The Result
Summary
Column expressing surprise that so many from Washington County voters cast their ballots in favor of the new constitution. It can be understood why people in certain parts of Maryland voted for it, but why did such a large number of people from Western Maryland "deliberately vote away their political privileges; vote away all control of their own taxes, paid into the State Treasury." The paper points out that "thousands upon thousands of returned rebels have been enfranchised." Additionally, there have been many people from the South who have moved into Maryland temporarily or permanently because of the devastation to the areas where they lived - "the State being a sort of Botany Bay for the colonization of traitors." All of these voters would have been in favor of the new constitution. "There is one satisfaction, that if loyal men have to suffer, the men who voted with the rebels will also feel the iron rule of the oppressor."
Article Source
Newspaper: The Herald and Torch Light
Publication Date: September 25th, 1867
Page/Column: 2C
Town: Hagerstown, MD
County: Washington
Subjects
- Aftermath of War / Reconstruction
