Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-08-09
MIR. Harris the Observation-Disclosures
hending the People.

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as principle. We do not suspect him of any
disposition to court favor with the dominant
party in the Federal Government by his de-
liverences upon political subjects, for we judge
him to be thoroughly fearless and indepen-
dent, but like some religionists, who, unless
mankind can be saved by the adoption of
their political creed, consider it matter of
comparative unimportance whether they are
saved at all, Mr.. Harris sets himself against
all methods of relief from the present evils of
the country which do not come through the
most approved Democratic channels. He
heartily commends the meeting Of the Demo-
cratic "select few" held in Baltimore during
the session of the Democratic National Con-
vention, and decidedly endorses its microscop-
ic performances. The little handful of dis
sentients meeting in the Maryland Institute
be looks upon as the true representatives of
the Democratic party, whilst the enormous
multitude which met in the Baltimore National
Democratic Convention he sneeringly desig-
mates as ''sapient heretcs." Mr. Harris, it is not
surprising to add. looks with sanguine anticipa-
ton to convention which, it is said, will as
semble at Louisville on the Sd of September
This convention Mr.. Harris SLOPES will call forth
votes enough "to rescue our 1.-THE Democratic)
party from the corruption of Greeleyism, and
our country generally from the incubus of
Radicalism." This is a sangune view of the
situation, and generally people will be willing
that the political foresight and the judgment
of Mr.. Harris shall be tested by this predic-
ton and its ful6llment. We must, however
permit Mr.. Harris to speak for himself. He
says: ,..
For myself, / declare most solemnly that
oil the conventions that could be packed be-
tween Baltimore and pandemonium land ]
hope they are wide apart) could not cause or
induce me to vote for Horace Greeley for any
place whatever. Under no condition of things
which my minds eye can observe as likely to
happen could l be induced to do an act so
degrading.
| am sure you would not, nor would those
who met in council with you in Baltimore,
and l sincerely trust and hope that millions
will act with US before and at the November
Presidential election.
Even those Democrats who have placed
their party in this horrible dilemma by their
unexampled and monstrous desertion would
beseech to shrink back from their ido-the
yelled prophet of Chappaqua-who, like the
yelled prophet of Khorassan, may sneeringly
think and say:
"There, ye wise saints, behold your light, your
star;
Ye would be dupes and victims, and ye are;
Is it enoughi or must while a thrill
Lives in your sapient bosoms cheat you still 20
But, say these very wise men, eve recon-
mend to the party the least of evils" In an
swer to that We say you were not sent to Bal.
timore to present choice of evils, but a posi-
tive good. But again, Gan half loaf is better
than no bread" doubt that, fit is poisoned
by Greeleyism. We Democrats who are rot
so very hungry Gas Governor Wise says) and
can control our appetites somewhat, will wait
awhile rather than eat the filthy lump you
offer US, if, indeed, we had not rather starve.
Moreover we are we'll informed that bakery
will be opened in Louisville on the Sd of Sep
TENDER next, which will send forth good
wholesome bread that will stick by the ribs
and cheer the hearts of the people.
But how, gentlemen. did you find out that
Horace Greeley is the least of evils, and if you
do, upon what principles of political justice
do you ask US to accept this undoubted evil
and wickedness? A set of very wise, practi-
cal men set in judgment on what they con-
cede to be two big Williams, and decide er ca
MedrG, that one is not quite so grand a rascal
as the other, and therefore we must take him
with all his admitted villainies upon him for
our head steward.
MIR. Harris is evidently one of those persons
who do not know that there has been any
change in the affairs Of this country since 1860
For want Of cause of recent offense in Mr..
Greeley, he quotes from the comparatively
modern period of the war paragraph in the
Tribune about compelling rebellious traitors
to find poverty at their fresides, and which
Mr.. Harris, if be even reads Democratic
newspapers, ought to know has been fatty
contradicted by the Tribune as being the au-
thorship of Mr.. Greeley, or even dictated or
inspired by him in any way.
Mr.. Harris, like some other of our public
men, fails utterly to comprehend the breadth
and magnitude of hepLiberal movement. 1t
was not the National Democratic Convention
at Baltimore which dictated to the people
it was the people who dictated to it; the peo-
pie who took warning from the manner 10
which they had been thwarted and disap-
pointed in 1868, who took back to themselves
in their primary capacity the work which
they found their agents four years ago incom-
petent for, and sent delegates this time in
structed to ratfy their own will. They had
been sacrificed in 1868, and didn't mean to
be sacrificed again in 1872. The leaders have
now to obey their voice, instead of giving the
word of command, as heretofore.
This is a fact which Mr.. Harris and other |
party leaders, including it would seem, even
our worthy Governor (if we may judge from
the recent report of New York Herald inter-
viewer, representing him, we trust falsely, as
speaking of Mr. Greeley as employed by the
Democrats temporarily to obtain power) find
1t hard to realize. The great Democratic par
ty is, merged now in the party of the people,
as the Mississippi is merged in the waters OF
the gulf, and it would beas reasonable to ex-
peet that the latter should preserve its Gis-