Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1859-07-28
The Frederick Convention.

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The Frederick Convention.
i State Convention Of the Democratic par
Is was held in Frederick City, on the Goth
inst, at which Mr.. A. Lingan Jarrett, Of liar-
ford county, was nominated for the Office OF
Comptroller Of the State This convention,
NC have been told by Democratic journals.
was composed Of the best men Of that party,
aud we suppose the statement is correct. IT
So then We would enquire what advantage
it would be to the quie, and orderly portion
Of the commonwealth, to take from the pres
cut dominant party in the State the manage
lacnt Of our afil.rs and entrust it to those
represented by this convention. If the con-
yeniionists are to be judged by their declara-
tions, ard il they are fair reflex OF their con-
siitueuts then most assurcdly change would
h from had to worse. What was the temper
and spin; Of these men may be gathered from
tie following remarks made by the most
prominent men in the convention. The first
called upon to address the meeting was EX-
Governor Lowe. THIS gentleman, the Balt-
more Patriot informs us, had been elected
Governor Of the State, by the Democracy yo-
ting in the City Of Baltimore every male pau
fer in the Almshouse. and by 90 Democratic
voters, voting IN every ward in the City
Such = damaging fact as this ought to haze
ueeu sUiiciei!i - shut n;s mouth forever, hut
in tie maiigni;y OF his hate for that city by
which, through the above cited means, he had
attained TO tie Gubernatorial chair, he de-
claTcs that the object of the convention is to
'iaaugurate a campaign for the redemption
OF Baltimore, which for the last five years has
been ruled by rowdyisn." To effect this hc
exEOrts tie Democracy ito g. TO work har-
mouiously with their whole hearts and strong
arms. and redeem themselves by means more
gosro-fh than reasoning" TINS is not the
have couuciled the use of other means than
reason 60 secure the vote of Baltimore. a
Mr Wright, who opposed Mr.. Swami when
lie was electei to his first term as Mayor adj
visol his party TO 60 to the polls well armed,
sud 10 wade through blood knee deep lsit
any wonder then that there should be strife
% tie day OF election lslt a matter Of as
constituent that blood should lie shed and
that men should he murdered when the lead
e-s 81 tie party council such proceedings
BY the way We may remark that it is fact,
cne tina; points Enthusiastically to the source
u the riots on election daysin Baltimore, that
tie murdered aud MANNED rs general thing
are those who are opposed to the Democracy.
Another speaker at this celebrated convcn-
ton by the name Of Frcancr, from Washing
toa county, "hoped that tie convention which
it was proposed TO hold on tie % Of next
March would not be held in tie 'God-accur-
sei, Gol-fufsiken.-- City of Balti-
more Hon. J. EansAnt in answer to re-
marx Of this man freaucr viz: tina; Baltimore
could not be won back to Democracy, made
the following remarks: what could the par
Is do when they were surrounded by stand
ing army of COO men, who constitute the city
police force. aud also by hundreds of armed
iespeTadocs who were the minions Of the
Prince Of Americans, the Mayor. The Dem
ocTatic party were always Il quiet, well-dis-
posed aud Peaceable party, they had tried al
most every way imaginable to surmouut
- III lstst lu.l
risen in their strength to try the last cxpcdi-
eut. Il it should become necessary. however,
to do 81, the gentleman would find that there
would be hundreds aud thousands of strong
arms ready to support the cause Vansant
has represented Baltimore in the Councils of
the nation. He has always been a bigoted,
heady. intracticable and self-willed politician.
and because he has been cast off by the peo-
pie as unfit TO serve them he vents lis impo-
tent wrath against the City that took him
from ohscuFity, and made him all he is, and
now he has the impudencc to stand up and
denonnce the City. aud like Lowe, threaten
the Use Of brute force 10 accomplish that
"htNH :. H''tJo''tg VI tue ClllIcHs VI baltimore
say the Democracy shall not posscss--thc
control Of the City Government The spirit
and temper of this convention has fully sat
isiiei US that the democracy are doomed in
the coming contest to an overwhelming de-
feat. Thoughtful, quiet, peaeeable and we'll
disposed men will not vote with party that
announces beforehand its purpose to carry
tie election at all hazards-that it will not
stop al the shedding of blood and the sacrifice
Of life in order that it may possess the rens
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