Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1874-08-22
The HagerStown Convention.
Hon. MONTGOMERY BLAIR.

county, Maryland, and what are lib
pretentions to represent this District
in Congress. Montgomery Blair, as
". learn from good authority, is ma
tive of Franklin county, Kentucky,
born in that State, in the town or city
I Of Frankfort, on the Kentucky River,
and is between forty and fifty years OF
age. He has resided for many years
in Washington City, and Montgomery
county, Maryland. He is the son Of
Francis P. Blair, sen. the friend, con-
fdent and residuary legatee Of the po-
litical fortunes Of Andrew Jackson;
was Editor of the old Washington City
Globe, which Gen. Jackson pronounced
the ablest political paper in the United
States, the soundest and most ortho-
dox in expounding Democratic Prin-
ciples" what shey are, and what they
mean. Upon reaching mans. estate
Mr.. Blair married the daughter OF
the Hon. LEVI WOODBURY., Of New
Hampshire, one Of the Pillars of De-
mocracy, and upon whose shoulders
THOMAS HART Benton placed DEMO
KRArEo as the Rock upon which he
built. Levi Woodbury. declared in
his seat in the United States Senate,
when expounding the creed of Amerl-
can Politics, II 60 as far as Democrat
ic principles 60, and when they disap-
near, mean to HALT.
At an early period Of his life, in
1867, Montgomery Blair remov-
ed to the State Of Missouri, and at
once took prominent part in politics.
He was appointed by Martin Van
Buren, United States District Attorney
for the State of Missouri, and com
menced his political career in that
growing and backbone State as a
: Hard Money, Union, jackson Benton
Democrat OF the straitest sect. he
stood among the hardest Of the hard,
and along with Gov. John Reynolds
Gen. Sterling Price and Thomas L.
Price, and hosts of the others, he baf'
fled oft and long for the maintenance
of Democratic principles in their pur'
itv, with no adulteration Of Tylerism
or Calhounism, with no affinity With
Notification or Secession. He stool
for the Union and the Rights Of the
States as lone and inssparable;" and
: on the Slavery ques ion he stood pro.
, cisely where Senator Benton tood;an1
y ahsr 81. GqX t GAeaEalsas R!dsey Of Aamp
: Maryland, ST Cd: THAT slavery wa.
an evil to be eradicated; nota blessing
to be extended" But above nil other
things Mr.. Blair was Union man
first, last and all the time. Had biz
advice been taken, We should have had
no Secession" no attempt at dis-u
lon; no war-no North against the
South-no States to reconstruct. and
no Military abov. the Civil Power in
inc of peace. The Union would
have remained intact, and Democracy
would have been triumphant at home
aud abroad.
Where are we and what are We to,
day?
As TO the Democracy it is little
uncer ain yet who they will select AS
their standard bearer at the Hngers.
town Convention on the I'd of Septem-
Der. Montgomery Blair supported
Fremont for President, and Was Post
master General in Father Abraham $
Cabinet, and that with some is ser
ious objection. His brother Gen. F.
P. Blair, Jr. had been a Republican
and supported Fremont and Lincoln,
yet the Democracy Of the United
States assembled in Tammany Hall
nominated him for Vice President on
the ticket with Horatio Seymour.
They whitewashed +. ?. Blair " and
why not white wash Montgomery
Blair? That is the question. Though
in fact as to being Democrat Mr.,
Blair is dyed in the wool, and is a
little ahead Of most OF his competitors.
lie WAS in at the formation Of the
Democratic Party, and was early bap.
TIED in the Democratic church. lie
wrote for the Democracy and he spoke
for the Democracy. His venerable
Father, lstill living, Francis p. Blair,
SEN, Andrew jackson, Edward Liv.
ingston, Thos. II. Benton, Levi Wood
bury, Gov. Allen. Of Ohio, George G..
Dromgoole, of Virginia; and Johu P.
King, of Georgia, were among the
men who first formed and christened
i"7he Democratic Party"
i Let US 90 backa little. In April,
1880, the so.called State Right. Null
lihers and "Secessionists," the advo.
Gates Of dis-union upon the theory of
Geo. McDuftie. as announced in Con-
gress in 1926, "the time had arrived
to calculate the VALUE OF THE UN.
ION, undertook and got up ce!ebra.
ton to advance their interests. They
proposed to celebrate Jefiers,n Birth
Day in Washington City, on the plea
to return to fundamental principles Of
Government, but in reality to commit
the great Democratic party to the
principles of Notification and Seces.
zion; to apotheoise Qualification as
the Iiightful Remedy" for State griev-
ances: to place the STATE above the
UNION; to render the glorious orb of