We take the following…
Summary
The Examiner attacks the Maryland Union newspaper for threatening election judges who refuse the votes of "registered traitors"
Transcript
We take the following from the Maryland Union of last week:
“The quickest way for Judges of Election to get rid of their property will be to refuse the votes of those who are registered and they will soon be reduced to beggary and want.”
The people of this county have heard it thunder too often within the past five years to be frightened by such an irresponsible blackguard as the publisher of the Union. If the property of the Election Judges is answerable for refusing the votes of registered traitors, such as he, why did he not impoverish a few for refusing his vote last year. We believe he did go before the Grand Jury several times on account of his not getting his vote, but his disloyalty was of such a notorious character, that they put no attention to him, although he gave in his statement under oath. And so it will be again, if he or any other registered rebel attempts to reduce anybody to “beggary” for refusing their votes.
If we have mistaken the meaning of the above remark, and should hereafter be forced to put upon it the construction of which it is susceptible, and which a great many put on it, that it is a threat to burn the property of the Judges of Election should they refuse the ballots of disloyal voters, we will say to him that it is a poor rule that won’t work both ways. Those who saw the whirlwind will surely reap the storm. You better be a little careful how you talk, and see that the pit you are digging for others does not close over your own carcass.
Article Source
Newspaper: The Frederick Examiner
Publication Date: August 29th, 1866
Page/Column: 2C
Town: Frederick, MD
County: Frederick
Subjects
- Civilian Divided Loyalties
- Civil Liberties
