Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-12-25
THE MINING JOURNAL.
FEOsTBrRG, Nd. DEC. %, 1875.

ton Tie Garrett CusaI;y IhowH introduces
an editorial with llro following:
Ono regularity with the FRosTBy re
JOUKSAf. + lis remarkable DtHrd0H; to
make something out Of nothing
Without boosting we viii add that Il
remarkable result of thc creative di>itD~i-
ton alleged aga nst Us, is, we sometimes
clomyating the effort 10 With it refers may
DE taken Us proof And in allowing this
much to sJG2 contemporary. we do better
10y it than it does by u.s. when il dcprcciatcs
its quotations from IL as game hardly worth
the candle and which it "rcProduccs'
merely as 4 matter of curiosity. II the
Ueyald had stopped with this easy DISPOSE
ton Of the subject it would have saved itself
from making some revelations which be-
tray the want of light at one corner of the
journalistic triangle in Oakland.
The "unkindcst cuts OF all, however, ore
the MrdM'S limitations that We have mis-
taken cur calling" and that we will lear
watching" because ION all occasions we
."imputc motives to others" Which shows
there is grca. lorce in some peoples way of
going to the root Of things. Bet the most
ungracious thing the Hcyald did last week
was cEowding its own unspot,clncss upon
us Just to show by contrast the d,prav!ty of
pursuing an "ignjS f0tHMS winch, secured,
would deprive the NlrH Of Il bone
III II a., g.
right down TO business:
In the outset the Journal falls into til"
very common error that we want the county
seat removed from Oakland, which is t&ls"
as we have never advocated anything more
than the right of our urn citizens TO cat"
and ratity it by majority vote, a Prt"rt-
pie which undcrlics the very buwarhs Of
our republican form Of government.
Long, well sustained and beautiful to
the last, hut we have more of il and still
better to conclude with. We night ask
Just here, why the HeraN is clamorous for
a. submission ofthe County-scat question?
If not because it wants it removed from
Oakland, what then? We fear Tie We}m}d
is cndcavoring to hold square anchorage on
both edges of the maclsirom. 1t ought to
know that the advocacy OF til" right of
our oirn ctttzenS TO local" sod ra,ify it by Il
majority vote" is q laundering axiom a
transparent subtrlfugc and an iilm;tahr
fraud. To speak OF it as "a pr'ncjl}c which
undcrlies the very bulwarks of our rcpEli-
can form of government is bald nonsense
l,-tl
popular vote after the UcrGG& electoral sys
TEN unless that system limits competition to
two candidates.. Can the "hulWark' set
the limit in Garrett? No; nor anywhere
else. So that if the Garrett county-sca is
not already settled, the Ueraids plan keeps
il unsettled forever
AS to the "nl.tiHe" which the Uc1uld in
sinratcs we borrowed from the Grantsvillc
revolutions:
We need 30 no further than the rcsulu
tons passed at the new county meeting i'll
,Gsalnsvisit and published in the same issue
of the JOURNAL 10 discover the METRE
which prompts It's gratutt0Hs opinions re
regarding orr county scat. The r"so IL
tons are published cl>cwhcrcre ana show
to the JOURNAL and every one else that the
very grievances which the JoUNAl fudol%eS
and detthds is the sale cause of Gr3ltsVilc's
Willingness to sccclc from Garrett county.
Our neighbor may not believe ii, but it is
faQt-4ur r"inarls were in type two days
before We loallcd ti;s new county meet
ing had been held, or even contemplated, in
Grantsylle. We cnjoycd q Jingle of graft
ticat;"n, therefore, that we had been 50 un-
expectcdly and strongly endorsed.
So much settled, we continue quotations.:
The JOURNAL man seems unconcous of
the fact that he is handling sharp edged
tools When he assails the time honorcd
doctrine of ''popular sovereignty i'll
this free land of ours he will find that. like
a twO-edged sword, it cuts both ways. II
the JOURNAL should be so fortunate as to
secure the "ignis tatU"% of another new
county it may have cause to regret the
course it is now pursuing.
Which, let up and looscncd, is as follows;
In order to make the matter plain we
will suppose an analogous case 20 that of
Garrett county: Suppose, When the time
comes, (if it cvcV should come 10 locate tn"
county Seat, Shat Mt. Savage should receive
1000 votes, FrostbWg 1000 votes, and
Homecoming 1850 vots, Ia plurality of %
votes over one M01) then would the .IouN-
NAL recognize Homecoming us the pe}Dld-
nent county seat!
Yes; and warrant and defend her right
and title thereto
And deny the right of a majority of
the trhole vote which might afterwards
combine on Frostburg?