Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-08-23

not as their master; they want to own, as they
should, the President, not be owned by him
and bastied whenever he chooses to Jingle his
little bell.
They are beginning to think that in Horace
Greeley may be found a cure for all the ills
which they now endure, and forgetting those
things which are behind, they are eagerly press
ing forward to meet the living issues of the
day. They are swelling the tide of reforma-
ton day after day, and l believe that this tide
will, in November next, beach cold Horace -
high and dry, hard by the White House, where
he will be received with joyful acclamations,
and hailed as the help, sent by Providence, in
this, the time of our ceuntry's need
More anon. N.B.H.
Letter from Ex-Governor Salisbury, of
Delaware.
Al the meeting Of the Kent County, Della
ware, Convention, on Tuesday, the 18th, the
following letter was received aud read from
Ex- Governor Salisbury:
BEDFORD SPRINGS, Pa,
Aug. 10, 1872.
JOHN G. PENNEWITL, ESQ:
Dear Sir: have learned through the pub
lie prints and from private sources, that the
Democratic Central Committee of Kent Cuun-
ty, of which you are Chairman, has called a
mass meeting oft the party, to be held at Dover
on the 18th inst, to ratify the nominations of
the Baltimore Convention and the action of
the approaching State Convention, and to or
ganize the party for determined and vigor-
our campaign preparatory to the November
election. need not assure you how fully my
Judgment approves the action Of the Commit
tee. Personal interchange of views before /
left home afforded me no room for doubt.
cannot, however, as member Of the Nation
al Convention, which nominated Greeley and
Brown at Baltimore, withhold the expression
Of my sincere acknowledgements for the time
ly and eminently proper action Of the Com
mittce. 1t is known to you, as it undoubt-
eddy is to the Democracy of the State gener-
ally, that I was not in favor of the nomina-
tons that were made at Baltimore. Ioppos-
ed them firmly, but hope prudently, in obedi-
euce to the will of the party, as expressed
through the action of the State Convention by
which was chosen delegate. l did not
think then that they were the best nomna-
tons that could be made, aud may add that
upon this subject have seen no reason to
change my views. But the nominations were
made, and with unprecedented unanimity, and
believe it to be my duty to acquiesce and
support the nominees. This I shall do, not
merely because l was a member of the Con-
veution that nominated, but in obedience to a
sense of duty. Why do say so Because
Grant or Greeley must be the President for
the next four years. They are the only can
didates before the people or who can be pre-
sented with the slightest prospect of success.
Every attempt to bring forward third can
didate will result benefcially to the candidate
Of the Ring" which has afflicted the country
for the last four years. While many of the
those of the Democracy of Delaware, l believe
him to be infinitely preferable in all respects
to Grant. He is in favor of "home govern
ment," which is only another name for the
old Democratic doctrine of State rights, which
has been the Distinguishing characteristic of
that party from its origin until the present
time; it is the doctrine opposing Capitalization
Of power; it is the ductrine of a government
Of the people and opposed to the government
Of rings; it is the great doctrine upon which
the Democratic party has differed from all
other political organizations in this country
and it is the doctrine upon which free repre-
sentative government must endure, if it en-
dures at all. If there was no other considera
ton influencing my action in favor of Greeley
and opposed to Grant, this would be sufficient,
for so long as the doctrine of State rights or
home government is strictly adhered to and
applied in the administration of
government, the people will take care of them
selves. But there are other and various con-
siderations which, in my judgment, ought to
determine the action of every Democrat in
favor, of Greeley as opposed to Grant. Gree
ley is in favor of universal amnesty and the
of all the people of every section
of the country to all their just rights under
the Constitution. He is in favor of remitting
the question of "protection" to the people of
the several congressional districts. This be-
ing subject for legislative and not executive
action, his views are unobjectionabe. He is
in favor of thorough Civil Service reform and
Of strict economy in the administration of every
department of the Federal government, and
opposed to the wasteful extravaganza which
has characterized the course of the present
Mr.. Greeley is gentleman
of large experience, standing at the very head
of the journalists of this country. His long
experience in his profession has prepared him
for the duties of the statesman. These are
but few of the affirmative reasons for pre-
ferring the election of Greeley to Grant.
would not underrate the President. For
the credit of my country could wish him
better qualified for the high position he oc-
cupies. l would not detract from his fame
as a military cheftain. No one has more
occasion than himself to regret that the fame
won on the field of battle should have been
furnished by placing him in position for
which he was not qualified either by nature
or education. 1t is very seldom that the
qualities necessary to great General and
great Statesman are combined in the same in
dividual. The history of the world affords
but few examples of such combination of
talent. General Grant certainly does not
possess it. His administration has been
series of bluuders from his inauguration to the
present hour. AS the trusted agent OF Presl-
dent johnson to visit the Southern States and