St. Mary's gazette., 1866-05-24
rhs Duty Of the Hour.
1-raNAanrnWN. Md.

The Duty Of the Hour.
The grave perils which environ tiss
country at this moment make It Imperative
upon all thoughtful and patriotic men to
sink, for the present at least. every mere
paytisan consideration aud to act with an
eye single to peaceful and equitable So
luton of.our impending national troubles.
When the danger has been fairly passed.
partiaan considerations can again be invok-
ed with impunity. but 70 invoke thcm and
TO set upon them in an hour Ike this is.
in our bsst Judgment. to put 70 hazard the
very lie Of tbs country There 10 time
for all things and therefore time for par
tissnship. The time for patriotism is the
present. If the country can Be saved st
all, !. can be saved only by some conjunc-
ton Of patriotic parties OF BY some alli-
anes between them. Conjoined or allied.
shcso parties would prove omnipotcnt
agsinst the radicals. Each fighting on its
own or separate programme. though
both be Sighting for the same object. and
tho triumph Of the radicals is assured
This way ruin hes. and therefore sAould
Ill patriotic men address themselves earn
sstiy 70 tho labor Of forming and perfect
ing 90 allisnse o. understanding between
the conservative organisations Of our State.
TO our iu6gmcst, the terms OF conditions
" this alliance aTe Of very subordinate inn
port. The s0pSems object should be 70
ave ths sountry from anarchy aud TO dis-
arm the red vcngeanes which rsdicalism
Is preparing 10 launch upon the land. In
this view, whether Mahomet shah be ear.
ricd 70 the mountain o. the fnountain Be
brought 70 Mshomes II On IDLE iEauiry.--
IN eisher ovens. 9 conjunction viii have
been formed and ths end win havO been
gained. But conjunction Is absolutely
necessary Either man or mountain must
be made to move.
Three different lines Of policy are OpsD
10 our conservative friends 10 this State,
tbs adoption Of any one Of which would
sccomplish, in our judgment. the object
we have at heart. Fer tho coming cam
pAign, lot either tho democratic party be
merged into tho JohnsOu party OF the
Johnson party take service with the deE-
ocratie party. If both these lines Of poll
cy DO Objectionable or impracticablc, lot
the two parties come to an understanding,
.by caucus or convention or otherwise. that
IN localities where the democrats have an
undisputed and clearly ascertained major
ity the johnson men shall support the
dsmocrntic ticket, ard in communities
where the johnson men arc relatively
stronger than the democrats, the demo-
Gratis shall support the johnson ticket
This arrangement would neeessitsts the
disorganizatiOn Of neither party and would
realize, wc believe, all the material advan-
tagss that perfect union between them
would produce. There are no State off,
GERS to be elected this Fall. No believe.
and consequently no present imPediment
exists 70 the cOnsummation Ofthis arrange
ment. The future. In fact. viii present
no dif6cultiss in this matter that patriot
Ism win not be able 70 overcome. When
the foundations Of amity have been once
laid bstwcen patriotic parties. which have
The same public objects in view. al seri-
ous obstacles to perfect union between
them will have been removed. The un.
ion Of these parties We know TO be ulh-
matcly certain, and our present sOlicitude
Is 10 bring it about 10 time to secure con-
seryative legislature at the next election.