The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1872-12-21
The Duty Before Us.

The Duty Before Us.
The educating, convincing and invincible
influences of Republicanism have accomplish
ed wonders and worked political miracles in
the State of Maryland.
In 1860 there were scarcely members enough
in that party in the State to send delegation
to Chicago to nominate the immortal Abraham
Lincoln for President of the United States.
From thatd day to this the educating influences of
that party have been irresistible and have
worked miraculous changes in politics. In the
front of its ranks and along its skirmish lines
the stoutest hearts and bravest brains of the
State have been doing battle and always driving
the enemy. That once Democratic party sur
rendered its protested principle by piece-meal
and yielded inch by inch all its ground until
in July last it marched, horse, foot and dragons,
upon Republican platform. acknowledged
that they had always been wrong and that the
Republicans have always been right. 1t
adopted, as the ground work of its new faith,
the equality of all men before the law.
Up to that time it had violently opposed that
principle and assailed those who advocated it. 1t
upon this programme. That was the common
cause under whose ephemeral inspiration they
were alone able to keep their forces in the polti
cal traces.
At last they were compelled to abandon this.
The result that followed in Baltimore county
as in the State-we read in the election returns.
This result has a vast deal more meaning in it
against the once Democratic party-but now
black Republican party-than the frightened
leaders and managers of that party are willing
to admit outside of their secret councils. The
extreme anxiety they manifest about it and
the earnest efforts they are making to explain
it away demonstrate conclusively that they are
making their best endeavors to repair the
damage and defer the day of its complete route
in the county.
They tell us their vote was not all out. Grant
it, The same can be said of the Republican
. vote. The answer is a complete Offset for the
assertion.
They tell us Horace Greeley was not accep-
table to many of those who were once Demo-
Gratis. Grant that. Our answer to that is two
fold. The first is that President Grant a0as ac-
ceptable to many of those who were once Demo-
Gratis. This cannot be questioned, as scores of
them voted for the model President who had
proved to them his principles by his works.
The second is they had as their candidate for
Congress the most popular gentleman, in our
humble opinion, that they could have nomi-
mated. 1t is very grave question with people
of all political shades whether anybody but
Mr.. Archer could have been elected. Then in
that portion of the county out of Mr.. Archer's
district the ack-Republican-Do Dolly Warden
party had their great martyr Judge Merrick,
who had been imprisoned during the war, for
their candidate.
These two gentlemen each represents one of
the two wings of the once Democratic-now
Dolly Varden-party. The result did not
furnish any perceptible sign as to which of
the two wings of this now aanaeless party was
the strongest or the most likely to go and vote
for their representative man. The compare
tive vote of the two sections of the county did
not give us any light as to which was more
popular with Baltimore county people, rebel
beer elected three times and Judge Merrick
once. Is it complimentary to them or en-
couraging to the party-whatever its name may
be-to say that its members would not go to the
polls to vote for them !? Horace Greeley had
nothing to do with this part of the voting.
Voters could have voted for the Congressman
without voting for Mr.. Greeley, as some ofthem
did
The aggregate vote in the county is only 237
fewer in 1872 than it was in 1871, when the
people were worked into political fermenta-
ton and excited to white heat on both sides
over local affairs.
Yet the Dolly Warden vote is more than 1000
less than it was in 1871, and ours is 729 more
than it was then In view of the facts we
have stated and the circumstances surrounding
them, these figures have significance the ex-
PLANTATION to which is that the people have be-
come convinced that the thing that once was
but now is not-Democracy--is not what they
want They have become convinced that their
leaders have been deluding them. They know
that they-the leaders-told them to oppose
"equal rights to all" in 1871 and told them that
they must support that doctrine in 1872 They
the people-were tired of a false Densocrac,
with Horace Greeley and were in favor of trut
De1aocrGcy--R epublicanism-with President
Grant And SO several hundred-if not 729-
of them voted. Most ofthem did not stop there
They were tired of false Democracy with Mer.
rick and Archer, and were in favor of trut
Democracy with Albert and Hancock. And so
most of the 729 voted. Cheer up, fellow Re-
publicans, we see our way clear to victory next
fall, If zoe the proper means to accomplish it
We mean by this thorough organizGticn-noi
saaking nominations by common consent before
Christmas or New Year. This should be left
for a later period. Organize the party in
January, but leave the nominations to be taken
care of in August September by the nomi-
mating convention. Organize, and york l0ih
he people from January to July is what as
accessory. Let this be done properly. vigorously
the nominations will then take care of them
selves IS naturally as trait falls from trees in
Autumn.
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