Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1858-03-11

+ In casting my vote, it was not so much a
question with me as to Mr.. Gardiner or Mr..
Millar, as to what principles of legislation will
they carry out if elected. That is the test which
[ apply to all men seeking public favor, and not
this catch word party, that has become so sick
ming and loathsome to men of independent will
and free thought
! To give an idea of the Importance attached by
Mr.. Millar to this and other issues he had made.
and by which he expected to be judged, Will
give an extract from speech of his made few
days before the election; it is from memory, yet
I think it verbatim:
''The grand political drama is about to end.
the curtain about to close in the scene, and the
public mind which for time has been agitated
and disturbed by the din of political strife and
turmoil, suffered again to repose in quietness
and peace. There will be voice coming from
the ballot box on Wednesday next that will dis
course sweet music, no doubt, to the ears of some
now see before me (alluding to the candidates),
but to others it will come as the chilling and
whitening blast of night that has swept through
the sepulchral shades of political death-sa dole
ful sound a requiem over departed hopes and
blighted ambition. l, as one of those to be af-
tected by this decision, from which no appeal
can be made, shall meet calmly my fate and
bow in humble submission to the peoples will
! have canvassed the county, have mingled with
the people and have endeavored to set forth my
principles and views clearly before them be-
lieve they are known to you all and if am
elected shall feel satisfied that the people under
stand and k1aooo aehot to expect of me, and if de-
feated, of k,aowing that the principles and vic,rs
Enumerated by me throughout this canuass, and
upon achich I stand, are not endorsed In the
people Of Charles county. They may be errone-
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convictions Of heart that would not deceive
you; as such they are as dear to me as the pull
sations of life; by them l shall stand or fall,
sink or SWIM"
| Now, what were those principles upon which
he expected to be Judged or by which to stand
or fall? First, such legislation upon the sub
ject of free negroes as will have tendency to
rid us of them, or improve their habits of life,
50 as to make them useful in the communities
in which they reside. Secondly, legislation to
prevent further emancipation, only upon condi-
ton of the party emancipated leaving the State.
I consider Mr.. Editor, that with those prin-
ciples spread before the people and canvassed
upon as they were at the last election, the ques-
ton was settled then at the ballot box
If the people at the ballot box decided that
no legislation should be had on the subject,
would it be just or democratic for the minority
to memorabilia the Legislature to pass laws a.
gainst the will of the majority? am in favor
of such legislation decidedly in favor of it-but
until the impression is counteracted that was
produced upon my mind by the last falls cleo
ton, I should hesitate long before I could sign
such memorial. In all free governments the
minority should always respect and yield to the
majority, for without such concession QUIZ. gov
eminent would be but the thing of moment.
INDEPENDENCE
March OIL 1913