Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1876-06-30
The Two Wings


PooLEsvILLE, June &c, re.
Mr. Editor AS resolution was offered in
the late county convention that both of the
wings Of the party be represented in the
State convention, the enquiry is a awakened
as TO what the 'wings" of the party are, aud
what The duty of the Democratic party is in
the coming presidential campaign. If by
"wngs" the gentleman who offered the reso-
luton meant opposing divisions of the party
it was all wrong; if he simply meant that all
true Democrats should be represented in the
convention it was all right. If there are an
tagonstc wings 10 the Democratic party of
Montgomery county the party wings will
soon be clipped. "a house divided against
itself shall not stand :" neither can the eagle
of freedom under which the Democratic party
should fight in the coming campaign fly TO
any advantage with one wing fettered. 1t is
simply just that the whole party throughout
the State should be fairly represented, and II
does seem that the present representation OF
the State should suit every Democrat. With
n solid Democratic delegation in Congress,
Democratic Governor, but slight opposition
in the Legislature, and both 'wings' repre-
sented 10 The national convention, what more
could any one ask
In the approaching prcsi lential campaign
if we would overcome the despotsm that has
cursed the country for the last fourteen years,
all rings and cliques in the Democratic party
must be moulded together, and we must pre-
sent solid front to the minions Of despotism
and the abettors of fraud and corruption thai
crush them forever What the country wants
is change of administratiOn-and change
for the better. This is the chief consideration,
and if the conservative masses Of the country
can be clearly shown that the Democratic par
ty only can secure this change, and if the par
~, laying aside all selfish prejudices, stands
firmly upon their promises of reform The sue
cess of The party in the coming contest is a
moral certainty. The chief danger TO which
the Democratic party is exposed, is the fnan-
cial question, and rs il was predicted by the
writer, it has proved bomb in the Democrat
ic ranks where, er the question has been agi-
tated
The division of the party on the currency
question has been the means of losing the
State Of Ohio 10 the party, and if made an
issue in :he presidential contest it will cause
greater disaster still in The Democratic ranks
and prove powerful agent in the defeat of
the party. The Democratic party in Congress
has wisely decided to let the financial ques-
rest where they found it, while their impartial
course in hunting down the national highway
men cannot fail to please all who possess any
thing like fair, unselfsh principles.
There are two interests at stake in the APP
preaching fight. First, and the most impor-
taut, is that we want Democratic Congress
The second, that we want Democratic admin
isiration Of the government Gov. Hayes
might answer very well with Democratic
Congress to watch over him, but with the
party Of corruption, the war party in Con
gress to sustain him, he would be moulded
like wax 10 the selfish interests Of his party
Bnt to show the country that the movement
toward reform BY The Democratic party is not
hypocritical, Il should not be fettered by an
administration. In the case OF
"A Congress controlled by one party and the
Elective by another, the two branches of the
government could not be expected to work
tremendously together, and either party
would be ready to throw the responsibility for
any abuse of power upon the other. So that
the Democratic party to be justly tried must
have the whole control of the government.
and the whole responsibility. If ii abuses
the power the American people may confide
to its trust, its power will be of mushroom
growth and vanish like bubble of air.
The Democratic party of Montgomery coun-
ty will battle for any tried and true Democrat
that may be nominated for the presidency or
Congress, and it should scof the fatal and sell
fish principle of ''rnle or ruin" If Mont
gomery wants one of her own people to rep
resen, her 10 Congress she will, nevertheless,
set aside her preferences for the sake of return
ing a Democratic member from the sixth dis
trict She will yield 10 her more powerful
sister counties rather than be represented by
member from the party that has robbed the
pcople-to whom she is bound by
political lies which can never be broken-nnd
brought disgrace upon the State of Mary land
when its brief authority thereih suffered it.
Montgomery has pulled long and steadily
in the Democratic harness, and if she has not
been rewarded as her services seem to deserve,
the day may yet come when her services viii
he appreciated. She can gain nothing by