Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1875-07-02

men, the reporters. They did not know
whether it meant had you been down to
the sea in ships, or had you been to see
'Lyss', so fearing to make an improper an
swer they kept their journalistic tongues
between their teeth and bided their 'time
with the instinct of eternity" as the late
Henry Winter Davis would say Their
patience has, it seems, been rewarded at
last, and now the secret is out. Notwith
standing Grants third term letter, which
has been so eagerly accepted as a finality
by the outs and the friends of Blaine and
other Ryesidential aspirants, the worthy
gentlenzen who composed this Committee
are said to have adopted resolution adj
vocating third term for Grant. This is
not to be wondered at when we consider
that out of the Al members present at the
meeting 26 were Federal office holders.
Among these was our old friend DR.. VIM.
R. Wilmer, who very properly was the
sole representative of Charles county. Very
properly we say, because we all know that
the Doctor is the body and brains, health
and strength of that party in this county !;
the rest oft being ready to swearthat they
are either whales or camels, Republicans
or Independents, or all, as he may tell
them.
But there is something of more signiti
canoe than this connected with this secret
meeting. The Committee refused to a
dopt resolution to call State Conven-
tiaIp to nominate a Arpublran State ticket.
but satisfied itself with call for Con
vention simply to nominate State ticket
because as was urged it might be found
wiser 70. the party not to nominate but To
endorse some other ticket. Now mark the
result. 4 .aw days afterwards it leaks
out that there has been for sometime pas:
secret movement on foot to bring out an
Independent State ticket, and prominent
gentleman of this county is mentioned as
the probable candidate for Gubernatorial
honors, US was shown by an extract from
the Sun published in our last issue. To
day we publish another extract from the
same paper showing something more "a
bout this so-called Independent movement
Here is the extract from the Sun of We'd
nesday, under the heading of "Secret Party
Movement:
II is generally known, or conjectured where
not known, that there is being organized in
large portion of the city secret party move
ment somewhat on the basis of the old Know
Nothing party. In the western part of the CITY
especially the movement is quite active, and
secret meetings are held at ono point or another
nearly every night. The platform is stated TO
be the following, copy OF a handbill which is
being cautiously distributed
Citizens You are called upon To unite at
the ballot-box to resist papal professions in our
politics. The Church Of Rome has long con-
trolled, directed and misled the Democracy,
and now believes that with her compact military
church organizations AID BY aid OF her ancient
diplomacy her councils may totally ignore the
Protestant spirit within her parry. Convene,
then, citizens, for the purpose OF organization,
that You may with more certainty of success
defeat at the elections those candidates who do
the bidding OF Rome; That you may resist the
destruction of our schools, and by your vote
maintain the separaieness of State and Church,
demanding the taxation OF all church property
and the discontinnance of sectariau appropriA-
tons
Our readers can see from this to what
desperate means our Radical and so-Called
Independent opponents propose to resort
in order to secure their ends. All we SAY
is, pitch in lemons and get squeezed