Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1860-08-31
Vol. Vino. 8.

lnrldge has retired 10 MS quiet nome III
Kentucky, there calmly and with digni-
ty to await the verdict of the people.
Mr. Douglas is traversing the country,
especially in the north and east, dosing
out the panacea of squatter sovereign
ty" as remedy for all our ills, appealing
to tie higher law" and endeavoring
with the magic of his words and his pre-
sence to cajole the people to his support.
In this he will miserably fail. In the
exalted position of President of these
United States, the people will exact
something more than the qualities of n
travelling mountebank. Mr., Douglas in
his recent letter has averred that his OBJ
ject was to take the question Of slavery
out of the halls of Congress; and yet
during this whole Administration he has
kept up the slavery agitation with per-
sistency and fierceness amounting al
most to insanity 1t has caused him to
neglect every other duty in Congress ex-
ccpt the defence of his consistency, and
the advocacy of his views in regard to
slavery. He has been remarkable for
his facility in lodging votes, and when
he did vote, for his votes with the Re-
publicans. With that party not only did
he vote on the Lecompton question, but
on most incidental questions, in total in
consistency with his former votes. With
that party he coalesoed, not simply in
his votes on such minor questions as tho
election Of public printer, &C., but in
determining who in the Senate of the
United States were the representatives. of
the sovereign State of Indiana He has
been a rebel, both TO the organization
aud to the principles of the party. Flo
has voted against its platform and its
candidates
To conciliatc Republican votes, he has
INDUCED in vulgar filings at the South.
He prefers the clans of Rhode Island to
the niggers of the South. II HAVE
MUCH MORE FoNDNEss FOR Your CLANS
THAN | HAVE FOR THEIR NrGGERs." These
things have sunk deep into the hearts of
the American Democracy and even if
he should extend his clam baking opera
tons to tho coast of Labrador, trying on
his way the infinite relish Of freshly
caught mack crel, halibut, and cod, no
will find that whilst the people are pleased
with the jovial qualities of the hule, we'll
met fellow, they will dcspisc and repro
bate the public man.
Words cannot express the magnitude
Of the blessings which bcnignant Provi
dencc has showcred upon us--a vast and
extended area, spanning the entire CONT
nent, and reaching from the cold North
: down even to tropical heat---a population
now large and most rapidly increasing
the enjoyment of abundant comforts and
even great Injuries of life--a union Of
} industrial interests, varied by soil and
climate---a paternal and kindly govern
, mcnt. founded on the principle for which
we have ever and shall ever contend.
Shall discord enter this magnificent abode?
Shall the Union be broken up? Shall
poverty, anxiety, distress, and internal
wars take the place Of wealth, content,
and successful enterprise? Our couu-
trymen, do not close your eyes 20 the
danger Of this When the danger comes,
it will come from the selfish ambition Of
individuals, whose talents enable them
to SOW the seed Of strife in party which
for many generations has supported this
glorious government, founded on polit-
cal and social rights to every ctizen---a
government distinguished alike for its
benignity, its wisdom, and its strength -
the glory Of the age, and the admiration
Of the friends Of freedom, and of the
rights of man throughout tho habitablo
globe.
Fellow Democrats, to the work -
Stand gu your platform, and cling to your
candidates. You are contendng for the
Constitution of your country, and for tho
union of these States. Let us fight tho
good fight, as our fathers did Our can
didatcs have been baptized in blood in
the wars Of the country, and have in ev-
cry act Of their lives signalized their pa
triotism and self-sacrifce. The crisis Of
the times has placed them before tho
people. You know their principles
There is no silence as in tho case of Bell
and Everett. There are no shutting dis
guises as in the case Of Douglas and
johnson. There is no war upon both
tho Constitution and the Union, as in tho
case of Lincoln (the symPathizer with
Mexico, and now the sympatbizer with
fanaticism) and Hamlin. But their mot
to and our motto is
The CONSTITUTION AND THE EoUALI-
Tx or THE STATES THESE ARE SYMBOLS
or EVERLASTING UNION. LET THESE BE
THE RALLYisG CRIES or THE pEoPLEW
In behalf of the National Democratic
Executive Committee.
ISAAC /. STEVENS.
Chairman.