The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1867-11-01
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For the dEgis and Latellige1eer.
The Issue.

Two parties, and only two. present their rival
claims TO the voters Of Hartford, and ask their
SURFACES onTuesday next. Every Intelligent vo
ter VIII naturally ask himself "What is the ques
ton at issue ~ and, when he has answeted tina,
question satisfactorily to himself. bis vote will
snow his opinion ON the issue as he understands
H., individual preferences and private pique
may determine some few votes, but the gred,
mass OF the voters, we believe, will maintain
their principles at the bao-box will look, not
merely to the present, but TO the future also ;
VIII take, not merely II local. but an enlarged
view OF the question. What, then, is the issue
on which your SURFACES are askei2 Our op''o-
nents have thrown the guage--' ave chosen their
own position, and We have joined issue with them
On grounds of their own choosing. AS Mary
landers, we blush to name the issue forced upon
US, but forced upon us it is. and we cannot shirk
II if we would. Negro Suffrage and ,chite dis
tTanchiSem6nt is the issue. hugh Lenox Bond,
their ctndid,te for Governor, Henry Stock-
bridge, ihcir candidate for the judicial bench,
John Andtew Jackson Cresswr!l, their ex-~eaa-
tor, have procl imcd it; the Republican Con-
vention has officially declared il the Baltimore
american, and all the Radical organs, in our
State and ont of it, daily faunt it in our faces
Negro Suffrage! and for what 2 on principle ?
Oh no. In 1864 they had the power, the prin-
ctpte was thes,me then rs nuw and they contented
hemseires ruth whoiesale disfranciiSement of
their eiloW-cnizens. If not for principle, we nsk
again, for whnt2 Why, avowedy for the same
purpose for which they resorted 10 dsfrarchise-
nent in 1864. namely, to gipe pouer and emoiu-
mint TO a pHjful, contemplate mlRori,t in our
State. Oh shame, where is thy blush. when
such means, for such II purpose, CAN be openly
avowed
Ngro Suffrage and how to brougtt upon us T?
I by our own votes? M. AT the very time the
| M in R,li ;t, "a
renee to this odious dogma, the telegraph .sas
bringing the news that the Republicans OF Ohio
by an overw helming vote, had declared against
| it for their own State and surely that Conven-
ton did not expect it TO be less repulsive 10 the
people Of Maryland than 10 the people Of Ohio.
But, no. the same freedom of choice was not to
be allowed to Maryland as to Ohio. Our wond-
he rulers, clutchng AT the coveted prize, look TO
Congress TO put it within their grasp; they i'm
plore That body to iy the brand Of inf,my upon
us, ard bind the yoke to our unwilling necks !:
they supplicate the North to force upon us VIII /
it repudlates for itself. And now, when they
take the field with Negro Suifr ge' aud So
cial Equality OF Blacks and Whites inscribed on
their banners, it is not with The view of electng
their candidates, Histor hrpurpoSe Of iden JyiHg
those amongst scho are de%picabie enough 10 an
Srer Metr purp0ses and assist in Hetr dirty rork-
Be not deceived. Vote wM them This one time
! uhd you UW DeaT your masters ear-nlark for
life.
| Marylanders men of Hartford will you keep
silent, or render doubtful answer on next Tues
day? Democrats ! Conservatives all opposed
! 10 the Radical destructive policy-will you allow
any personal cllngrin or local dissatisfaction 10
keep you from the polls ? Wi you be Indifferent
Or iukewarm before such an issue We call
| upon yol TO come out not 10 secure the election
Of any cinddate, or set OF candidutes-our OBJ
ponenls concede the field to us in advance-but
we call upon you to come out and vindicate Your
own manhood and the honor of our State. We
call upon you to show our opponents that how
ever much We may differ about loo and lerson-
al matters, you utterly repudiate their infa-
nous schemes of congressional interference
Show them how you loathe the contemplate
spirit OF any pretended Marylnuders, who would
ask Ohio TO assist in for, ing NJ on Maryland
what Ohio rcfu'es for herself. The future will
last long time, and we shall have ample time
TO adjust all side issues hereafter.
But it, with The issue clearly before your ewes,
you wish to court the thrift that seems to follow
iawning fyou feel from the unrk of the beast
on your heart that you naturally belong to the
Congressional Destructive party of Maryland,
then too, in that Case come forward on Tues
day, with all the semblance of manhood you
Can muster, and vote accordingly your
willing bullock to the tarred slick, aud receive
your mas ers' mark, and may Tod forgive you,
for no true Marylander ever can.