The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-10-27
From The Frederick Citizen.

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Hon. John l.. Smith is an educated
taan; he is lawyer hv profession and
has been in practice nearly twenty
wears he has served several Years on
the bcucI,. aud hence he is called JUDGE
Smith. This Judge Smith has had leD.
islatipc experience. having rcprescutcd
CartoW County in the Senate If Mary.
land, and, also, in the Radical Constitu
sioual Convcutiun Of 1864 lie TIE trial
OF eases at the bar in the debates in che
Senate aud in the Contention ys VOL
as in stump speaking, the Radical c,ndi
date for Congress has had every oppor.
tuaity for the cultivation and dovelon
neat al whatever talents he was ca.
dowcd witk ky Riture, aud il has been
and is claimed by bis partisan friend,
that he Is keith a fue orstoc and an ~
cute dekatsr. We ask, tkcp, why il is
chat the redosbtable judge Saith. with
his vast experience in lag aud pelities.
refuses to meet Capt. nitehie-hi, ia.
rior 10 age, aud whe sever Was judge,
Legislator, or Constitution maker
Nn the stamp, and discuss the issues of
The timeske'9ge the people! His ability
an DEBATE ls not questioned by himself
or ms friends! Then why does he skulk
arom the encounter with his opponent,
VINO has cautiously, yet urgently, inVl.
ted him to loiut discussion ? Ordina
rlly, Judge Smith is not afraid to en-
counter MIR. KItchie in the argument Of
law points before the Court, or Of facts
Do'o'e J4ry Sow' 0elgre tue people
~ MNa's "a! &c u discussion oil political
p'"s'es, =, c'us4.'Vt''o', Jaw ana OF
Iao'S ana, aeaee' II Woe'I 9atur"'ly be
APte'ot ,"S' NNe s1e ~ oI'''c nay
"s pseu t"'STu Ut : Is zee SuSe omith
moS'a pro,"P''y ana uei 'n''y take IL up
No .'I oe'e'e gu "'s a'H'or 'or '"e contest
WIN every assurance Of victory. Bat
conscience ""t" 2'"tfe o"'rdf'f" Of az;
anu Jt'"s conscience tormcnts thls
eio"; oohh H. @M't"' anu warns nm OF
she dangers ia MS path, II he should
"a'e tue presumption to meet his oppo-
henI lice 10 lace before the people.
That territte, harsh, crRsi, jahWmua
record Of his hunnts him in his midnight
dreams, and makes him tremble in his
every joint at the thought of hearing
Richie, 10 joint scusson-with the
" NEW RECRUITS ALL PREsENT-read
the Law which he voted for, authorizing
the County Commissioners Of eleven
counties to SELL, AT PUBLIC AUG.
TlON, t IL L Il b o Il n NEG ROES
INTO LIFELONG SLAVERY.
The reasons ASSIGNED in Judoc
Smiths latter as well as those mann
featured by his sunporters for not ne
,sautiug Can't Ritekie's ebaIlepre are
all bosh-tbe merest clan tr,ni JIo
Sotcd to sell his nnorYpn" into sla.
gerry and be would koen Ill ubrn,horS,
in ipporauce of his cnurL ytxnfcr,vp
iuhumunitv. ior he now wants ,b,,
q brother5 whom he vonlJ bare an
shaved 10 crown him with bonors onl
SII his sacks witL-GoIn Now tha
way 10 Keen his brotber !. ;gaornnn.
is to skulk fran Richie in io;nt do
bate. and thus Keen tho knoylea,o If
MS ro,s N con,e,, f.se,,,en ;a,a -.
from his sable bretbrep. for IN beor
sacb n debate the .,pew recrnits" would
assemble in full force and The EXPO
SIRE ZOE HIS RECoRn LoC,ro III.
q elemen,n would rosnl il ,ho imna
diate nol;,;.oI Jeo,h If Hon Joha n
Sm;,bi Tho nrnss or liz 49,. -,
admit ,be rs.i ana ,hnn d p 49, ~ n NV
isats its moas,rosi,v hem Ia pnd;
cal nress Is 40 sIrpyr as nr,rm H.,
his vote to sell free negroes into slave.
nv! They know his vote is iudeE.ns;blc
and, therefore, they asoid anu oNusion
10 il, hoping thus to keen their moor ne.
gro dupes 10 Ignorance of the 0ualiiies
Of the man they are required to vote
for.
Judge Suith himself will not refer
10 this record, show ~, as it docs. his
eontempt for and luminosity towards free
negroes, aud in fact the whole negro
race, ten years ago Herein is the only
hope of the Judge aud his hackers
Keep the poor negroes in the oathbound
leagues; threaten them with fines aad
ponalties-if those who cau-shoud
read Democratic newspaper tell them
it is against the law to 20 hear Dem.
ocratic speaker; aud drum it into their
heads. all the time. that Democrats
HATE THEM; aud, ,hut it Richie should
be elected TO Congress, he will do aohat
.Sp,ith did in Tie SeRaie of .KarVLand-