The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-10-18
ONE MINISTER TO ANOTHER

The Rev. George Morrison, of Baltimore county,
a well known minister of the Presbyterian church,
has written the following letter to Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher, of New York, in relation to the
latter's position in the present campaign:
Dear Sir SO far as I am able to form an
opinion from the papers, conclude that it is
your present purpose to support Gov. Cleveland
for President. As citizen open to conviction I
wish to present reasons why you should change
such mind and support the Hon. James G. Blaine.
l. In 1884, when you were young man and
the writer but child of two years old, my father
minister from the South, in the General Assem-
bly, of the Presbyterian church, asked leave to re-
cord his vote against the doctrinal opinions of
your father, the Rev. DIR. Lymon Beecher. From
1860, through the period of the war, and onward.
though could not indorse your theological posi-
tions, am frank to confess that your political
opinions, sustained by your reasons, bad much
to do in giving shape to my own opinions, and
much to do in leading me to identify myself with
the republican party. though never politician.
Subsequently, when your personal and profes
sional character was assailed and you were led
to pass through furnace of trial, / was one of
those who, as religious journalist of Baltimore,
believed the prosecution Of you to be malicious,
and so said to the public. You are aware that
have had your confidence, and that my friendly
offices entitled me then, and do now, to that con-
fdence.
2. When such men as Senators Bayard, Thur
man-men Of character, who give also character
and all other distinguished leaders of the Demo-
cratic party, who the legal representatives
in national politics of q constituency, were turned
down by the Democratic convention and the new
blood of the party procured the nomination of
Governor Cleveland, without experience and re
cord in national politics, and one whose personal
character is under cloud, can see no reason in
this which would Justify you or any one who could
be Influenced by your acts to support the demo-
| cratic nominee.
3. But can see reasons why you should not
! abandon the Republican nominee and party. A,
to its nominee The opposition have traversed
| Mr.. Blaine's personal and official character (a)
! Thew have found his record clean. manly. and
| honorabein his domestic relations (b) They have
| slandered him, and by probing have found hat
in his transactions per one Fisher that Mr.. Biine
did nought cave what any honorable, honest u.s..
| mess man would be justified in doing.
l. As to the principles Of the republican prty
| and the Hon. James &. Blaine as the impersoa-
ton of those principles. what do you find 1--WE
! adduce three Of his distinguished opponents. st.
| The Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks In the tim of
The war was citizen of Kentucky, and stod
there upon that battle GROUND helping to supprt
the nation in her efforts to sustain her supremacy.
We know whereof we write. By far would he
faithful citizens of Kentucky have had Mr.. Hn-
bricks in arms with the Confederates than remin-
ing in bomb proofs, engaged with others, som of
whom are dead in performing offices to aidhe
insurgents vs. the nation. To men of this secbn,
who wish to be true to country and consistnt,
who know of his Offices, nothing could be Dre
offensive than to ask them to sustain him, or nth
ing ought to be moro clearly their privilege han
to sustain the very opposite of what he woul'in-
dorse.
Neat. The Hon. Mr. Tilden-Is letter is rade
up of platitudes for reform. This is all rigt in
the abstract and we indorse that but refrms
need be expected as we'll in the Republican prty
as out of it.
Lastly. The Hon. Horatio Seymour. lub-
nit the following to be the substance of his tsti
mony: Under republican administration snce
1870 taxes to the amount of So, 200, 0000 600 rom
imports have been raised, large balance in tnde
in our favor. That is protective tariff system
has so far encouraged home industries as to iEite
go large proportion of our population, az opir
talists and employees, to engage in manufacturing
| enterprises, that home market has been hus
created of these, as consumers for our agricultural
| products Of wheat, beef, &c. That only abou ~
| per cent of these have been exported, but his
| has been done at remunerative prices. Mr.. by
| mour npprehends retaliation from England, FrDcc
| and Germany by their colonizing the South Amri-
can States to produce these articles, and therby
| tho American farmer suffer.
| The fact is that if any man in America deseEes
| the support of the American people it is Mr..
| Blaine, and If for no other reason this should be
| potent, that he is the representative of hat
| American idea of the extension of our commercial
relations with our own continental South Amri.
| can States. For these as among many reason l
feel constrained in this public way to ask you lot
| to abandon your old friends to make new bel
fellows. am, respectfully, yours,
Gro MopRIsoN