Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1867-12-25
rCoMMUNICATKD.
PARTY MANAGEMENT IN ST. MA
NO. 3.

error, and evils Of our existing system OF
I,n,tv .MnoqenteRt-havc referred TO facts
and occurrences and consequences direct
" traccabc. as / think, TO is impertec-
ton have called attention to evil results
which have already flowed from 1t and
which, must continue TO exert a haneiul
influence upon the body polite 50 long as
this state Of things continues. and appeal
aav man of candor to say if he cannot see
+. he has not Sc an-thcse effects, and if
t',rv are not largely if not exclusively
cue to this plan of having an indiscrimi
nate sweep stake political race, There
should certainly exist 9mong all classes
and more especially with those whose m
tcllect and capacity qualify them to dis
charge the duties Of our several oihces,
either local or State-a desire to~elc5ate
public morals, to frown down and rcpSovc
and discourage wee, and j. lessen, 50 far
:: in them lies, all tendency to degcnera-
and excess. The stability Of govern
rGcnt-the purity of sbe }flh' Aox-,he
Viz dom Of lcgi-lltion-t the faithful eXecu-
tion af the law- the gocl Of society and
the safety and sanctity oftle tirealdc-2ll
demand Il Il no means ,hoald be left gn-
,ri.l ~ Wien the laora's tn int"iIl
! gcuce u tn independ nee Of the c.e.'tor
ca Ic ling ed ->ow do not VII ,
be un.I,r.a tosa, that the 81 ncc
winch | ~up that die r css q te-
.ort,n t. nominating conycntlons-wlil
produce one Of these great revolutions
Sufficient to make every hcart-already
s,drc.itful above I'll things and dcspeElte-
~ wicked" as pure and immaculate rs
ore the fall Of Adam, but throw out
H. broad ntrmation that ITS purity might
be les, liable to contamination If dll!cr-
eat course were ALLOWED to those seeking
Office nj the hanl5 Of the people When
ncarl, every office is filled by an elect /
I'i.>ryIo<AEY. OF course there are blcn-
i>hc5 in every plan that mortal. man car.
dc,i.c-thcrc are no means by winch cam
p.,i,ens can he conducted, as yet discover
ed. but more or less Of tire evils complaint
cd Of are apparently nsTorable and nrY-
itaba, lot what we contend tor ls1he
L,>s not the D,orc, and now propose to
Nrr few reasons which occur to my
mind unsatisfactory why rcsortto the Con
vcntion Systcm would be promotlvc OF the
best results both morally and politically.
But it is sad it is Policy there are too
many as,jil-,ilts- some O. thcm if not noll-
mated wuul! be- q satisfied and sourcd.-
Very wen hc it SGT beng party rule
that the nominee of the Convention shoPld
receive the support of every orthodox
member of the party, how could retrac-
tory and disappointed asrlrant oppose
him without voluntarily reading himself
= out of the party ? We find that for many
wears back it has bee, the custom of our
.atioual or rather ONCE rational or@anl-
cations TO have IL CT Nominating Convcn-
tions-thc whole strength Of the party be-
mo- concentrated, the candidate +
forward by such conventions had the best
possible chance of election. But the his
Tory of the great Dome ratio party shows
how fatal to success WAS the doctrine that
:, multitude of candidates WAS the surrNt
means of election attilo there may he
wisdom in a multi ude OF counsel, the
former theory rcsultcl in 4 division and
in the ruin of the Party Il least 50 tar as
Its effectiveness was involved.
The same custom has prevailed IN re-
ference to our State officers and the same
Is equally true in nearly all the counties
in the State and to my personal knowl-
Adne with satisfactory results. III homl-
mating conventions are thus used as the
inaaIss Of Keeping a solid party organiza-
stion elsewherc--and if We see less evils as
Is surely the ease-than from our system
If VIC find the coz populi fairly expressed
sr xva find tho several offices IN the StV-