Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-10-21

The Approaching ELECTION IN Mary
land The Result of Great Import
ance as regards the Interests. of the
State.
Mr.. Enron With your permission,
| desire to present, through the medium
of your paper, few brief remarks for the
serious consideration of all who desire to
promote the prosperity of our beloved
State.
As far as parties are concerned, they
are so far arrayed against each other as
to have nominated their respective can
didates for the different Offices to be
filled. To this, no outsider has right
to object. But your correspondent, be-
longing to neither party-merely plain
conservative go for MEASURES, and
for those men who are willing to carry
out such measures as will be conducive
to the public veal In this, however, !
confine myself to Representatives for the
Legislature. As for the local or county
officers, l have nothing to say.
But as regards the election of members
to the Legislature, the affair assumes a
different aspect; and in my humble opin-
ion, mere party or personal preferences
should be abandoned and more elevated
position acknowledging a preference
only to those whom we can rely on to
carry out such measures as will promote
the best interests of the State, and Of the
whole Union; particularly is this to be
made question at this moment, when we
know that the Legislature, about to be
elected, will be required to fill the vacan-
cy in the Senate OF United States that
will occur in March next, by the expira-
ton of the term for which the Hon JAS.
A. PEARcE was elected to that truly i'm
portant office, and which he has filed
with distinguished honor to himself and
our State, exerting his superior abilities
at all times in promoting the best into
rests Of his constituents, in every portion
of his State, and at the same time apply
ing his ripe experience in support of all
measures calculated to promote the in
terest, honor, and dignity Of the General
Government
In short, believe this gentleman tC
be SO thoroughly imbued with true prin.
ciples that he could not be induced know.
ingly to do wrong, to subserve the i'm.
proper views Of any party. In word
true and genuine conservative, biz
course in the Senate of the United Statel
has been such as to acquire the respect
and confidence Of the best members o.
that body of all parties; and he there
fore possesses an influence With then
that can only be obtained by assiduoul
attention to business, and an honest and
honorable integrity Of purpose. TIN
the writer had ample means Of knowing
to be the case during the last session o
Congress, from having had OCCASION t.
mix considerably with the members,
many Of whom assured me that theiI
confidence in the Hon. James A. Pearce
was such, that, knowing he never ad
vocated a measure in which any portion
Of his State was concerned without
having first investigated the subject,
and ascertained that it was right in it.
self, they had generally followed in his
lead, without much further investiga-
ton.
Now, Mr.. E1itor, the question / would
(if it we're possible) wish to ask every
voter who has the best interest Of Mary.
land at heart, if it be in our power to re-
tain such a man in the position he hai
occupied with such distinguished honol
to himself and the State he has repre-.
sented, are we not in duty and honoi
to ourselves bound to do it, provided
he is willing to continue his services?
should have 30 doubt Of an affirmative
response, by an overwhelming majority
in our State, were it not for the attitude
taken by some Of the press belonging Il
the so-called " American" party-insti
gated. no doubt, by their Leaders, who
have their own purposes TO serve.
Are we not all Marylanders, and req
Americans and none more so than tn,
Hon. James A. Pearcc, who was placed
in the honorable position he occupies BY
the almost unanimous voice Of the old
line Whigs-who has done nothing t.
forfeit the confidence Of his former
friends, further than TO have given 0
preference to BUcHANAS rather than
FRENoST, at the last Presidential cleo.
tior, knowing that FILLMORE was out Of
the question? The result proved that a