Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1857-03-13


Maryland Politics.
We resume the subject uqoa which in
our last Issue, We hazarded q few word.
Of advice ~ Contemporaries and
irientlS. re lection has only
confrme9 opinion Of thc wisdom
and pro- posidon VIC then as
samag3 lily more and more
jhFof I'D of the absolute ne
eos. Of conservative men
90 her from anarchy
~ ndon any prnci-
q Of antagonism
ra ftytconsists Of all
- n 10 know-nothinr-
isinsr Istian. intolerant; and
prosx .,,,, y Cenets, its infamous frauds,
itsh6 y spled prostitution of the ballot
box, its ruthless invasion of the sanctity
of private life, and utter disregard Of the
safety happiness, and lives Of our citi-
zens. In the coming election, we assert
bnotlmerely the equality before the law,
of every citizen, Of whatever religion,
& and from whatever cline, but the ma
iesty of that law, and the aufliciency of
that law, TO protect the humblcst citizen
j and punish the greatest criminal These
are the issues involved, and upon these
p we should before the people of Ma
rylaud. Cannot the staunchest Wing
and the sturdiest Democrat stand to-
gether upon this platform, and rally
around the banner upon which these
sentiments are inscribed VIII any
man, will any patriot, in contest in
volying the fundamental principles Of
Republicanism, not merely the well
being, but the very existence of society,
pause to discuss minor issues and rake
among the ashes of former strife for
spark TO light anew the flames of discord
in our ranks?
There can be no mistake about the
character of the struggle before us
There is installing the issues involved.
Eager to receive, and glad to embrace
the seeming harbinger of pure religion
and exalted patriotism, Maryland has
found herself gasping in the embrace of
the foulest bag that ever seduced PEG
pie from their propriety and writhing
and grooming beneath the tyranny of an
ignorant, upstart and rcmorseless fac
ton. Know-nothingism, appealing to
the lowest instincts, and arousing the
worst passions of human nature, has
stirred up the very droga of society, and
cast to the surface aud raised to promi-
alence. men vino can float only upon a
sea Of passion and who can breathe only
IN II pestilential atmosphere. Impudcnt-
ly and arogantly assuming that the
mantle Of Clay had descended upon the
-puny shoulders Of their upstart leaders,
they have denounced and prescribed
every Wing who would not subscribe to
doctrines at which the soul of the great
kentuckian would have revolted, and
staori.o practices fron! which his gallant
spirit would have turned with loathing
and disgust. And now, when the De-
moeratic party has been npurifed by the
secession to Know-nothingism of the
restless and unprincipled who disturbed
its harmony and deranged its action, and
has been strengthened and invigorated
by the accession of the great leaders and
pure patriots of the old Wing party, thus
constituted, it stands before the country
as the great conservative party, not sim
ply united, but ndissolubly blended in
one common mass, and battling with one
heart and enc hand to redeem the name
of Maryland from the reproach under
which it lies.
Taking our stand at this point, we
shall hereafter show, what, in view Of all
the circumstances by which we are sur
rounded, we deem to be the true policy
of our party in the next general con
rention.