Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-10-23

~Our Republican contemporary the
Baltimore american, in commenting upon
the candidates for Congress in this State,
says:
"Although we would like to see our excel
lent nominees for Congress in the first, second
and fifth districts eltcted-Messrs. Torbert,
Albert and Ensor-ald we are confident they
will largely increase tie vote in their districts,
still the opposition candidates are estimable
gentlemen. Politically they will be among
the curiosities Of the House, but socially and
personally they will pmmand the respect of
their fellow membefs!le ailude especially
to Messrs. Stone and Archer, who rank high
er in personal influence than perhaps any
other Democratic members"
We commend our cotemporary for its
candor in awarding so just ''meed of
praise" to our candidates, and we do so
the more cheerfully from the conscious
ness that the gentlemen especially alluded
to, are too we'll known. and too highly ap-
preciated to suffer materially in the esti-
nation of their constituents, even from the
praise of the Baltimore american. For
tunately their characters. like the certain
ty of their reelection. stand out of the
pale of controversy. That such represen-
tatives should. in any sense, be classed
"among the curiosities of the House" is
calamity which tn. history of the past
eight years abundantly illustrates. When
our fellow-countrymen shall have learned
by sad experience not to expect to gather
figs from thistles,' then. and we fear not
till then. will all our representatives be
chosen from the class of men whose social
and personal qualifications are similar to
Messrs. Stones and Archer's.
The paragraph which we have quoted
is calculated to recall those earlier, and as
we are old-fogyish enough to believe, bet
ter days of our Republic when such men
were not curiosities in Congress Mr..
Stone is direct descendant of the first
Governor that Maryland ever had, and
Mr.. Archer now occupies the position
which was frequently held by his grand
father, DR.. John Archer. and by his "a
Their, the late Chief Justice Archer
These two gentlemen have ever worthily
maintained the same character for high
toned honor. intelligence and integrity,
which characterized their illustrious an
cestors. In selecting candidates with
qualifications such as the american con.
cedes to ours, we are following good old
Maryland precedents. and if our represen
tatives are liable to be pointed at in the
Halls of Congress as "curiosities," the
misfortune, but not the fault, is ours
We believe with the american. but with
much more satisfaction, that both the gen
tlemen named will be reelected to Con-
gress. We believe further, that their
constituents will continue to re-elect them
until the radical rnd destructive measures
Of the present party in power shall have
aroused the American people to sense Of
their danger, and thatthen, being nolong-
err, either politically or otherwise, ''among
the curiosities of the House, they will be
able to assist in restoring our country to
its former condition of peace, unity and
prosperity.
The constituents of Mr.. Archer's father
and grandfather never regretted the ele-
walton given to those, two gentlemen by
their sufrages, and his constituents will,
we are sure, never regret the honor be-
slowed upon their present representative
by his second election to the House. -
Mr.. Archer has proved himself an atten-
tive, polite. honest and efficient Repre-
sentative, and his constituency will prove
by an overwhelming majority that those
same characteristics which were approved
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