Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1875-07-30

before us more fitting for the times, and
every day that dawns upon us now
brings back the memories of even greater
trials-the stern, relentless struggle for
the freedom of our country.
The great centennial anniversary of
the nation is close upon us, and the
question is ''are we to bring with it
feelings to which many have long been
strangers-feelings of reconciliation p
Are the prejudices, the animosities, and
the passions aroused by war to be buried
with all that is painful in the past,
when we are called together to listen to
the story of our common triumph
Vain, indeed, will be our great dis
play to the nations Of the earth as they
come to witness the advance of our civ
ilization vain will be the parade of the
success of our popular Government, the
education of our people, the wealth, the
industry and the enterprise that 90 to
make up our greatness; vain indeed
will all these be unless we can show that
we have common interests and common
tics, unless we can proclaim that even
the differences of the past will be no OBJ
stacles to the prosperity of the future.
That this will be the sentiment shared
by other States, we have only to point
to the gala march Of our Fifth Regimentof
National Guards, when they went forth to
join with Boston in. the festivities of
Bunker Hill. Tumultuous applause.
We know that they and other South
crn troops we're not considered strangers
in the brilliant pageant of that day, but
that the hospitality of the people of
Massachusetts was showercd upon them,
as if in memory of the part their fathers
bore together, when shoulder to Shout
der they went through the Revolution !;
hand in hand they gathered around the
the administration Of Washington, and
felt even has great arm lean on them for
support. Continued applause.
Holding these opinions then in refor-
ence to the past, trust we will not fail
to see, as far as in our power lies, that tho
voice which rung out last autumn from
one end of the land to the other, the con-
demnatian of the policy of the dominant
party, be again repeated with no uncer-
tain sound
That voice proclaimed from hence
forth, whatever be the bitterness pro-
duced by war, that no party could main
tain itself by arraying section against
section, and by the open defiance of prin-
ciplcs that even our children take in
with their earliest teachings
That voice proclaimed from henceforth
that we would return to the old estab-
lished theory that there was to be law
for the governors as well as for those who
were governed /; that there were no un-
limited powers under our Constitution,
and that he who assumed to rule by the
dictates of his personal will, or by the
animosities of his party friends, would
find himself at war with the better in
stincts of the nation, which would swift
ly overwhelm and destroy him. Cheers
In conclusion, We have reason to con-
graduate ourselves upon the prosperity
with which we have been favored in this
State, and with many We look forward
with hopeful eyes to the future develop
ment of our industry and prospects.
The city of Baltimore having largely
extended its direct communications, has
received IN return an immense increase
in population and business importance.
Our great public works are conducted
with skill and economy, and promise at
no distant day to become source Of reve-
nue. and relief to the State, whose credit
now stands at the highest point through
out tho markets Of the world. APP
plause
In coming then to bear my share in
the administration Of our affairs, have
to say that if the voice Of the people con-
firms the nomination which you have
this day made, ] can only promise you
fidelity to the important duties Of the po-
sition in its broadcast and most eompre-
hcnsive sense; fidelity to the interests of
this State where all my affections are
fidelity to the interests of that great par
ty which we would GLADLY see triumphant
throughout the length and breadth Of
our land. Loud and continued APP
plausc.
A FLORAL Curiosity "A flower has
been recently described by an eye wit
ness at Constantinoplc which is so great
a rarity that one is apt TO treat it as ia
bic, and wait for the confirmation Of ones