Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1870-09-02

of things in our midst, and the means to be
employed by US. What, sir, do We see and
hear ? On the highways and 10 the by ways,
from poIitico- rch-schoolhouses, in daylight
and at midnight, by men who scruple not at
means, land if they are inteligent,) who care
not for consequences, except, perhaps, so far
as their own persons and pockets are con-
cerned, a determined, persistent effort to band
the negroes in one solid phalanx as against
the whites, for the sake of securing their votes.
Demoralizing and debasing the negro by ex-
citing his passions and prejudices, rendering
him curse to the community and terror to
himself. binding his superstitious soul by the
imposition of an oath in the presence of his
fellows, and thus transferring him, manacled
in mind, slave by his own confession, with
bis God attesting the act, ready to do the bid
ding of his self-consttuted master. Behold,
in these Immoral practices" the consumma-
ton, the long deferred realization, of that beau
ideal of political perfection, which the party
Of "moral ideas" shed so much of white men,
blood to compass And shall we stand idly
by and make no effort to stay the tide of this
mad propagation of error and ruin. How
then, it is asked, shall we proceed By like
appeals to the negroes passions, his cupidity
and appetite? By holding up to his excited
fancy the hope of that physical impossbility,
social equality? BY tempting him with de-
ceptive promises Of political or pecunary gain?
By threatenings we would be poweress to en-
force? Or by any other means which would
be clearly improper? I answer, never, never,
if we lose him and his vote forever
How then? By enlightening his understand
ing as we'll as possible, by exposing the tricks
and purposes of those who fatter him for
their oon sakes; by pointing out to him where
his true interests lie; by showing him by the
plain but unanswerable ,gic Of necessity, the
means and the only means in his power by
which he can promote his real welfare by
protecting him in all his just rights, and, if
needs be, by protecting him with our own
right arms against the heartiess tyranny Of his
white and black Radical masters But, say
some of our friends, we will fail to make any
serious impression by the use of such means.
I deny that we can utterly fail but grant it,
for argument sake, we will have performed
what seems clearly pressing duty, and if in
the future evil betide them or US the respon-
sibility will not be upon US. That we might
fail to make serious diversion 10 the. ap-
preaching election may probably be true, but
that we would prevent many from voting the
Radical ticket believe is certain. That we
would fail in the end is impossible. The bis
tory of the question in tie South demonstrates
that many can be made to see and do right
in the matter of voting. Upon what other
hypothesis can the recent overwhelming de.
faat Sc a tie RRaddal uaurpera in North
! There is one suggestion desire to make be-
fore concluding, which think cannot be
gainsayed, however we may speculate and
differ upon the point have briefly discussed,
and, sir, as means even to the end above
most efectnal. It is, that we organize our
party thoroughly, and when 1 use the term
organize, intend the full significance Of the
word; not as we have been in the habit of
organizing, merely designating candidates
through conventions growing out Of primary
meetings, and then leaving the candidates to
fight it out with eloquence, money, rum and
breakfasts. These means have always been
employed by all parties and will, presume,
continue to be while men remain what they
are. We should organize, then, in CLUBS
one at least in each election dstrict-to meet
regularly at the place of voting or some other
convenient place, to adopt proper rules and
cut out work for the body and its individual
members, so that we may reap the benefit of
united, Intelligent effort. Through these
Clubs the Central Committee can distribute
documents and make suggestions which would
reach in every direction. The lukewarm and
thoughtless can be reused, and the timid and
wavering would have support around which
to rally. By proper effort and organization.
as suggested, the whole people can be excited
to thought and action, and the full vote be
brought out, the only two things necessary to
our certain triumph. Aud is not triumph
worth the troub!e7 What man worthy of
his liberty can say no? The restoration,
maintenance and security of personal liberty
and Republican Government ought to be as
dear as ever, nay, dearer, to men who have
once enjoyed all, and then felt the loss Of
them. Are we, who have lived freemen, will
ing to die the slaves of despotic fanatics, cor
rupt demagogues aud their .leluded tools p
Are we willing, without an effort to prevent
it, to transmit such an Inheritance to the child,
who is looking to US for deliverance from al
degrading despotism worse than Punishment :?
For what despotism can be more degrading
than that established by the precepts of the
Radical party Do you suppose the people
of these States will never tire of the disgust
ing, desecrating villanies which the more re-
spectacle journals Of the dominant party itself
are daily exposing at the Federal Capital-of1
noisy representatives, protesting devotion to|
their patriotic dead, and stealing the pitiful
pension from his widow? Think, you, that
with free press and freedom of speech. the
enormous frauds upon the revenue; the untold
millions of laud and money squandered upon