The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1868-10-31
M. Arche7's Platform.

Hon. Stevenson Archer our present represen-
tatve in Congress from this District, is candi-
date for reelection, as the nominee of the demo-
cratic-pFsrtF Mr.. Archer has been held to be
conservative in bis views, and as such u the
snecal net of those who still delight to call ehem-
selves sssohnsoi Union }nen." Thef s. emen
are SO Conservative doubt
less have hopes, in case that such an accident as
Seymour's election should occur, of enjoying,
through the influence of Mr.. Archer, certain fat
Offices ustom-house inspectors and assessors,
postmasters, &c. Gentlemen, conservative"
supporters of Mr.. Archer, let us ask You in all
candor, if that gentlemen should be elected, and
have all the influence you think he would have,
could be Ego back" on the platform" to which
he is pledged could he recommend 'conser-
native" for an office The Convention that
nominated him unanimously adopted the follow
ing preamble and resolution:
Whereas, large proportion of the ineumbents
of the Federal Offices in Maryland are not in hdr-
n.ony Nth the democratic party, and the distribu-
ton of said offices are not made in accordance
with democratic principles;
ResolUed, That the nominee Of this Convention
is hereby instructed to erert the influence of his po-
sition with the incoming administration of Pres
ident Seymour to secure the appointment Of said Of
fees in Maryland of men whose record attests their
acceptance Of democratic principles as their rule Of
faith and conduct"
Is this not plain enough Is it not fair no.
ce, given by the representative men of the party,
that should Seymour be elected none but those
whose 'record attests their acceptance of demo-
"cratic principles shall be selected to Gil the
Federal offices in our State : Many of those off,
ces are now filled by men who were friends of
the Union cause during the rebellion, and TO
these the resolution is clearly applicable, because
the preamble asserts that "a large proportion of
t the incumbents' of such Offices "dre not in
6 harmony with the democratic party" Mr..
Archer is party man, indebted to the demoe ra-
cy for all his honors, and we see no reason to
doubt that he will stand square upon the plat
form made for him by the unanimous vote OF the
Convention that nominated him. He accepted
that nomination, and certainly mus: obey the
behests of the party whose candidate he is. His
success, then means the turning-out of all ''con-
'servatives," ell who ever professed Unionism,
and the appointment of men in their places
whose "record attests their acceptance Of demo-
II cratic principles" How many men In the
custom house, from Col Webster downtown
many men in the internal-revenue Office, from
Mr.. Rdgely down-how many postmasters in
- ~
them were strong friends OF the government du-
ring the war and advocates of emancipation in
our State, some of them were in the army and
battled against rebels in arms will their Gre
"cords'' save them in Office in the face of the
resolution above given aud which was made for
the guidance of Mr.. Archer, as the democratic
nominee and prospective Congressman from this
district?
Conservatives you have no longer any place
in the democratic ranks. That party, composed
of men against whom you have contended all
your political lives, has no love for you, and re-
pay the debt of gratitude they owe you for the
power they now enjoy in our State by the pas
sage of such resolutions as the one we have given
Come out from among them, and vote for our
candidate for Congress against the man who,
By accepting the nomination, made himself a
party to the deliberate insult given you by the
Convention.