The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-09-04
Political Notes.


pr,,aioS IN PouTIcs. TN Ohio as well as
:, Marvlond efforts are being made by un.
scmnuious demagogues TO force religious is.
'uas;nto notifies and to arouse all the bad pas
sons. bitter prejudces and ianatical iancies
which such issues invariably breed. In Ohio
the Republican party, with defeat staring il in
Tho face, has taken up this issue in sheer
desneration--for il has everything to gain and
can lose nothing. In Maryland i is the same
marty disguised, and disguised IN the hidsous
mask Of Nothingsm' II has started
om, Syoctlv as the old Know Nothing party
S,a,ted and Is initiating every step taken by
;,s nrodecessor. II has its secret councils,
;,s iigns and passwords, and publishes one
platform to practice another,
Inst as the old party Of fraud aud force, Of
Hood and buucOmbe. began its career, so
begins this, save in one particular. The old
marty started a secret organization, so does
his, il alleged that secrecy was essential TO
nerfert lis discipline, so does this; il pretend
ad 10 throw of The veil of secrecy--though all
;ts nefarious plans were so concocted long
AFTER il profcssed to hold no sectarian spirit
hut the assassination OF Rigdon wns not plan
ned in daylight nor the bloody scenes Of cleo
ton day appointed at public mass-meeting.
The only apparent difference between the
secret political order Of twenty years ago and
W.; "s ;'s;,a,;nn which good citizens having
ho a" oneo dnned ara 10Th 10 touch, and thus
IN strength Il ialls FAR short OF that organiEa.
lion which At least had some claim to origin.
allty about 1t.
And il will be hard to gather for il this time
the strength the original secured. To do so
il must FIRST wipe the dark memories Of twenty
years AGO from the heart, and the blood of
brave Adam b. KYLE from the streets, Of
Baltimore. Merchants, business men and
taxnayers realize that whatever faults the par.
~ In power may have been guilty of, whatev-
or mistakes II NAV have made, il has preserv-
cd tho neace and guaranteed TO every man
Of every creed and color the fullest protection
of the laws. And they further realize that
wrongs which cannot be openly, frankly and
publicly met are not so grieyous that they
cannot be cured within the pale of the party
itself. The same old game cannot be played
twice within n quarter Of q century, and this
accounts for the weakness Of the second at.
tempt to resurrect defunct organization.
There is not enough originality about il to
enlist those who seek change or to ontrap
those who are constantly haukerng after
something new aud curious. This is indicated
by the reaction among those who were at first
DISPOSED to enter into ali independent move
ment, but who repudiate and reject the move.
ment begun under the auspices and in the
garb the secret society has assumed. Baito.
EreRing Ners
Tho ceciI. Md. Denoerat. says.-Demo.
Grants who may be beaniled into mn indenen.
Jo,, ,,o,ensn,in MARYLAND, will live IN regrc,
so s,iso a stem This & nreciselv The hone nr
,Se enemy They arc watching with The
- ~ ;s,.re., ,bo s;,ns of d;esa,;.fac,;nr
IN or yanl. in order 10 nrolii Inv them. Lei
M Democrat 0a,ter himself that his nersonal
influence can do any thing more than DAMAGE
bis avn Marty. and thereby aid the most dan.
cerous foes 10 popular government America
6as vet known. Ii true TO ourselves and to
the nrinciples of Thomas Jefferson, we will
glor,n,sly tFiumph over both the old enemy
and the new. The entire history of this
conrtrv shows the inter futility of so.called
;ndenondcnt movements Party organiza.
lions can never he broken I'M by n few disor.
ronizers here and there. The masses of the
6rmocracy are unJe6led. and the marty has
the strength and The will 10 cast out the few
lad men who have fastened upon Il like
leeches The neople Of tho State are already
aroused IN the dnties Of the hour. I'm his
county ,bere Ia no ,alk ~ mn ind,nenden,
,noye,nant hut ,bere IL nm intense determine.
,;nn to I'M The nav, I,eo;slature ~ MARYLAND
with snch delegates a, viii eompel The resnect
oG the neople. and guard every avenue 10
fraud and corruption, and bring to punish
ment any who, upon thorough investigation,
are convicted OF peenlation or the use OF I'M
proper means either to procure or defeat leg
lslahon. The people will not be drawn aside
from their liked purposes by the dangerous
expedient OF a third party. They know full
well the put from which they were lifted by
the Conservatives of the State few years
ago. They will not risk being plunged back
into that pit by an alliance with Radicalism,
since intensified by forty thousand oolored
voters in the State. They will not submit
the taxation OF their property to ihsnon-tax-
paying, yet voting population. There can be
no danger to the institutions OF our State from
IN administration in the hands OF John Lee
Carroll, supported by an intelligent Legisa-
turc yet TO be chosen-there would be danger
IT, by a third movement, Radicalism triumph
ed in Maryland and reduced us to the condi-
ton Of Louisiana or Mississippi. II is worse
than folly to boot at such catastrophe. We
have not forgotten the indignation the Radi.
Gals expressed when charged with the design
of fastening negro suffrage up the country,
and yet they did ii with the denial upon their
lips. Our ry.boxes and our pablo schools
are still in the keeping Of white men. Over
throw the Democratic party in Maryland and
in two years the color line will be wiped ont.
tn, n y. n,,,. ~. ZOE.
- ~ ns pneApn " ni0Aphsus.r SO iso1
" roo We nhu ',au 'sn ,eais y, honi ma
SPeaGe ,hIousnou' u,e ohl.eu States e
i ,IAu'caIs nave ru.su through al, a"u u'ah'
ous. s'N " "sso .da's. aIt my W
s @een mem Na.e uroIsnn "n'heI
''a ,aen anu ,nuus'rla. ellsesi mn'eu pesah
~ i1'o win ,ne ign9nlih k gon1Pse y, Mo
vi .htee ssoheu ha1ie gu panhlig nouses' .he
pe,s anu iafointes 0. ,he party IN power, nus
.eu Us on 70 hhanc'al anu lhuus.'al ca. as
uuophe ihyoNnng ~ one common run inc
r-Ast anu the vest, MASSACHUSETTS ana Sau-
iornlai our railways on land ana our snipping
oa me sea. ,-,
Inc negroes VINO were 70 nave peen c,vilized
ana educated NJ me expense ailke Of the TAX
payers OF me whole country and Of NE iunda-
mental principles OF scii-goVernment, are re,
,S,Ps'ng into barbaTisn ana planning here and
there throughout me inlrest regions Of the re-
pGshc new Hayus and Sanio Dcminngos;
misery ana iasiessne ss staik mana u hand
over the NORM and the west. Migrants last
Nm W eern u, a,a Nun F"~Iend ~ ;n.sere "