The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-09-02

The democratic party Of this country naS
o,lonled ~ It's nlatiorm 'relorm, ana
lnciion az exnepses, federal, State ana H'u''
c;naIi' Outhis platform il hasplaeel Shu''D
i ridden rs lis candidate for the fTeslaouv! /
Mr. ridden i principally distinguished Is ~ \
active, practical reformer, and not u N.Y.
talking one. lis chief plan OF producing
nrneiienl reform has been, and Is, 70 si'''s"
,nto fragments all rings, and comhlnhl'ons,
and 90 10 return into the hands oil lhe peop''
The movers and duties ofgoyerning themselves
RINGS and combinations are known by an hyn,
e,t men. and dishonest ones too, 10 De ~
bo,tom causes Of all the evils that aiiict 'l's
country. and all parts Of 1t. II the peoPe
govern, by their Ow' voice, THIS geVernl"e"s
Il secnre, because the people can have 10
object to do ANYTHING but that which Is Tor .he
hest interes, of the whole people, ana VIVA,
i honest aud straightforward and righN II
rings govern the people, they can nave no
object except TO promote the personal in'er,
esis Of the members of the ringsj ana ss, D
our Constitutions and Laws, justly ana hIll.
estly interpreted, aud administered, pnpue
offices are for the benefit Of the people alone
and have no profits attached to them wn'en
can be of account 10 the persons called 10
serve the public by filling the othcesi rings
cannot benefit their members, except oy aui
miuistering their offices and the powers %
the stations which they may attain, wrongful
", and in peryersion of the object and spirit
Of the Consultations and Laws, and conse'
quently by plunderiug the people IN some
way or other. Any considerable proh' whieh
any oiiiceholder in this State, or country can
possibly realize, can be realized only Wy pun
lie robbery. Shortly stated, any ring IN tnis
country is formed to rob the people, ana Tor
that object alone
The Democracy Of this county entered INTO
the support Of Mr.. Tiden, and the platform
on which he was placed with enthusiasm Us
soon as the nomination and platform were
announced and have been working with zeal
and confidence Of success in smashing rings
md abolishing corruptions, and public rob
berries. A County Convention met on Mon
day last, in the name of the Democratic party,
and composed Of supposed Democrats, to
send delegates to q Congressional Cohven'
ton, and also TO State Convention TO nom
mate Electoral candidates. In the then ex'
isling state of public sentiment every Demo
crat in the county was in favor OF the renom
nation of our present representative IN
Congress. Electoral candidates. are ordina.
rily positions OF labor, and expense, and
without pay. They are honorary only. Zen.
tlemen, generally, do not seek the labor and
expense, but do not feel at liberty to refuse
| TO encounter them when called on. No man
could suppose that there was any room IN
that convention for ring to operate in, or
any object for ring to accomplish. And yet
| the fact is, that before the convention met, a
number Of persons met together, aud actually
made, and wrote out u list Of the persons TO
be sent MS delegates to the Congressional
| Convention, and also to the State Conyen'
ton. Tickets containing these names were
| furnished to the members before the conycn.
ton assembled, and personal urgency was
made on them to vote those tickets, and none
others-not TO vote for any individual ss y
delegate whose name was not on this prepared
ticket-prepared, not by members of the
| County Convention, in consultation with each
other, but by persons not members Of the
Convention, beforehand, for the members,
and given to them TO vote. And, infinitely
strange to tell, all the members of that con.
yention, except seventeen Democrats in re.
atty, who happened to be members, voted
the ticket thus prepared for, and given to,
them TO vote. Such is the last exhibition OF
ringism in this county, and that in the midst
of canvass in which Democrats are invoking
the people of all classes and opinions, to save
the country by smashing all the rings. The
object Of the operators in this last movement
ii may be hard TO divine. 1t is hard TO imag.
inc an object, under the circumstances, where
there was no conflict of opinion or feeling
amongst Democrats, 50 far us was disclosed.
II ring operators could not allow that con.
vention TO meet, and exercise its own unin
huenced Judgment without ring intermeddling
how can il be conceived that any county con
vention can assemble for any purpose, and
reflect the public voice alone, without ring
control?
II is true that the convention on Monday
last has done more 20 neutralize the labor,
of Democrats in this county striving to elect
Tilden and Hendricks for the welfare of nj
the people, than perhaps the mos, jealous
workers may be able to overcome All thai
such can do is to labor on, and do the best
they can, and strive and hope No Demo
crat can stop laboring for his country, becaus,
men wearing the garb Of Democrats, but
either having none Of the principles of De
mocraey in their hearts, or else forgetting tC
practice them at the seductive bddings OF ,
ring, have done all in their power to bring
discredit on the Democratic party.
What then is the object Of this communica
ton, do you ask 1t is not TO arraign or in
jnre any man. 1t is to save the party, with
just and upright men, from the reproach whicl
the action of the body Of men protesting u
be Democrats on Monday last inflicted on it
and to disayow, SO far US the writer can, nj
responsibility Of the Democratic party fo
that action. And il is to say now, when IN,
saying cannot be perverted into hostility /,
any body, that, so far as the writer can eiTec
1t, ring management in the Democratic part
OF Carroll county has played its last part, an,
must end. There must be IN future no rim
working in the party in this county, or when
ever II occurs, it will be exposed fully an,
nnhesltatlngly, by name aud act of ever
conspirator which can be ascertained, and III
people shall be invoked, by every means i
his power, TO save popular government b,
stamping out rings, and ring masters ant
operators; the most dangerous conspirator
against the success and welfare of the Dem
ocratic party, and against free popular gov
ernment The writer Of this looks forwar,
and not backward, and has no remark TO max
on ringism as il has been displayed elsewhere
IN our mnch beloved aud much abused State
Let IT end now and forever, is all he seeks.
lie writer is restrained alone by the dc
sire not to appear obtrusiye from appendix
his name to this communication, but he au
tho-izes the editors TO give it without resery
70 any one who may care to ask for il. II
alone Is responsible for all that il contain,
and II 1t may be any service to the Demo
cratic party, and through il to our blesse
country, he will be most glad that he hs
written and askedyou to publish il, no matte
what the effect may be on him. lie believe
that hereafter there will be men enough stant
ing shoulder to shoulder with him, 70 Undue
the people to stamp out finally and eiTectua
ly Ringism.
A JEFPERsoSlAS DRNocRAr.