The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-11-28
The WOU to W3,s.

The majority of the American people are Re-
publican in sentiment. We assert this in the face
OF the recent rout that we have suffered to the
Republican forces. The decrease in the vote
demonstrates that the vast majority of those who
declined to vote are Republicans. The Demo-
cratic vote almost every where was short, but to
nothing like the extent that the Republican vote
was. The fact that there is Republican ma
jority in all the most important States is undis.
puted. The thing for the Republican party to do
is to manage its affairs by economy, commenda-
BILE service and the nomination of that class of
candidates that will insure an enthusiastic sup
port of the ticket as to bring out the entire Re-
publican strength 1t will not do to depend on
Democratic blunders and mistakes or disreputa.
BILE nominations. The Republican party must
play its best hand everywhere. 1t must forget
its chickering's and personal strifes. 1t must lay
aside its petty contentious about the claims of
this, that or the other man. The principles OF
Republicanism stand above any man in the party.
And the Republicans have more than once de-
monstrated that they are not the property of any
man or half dozen or score of men in its ranks.
There is too much intelligence, patriotism and
independent manhood in its ranks to permit its
being put into the breeches pocket of Morton,
Conkling, Cameron, Blaine or President Grant
himself, if any Of these should desire to put it
there. Not all of them together with as many
more to help can control the intelligent wish of
the party. The rank and file of its voters stand
abreast of its representatives. In many instances
it is ahead of them.
What must be done TO win back the confidence
and ardentsupport of the intelligence and patriot
ism of the party is the selection for standard.
bearers men who exert on the people talsmanic
influence. There are men in the Republican
party who can bring out the Republican VOTE
These men must eselected hereafter. New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Massachusetts,
must be won back. The selection of DR.. Loring
or some such man for Governor of Massachusetts,
Gen. Dix for Governor of New York, Gen. Hart
rant for Governor of Pennsylvania honest old
Ben. Wade for Governor of Ohio, ex-Vice Presi-
dent Colfax for Governor of Indiana and Pres
idential ticket that shall unite and cement the
Republican vote of all sections will sweep the
country with triumph more signal than that Of
1872. This may seem amusing to many Of our
Democratic friends, we know. But if a pro-
gramme of this sort is inaugurated in 1876, there
will be no amusement in it for the Democratic
party. If the leading men OF the Republican
party do not inaugurate programme that shall
again inspire confidence in the ranks of the party
and bring the great mass of its voters to the sup
port of the ticket, they will make very grave
mistake-and it may be throwing away an op-
portunity to bring the blessings of honest Repub-
licansm to the administration of our national af-
fairs. Until the next Presidential election it is
the duty of every Republican to make himself ac-
tive in repairing the mischiefd done. Let the party
everywhere put its strongest men forward.