Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1874-10-30
The sixth Congressional District.
GFrom the Baltimore Gazette.]

From the Sixth District our advices are
most cheering. Mr.. Walsh has rallied about
him stauncb friends, and has brought iogelh-
err the influential leaders whose fueds in 1872
led TO the elerlion OF the Republican candidate.
Then. the Republicans u Allcguni presented
solid, compact :runt. Now they are sad
ly denioralizcd IN The Cumberland region
their leaders are apalhelic, however sirenously
they may he working elsewhe If the Nicto-
ry IN November depends on Allegany. as some
assert, Mr.. Walsh is secure OF his election for
If his friends are moi too sanguinc, that coun-
ty will give him not less than four hundred
majority. Garrett county also, Of which, al
first. there seemed to be some doubts is now
waking up, and promises to give hundred
or two majority. In Washington county.
Hamilton aud Syesier-a host IN themselves
together with many other excellent and active
political speakers and leaders, are assisting in
the canvass, ably, earnestly, and with their
accustomed vigor and determination. The
closeness of the vote there renders it necessary
that they should not sacken, for single
working day, the efforts they are now making.
Frederick will 90 against us; but the most
sanguine Republicans do not count on more
than 450 majority, whilst the Democrats, who
are making gallant fight, place it much be-
low these figures. Montgomery is conceded
to Walsh on all sides, by from five to six hum
dred majority. We think, therefore after MAX
| ing all allowances for the, perhaps too SAN
gune, expectations Of our friends that the
| Sixth District is safe for Mr. Walsh by a fair
| if not a large majority. But in politics-as
in all other affairs of life--those who win
must strive. We deprecate, therefore, above
| all, over confidence. In contest where par
| ties are so nearly evenly divided. as in the
Sixth District every vote tells 1t will not
do for the Democrats of one county to depend
! upon the majority which those of another
county will give. In this crisis Of our rolit-
cal history when the addition of single
| Democratic member Of Congress may give us
control of the House of Representatives, it is
the duty of each county Of the District to rely
upon itself and give the largest possible vote
| it can communicated emulating each, and
counting nothing gained until the returns
show what each has done TO promote tri-
umphant result. There is everything in the
| general political outlook TO stimulate them,
and nothing to discourage. The Democracy
Of other districts are watching with deep in
| teresi the struggle upon which they have en-
tered for the redemption of their district. They
may not be able to reflect, in as large degree
as elsewhere, the grcnt change HAT has been 60
ing on in public sentiment in regard 10 the
party in power; but they NAV help, by carry
| ing their district, TO consolidate and confirm
that change. They can at least emulate. in
| their smaller sphere OF action the exampe set
| them by New Hampshire, Connecticut, lndi-
| ana, Ohio, and Arkansas Bearing in mind
| that the honor Of Maryland is in their hands,
| they cannot they ought not to do less than
| Their party has done elsewhere. and through
whose magnificent exerions, since last
spring the Democratic column has been march
| ing from victory 70 victory. In the eloquent
| words Of Senator Bhyard
| "The States upon which the Radicals count
ed so confidently have been carried by MAORI
ties so emphatic as left NO ground TO suppose
| that personal reasons affected them hut that
| it was something more profound that so moved
the pulse of the people 10 declare themselves
rs they did. What was it moved those peo-
ple2 1t was nothing less than the instructive
sense of national self-preservation. The peo-
| pie, the masses of this country, sbrank from
| the terrible abyss of Radical misgovernment
| that opened before their feet. That is il Do
not let rs misunderstood the gravity of this
question 1t is not simply party names or
party successes or failures but believe il has
been the God-mplanted instincts of self-pres-
ervation that impel them no longer to follow
the leadership, that has led us to the unhappy
condition where we now find ourselves. Am
| stating the case too strongly when | say
| that for the last thirteen wears the people of
| the United States have lived under real des
| potism yelled by the forms of republican gov
ernment? For the last thirteen years there has
| been no NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of those limitations
| upon the Government of this country which
we need to-day as well as our ancestors need
ed them in l776. All the essential safeguards
of the freedom Of this people-every limitation
of the Government has been cast down and
Frustrated. The people to-day feel the effects
| of this, and the issue OF the campaign Of 1876
| is simply whether we eau restore limited Gov
ernment--limied because lite powers are dis
| tributed first in the State, next in the General
| Government, and again re-distributed by the
| departments Of the General Government =
whether liberty and freedom shall be rights
/ in America and not permissve enjoyments as
they have been for the last thirteen years"
The issue of the present campaign also
which we hope TO emphasize in the Presiden-
| tial election two years henee--is in point of
fact whether we shall continue to live ''under
a real despotism yelled by the forms Of repub
lican government, or, whether the liberties
and franchises we Inherited from the fathers,
shall be reclaimed as rights, and not exercised
on tolerance, and only by the gracious per-
mission of our Republican masters, Gas they
have been for the last thirteen years" We
ask the Democracy of Mary land to ponder well
the wise and thoughtful words of the manly,
honest and frank hearted Senator Bayard, and
acting in the spirit worthy of Maryland men,
see to it that the State receives no detriment
| from any neglect of theirs.