Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-04-22
Kuow-nothing state Council.

ly assembled in Baltimore city, will, no
doubt, attract the attention of the people
Of tie State in regard to the course which
the leaders of the Know nothing party
propose to pursue in the coming Presiden-
tial contest. The avowal of their deter
imitation to unite with the Black Repub-
licans, in combined effort to overthrow
the Democracy, is distinctly set forth, and
all the elements of the Opposition are ear
ncstly invited to cooperate for this pur-
pose What will the honest members of
the party-those who have sincerely bat
tied for the success of the principle that
Americans shall rule America" think
of these guardians of their faith, who
advise them to coalesce with the very
party whose boast it is to regard every
iaan, whether native, foreign or negro,
upon a perfect equality? What is it
they propose to the people of Maryland
Have the principles of the so-callod
American party become so extremely
ridiculous as to be deserted by its lead
ers, and its rank aud file delivered over,
neck and heels, to Black Republicanism,
and thus made to contribute to the very
evil which they have been endea voring
to remedy? Is it thus that the political
power Of our good State, whose interests
are identified with the South, is sought
to be transferred to the sole use and bene-
fit Of that party which is struggling to
uproot the very foundations upon which
the rights of property and society in
Maryland depend, and which scruplcs not
to deny the authority of the highest
Court in the land in deciding questions
which have been expressly referred to
its arbitrament by the Federal Constitu,
ton? Yet, this is the feast to which
the people of Maryland are invited
such the means by which the Democracy
are to be assaulted this the cause in which
all classes and every description of OPP
position (dr. Bolts free negroes inclu-
ded) are entreatcd to enlist and in behalf
of which 1t would seem as if even Satan
himself was to be invoked to redouble
his exertions. Surely such an appeal
would not be lost on him, when we con-
slider the lively interest he must feel in
these per:inacious efforts of his allies to
PROSTATE at least one branch of the
Christian religion But the people Of
Maryland are not yet prepared for such
self-degradation and there are thou
sands Of the honest members of the
Know nothing party who will spurn the
proposition whenever it is forced upon
them, and unite with the Democracy in
unfolding the honor and character of the
State against this vile attempt to debase
both.
The organ Of Know-nothingism in
Baltimore, Che Clipper, } congratulates
its friends upon the recent Black Repub-
lican victories in St. Louis and Cincin-
nati-characterizes them as glorious
and looks upon them as but the begin
ming Of the great battle to be fought in
the States in 1860. How encouraging
it must be to those negro worshipers to
receive such cordial sympathy from a
leading Southern press; but how humil-
iating it is for Marylanders to witness
such yennl treachery in those who live
and have grown fat by the help of the
very people whose dearest rights they
are thus seeking to betray.
1t is to be hoped that this Drift in the
political tide will be closely watched by
the honest men of all parties, and that
many Of those who are now classcd
amongst the opponents Of The Democratic
party, will scorn to lend their aid in this
attempt to build up Black Republican
party in Maryland.
In the meantime, it is cheering to see
the temporary divisions in the ranks of
the Democracy, in regard to few per-
picking questions, fast becoming healed
and that spirit Of mutual concession is
dissipating into thin air the misty calcu-
lations of our adversaries, whose only
hope Of success is based upon division in
our own ranks divide and conquer"
is their motto; but in this they will be
again doomed to disappointment Al
ready the genius Of Democracy is mar
shalling its strength for the new issues
shortly to be substituted for those which
have been so successfully mastered. The
destiny of the nation looks to it as the
trusty engineer of its onward progress
the ever expansive energy of the people
is longing for further employment in the
grand accomplishment of its aim, and
will never falter in its purpose until this
whole boundless continent is governed
by American laws, and guided by Amer
lean genius. As in the past, so in the
future, will this be the work of the De-
mocracy, and how unfortunate it is for
those who are ever striving to arrest this
onward destiny by their puny appeals to
a sl1ppish noliev-to an eternal waiting