20 any rcsisiers u voters. The ,F,a-Ysi
In saying he dii. wilfuly lei on him AMI mi.fep-
resented bin. ilis political fable 90 a .iliy
GoFern9r eating noncomes;ibls eros. shall Tas.
BY and take up the editors sta,euseni la, seek
tina, be Published IN fall the views q Governor
Hamiton g. which the card 4 Msssrs. KeAtne
and Compton ~as reply. There va not sin
gle paragraph q the G0vefnofs address pnblishei
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