The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1865-12-07
THE LATE ELECTION.


Registry Law, it could be had in the
bitter wall of chagrin and disappoint-
ment INDUCED in by the Press in the !
interest of the dominant party at the un-
looked-for result of the late election in |
some Of the lower counties of the State.
With all the machinery which the most
jealous and Inscriptions of their mem
bers could invent, put in action by those
in the different election districts upon
whom they could best rely for the faith
full performance of their unrighteous
bidding, these hucksters after political
emolument, who think by their un-
just measures to hold grasp upon
power which cannot be wrcsted from
them, find there are enough true men
in at least small portion of our State
not classed among the disqualified"
who are not so blinded by party passion
but that they can still distinguish be-
tween prescription and the rights of the
citizen, and who will elevate to office
only those upon Whom they can rely for
a performance of their duties with re-
gard for the rights of all, and not
pander to the interests and wishes of
zealots, who can see no good but in
themselves, and who would sacrifice
even the welfare of the country, which
they daily pirate of loving SO dearly, to
crafty their malignant hatred for
those they would ostracize, although
they be men upon whom the slightest
breath of reproach has never truthfully
rested, and who bear more than the
half of taxation to sustain the govern
mental functions of the State and
country.
In former years, when election day
had not yet become merely the occasion
for the endorsement of the action of
corrupt nominating conventions-when
the two great parties marshalled their
forces at the ballot-box, and every
citizen had the opportunity of exer-
cising the inalienable privilege of
choosing who should govern-a boon
bequeathed us by the founders of the
nation--a triumph such as that of the
so-called Union party on the 18th of
November would have been victory
to have satisfied the most expectant of
its partizans. But now, forsooth,
nothing will appease their cravings for
public plumber but the whole of the
Offices in the gift Of the State-thus
verifying the truthfulness of an old
political saw-their determination to
"rule or ruin"
1t would be amusing, if it did not
convey painfulimpression of their ulti-
mate intention, to observe the pitiful
regrets INDUCED in by their Press at the
defeat of Judge Spence, in the Twelfth
Judicial Circuit of the. State, and the
election of Mr.. Franklin to fll the
position on the bench. They do not
complain of the unftness of Mr.. Frank
lin for the Office, for he is known as one
of the ablest jurists of his section, and
an upright man. But in the anguish
of defeat they complain that by cor
ruption in their own ranks traitors"
and "rebes" were allowed to vote.
Whether the Registers did their "duty"
We do not care inquire, the exercise
of the functions of their unenyiable
positions it not being our present inten-
ton to notice; but this VIC know, Mr..
Franklin was chosen by a majority of
the true citizens of his District. and
will, if Permitted to occupy his place,
be an ornament to it. As for the on
probrious names they see fit to heap
upon his constituents, We have only to
remember that it has been the custom
OF bigotry since the days of the cody
Puritans in Cromwell's time to invent
epithets for its enemies light task,
when we remember the small modicum
of brains requisite for the undertaking.
We speak of the painful impression
of their Ultimate intention, for we can
not forget the action of the Legislature
last winter In the contested election case
for the Judgeship in Baltimore county.
Then the same hue and eryef & traitor"
was raised by their Press; and the
result was Mr. Grason, who was fairly |
elected by decided vote, was declared
disqualified byreason Of his g dlisloyaltyn
-s plea used simply % accomplishtheir |
fastening upon the fair
name of our State a wrong that will |
ink into oblivion only when the other
Unjust acts of that Legislature are
lnnulled and forgotten. Yet that same
,ody, almost at the same hour, balloted
or and sent tn n aoaf In tha Ca,xoA oct