Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1860-10-05
The True Aspect Of Che Case.

There never was more Grant attempt at
humbuggery than that of the old fogie and
Know-nothing organs pretending to believe
in the probability Of clecting Bell and Everett.
There is nota single man in the entire party,
(says the Baltimore Republican, - who be-
lieyes in tic possibility of the thing, much less
its probability. John Bell and Edward Eve
rett have far less to hope for than had Fill
more and Donelson. The truth is that Bell
and Everett are only supported by the rem
nant of the Know-nothing party, and such
old Wings whose hatred to Democracy is the
predominant feeling, and who, to crafty that
hatred, are ready to forget all the holy mo-
tiyes of love of country or humanity. Such
party must necessarily be small, and in no
State Of the Union could it hope for success
upon its own merits. 1t has no merits, no
principles to recommend it to the favor of any
minority vote in consequence of the divisions
of other parties. No one can deny this posi-
| ton; it is a fact known to every informed
man in the country. Why do these Know
nothings and bitter old Wings hope for sue
cess in Maryland, or Virginia, or anywhere
else? Simply because they hope the divisions
in the Democratic party may give them plu-
rality vote. Why do the organs of this mon
grel party continually lend their columns to
the encouragement of Douglas? Simply be-
cause Douglas is working for their benefit in
dividing the Democratic party. Does any
body suppose these old .Know-nothing or old
| Wing organs have any respect for Douglass
or any desire that the Democratic party shall
triumph through him? Listen to the chaste ami
beautiful language of the Baltimore Americaa,
which is constantly cheering on the Douglas
movement In the american, of Monday, while
speaking of the contest, it says:
| "The bull fight is over; the Infatuated ami
NAL split himself asunder in his last frantic
| charge, and so that his unwholesome corpse
I is dragged from the arena, it does not matter
who pulls the ropes. But when the barriers
are removed to give him egress it may be us
well to watch the portals, lestsome meancr
beast should break in and take possession of
the battle ground. From the bottom of our
heart we repudiate the present Administra-
| ton; but it is just possible, with the record
/
fore us, with its teeming corruptions and da-
ring frauds and villianies, that a Republican
Administration of the National Government
might prove infinitely worse"
Is there any respect for Douglas there2 Is
there anything in the spirit of this vulgar,
brutal language, but undying hatred to Demo-
crazy, and, we had like to have said, to de-
cency. 1t is the Democratic party of which
the american thus speaks; that which has been
led by Jefferson, and Madison, and Monroe,
ancslackson by James X. Polk, and Frank
lin Pierce, and James Buchanan, and which
has marshalled in its ranks tens of thousands
Of patriots and statesmen as pure and heroic
as the world ever saw viii any Democrat
crafty these malignant haters of Democracy
by throwing his vote away in such manner as
shall aid the election of their friends? This
is the question we desire to put 10 the consid-
Grafton Of every Democrat in this State. We
truly believe that more than three-fourths OF
the Democracy Of Maryland are for Breckin-
ridge, and that the only possible consequence
of continuing a Douglas ticket in the field
will be to aid the election Of the Know-nothing
ticket. This is what the Know-nothing or
gans understand, as well as we, and therefor
they speak kindly of Douglas, and encourage
his friends to persist in their course. Viii
they do so7 We shall see