Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1875-10-01


duct of it.
From the Cecil Democrat.
Hon. y. TeuclxIe Wallis.
! 1t is not possible for us to say word
against Mr.. Wallis. the fusion candidate
for Attorney General OF Maryland. Mr..
| Wallis character and standing place him
| far out of the arena of the professional
politician. His moral, social and profess
sional standing are severally and jointly
commanding. and in these he is entitled
to the highest respect of his fellowciti-
zens. With Mr.. Wallis we have a deep
and abiding sympathy as llow-suferer
in defence of the principles of constitu-
tional government. We have not forgot
ten, nor can we ever forget, the defiance
with which he bore Imprisonment and the
/ frmness with which he refused to take an
illegal oath in order to regain his liberty,
until, without yielding one iot or title of
his manhood, he compelled the "little
/ bell' of Secretary Seward to ring for his
release as it had rung for his seizure and
/ incarceration. That he is man among
the first of men, all men must admit. En-
! tertaining, then, sentiments of the highest
regard for the Hon. 5. Teackle Wallis. it is
with unfeigned regret that we see his con-
sent given to become the candidate of any
party in opposition to the regular Gomi-
nee of the Democratic party-a party that
suffered with him in the battle for consti-
tu.ional rights, and party which would
have conferred upon him its highest hon
ors if he would have suffered it. We have
no disposition to question Mr.. Wallis
motives, for we know they are always
honorable, but we are compelled to reflect
upon his conduct, for the very state of
things which has brought about the crisis
he deems the imperative call upon him
for action, could never have existed. if he,
and such as he, had done their duty in the
past. With clean hands he has stood aloof
from politics for years, and suffered The
rough and dishonest elements in his party
in too great measure to control =. With
scorn he has refused to make the slightest
effort to do within his party lines the very
thing lie now comes to the front 20 assist the
enemies ofthe Democratic party, ostensibly
to accomplish. In our view Mr.. Wallis Is
as much responsible for the evils com
planned of in Baltimore city as any man
in the State of Maryland. Sins of omis-
sion are often as criminal and fatal as
sins of commission. He had no right 70
passive life as a citizen of great city.
He had no right to withhold his talents
and influence, when, by his own declara-
ton, his city and State SD much needed
them. His very acceptance of a nomina-
ton now, is a confession of dereliction OF
duty in recent years. He looked on until
the waves of corruption rose to his very
feet without an attempt to stay the rising
tide, and now he is willing to take advan-
tage of the occasion and be lifted by it in
to Office. The man who will not battle
against the evils he sees his fellow-men
suffering-who ingloriously INDUCES in
the privileges of social and professional
caste, whilst the State is suffering for his
strong right arm, has no claims to either
the admiration or suffrage of his fellow
men when the evils he might have arrest
ed are upon him also, and feels their
weight. If Mr.. Wallis had done his whole
duty, there would have been no occasion
now for his becoming the candidate of the
/ Radical party and the so-called Reform
ers" of Maryland. True reformers are
those who are ever to be found at the post
of duty-not those who are pushed to the
| front by the exigencies ofmongrel parties.
| Within the lines of the great constitu-
tional party of America there is ample
room for Mr.. Wallis talents and moral in
! f1uence. If he feels that the time has come
for action, he should have been rs prompt
to come to the rescue of his party as he is
| to show the weight of his character in
| the opposition, which is designed to over
throw that party in Maryland. He knows
full well the history of the now dominant
party in this country, and he knows the
importance of overthrowing Grantism at
the next general election. He knows that
this can only be done by maintaining the
full strength of the Democratic party in
the Democratic States, and by retaining
States once loyal to Democratic principles.
He knows-no man knows better-that
this is not the time for the friends of con-
stitutional government to falter-aud
worse, to give aid and comfort to the enc
my. He knows that the course he is now
taking is designed to defeat the Demo
cratic party in Maryland, and to strength
en- the hands of the Radical party in eve
~ State in the Union. Knowing these
things, the duty of the hour is apparent.
Ifreform is needed in the city of Baltimore,
let Mr.. Wallis and such as he, come for
ward and give their strength to assist in
working out the reformation within their
party lines. Here is where it can and
should be done. A reformation which
overthrows the Conservative party of Ma
ryland will be the reformation of death.
In order to accomplish reform in Balti-
more, there is no necessity for going out
of the city. The so-called Performers"
needed no State ticket. 1t is the Radical
party in disguise calling for this ticket,
and bartering their professed principles
in order to gain foothold once more in
Maryland. When last in power the Hon.
S. Teackle Wallis was DISTINGUISHED
man; deprived of the rights of citizen
ship in the State in which he was born,
and in which he had risen to honor and
eminence. Is it becoming in him to as
sist in restoring this party to power, and
at the same time rivet the chains harder
and faster on the limbs of his Southern
friends and admirers Would it not be
the part of friend to give his great deeds
to his friends and his blows to his and
their foes? Well may the friends of free
government exclaim when they see the
name of S. Teackle Wallis at the head of
coalition ticket formed to defeat the
Democratic and Conservative party of
Maryland, ct tn, Brute!