Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1873-10-10
ADDRESS
To the Voters of Montgomery County.

FELLOW-CTTIZENS
! Another political campaign is before US, and
it is for you TO determine by your suffrages
what principles and policy shall prevail. Your
votes on the 4th of November next will influ-
ence National, State and County affairs. The
next Legislature will choose United States
Senator, and with the Comptroller, decide the
destiny of the State for the next two years.
The County Officers with whom you are to
transact business, are also TO be elected.
The past history of our State and County
affairs is one of which we may justly be proud.
Steadily advancing in prosperity; in the de-
veopmeut of resources in educational facii-
ties, and, in fact, in every regard capable of
being effected by wise legislation with con-
stantly diminishing public debt; with our
greatest work Of internal improyement--the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal-not only self
sustaining, but, for the first time, paying off
gradually, by its earnings, the debts of long
years standing. These, and others that will
readily occur TO You, are the results of the SUI
prcmacy of the Democratic Conservative party
of Maryland
The leaders of the Radical party are prating
to their mixed followers about Economy. For
answer, VIC point TO the District of Columbia
for a specimen of Mcir sort of Economy And
we assert what you yourselves know to be
true, that the reckless waste of money wrung
by taxation from our oppressed and helpless
neighbors there, is unexampled in the history
of the civilized world.
We point for answer to every Southern State
which they control by their combinations of
ignorance, corruption and malice-and you
find the worst forms of despotsm-you find
bankruptcy, individual and State-the most
worthless portions Of the community under
the leadership of foreign satraps, plundering
and expressing the worthy-and sustained in
SO doing by the strong hand of what the Rad
icals call ''the best government the world ever
saw"
What the Radicals hare done for Louisiana
and South Carolina they roish 10 do for Mary
land.
In Maryland and Virginia the Democrats
and Conservatives have controlled affairs
hence their happier and better condition.
Our Montgomery County Radicals have saw
ed US the trouble ofsurmisng what they most
desire. The chief plank in their platform, as
announced in their County Convention is,
Equal rights before the law, TO all citizens
without distinction of race or color, in all
things pertaining to their rights; Especially
in Schools.'
! The author of this platform subsequently ex-
plains that he does not mean mixed Schools
| and further states that he does mean that ''they
(the colored people) need the cery best oppor-
tunities for instruction. which the condition
and means of the country will justify"
We will do our oery best to explain the plat
form and its explanation The Radicals of
Montgomery County wish-lst, The colored
people to have "Egual rights, especially in
Schools" I'd, They think the colored people
need the cery best' opportunities, &c. 3D..
They do not wish "'Hi1ed Schools"
If we understand these three articles of their
faith, they mean that the coored people ought
to have an equal number, with the whites, of
Primary Schools: High Schools and Colleges,
and the very best of each. Whether they think
''the country can Afford to establish as many
neto Schools and Colleges for the colored peo-
pie as the whites have, or whether they think.
il better for Economy's sake to turn over the
very best half of the white Schools and Collie
ges to the colored people, we do not under
stand Perhaps the author will explain fur
ther.
Now the laws of the State already appro-
pirate, annually, for colored schools, $50, 0Oo
besides So, 1000, annually, for colored Normal
Schools and besides, also, "the total amount
of taxes paid for school purposes by the color
ed people,
The Radicals are not satisfied with these APP
preparations. They want an equal number
and the Uery best for the colored people.
The Radicals of this county have officially,
for the first time, published their programme
for this county. 1t is equal rights for the
coored people Schools especially, but
also in offices-though they have (inconsist-
ently) not nominated any--on iuries, and lac
cording to Summers advanced civil rights
bill, which he boasts will pass the next Con-
gress, in hotels, places of amusement, in pub
lie oonveyances, &c.
People of Montgomery County, do you ac-
cept the Radical PLATFORM Will you believe
the insinuations that there are no differences
of principle between the Democratic Conserva-
tive party and the Radicals Will you de-
sert your honored standards-even if the Rad
calls do nominate dyed-n-the-wool Democrats,
pledged to these new-fangled doctrines
If not, vote the Democratic Conservative
Ticket, and roll up such majority on the 4th
of November next, as will settle these ques-
tons here for this generation at least.
EDW. W. OWEN,
Il. b. PRETTYMAN,
Democratic Conservative State Central Com
mittee for Montgomery County
The changes of advertisements of Messrs.
Nordlinger, of Georgetown, and Blout and
Heilbrun, of Washington, came to hand too
late to receive proper attention this week.
Will be attended to in our next.