Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1870-11-18

PORT TOBACCO, Mp.
FRIDAY MORNING, nov. Is. 1870,
The election being over, the next pub
lie thing in order, in our county, will be tn
session Of our Circuit Court, which opens her
on Monday next We trust that such Of on
pssFons, whose accounts stand open IN on
books. and who may attend Court, will avail
themselves Of this opportunity to close them
Ths smoke of the late political confic
has cleared away and its gratifying result il
already before the people, spirit Of congrat
ulatiou pervades the bosom OF every C,nser.
vativs throughout the length and breadth o
tie whole State. The victory is indeed bril-.
liant, even beyond the expectations Of thu
most sauguine. The lesson we would dednce
however, is ono which should be treasured i,
the mind Of every one as we'll worthy Of re.
membeance in the future. That lesson We
take 10 be this: that perseverance, and zeal
when properly expended, must and will Pre-
vail. Apathy and indifference are merely the
precursors Of defeat and humiliation. In the
late election our people discarded the latter,
and. like brave, earnest mon, as they are, de-
termined to do OF to die. OF course, q most
glorious victory crowned their efforts. Had
they given way to supineness or timidity, the
result must have been very different. Here
IN our own county, although I'VE regret to
ssy) NOT coming up.to an exact standard with
s,me other parts Of the State, we take occa'
.ion to congratulate our people upon the en-
thusiasm and zeal with which they entered
tho arena, and the perseverance, and energy
With which they fought the good fight. In
an experience Of many years we have rarely
II ever, seen better feeling prevailing among
tho masses. Almost every man we met with
seemed imbucd with the idea undoubtedly
the correct oue) that the time had at last ar
lived when an imperative duty demanded
that he should vote; and although there were
many laggards- many who did stay away
v.t ve believe lesson has been taught thess
Lest, which will produce better result IN the
fntnre bv means OF the heartfelt convictions
tbey now entertain that in abseuting them
.S,s,s from the polls they have failed to dis
charge eos Of the most important duties OF
tbeir lives. But this 10 no time for fault-fnd-
ing. Az q people, We have done our duty
aoblv. The need Of honor and praise is ours,
and 70 would not dstract one title from the
universal q feeling of qualification with which
eyery Democrat and Conservative views the
good, 6sht q Tuesday, the 9Th instant. Let
q. b. duly thankful for the good results Of
thu mast, bullet Us further remember that, in
fssurs, thorough organization is thetrue and
only waschwosd to victory.
.EThe Baltimore american Of yesterday
ID uoticiug q dispatch from Washington to
the New York Tribune to the effect that Mr..
Gary intended coutesting Mr.. Eerricks right
u the seat in Congress from this district, says:
.sMr. James A. Gary has. it is claimed by
good authority, abundant testimony to prove
that the most outrageous frauds were perpe-
trated at the late election. Voters were in
undated, -ballot-boxes were stuffed with
tickets bearing the name Of his opponent,
hundreds of names were stricken from the
registry list-in short, ell possible known de-
vices Of rascality, to crush ont and misrepre-
se.s shs willof the majority Of the voters OF
the Fifth District, were used by Mr.. Merrcks
suoporters. In one election district two hum
druud Democratic ballots were deposited in
the ballot-box before the opening Of the polls.
We expected something like the above and
40 only surprised that il has not been brought
to light before. We suppose such stuff is
me,e|y intended % 10 emollient or soothing
syrup to the wounded feelings Of the disap-
pointed sspirant after congressional honors.
But that Mr. Gary really means to contest
Judge Merrick's election, upon the grounds
above ret forth, or upon any other, we do not
fos . moment believe. To believe otherwise
would not be doing justice to either the hon
essy and eoamon sense Of the gentleman. and
N shou,d shink Mr.. Gary would best display
both thess attributes by turning a deaf ear to
tbms who would advise him to engage in
sueh q dirty business. If "voters were in
tiuisssed and ballot-boxcs stuffed" Why was
the information allowed to sleep until this
late dayi On the contrary do not Mr.. Gary
ana biz Eisnds know that il such had really
been the case, the information would have
been spread Isoadcast throughout the length
.od breadth Of the land within twenty-four
hdurrs. nay, within less time, after the close OF
the polls on Tuesday : In this county land,
~ bslievs, throughout the entire district) a
fsiss, election MAS never held. Not single
dissnrhaoes occurred at any Of the polls and
every naswhoss name appeared on the reg
istry lists voted without let OF hindrance.-
We would suggest sherefoye that there is but
ono ground upon which Judge Msr'ick''
right TO bis seat can be contested, and that il
that be received some Of the votes Of the
"nsvly eufranchised" which no doubt the
Radicals believed belonged Of right" exclu'
sivsly 70 them. But il they intend to make
Az. ,..vcd e., consaat lat them in all hon.