The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1867-05-09
The sentinel mad sreken.

One ef the edtorial corps ct the Sf's-
siatt trssod q 70 ! blood aed thaaaer
article, last week, il feiereucc 10 Che
duty o. his party ID AaFyiand Il the
presaat time. II is tetyi6ly Indignant
about something the @rcJ handed reb.
chs" Of the State are going to do, aud
nothing VIA sasver him but to meet
revelation BY revolution; for the con-
Seatioa Of the 18th inst, to provide for
the waking new constitution which
viii allow negroes 10 vote and TO ask
yes 70 force Congress, to attend to its
duty, aud undertake the pleasant task
of compelling our State to accept their
new Constitution.
What Is The cause for all this fuss
andwhat is il that renders il necessary
for two rival cuaseutions to sit, two
Constitutions to be adopted, and the
peace and welfare Of our people to be
destroyeds 1t cannot be merely be.
cause the people, in the exercise Of their
undouhted right, hare determined to
revise and reform sleir present cousti-
tuition !; which expressly says that the
people have al att ZINES the right to
change their Constellation when they
think proper. This right, it Is well
settled BY custom aud authority, is in
herent ip our system, and can only be
exercised psoperly, aud without violence,
When dooe under tn sanction of the
State, authorities for the time being
We hare all this in our favor--the Lee.
islature having sanctioned it by a two
thirds vote, and Che people having sane
TONED i by majority of over ten
thousand at IN election held after due
notice BY the regular Judges. What
terrible Thing this Conservative Con rem
tion = certain to do 70 justify this dan.
gerous rebellion against Ia " and order
does not yet appear We would Sup.
pose, in the simplicity Of sur heart, that
if the people Of Maryland did not ike
the changes made by tho Convention,
they would wait until the Constitution
was made and submitted, so that they
could quietly vote II down without dis.
turbaaee, Ii they we're out. voted, and
theiSgs'eyanees acre greater than could
be bosae, then they would have still
'eime to resort TO violent revelation; aud
the necessity for, il might then possibly
appear 70 men Of sense. How repub-
lican- people can settle questions among
themselves peacefully by voting in sep
arate ballot boxes, aud holding separate
Conversions and Legislatures, is more
than we can comprehend, It was tried
in the territory Of Kansas, and resulted
in the formation Of successful sectional
parties whiehsoon brought on . geueral
civil war. Yet this FIRE eating editor is
determined to start bis revolution be.
forehand, for fear that, if he waited, no
chance would be given, because the
peoples mure numerous than the white
.'ard black radicals together, nigh, take
iais into their heads 70 approve Of what
the Convention had done. aa.sa.1si3
Wethink. moreover, dat ifit;s n
Outrageous and revolutionary q attenpDs
at this time . reform the present Con.
ssltatiou in tda usual peaceful manner.
they SHOULD net be in such haste to cali
separate Convention to make new
one themselves. Why no. rest satisfied
with che one we have nov Wewould
supposelhat those who made, and forced
tho present Consultation upon tho ma
jority ofthe people, should rather desire
to keep 10 asst is than TO change il ;
and that they would not 60 into fi,s at
the idea ofths PARTY in power wanting
to change i, whenth themselves are
willing 10 jeoPardize the peace Of toe
whole'couatfy' 70 get Il CHANGED, Il .