Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1856-09-12
Barbecue, on Thursday, 18th Instant


Barbecue, on Thursday, 18th Instant.
The Committee of Arrangements for
the Mass Meeting of the Democracy of
this county on Thursday next, are act
lively engaged in preparation for mag
nifcent Cue. The spirit alive in every
section of our county will bring to this
festival larger number of the true
hearted sons of Montgomery than were
ever brought together by former similar
demonstrations. They are determined
that no honorable means shall be left un-
tried to keep her worthy of the name she
bears, and save that fair name from the
polluting fingers of ACKNOWLEDGMENT
and Black Republicanism To this end,
neighborhood meetings have been APP
pointed for every nook and corner of the
county, but the people, not satisfied with
these minor efforts liz so momentous a
cause, have resolved to meet together on
Thursday next, at Rockville, for a gen.
eral rally in behalf of the Union and the
Constitution-the rights of the States as
sovereignties, and the rights of the peo-
pie as citizens
Many distinguished speakers have been
invited and have promised to be with us
on that day to urge on with their eloquent
voices the good cause which we have so
much at heart, and we trust that every
voter in the county will make it a point
of duty to dedicate the day to the service
of his country, by taking counsel with
his brethren for its preservation and con-
tinued prosperity.
The Ladies have also been specially
invited to this banquet, and who can
doubt that they will grace with their
presence and cheer with their smiles this
gathering of their fathers, brothers,
lovers, and acquaintance to uphold the
blessings of "Union? p When has wo-
man been known to withhold her encour-
agement or assistance from a good cause,
when has she failed to exercise her inhu-
ence in avcrting dangers threatening her
country? They are not blind to the
crisis which is upon US, and they will
evince their appreciation of its import
ance by being with us on our meeting
day. Ample and comfortable arrange.
ments will be made for their reception
and accommodation.
We likewise expect large number o.
visiting friends from adjoining counties
of our own State, Virginia and the Dis
trict of Columbia. Come, all who car
come; hearty welcome awaits you
and we will have such a consultation a
will strike terror to the hearts of all VIII,
are attempting to resist the onward marcl
of the great national army to victor,
and the preservation of the Republic.
GS- At last the Fiilmorites have some
thing at which to rejoice The Demo
cratic party has been defeated in Maine
Black Republicanism has triumphed
the friends of the Constitution hav
fallen, and sectionalism is victorious
and We are panied to see a party in oil
Montgomery exulting over such result
Yes, in our own county, in the midst o
a slave-holding population, therej is
party, though protesting to have nation
al sentiments, Southern sympathies ant
Southern interests, yet rejoice in tn
success of Northern Abolition fanatics
Is the hatred to Democracy so great tina
the interest of our great confederacy
forgotten and the success of her enemie
hailed with shouts Of triumphant ex
ultation? Has the Union Of these State
become matter of so little worth tina
il is to be weighed in the scale with tn
success of political party, and that to-
of sectional character? Where is tn
spirit that nerved the arm and inAame,
the patriotism of the sires of the Revo
luton ?-the spirit that impelled them t
such deeds of noble daring, and inspires
their souls with such heightened chivalr,
as to have excited the admiration Of tn
world?-that spirit which crowned witt
success the glorious objects of the Revolu
ton and gave to us the Constitution O
these States under which we have becom
so great as nation and so prosperou
and happy as a people? Is this spirit b
be forgotten? Are these inestimabl
blessings, the result of the labors of on
forefathers, TO be sacrificed for part
feelings and party prejudices? Their
are doubtless those among us who, I'M
conscious of the dangers that now threa
ten this Republic, and which the success
of Black Rcpublicanism, in the clcctio