Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1871-11-17
The Lesson.

There is lesson in the result of the election
ia Maryland which should be studied by Dem
ocrats everywhere The victory won in th
State, all things considered, is as complete n
conld have been expected. The majority OF
The State ticket is greater than was Anticipate
ell by any of its friends, while it is utterly an
Initiating TO the hopes Of the enemy. The
majority FOR the Democratic ticket Is one OF The
largest ever received in the State, notwith'
standing the general want of organization and
local dsscEsions in some Of the countless
There must be reason for this, and the Dem
ocratic party, both in and out of Maryland
will do well 10 ascertain. in just what thai
reason consists, and take care TO profit by it.
The Radicals had an able State ticket in The
fed-thc ablestiby far they ever presented in
MARYLAND. They canvassed the State mos
thoroughly. They had in operation com
plete system Of organization, and used it with
wonderful efficiency.
Then the question comes up what is the ex-
PLANTATION Of the large Democratic majority We
answer, il is because the race was made by the
pies which undcrlie The party, plainly an
nounced and earnestly, boldly and ably de-
Tended because thsy refused TO eat dirt at the
demand of few LAX knecd and cowardly
apostles of expediency because they protected
the Democratic banner from destruction and
disgrace by permitting 10 be written on lis
folds craven lbes upon Democratic faith, and
bore it proudly and defantly aloft, with The
true blazonry of constitutional liberty emilia
zoned on every fold because they declined tc
stultfy themselves and disgrace the whole past
history of the party, and therefore accepted
The issue rendered by Radicalism-the issue
cling centralized Government, or Union Of
co-eqnal States under the Constitution as lis
bond in other words, because they refused ia
incorporate the Fourteenth and Fifteenth
Amendments 10 the Constitution ms articles in
their confession Of faith, MS measures to be ac-
ccpted as finally accomplished facts; ms things
impossible 10 be avoided if we would, and I'M
desirable 10 be abrogated if we could MS foun-
dalton stones, to build upon in the future OF
our political structure ms some men protesting
10 he Democrats would have had them TO do.
The result demonstrates clearly that the
Democratic banner has been ''lcast tattered
where il has been borne highest and boldest in
the conflict" And thus it will ever be, and
this is the lesson TO be learned by the Democ-
racy from the Maryland election. If our can
didates had embraced the so called ''New De-
parture,f the line OF distinction between the
two parties in the State would have been oblit-
Grated, the contest would have been n mere
question Of men, or rather mere scramble
after spoils and in contest of that SORT the
Radicals, having possession of the National
Treasury, can offer superior inducements.
The Democratic party Of Maryland has re-
tanned lis strength, because it has refused 10
surrender its principles; has declined to occu-
py the abandoned camp and wear the cast-oif
clothes oil Radicalism. Our victory therefore,
is n substantial one it is a Democratic vic
tory--a victory of the Democratic theory over
that Of the revolutionists; victory not made
barren by humiliating compromises and dis
graceful deserton of truth n victory which
Enthusiastically demonstrates that "Honesty is
tha hast