Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1871-07-20

TIE DufS IT Ixposrs. action Of
the County Convention. which convened
h Leonardtown on Tuesday Of last week.
- imposed duty % clear upon nomi-
-. delegate and party follower. that it
apsms almost supererogssory work to e.
plain Or enforce it by argument. smplif.
cation or illustration. At the risk. how
ever. Of being considered tedious and tire
some, We shall submit few plain sueees-
lions to the thoughtful democratic reader.
not. indeed. with the idea Of telling him
any thing that he does not already know.
but with the hope Of arousing him to the
exercise of bis full influence with demo-
Gratis who sre lukcwarm and who are not
tAoughtful. And. 6rst, Of the duty Of the
nominse.
He should treat the ticket upon which
he has been nominated ~ . unit, fight for
II - unit. and sink or swim with il as q
unit. The Head. Centre and Tail of tLi,
Ticket are but fractions of the same body
II any fraction Of this body is beaten. the
body is beaten. Fourteen gentlemen have
been nominated by the Conventional
even one Of this number is defeated, the
party is defeated. The whole nominated
ticket, then, has a common cause to sus-
tain-'he Democratic Party-and the gen.
tlemen upon it should make common cause
with each other to sustain it. ANY other
course would invite defeat-and would de-
serve it. Each man fighting for the tick
ct-the whole tickct-rathcr than for him.
selfis. then, the true and The only true poll
cy. as we'll as the plain duty. ofevery nomi-
nee. There are strength and success in
union-only weakness and defeat in divi-
sion. Let. then. the fat go out. I'VE
sink or swim together :" and let anathan.a
90 out with it against any man upon the
ticket who may be caught casting an an
ehor to windward for his own benefit and
- the prejudice of his companions in
arms!
The late County Convention. convened
according to established usage Of the party.
was composed Of sixty delegates. each dis
trict in she county being fully represented.
These delegates were sent BY their re-
speetivc constituencies to the Convention
to lesislase for the party. to the extent Of
selecting three delegates to represent the
County in the State Convention, which as
sembled in Baltimore on yesterday. and
slso to nominate for Legislative and Local
positions. Though no. Of the Convention.
Ne were in it. and had full opportunity Of
observation. and We have no hesitation in
saying. that . more intelligent. earnest.
influential and apparently patriotic body Of
public agents. numbers being considered,
ws have never before seen assembled in
Convention in our County. This body Of
men, representing every neighborhood Of
every district. and acting in due subordi-
nation to the customs and usages Of the
party. proceeded. after regular and usual
organization. to execute the trust with
which they had been charged BY the dem
oeratic voters Of the county. There we're
neither jars nor spars nor spats nor riots
nor confusion at any time during the ses-
sion Of the Convention. On the contrary.
albeit the deep personal interest which was
felt and manifested BY members of the
Convention for particular favori.es. there
was not. that We heard, a single wry o.
angry word spoken. and the only noise
that was recognizable was the applause that
greeted FROM tune to time the announce
mens Of some popular favori,e's nemina-
ton. Certainly. harmony was the order
Of that day nor was there heard single
complaint Of fraud or uufairness in regard
80 any action Of the Convention. If the
doings of body Of men like this. thus Sc
leeted. thus convened. thus organised and
thus fairly aud tremendously working. is
no. binding upon the demoera, voter. then
nothing is binding. But the delegate is
bound in a peculiar and especial manner.
The ticket which has been sent forth is the
work Of his hands. Upon general princi-
pies. his personal honor and his party
fsalty are alike involved in ito susscuta-
ton. But the obligation in the case un-
Ter notice docs not conclude hese. When
the nominations had been all made BY the
Convention, that true man and sterling
democrat. DR.. Lyneh. rose in his place in
the Convention and presented resolution,
which vas adopted without . dissenting
yeies. the substance Of which vas, that the
delegates assembled in this Convention DO
plight their words and pledge their honors
Ito Stand by tie nominees made this day