Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1872-05-23
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POLITICAL.

bysaei6rd bodies are formed for the pur.
Eai;s| ~ R)seey. III Of i.
fioRis an Indispensable object in attaining
an end. A party organization being in.
Efficient. combinations or union of par.
ties is but an extension of principle ab'
solutely requisite to accomplish q specific
purpose. Surprising the Democratic party
to be unit. (Which it is not. no one will
pretend that it is numerically able to sue.
cessfully contend with the Republican in
the coming Presidential contest. The
schism or departure by Val andingham, the
New York World, Belmont and others,
from the settled principles of the party in
respect to the (so-called) 18th and 18th
Amendments to the Constitution, follow.
ed in hot haste By the Maryland State
Central Committee (even before the &c,
had the signature of the Presidency. crea.
ted abrcach that it is feared can never be
closed.
It has thoroughly disorsanizcd the par.
ty for future contest. 1t cannot be raj
lied by Convention, as of old. upon q
straight out Democratic ticket. for its uni
ty is gone If tried upon present issues
Parties, like nations. have their rise and
fall. and as nations have different epochs
in their histories. SO corresponding chan
gcs, policies and forms Of government are
requisite to meet them. Upon the sign,
of the disruption. downfall and dissolution
Of the old Wing party in 1855. we were
the first in your paper to advocate union
of the conservative Wings and Democrat.
for the sake of the Union. We to-day oc.
cupy the same position in urging as po.
litical necessity the union of the Demo
cratic with the conservative or Cincinnati
Republicans. The union of the two form.
er parties effected the publication of both,
and eliminated in triumph and success. -
The union of the two latter will inevita.
bly, produce the same result. The cardi.
nal principles Of tie Cincinnati platform
are in accordance with those Of the DEM
ocratic party. and the minor issues vii!
assume such shape and form as the cle-
ments that compose the party will give
and the necessities of the country may re-
quire. The financial policy of the party
Gncluding free trade and the tariff is lief,
where it properly and constitutionally be-
longs-to the people. through their i'm
mediate representatives in Congress to de.
termine. The Presidential candidate Of
the Liberal party is a civilian, has the
reputation Of sincerity and honesty of pur.
pose, and is devoted to agricultural pur.
suits. He IL but standard bearer
representative Of the principles embodied
in the platform.
"Measu -es not men,"
principles not prejudices."
Living issues not dead ones" is the
basis upon which the battle must be fouglr.
Prjudices. however strong, should yh,ld
to the urgency Of the times. The fu.eil.
and fogies Of the Democracy-men with
obsolete ideas. who deal with the
past and are blind to the future. who
forget nothing and learn nothing" are no,
the proper representatives to send to the
Baltimore Convention. want live mer
of liberal views. with political foresight tc
grasp the situation. The centralisation Of
all power and military ADAPTATIONS of the
present Administration must be crushed
out or the Republic is lost. The demon.
a!izing influences AMI corruptions of thi.
ultra Republican patty, in its effects OF
the msrals Of the country, is greater. NOR.
permanent and deadly than its poG,ica
sins or Constitutional ATTRACTIONS.
Republican Rome was ruined from de.
moralisation. and fell under Imperial .wa,
from public corruption. The Irst, mos
sacred and paramount duty Of every Dem
ocrat is. to sustain By all me Jus and a. al
hasards' Republican form c ( Government
the right of the States, haLsas corpus. tria
BY jury. and all other rights. immuni,ie,
and privileges inherent to an American citi
sca. To do this. We must even stoop Il
conquer. We shoulI also have charity
magnanimity and yatriotism enough q
bury the hatchet, ., meet the emergency
aud to sacrifice our prejudices in order Il
free our suffering fellow-citizens Of the
South from worse than Egyptian bond.
age. from martial law ard military des.
posism that has scourged them for sever
years. aud which for rapacity. atrocity
and tyranny. has no parallel in the hisso'
~ Of iy;lised nations, and is incredible
in Christian community. towards free
people, Of the same race, in the 18th cen.
turY. II these things are done unto 9TH
ers. Why may they not also be done unto
ycu? U.