Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1871-11-02

The SarEE CouRsE TO FoLLow.-Treat-
ing the issue between regular party dem
ocra.s and the Independent democrats Of
our county as still open Issue. and al
lowing that the argument il not eonclu-
sive against the latter. and allowing. also.
that there may have been faults in the begin
ming and during .he progress Of the cam
paicn on both sides. now that We are face
to face with the enemy and within . few
days Of the election. cur party divided and
its supremacy in our county endangered.
what kind Of vote should plain. honest.
Notwithstanding Independent democrat
cast on Tuesday next? He may he op-
posed to County nominations for legisla-
tive and local oficcs-he may think that
the late County Convention was unfairly
Managed and that the '.bes4 men" were
not nominated for the different Offices
All this he may be opposed to and may be
Ecre. With him. then. the choice 10 a
choice between evils-betwe1h the evil Of
elscting the Convention nominees or the
evil Of dividing his party to such an ex-
tent q to NM tie radicals to triumph
over Aother -dav.
BY Isd - "a The FIR
teenth yard in Baltimore city. From the
independent standpoint or any democratic
standpoint. which is the lesser of these
two evils? The election of the Conven-
ton nominees. of course. Blu. you an
swer, We mean to elect neither radicals
nor convention nominees, but indepen-
dent democrats. Very good. But the
most sanguine of your candidates only
claim four hundred democratic votes
where is the balance Of the vote necessa-
~ TO elect to come from? From the rad
icals ? and, il so. rhy so? Besides, how
do you knor that you will get these votes?
The radicals have candidates. too, and for
erachy the same positions that you have.
Is it reasonable to suppose tina. they will
turn down their own party men for
States Attorney, for Sheriff, for Com
missioners' Court to elect yours? TO
suppose this is "mere mid summer mad
ness" Men don't ordinarily give erery
thing for nothing-nor is it the custom for
radicals to give any thing, erccp for ali
eq"ira'ent. What then? Why, either the
radicals have, under . shameful bargain.
turned down one or more Of their candi-
dates to elect the balance, or they mean
to cheat you. We will not dishonor you
with the suspicion that you have entered
into any caucus or perfected any contract
to support certain Of their candidates, pro-
vided thy will support certain of yours.
This is positively too infamous for belief,
and We dismiss it with the contempt, we
hope. it deserves. But what then p
Why, they mean to cheat you. Mark. the
Offices for which you have candidates. they
have candidates The Offices for which
go" hare not candidates. aud where, con-
sequently. the party is not divided, they
hare not candidates. What does this CO.
incidence signify? 1t signifies that they
hope to rise you to beat certain of the dem
ocratic nominees, not for your benefit, but
for their o,en. and that where they cannot
use you TO beat certain other of the demo-
cratic nominees. they give up the con-
test! The game the radical mama ger.
are playing in our county is the old game
OF the tyrants-to excite brothers of the
same faith, the one against the other. tina.
they may the more conveniently destroy
both--in short. it is to divide the democ-
racy in order that they may govern our
county. Will our honest. non office
hunting Independent democratic friend
allow himself to be used to this end? We
hope and believe not. Shut your ears,
then, to the seducing whispers Of profess
s'onal place-hunters who mean no good to
any body but themselves. Follow where
the flag is and where the great bulk Of the |
democratic army is battling. I. is with
this army and under this flag, and no |
where else. that you should take your stand, |
because it is there and there alone that
your musket can be used with any hur.
to the enemy!
Inc above article was written before We re-
eeived the order 70 announce Messrs Jones ana
Tippett for the Orphans Court.