The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1872-03-02

'fhere Is no use in opposiny Grant" In fact
he declares himself In favor Of Grants re-elec-
ton We'll, this is our great "ioadsr"it-
chief! He is the present bgurehead Of Dem
ocracy. He is the man, suppose, to whom
the Lesser "leadsrs" of our party throughout
the couniry, are looking for the word Of com
mand. When he speaks to the Democracy to
ego forward" our "deputies" under him may
heed but J.)ore Hg speaks those Words, the
horrors Of hi will be upon the country.
Now, in the name of common sense, what
chance Is there for the success Of democracy as
matters ttands3 Our "leaders" In Congress
acknowledge that our party is divided. Is
that not enough to convince them Of the noces-
sity Of detion But they say, "wRit for deyel-
opments." What sort of developments -
split in the Aongrel partyY How can that
III II does happen) affect tho principles Of
Dsmoerdeyf Nay, how could IL reaHite the
Democracy Is Il In the contemplation Of our
"leaders" at Washington, To join the Dsmoc-
racy Of the country TO one wing Of tho Mongrel
buzzard2 Aud Is II seriously thought that
such procedure would reHHits the DemOcra-
cy II that be the calculation, it will miss
fire. Apostacy may go on, and those hitherto
favored with the h0nors and profits OF public
life by the Democracy, may, for the sake OF
spells, eat M0Dgrel dirt, but more than mill
lion DEHOcIArs WM nsrer unite ipih them! II
IL be the purpose Of Democratic Congressman
to sell the Democracy To disahected fragment
Of the Mongrul party, in case such fragment
shall ny OF from the rotten carcass OF Mon
grelism, they will fail and come to grief. They
may split the Democracy, and cause its defeat,
but the wages Of their betrayal Of principle
will turn to ashes in their hands. The fact is,
and our Headers" in Congress land else
tchers) may as well take note Of it, the true
Democrats Of the country will never embrace
higgerisn in any form. And they should be
made to know, that the frauds which have
passed intn legislative acts under set Of una
and ftnf1
be acknowledged by true Democrats a.
accomplished facts"
OF course it is impossible to foretell the ex.
tent II the evil which the present political de-
generacy In our ranks will bring. hut let IL
be ever so great, the responsibility will not be
upon those who kefHse 10 J0rsdks The PriHciptss
Of DeBlOoracy. For those principles do not
alter. Times may change, aud so may nen /;
but the principles Of Democracy are eteraal
AHy situation" then, which is 10 opposition
10 those principles In their fullest scope, must
not be- and cannot be accepted BIZ Democrat,
II 1t was ever tight to light against Mongrel
measures, If It was ever right to fight against
those whose whole aim II has been, to destroy
our DehOcratic system Of Government, and
to establish IN its place a centralized despot
ism, it is right To do so still. And whoever
abandOns Democracy in the hour of her deem
est trial, must take the responsibility. And
right here will say, what it greyes me to
say. | feel II duty, and so ! will say IT, You
will remember that Governor Whyte, in his
late Inaugural spoke words like the following:
We have now different shades Of opinion in
our Legislature, aud we must not heighten the
rSaeor OF party spirit BIZ ,anascs.,dry .animad-
version upon the legislation of Congress" I
confess to you that read this extract with a
sad heart. | had read now the Republican
Governors Of Pennsylvania aud Illinois had
denounced the "legislAtion of Congress-" aud
the usurpatiOns Of the Federal Government
4 k.d Ia.
Of the same by such able aud distinguished
RspHJiicdn Statesmen as Messrs. Trumbull.
ScnurE, Sumner and Upton. Aud | had
hoped that our new Democratic Governor of
Maryland, would, at least not be behind
especially upon the heel Of the noble
utterances OF Governor Bowie upon this "leg.
islAtion." But the above quotation had not
the ring Of true metal, aud ! was sorry. Ii is
true, the Governor implies, by the word Gun.
necessary, that we may "snimadyert," dc
TO soBas eHtentj but who is to determine the
hmuf What the Governor regards as Gun
necessary" other Democrats may deem neess.
sdry. For my part, though the order comes
e.r cdthsird, shall acknowledge no limit 10
my "snimadyersOn upon the legislation Of
COngressW What eircumscribe a Dsmocrat
in his denunciaiions Of the damnable acts of
tyranny which have been imposed upon the
States and people Of the American Union by
Congressional legislation ?" The present
beautiful (Y) ku-kluK law is part of that
"legislatiOn," aud was there ever a more
hendish act concoeted And are Democrats
To be gagged in their "Auimadycrsion " upon
this aud similar acts Who is to apply the
gag 81? Let him show himself Am | severe {?
THIS is a desperate case, and does not admit
OF mild treatment We have been using
bread pills aud chip tea too long. We have
been throwing dish water aud saw dust too
long. We want handsr, hgttning aud hail
to terrify yrants, and TO purity the attnOs.
phere OF the foul stencil Of corruption. The
secret Of our deplurAbls condition to-day, lies
in the eo,oardiee aud "acgHie,ceaes' OF our
" leaders" He who believes that tyrants will
not take all they can got, Is a fool. Common
sense should teach every man, that the aggres.
will never yield to cowardly victim, aud
the history Of tue world proves that no people
ever remained free who had not courage 10
assert and defend their rights.
We see that delegation Of Maryland mem
beers OF Congress lately visited Annapolis To
instruct our Legislature how TO proceed Ia
their duty. This was work ofSupererogation.
There were no indications in the Legislature
that would lead any one 10 suppose that the
passive" policy would be deviated from.
However, Instructions were given to adhere to
the do-nothing policy and thus we are aa-
hOritiVety Informed that We are to ''hush up
and be quiet" That we are TO take another
long map" and pray in our dreams, that the
Radicals may SO quarrel and split, Us that
cats eaten TO the stumps Of their tails, and We
have nothing to do but to open our langud
eyes and shout Victory - Aud we have no
doubt that our legislature will obey instruc-
tons. We think It's members were drowsy
enough, and wanted to sleeps aud nov that
they are "iastraetsd," they may roll over and
snore away to their hearts content Well,
"sich" is Democracy ~
But, to conclude. The true Democrats Of
Maryland and OF the country are not asleep.
They do not intend to go to sleep until " vic
tory or death" shall come. Ia the mean
time, they will preach and practice Dem
oeraey, they will fight for constitutional lib
erty, they will wage war upon all tyranls,
and they will denouhee all towards, traitors
and publ thieves. And finally, let all men
know, whether high or low, whether in au-
thority or out Of authority, that no mans fist
was ever made to ht the mouth of true
Democrat
Yours, most respectfully,
JAMES TnIfHHST0NE