Maryland free press. [volume] (Hagerstown [Md.]) 1862-18??, 1866-09-06

q. EyIt will be remembered that at q
primary meeting Of the Radical party of
the Hagcrstown district certain Small
Attorney ut Law, III the exuberanee of his
loyalty" offered the following:--"R "Resol-
ved, That we are opposed to any repeal or
modification OF the Registry Law" which
was by the meeting adopted. aa, :.1
Opposed to anyrepeal or. to any "n,odi-
fcation" Wanted to keep his fellow ci IT,
zens disfranchised Wanted them still
prosecuted humiliated and degraded! !
4 Aud who and what were the men who
thus fell under the bah Of this full blown
patriot? Honest and hard-fstcd farmers,
toiliug mechanics, day-laborers, on whose
toll this very Lawyer. this SELF deifed At
,orney is feeding and fattening.
They arc the men who pay the taxes
out of which this very person is growing
rich, through the many Offices he holds,
but which he SO little deserves. f-.q
He is. for holding Office over them, for
taxing them for his pport-taxing thcm,
and luxuriating upon their labor-but they
are not fit TO voto. Disfranchise them,
cries this prosecuting Attorney, And why
disfrspchise them? Have they ever raised
hand against the laws Of their country!
Some of the very laws under which he
holds Office these very men helped to make
whilst he was yet pulling and puking in his
mothers arms. --.---.
Have the men he wants degraded and
humiliated ever disgraced their kind and
blood By anything one millioneth part al
\ mean and low-brel as this resolve to dis
franchise them? Have they or theirs
ever violated law, justice or truth! No, o
thousand time, No! They pay their taxes,
Il large portion Of which goes into his
pocket. They perform all their duties to
society. and all their obligations to tho
State, which renders him secure in his
Offices and rich in their enjoyment. Bu,
still they must be DISTINGUISHED. ..H .
/ Why! The answer is plain. They
know him to be an obnoxious public officer
They see him, assuming power and obtru
ding upon placesf for which he is untitled by
temper, education and habit They hav,
dared TO dltftr with him about the affairs o
nation whose laws aud government. the,
rcvercd before he was born. This is theil
crime. For this they must be disfranchis
ed. Yo harted-fsted, toiling, taxed ant
down-troddcn. Ycomanry, marx hin,
Ye humble, .hard-workins. coarse-clat
Z laborer,, remember him, who so causeless
fy steps forth to strike PROSTATE to tn
earth your noblest, dearest and proudes
privilege s.5r Ir,- a.v4s ,
r Es-The pcrsersion Of public opinion
t!at can tolerate the nomination Of q maj
like Frank Thomas, and the blind preju
# dices that gan sustain him, are mournfu
examples of the power of mere part.
If drill.
! The mass of the party whose represen
:, ., tatives nominated old Frank are certainl
sincere in their professions of hostility t
!, Negro Suffrage, or Impartial Suffrage
d as i: is now sugar-coated.
r And yet they will be driven to the poll
> like dumb cattle, by the irresistible pow
d er Of party drill to vote for the man wh
: has declared in the most unequivocal term
his endorsement of negro suffrage. Nor
!. than this, they will stand by on clcctio
r day and see the judges OF. election attcmI
,r to reject the votes Of those who. relieve
e from the power Of party drill can see th
9 covert designs Of this Loury-headsd consp
rator against the power and dignity Of h
: race, and who would vote todefeat Lis' din
honorable purpose. 80