Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-10-28

for the montgomery county Sentinel.
Approaching Election in Maryland
The Result of Great Importance to
Montgomery County in Particular.
Mr.. EDIToR: In a former commune
cation, | endeavored to point out some of
the important services of the Hon. j.
A. PHARCE, in the Senate of the United
States, deserving of the remembrance
and gratitude Of the citizens of our be-
loved State. I will now proceed 20 ad-
duce the evidence I promised, showing
the efforts of that truly great man to pro-
cure for us from Congress boon, that
would, in my opinion, insure to us the
construction of the Metropolitan Rail
road" through our county, the import
ance of which | will not here attempt to
calculate; but will merely say that the
prosperity resulting from such measure
would be participated in by men of all
parties, and has not hitherto been made
party question, nor should it now but
to effect so desirable an object it will he
necessary that the voters in the county,
irrespective Of parties, should cast their
votes for Representative to our Legisla-
ture, for those only who can be relied on
to pursue such a course as will, with the
blessing Of Providence, be most likely
to procure for us this desirable measure.
Party differences sink into utter insig-
niicance in comparison with the redliza-
ton of this great and important work
through our county. There was strong
probability of success during the last
session of Congress, but for the unfor-
tunate illness of the true friend and adj
vocate of our cause, the Hon. James A
Pearce; and when he had sufficiently
recovered to resume his scat it was ther
too late in the session to do more than t.
defeat our opponents, which was done
and the field will be open to us at the
next session, with every prospect of sue.
cess, provided we can, by our action
place or retain the services of one oil
the greatest and best men VIC ever haC
to represent our State in the Senate o
the United States The vote Of Mont
gomcry county will be necessary to cleo
Mr.. Pearce, and place him in the honora.
bic position he occupies; and to this end
it is to be hoped that there will not be a
voter in our county so indifferent to his
own interest as to vote for any candidate
to the Legislature who will not pledge
himself to vote for Mr.. Pearce, should
he be candidate presented to them foi
reelection.
The writer of this has no political Of
private interests to promote in what he
urges, more than what is shared in BY
nearly all of his fellow citizens, to 0
greater or less extent-the accomplish.
ment of measure Of greater importance
to our county than almost any other.
And here, Mr. Editor, please permit
me to make few extracts from the
speeches Of our Maryland Senators, when
the proposition for a grant of the fran.
cbse to make the Avenue Railroad, in
Washington city, was asked by the Me-
fropolitan Railroad Company. Speeches
of considerable length were made by Mr..
Pearce, an faror, and by Mr.. Kennedy,
IN opposition to the grant, which | sim
ccrely wish could be read and understood
by every man in our county. I cannot,
however, expect the use of your columns
to that extent, and will therefore conine
myself to extract tberefrom so much as
will confirm what have heretofore stated
in regard to the efforts Of Mr.. Pearce in
our behalf, and likewise a very few Of the
remarks made by Mr.. Kennedy, who,
regret to say, opposed our measure with
more yIrulencc than any other member
of the Senate, making statements before
that body, either from ignorance, or, |
fear, something worse, which, coming
from the Senator from the western shore
of Maryland, had a most baneful and in
furious effect upon our cause See Con-
gressional Globe Of January Goth, 1859,
where Mr. Kennedy says:
Il bad some agency few years ago,
in the Legislature of my State, in pro-
curing the charter for the Metropolitan
Railroad Company"
Indeed | was not aware, Mr.. Ken
needy, until you so asserted, that vol was