Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1871-09-07

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cusation IN the Eaee. under osr present
eonsestiou system. each u The six districts
into which The eoanty u disidsd i eati-
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epsssa = . s'eloek h he seeming and
afs slsssd at . laAs hous n Tho svsaing.
md every dsaoesst. resident IN the dis-
tzict. = eligible 70 vote At this election
Csn any party nasAisssy Be imagined
fairer than this 70 obtain . true represen-
tation Of democratic vishesi Think not.
But the virs-palleEs win combine, drum
up their friends and secure the ten dele
gates they want? Unless they are coun-
tesseted vhat b 10 prevent the same peo-
pie nom elesting their candidate by. the
same means at the election authorized BY
law. and II il not - easy to counteract
them. 20 Tar a. demoerats are concerned,
at the one election a Ut the otheri The
truth 10. m active popular man who makes
q study and business Of politics is Al
ways in position 10 combine and drum
up with effect. whether il be a . party or
At an election fxed BY Law. Il l. IDLE,
therefore. to object to Conventions BE-
cause they are in large measure control
led BY politiciaus-politicians also con-
troll ut other popular elections-aod the
instruments Of thsir power in both cases
are the people themselves.
But suppose you nominate. what secur.
ity have you that an influential section Of
your party win not fly Of. make ooatrocss
9th the Republicans, - the Boilers Jew
Oh in SO and made common cause with
the now-Nothings 10 defeat the uomi-
necs Of your partyr Iregord this as tie
,ceok point in the sitsafios and I am sat-
isfied that it is the reason Why some of our
politicians, who imagine that they have
sorry prospects Of success rithin the DEM
ocratic lines. have been talking CT on
the subject Of . Convention. I take il
that the remedy for this prospective de-
sertion is to be found in the hands of dem
ocrats themselves. Let every democrat
who has the integrity and future welfare
Of his party at heart attend at the primary
district elections and caa has rote rih
the determination to stand by the choice
q his party. ~hoever It may be. and to
make bitter ,edr upon erery recuslnt pol
iticiaa # that party 1ho opposes It. This
would create district and general public
sentiment within the party which no pru-
dent politician would care to face, and the
result. I believe, would be, that opposition
to Convention would soon simmer down
into silence.
Thus much in regard 10 party interests.
There are other interests and feelings,
however. connected with this Convention
Question which should not be overlooked.
Is il possible that the moral and religious
sentiment Of this county can contemplate,
unmoved and with Indifference, the man
fold and revolving evils springing from
and eharacterizing our frce-6ght system
Of election? cannot realize that such
disloyalty to Christ and to humanity real
" exists. No. We have but to find even
partial remedy for the idleness. the
drunkenness, the worthlessnees. the sui.
fering-thc utter ruin in many cascs-
which Is generated among large classes
Of our people BY the hateful methods
which the freight system has introdu-
eed and methodised in our midst, to in
sure an uprising Of al good and thought
ful men in its favor. Nothing. any way.
can we'll be worse than the free-6ght sys-
tenn, even ifthe Convention business would
not accomplish all that l have claimed for it.
But the poor man. however talented,
has no fair show for public Office under
the Convention system! I deny this. but
even admitting that be has not. what earth
" show has he under the other system
I would not like to state my convictions
Of the number Of purchaseable votes now
in market in this county, but I riu state
that l knor that they are much too nu-
merous and too costly for any man Of hum
bic means to buy. No. The frse.6sht
system. Whatever It may promise, pracsi-
cAily bars out the poor man from an val
liable Office. and from al valuable Office
he will continue to be barred. either until
he ceases TO be poor. or until public posi-
sion eeases 70 be struck down to de
heaviest bidder.
Have the farmers Of the county YeAec-
ted upon the inevitable .disorgauisstioD VI
their labor system consequent upon this
frce-6ght businessf I suppose they have
not or their voices would. ere this. have
been heard demanding Convention. A
contested popular campaign usually opens
in the last days Of August and continues
with accelerated heat until the frst days
Of Novcnbcr. Are not the days embra-
ced within this period the most important
10 the farmcr Of any during the year p
Even If the Convention system would pro-
duee DISCRIMINATION in the labor system
also. Il could only b iSempor.sy and would
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