Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1860-11-02
Vol. Vino. IA.

was oDilSeu 10 look Tor It's support, their
disintegration and desertion Of its candi-
dates, has left the friends of Mr.. Bell
with no chance or hope of carrying this
State. Trusted as they we're, and relied
upon, they have left him iu tho direst
hour of his extremity, and there is now
good reason to doubt whether their bal
lots will not give the abolition candidate
as many votes as to that of the "Union"
party in the city of Baltimore. In this
desertion and treachery, they have the
support and counteuance of some of their
tried and trusted leaders, one of whom
has but recently been denounced by the
party organs Of Mr.. Bell as traitor in
disguise.
The assurance of this heavy vote in
Baltimore, and the covert and open ad-
hesion of leading men there and else
where 10 Lincoln, is bringing TO hin. .
large vote in other localities in the State.
This will all come from the former sup
portors, with rare exceptions, of the late
" American" party, and dctracts so great
ly from the strength of the +" Union" par
ty as to render its success here impossi-
BILE; and its prospects elsewhere are but
little more encouraging. In the two
States of the South in which that orcani-
zatlon makes contest with any chance
of success, the recent Northern elections
must inevitably drive members of con-
servative, Constitution-loving Bell men
from cause which does no good, and
can only, at this crisis, serve to divide
and distract the South.
To those few friends here, who have
so long and so stcadfastly adhered to the
fartunes of Mr.. Douglas, we appeal. No
reasonable man can affirm, with assur-
ance, that Nh. Douglas will get one sin
gle electoral vote or carry one solitary
State. A vote for him, then, can do
him no good. 1t can serve no use
full purpose. Like a vote for Mr. Bell,
it is vote thrown away in the first in
stance. But its consequences are more
serious. Every vote cast for either of
these gentlemen in the South will only
indicate division and difference among
us. 1t will indicate the belief in the
Northern majority that their aggressons
may be safely continued, and that we are
unable or unwilling to unite in defence
of our rights. 1t will strengthen aud
encourage the foe which is now implant-
ed in our midst, and lesson our ability
to crush out at once and forever the in
cipient treason of Abolition in Maryland.
We then appeal to you all, for the sake
of our common fortune and our common
destiny, to stand with us at this solemn
time. If the Government goes into the
hands Of the Abolitionists, our united po-
sition may deter them from further wrong;
but our division will assuredly invite fur
ther injury. A prohibition Of the inter
State slavetrade, would at one blow de-
stroy the 1868, 900, 900 slave property of
Maryland, and she would be forced to re-
sist it. The abolition of slavery ia the
District Of Columbia, would place on
our southern froties another seat of agi-
tation and alarm. Our union now may
avert these dangers. 1t will certainly
defend us from them.
Then, not as partizans, though We are
the representatives of a party, we appeal
to you to stand with us in defence Of our
common rights. You have everything
at stake that we have. Our defeat is
your defeat; our destruction is your GER
tain humiliation. Then let us all, as
Maryland men, casting behind us the
dead issues OF the past, now stand side
by side. and place our noble State first
and foremost in the ranks of the South,
by the uuanimity with which our votes
are cast for BREcKINRIDGE and LANE.
BRADLEY T. JOHNSON,
JOSHUA YANSANT,
LEVI X. BOWEN,
j. j. GRAVES,
WILSON NJ. CAREY,
g. II. CARMAN,
JOHN HOFFMAN,
State Democratic ErecutiUe Committee.
OCTOBER 20, 1860.