The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-04-14
The Duty of the Hour.

The Baltimore Gazette takes the
Democratic State Central Committee to
task for doing what was clearly its duty
in recommending to the Legislature to
conform our laws to the now order of
things under the so called 9Th amend
mert. And the Baltimore Statesman
takes the Gazette to task for its impo.
little recommendations, 10 words as fol.
lows
The Democratic State Central Commit.
tee, which met at Annapolis on the goth
ultimo, acted with wisdom and statesman.
ship when it met the present condition OF
things and counselled the Legislature to
provide by State enactment TO keep the
regulation Of suffrage ms much under the
control of State officers, n 1t is possible. in
the new order Of things, to be done. The
Fifteenth Amendment does not meet the
approval of the great majority Of the people
OF this State, for, in both Houses Of Con-
gress, the Representatives from Maryland
voted against it; the Governor in his mes.
sage in January last denounced it as an
outrage on our people and an unwarranta
BILE interference with the rights ofthe States,
and the Legislature, by an unanimous vote,
in both branches, rejected it. 1t has, how
ever, received the approval of large ma.
jority OF the States by the yctes Of their re
representatives., and in other States it has
been carried by undue, unfair and oppres.
sire means, but the files Of the State De.
partment contain evidence of the ratification
of it by the requisite number Of States. Its
adoption as n part Of the Constitution was
proclaimed by the President on Wednesday
Now, what is TO be done? Ii is political
and not a Judicial question, aud can not be
taken TO the Courts. 1t will be treated by
all the other States. and by Congress us II
part of the Constitution, and whnl shall
Maryland do? Resist? This is the argu.
ment Of a luna;ic at this day. Sit down and
quietly wait for United States marshnls TO
register the black man and part Of the white
men of the State, and thus take the power
aud control of the State government from
the hands Of majority and put it into the
hands OF n minority to carry US back where
we were during the war, and TO reinslate
in office the men who held sway until 1862
No Themajority of our people have been
overpowered. as Lee was in Virginia. and
1t IS no stuluhcation TO surrender IN silence,
and take care of our army. MS best We car.
In our case, We do not disband and 20 to
our homes, but we nccep, the new condition
and grid on our armor for o new, but sue.
cesslul contest. We are no advocates for
mastery inactivity now, but on the contra.
ry, for the most active ana Jealous campaign,
not to divide the negro vote, bnt to bring
out the entire white vote, and show BY over.
whclming majoritles at the nexte lection, that
we do not mean to give up the State to the
Radicals, unless, by the full and fair expires.
sion Of the people, the will OF the majority
so determines.
We are glad to see that the House of
Delegates acted with promptitude and DIES.
patch in periecting the new registration
bill, and thus exhibiting its appreciation Of
the wise counsel of their brethren in the
State Central Committee.