Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1871-09-21

Tns RADscAL PpIIcr IN CoUxrr Mar
rEas.~The game the radicals are playing
in counties where they are in minority,
such as s. Msry'sa and Dorchester. i very
elescrly exposed By the Cambridge N~s
and Densoeruf Of the 18th instant. In
counties where they have majority. they
nominate. and nominate ssraighs-out radi-
Gals. where they hare not 8 majority nor
q prospect of it. they don't Nominate but
6ghs our party under The colcrs of inde-
pendent democracy. Their programme
evidently is. to win wherever they can
this Fall. and to divide the democracy
where they can't. in the hope and expec-
tation Of winning hereafter. This is their
game. and now to the article from the
Eers and Democrat -
As soon as the democratic convention
was through with its labors. every prom
inent. disappointed candidate was visited
BY members Of the radical party and So
lieited to run independent. This has not
only been the case in Dorchester county,
but We see from other county papers that
il is the case all over the State, so far as
the democratic nominations have taken
place; showing. eouclusively. that there
is system in this thing. That the radical
party in their councils have decided to
pursue this course in oil counties where
there is no hope of securing the election
OF radical ticket. and one moments re-
6ectiou will reveal how wisely this plan
would work for them and how fatal il
would prove to the democratic party
There is no war 50 cruel, SO bitter. and
so terrible as civil war. So there is no
party hatred and animositics 50 great rs
when q party is divided, and different
wings fighting against each other. Thus
whilst il is evident to all parties that the
regular nominated ticket would secure a
majority Of from eight hundred to one
thousand votes in this county in case there
was no other but an Independents demo-
cratic ticket TO oppose it; yet the animos-
tiles and ill-will that would be created be-
tween the two tickets would prevent them
from ever acting in unison or harmony
any more. and future victories Of the radical
party would be insured. Another great
object why the radicals are in such earnest
about the getting in the field an indepen-
dent democratic ticket in the counties, is
found in the fact that the radicals can't
get out ticket Of their own without de-
stroying their party. There are fifteen
hundred black voters In Dorchester coun-
ty and three or four hundred white radi-
cal voters; now. if they get out ticket
without any blacks on it they can't vote
the fifteen hundred blacks, and if they do
place blacks on the ticket they can't vote
the three or four hundred white radicals
in the county. SO that one must see at a
glance that these few democrats who are
engaged in this independent movement,
have accepted the invitation Of the radi-
Gals to run Independent and trust to the
assurance from the radical party that there
will be no radical ticket to oppose them
We do not believe that any good and true
party man will lend himself to the radical
movement, no matter how much he may
have to complain of from his own party.
In the first place, any unprejudiccd
mind mus. be positive upon one point.
and that is that any independent ticket
would suffer worse defeat than any tick
ct ever did in the county. It would not
receive the support Of any ten democrats
in any district in Dorchester county, out
side Of Cambridge, and in many Of the
lower districts it would not receive q sin.
gle supporter from the party. whilst the
rank aud Gle Of the Radical party openly
avow. that If they must choose between
the two tickets, they will prefer the un-
adulterated one.
In the second place. no man Of influence
or position will join the two or three agi-
tators in Cambridge district. and in the
third place, no good man will consent to
turn his back upon his party, when the
only thing he can possibly accomplish. is
to- help the radicals out Of the greatest d.
lcmma that any party ever found them
selves in. We are satisfied that the move
ment is not worth noticing. and that the
call made for meeting here on Monday
next, will be treated with contempt. and
the party Of great moral principles will
march on to victory and success.
In conclusion. we can but say that those
men who were disappointed in obtaining
the nominations deserve the highest CON-
mendatiou BY their prompt endorsement,
Of the ticket. Notwithstanding the grea,
and unceasing efforts to induce them to
run Independent. With single excep-
ton, every man who allowed bis name &c
60 in the Convention as an office-seekcr
has declared, without hesitation or re.
serve. his firm determination to support
the ticket.