Montgomery County sentinel., 1875-10-29
Letter from Cracklin.
UNITY MD, Oct. 18th, 1875.

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cratic success now can we secare The benefits
thar have Injured 10 US fron eight years of
| Democratic rule. ii is II strange anomaly Of
human nature that men e.H5rtce frauds and
! humbugs with such ayidiiy, aud are so rrluc-
taht to grasp the truth. This hue aud cry''
OF reform" upon the part OF our very vir-
tuons and moral opponents is the speciOus
garb with which delunct Radcnlism puts on
Il seeming drcency, yet we can MOI shut onr
eyes TO the fact that some are being hood
| winkrd
During the three past decades Mary land has
! known Two of lie yilest compounds called po-
| iliCal organizations That ever dsgraced the
history of Republican Sale-tbe Know
Nothing organization, hatched in caverns
remote from the light of the sun, where noxi-
Gus reptiles testoon the walls aud the smell of
poisonous plants impregnate the atmosphere
= the Radical party whose dark mnistrations
have wrapped the crepe of dsintegration
around many dear sister State, irod ruthless
ly upon the Constitution Of our fathers and
once held Maryland manacled slave.
This Reform party of to-day is composed of
the fossil remains, the meanest elements OF
these detunct parties, with II lively sprinklng
OF men from our ranks, whom disappointed
ambition hath freuzied. Is there a Montgom-
cry Democrat prepared TO sanction such pros
iilution? viii you vote for single man
upon this hybrid ticket?
j. Morrison Harris the head Of this viriu-
Gus crew, is the resurrec;ed skeleton of the
first named of these parties, while the tail,
Mr. wilkins, creditably reflects the latter, es-
Pecially in gross ignorance aud stupidity; SO
long engaged in culling peaches, he never had
time 10 Gull himself and how does he expect
intelligent Mars landers 10 Gull him? Lei him
wither on the parent stem, for he was born TO
blush unseen and waste his fragrance on
peach tree. Mr.. Harris-this giant Reformer
never sniffled the political breeze OF Maryland,
save to the whrring of the olcL, the murder
Gus shouts of Plags and Rip Raps, and over
the prostrated altar of his State.
Mary has passed through fearful ordeals
since those days; her heart has sadly palpi-
patriotic son, Harris, whose big Toe is now
bleeding so profusely at her oppression by The
Ring p Like wilkins, he hid away under
his peach tree in Baltimore county. An old
horse never forgeis the crack of the whip, aud
just so soon as oaih-tound leagues and reli-
gious prescription are the watch-words Of the
hour, Brutus is himself again Mr.. Harris
boldly steps to the front d9nped in the toga
Of reform to hide the hateful old shape, and
delude his former enemies Out upon such
hypocrisy But, walls Mr. Harris, | was
Known oihing when Tom Swami was. Very
true, hut Mr., Swami came TO our relief in
1867, when there was real oppression in our
State, when our best ciIIzens. were deburred
the elective franchise, and Radical misrule
was holding high carnival over our Frustrated
liberties. Mr.. Swami thoroughly rcpenled his
bellum aud his anle-beiium ncts aud proved
by his deeds his sincerity MIR Harris never
repentrd oS yet but il the soolhsayers are cor
rect, his repentance is nigh AT hnnd-Nor. I'd,
prox. Democrats of Mont t-omcry, make that
repentance deep and abiGing.
must not, however, neglect the brightest
gem in the iart, as il M from the Democrat
ic crown-Severn Teackle Wallis. Alas
great men before his day have erred and gone
astrny. Disappointed ambition nnd M lnipe-
rious will have shroudei the corpse Of many Il
proud human form. Rome once had a giti ed
son whom she delighted to honor-ihe ilnpe-
rious Coriolanns-his sensitive nature pricktd
by some Imagined wr0ne, lis place supple
mented by some more active peer, he became
the bitter and relentless enemy of Rome lev
eled his genius against her institutions and fell
covered with shame and disgrace. Severn
Tackle Wallis behold in Coriolanus our
prototype. Because our colonial government
could not afford place sufficiently exalted to
meet the exquisite tastes OF one Benedict Ar
mold he stroye by treason, 10 annihilaie his
former allies. But hean.dogy grows painful
forhear.
IL the Democrats of Montgomery county, or
any of them. prepared to sustain by their
votes any such conglomcratiou of haseness MS
here present, am utterly deceived in their
worth. Let me beseech YOU 10 vote the ticket
nnscratched and unsc:olietl from John Lee
Carroll 10 John D. Grady. If you must
scratch one name, il lon will vote for one man
on the mOngrel ticket, then vote tor old Will
kins, for he has this merit. that the others
do not pussess-he is an honesi Radicat.-
Yours "DYED IN THE WOOL
n.
Wnona Mimi Republican OF the 18Th gives
the following account of sad accident by
which ii man married only five days met his
death at the hands of his wife: A hea rt-
rending tragedy occurred in This city shortly
before / o clock to-day, in which Mr.. Aonzo
Troutman was shot and killed by the accident
al discharge of pistol in the hands of his
wife, to whom he was married on Wednesday
last in Chicago. Her maiden name was Miss
Emma Mahon. After their marriage they left
Immediately for Wnona, and arrived here on
Thursday evening. MIR. Troutman was
gagged in nnpacking small valise, from which
he took the pistol and handed it TO his wife.
She was examining il, when, in some unac-
countable manner, ii was discharged, and The
bullet lodged in the brain of her husband,
who fell to the floor. The shot took effect just
in front Of the ear and produced unconscious
ness at once. Mr.. Troutmau is said to have
but nothing more. Physicians were hastily
summoned, but they pronounced the shot fatal
and said that the unfortunate man could live
but a short time. His poor bride is in a state
of lreuzy over the terrible accident. Mr..
Troutman came here with his partner Mr..
Lou Chamberlin, from Jacksonville, H.. about
six weeks ago, ard bought out the art gallery
of Mr.. s. H. Virgins. Having started finely
in business he had gone to Chicago for his
bride, and life was bright and JOYOUS before
them. Mr.. Troutman WAS about thirty years
OF age. His people reside in Indiana.
RADICAL VIoLEYcE.-The inmmy Of the
expulsion Of the Sisters of Charity, WHO have
been spared by even the bigoted Mahometans,
has been reserved for the radicals of Geneva.
in Switzerland When the measure for the
5anishment of the Sisters of Charity was under
discussion in the conclAve of the radical
authorities, six hundred of the most prominent
Protestant ladies, while protesting againt the
proposed violation of the liberty of occupa-
ton and the citizen, closed their petition with
thefollowin eloquent Words ''We do not
plead for Catholicism, but we plead for
humanity stay your hand, or a more merc-
fnl and civilized posterity will curse you"
JACKsoN.-A writer in the Richmond Wig
gives some Interesting "reminiscences OF
''Stonewalr' jackson while at west Point.
The following will illustrate the infiexible de-
termination of the man: 'He had right
rough time in the Academy al first: for his
want of previous training placed him at a dis
advantage, and it was al he could do TO pass
his first examination. We were Studying al
zebra, and maybe analytical geometry, that