The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1866-06-28

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organizing fanatics from one end Of The.
country to the other. This system OF
vulgar abuse has no terrors for me-
The Union men of the State of Mary
land know my antecedents and l may
well afford to await the calm Judgment
of the-peoplc in the face of all their
denunciations. They talk of treachcry
to the party and my obligations to the
radical men of the State for the posi-
tion which | now occupy. / owe no
obligations to any such faction Tho
conservative men to whom / owe my
election are still my friends. The mas
ses of the people have not deserted mo.
These radical men we're signally rebuk-
ed and overwhelmed in the gubernator-
ial canvass, and they gave me reluc-
tant vote only when they could no lon
ger have their own way In the excess
Of their bitterness, they threaten now
that they will give their countenancc to
an. onc else, even a Gene crat, for whom
they profess holy horror. This is by
no means matter OF surprise to me,
when | know that their champion in
the last House of Delegates approached
the recognized leader of the democratic
party aud proposed coalition with him
to defeat the resolutions endorsing
| President johnson, after having failed
with another gentleman Of the same par
! ty. These eentlcmen are not deceiyiug
me by dealing in such threats.
Whether these extreme negro suf-
fragc and negro equality radicals are to
rule me aud my friends out Of the Union
4 party, because Of our utter disgust OF
l their manoeuvers to win the State over
to their interests will be for the people
! to determine. / ask no favors at their
/ hands, have no dread Of their power
aud / wish them to understand this
most distinctly. The attempt to create
4 false issucs--to raise the cry of fratcr-
nization with eoppcrheads democrats,
! disunionists, because ! dare to support
the policy of President johnson and
his Cabinet, is simply contemplate,
+ como from what source it may. The.
I creduious who are unaccustomed to
these tricks may be blinded in the be-
ginning, but their eyes will be thorough
" opened before this canvass ends
Senator Wilson, in his speech few
evenings since, which could wish for
I his own sake had been little more
temperate, has sufficiently explained the
platform Oh which he stands DO these
men here repudiatc him. viii they
! dare TO come out boldly aud denouncc
I the doctrines which he has endcavorcd
/ to incuicato! VIII they tell the people
+ OF Maryland that the party who voted
; for negro suffrage in the District Of
4 Columbia are not ready, whenever they
have the power, to do the same thing
over again. They insist that negro suf-
fragc is no issue in this State Is IL
not high time that it should be made an
issue, and that those who are in accord
with this negro suffrage and forced ne
gro equality party should be made TO
stand up aud be tried upon it.
/ | shall stand by .he people " ny
State. | shall DO al IN ms power to
save them from insult and dcgradstis~.
shall cooperate with conservative
meu ~ aycrsiug the ruin which is now
impending over us. ! believe that be-
fore the adjournment Of tho next Con-
grcss, unless the conservative elements
OF this country shall become aroused To
the dangers of the situation, in spite OF
the protcstatious of this radical faction,
We shall have vnircrsai, unconditional
negro mNfdge and Jorccd negro eqWdfity
the law Of the land, aud Maryland will
enter her protest, as she will surely do,
sooner or later, when the power will have
passed iuto other hands aud she fluids
herself the victim of her own unsuspcct-
ing credulity
In conclusion, fellow citizens, let mo
warn you of the dangers Of your pres
cnt situation have served you faith
fully for the past twenty years IN many
positions in which you have placed me-
/ can have no motive to mislead you
now. You have vast interests at stake.
Stand firm to your principles MS uncon-
ditiDual 'uion men. BE not intimida-
ted by the threats Of dcmagogucs and
fanatics. The men who are trying to
lull you into security upon the negro
question. are not the true friends of the
State of Maryland, or the great national
interests of the country. They have al
ready shaken the public confidence in
the great party which carried ms through
this war. If we would make that party
strong. ,ce must either hoti these crireme
raaicai men IL cheek or come out from
aD,ong then, aitoycthcr. Negro suffrage
is not dead 1t only awaits the election
by the people, ia the coming autumn OF
a radical congress. ! shall consider It
my duty as an unconditional Union man,
committed to the doctrine that npHc JDt
hyai n,cIl shall rule oUer us, to guard
against rash aud inconsderate counsels
shall recognize no nec party in the IN
tcrcst of extreme radiealism. | belong
to the party of the Union, The effort
by a handful of men to break up the
Union party in this State can never sue
cccd The convention which met hero
a few days ago, representing mere
fraction of our population ought to con-
vince you of this. Congress has already
shown unmistakablesig of restlcssness
under the teachings of Mcssrs Sumner
and Stevens. They have already drawn
themselves in closer utilization with the
President. Let the conservative Union
men of Maryland frown upon this at
tempt to disorganizc and break up the
party. The representatives of the un-
conditional Union men of this State,