Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1871-06-15

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d;sorrarizcd 81 tsing Ksraassd from The
fields on importan, days and in busy sea-
sons 10 treats and political gatherings -
The farmer has but to in:errogate his own
experience 10 lie assured Of this fact
Three or more successive years of short
crops have reduced tho planting interest
Of our county to the borders Of bankrupt
cy, notwithstanding which. il is now pre-
posed for the Qualification and beneft Of a
few persons TO hazard the only fair crop
prospect we have had for years By ipfam-
ing the, lsborer about mere perscnal poli-
tics. drawing him away frem his work and
keeping him ezc;.ed and unsettled from
now until November. The religious and
moral sentiment of niuo-tea.hs,efour CON-
tnunity favors q Convention. il not per Sc /,
at least as = choice ofcvils Isappreeiates
that an excited and prolonged pcrsonalcon-
test for Office opens wide the food gates
Of social demoraliza.ion, is the Proximate
cause Of sad distress and suffering in fam
lies, lays the foundation among our young
men OF many an evil habit, .superinduees
widespread ijloness and dissipation, and
leads captive in numerous cases TO ruin
and an early grave the fondest hope of
many fathers heart.
Ninc-tcnths Of the candidates favor n
nominating Convention and have already
pledged themselves 70 abide its decision,
first. because they are in sympathy with
the planting interest and respect the NOR
Al conviction Of the religions masses; sec
ondly. because they see that organization
is a clear, ralpable party necessity in our
county, and lastly. because they think the
democratic voters, through their represen-
tativcs in Convention. are entitled to Sc
lect their candidates for Office without con-
sultng the radicals, and because the great
majority of these candidate themselves are
unaJle to engage in contest in which rad
icals as we'll as democrats will have to be
consulted and where money, not personal
and party merit, will decide the issue.
The great majority of the democratic vo-
tors ofthis county favor Nominating Con.
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if this is net the case and we have put our
selves to some trouble 70 be correctly in
formed on this point The argument is,
that our party dominates in every other
county of the State, whether it is in mi
nority or otherwise. or whether its major
ity is great or little. Why should Sain,
Mary's make herself an exception? We
can very we'll understand, when our peo-
pie were nearly all one way of thinking ),
why. on party grounds, Conventics was
not necessary, bat is this the caserith our
people now? Can any body have forgot
ten that We carried this county for Mer-.
rick hast Fall in n popular vote OF over
three thousand by only PSI majority. and
that. too, after the most tremendous polit-
ical struggle that any living man hasever
witnessed in our county? Orga1 alton
and organization alone gave US thd icto-
ry. and yet il is seriously propossSlhat
we shall now discard organization, as il
the radicals were all dead, and discard it,
too, at moment when We have forty times
the interest at stake that we had last Fall,
shall abdicate the vantage ground We then
won. divide and fight one another, and
thus allow these same radicals to take
charge Of our party and dispose Of us and
ours as they may think properl And all
this. for wha.2 What public object
mark, PUBLIC atjsct--can any desaocsae-
mark. pEsccRsr-have in fighting against
the organization Of his party in The face of
consequences like these? 1t has not been
given us to sec. but We live to be enlight-
enei. .'