The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1873-04-12
There is YictOru for Us.

When the ambitious leaders of the dead Dem
ocratic party are looking about them for tools to
bury the old carcass, that part of it in Mary
land cannot much longer mislead people BY at.
tempting to keep up sort of life superinduced
BY species of political galvanism. All of the
carcass should be buried together. The wisdom
(?) that keeps it ahoat in Maryland will not be
able to delude the voters long after Mr.. Hen.
bricks announces its burial and delivers its fu-
neral grafton.
1t Isl pity to deceive wel-meaning members
by making them entertain a mechanical belief
that the party lives when it is dead. 1t is NOT
playing fair part with them. 1t is making
dupes OF people who are supposed to be men,
The conduct of the leaders and managers or mis-.
managers of that old party has been such as to
repel and disgust every intelligent, honorable
mar II :; Ks. When it==--1 1ee7 It's stubborn
tgnSns-fnss the extension of any civil rights to
those citizens who had once been in bondage,
folks were willing to admit that they were
prompted by honest motives. We were willing
to admit that they thought they were right. But
almost all civil rights are extended 10 the once
enslaved race by Republican devotion and work
in that behalf, they turn around and endorse the
work By adopting Republican platform. Ev-
cry intelligent voter in its ranks then knew that
it was shamefully dishonest or that it did not
possess political wisdom enough to entitle it to
the confidence of honest, free and intelligent peo-
pie. Take which horn of the dilemma you
choose and the party makes itself the contempt
of the honest and the scorn of the intelligent.
This was the verdict of fifteen thousand peo-
pie in Maryland who had been its ardent sup
porters up to last fall. Then they refused to
support the party that had mislead and deluded
them. The year previous upon its old program
me Governor Wbyte received majority of near
ly nineteen thousand. The ticket averaged
more than fifteen thousand majority. Last fall
it dwindled down to nine hundred and tarenty-
secen The cause of this cannot be sadded upon
their illustrious candidate, Horace Greeley. Ev-
cry man in the State had a candidate for Con-
gress furnished him TO vote for. That candi-
date was the selection of his own party and all
but one had been elected by them two years pre-
viously by overwhelming majorities. Two of
them out of six were defeated by very handsome
majorities. These two gentlemen we're of the old
Democratic persuasion too. They were rebel to
the core during the war and have ever since
thrown their influence against the advance of
Republican principles. Judge Merrick was in
generated for his devotion to the Confederate
cause. He was looked upon as the champion of
the old Democracy of the State. Mr.. Richie
belonged to the same school, Yet they are both
defeated by large majorities in districts that gave
them handsome surplus of votes two years be-
fore. The honest men of the party are tired of
the huckstering decisions that have been prac-
ticed upon them.
Mr.. Swans majority was very materially re-
duced and Mr.. Archers was not unanimous By
any means
This fall the old carcass must stand where it
stood last year, upon Republican platform, or
It must swallow itself and again howl "a white
mar S party" and make itself the righteous con-
tempt of every honest man in theState. Let the
Republican party be true TO herself and her glo-
rious mission and she will redeem ''My Mary
land" from the dominion offalse rulers.
This cannot be done by hurrahs. 1t viii take
more than conventions and resolutions. Ii will
require something besides placing ticket in the
field 1t will demand more than ordinary pru-
dence and activity. There in the ranks of
the Republican party scores of men from whom
State and county tickets can be selected that
will sweep the State from the Alleganies TO the
Ocean. Select for candidates gentlemen who
are known for their honesty and capabilty to
fill public stations Let these gentlemen make a
thorough canvass. Let them discuss the neces-
sites for reform and economy in our county and
State governments Let them show the voting
masses that true Repubicanism is what is de-
manded for the advancement Of enterprise and
progress in our State. Let them meet their op-
ponents upon the stump in joint discussion so
that the people who do the voting can see where
their interests lie and all will be we'll.