The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-10-07
Speech Of Hon. Vim. P. MaulSby.

After an hours intermission the speak.
ing was resumed. Hon. VIM. ?. Maulsby,
of Westminster, assembled the platform and
addressed the audience. He said II am
told that the liberal spirit which charac-
terizes every lover of his country has
brought together to-day persons entertain
ing different partizan feelings, and direct
ing attention to several colored men within
the limits Of his voice, he claimed that
every man has the responsibility of con-
tributing his mite towards the sustainance
of his country. The speaker then in his
eloquent and original style alluded graph
ically to the birth of the American colo
mics one hundred years ago; the difficulties
with which they maintained their indie
pendence and the history of the country
down to the present time. In those days
said he, man was not governed by mere
party spirit, but acted upon the single
question Of how can / best subserve the
interests of my countryP 1t is not the
habit Of the Democratic party to deal
lightly with constitutional changes. From
the earliest dawn Of its existence this coun-
try was safe because the Democratic party
always led. A sectional party gained
power in 1860, and the first thing they
did was to inaugurate FIVE years bloody
war. Here followed brief review of the
greenback and bond issues and their disas.
trous affect. upon the country.] And, con-
tinued he, the Democratic party always
warred against the legal tender. The
government must last for ever or political
liberty must die. We now sustained the
negro suffrage because it is part and parcel
of the Constitution, and we unfinchingly
maintain the Constitution when established
to preserve the honor and integrity of the
government. Ithas been ascertained from
the highest Republican authority, that one
fourth Of the revenue Of the country is
lost before it reaches the Golfers of the
government The Democratic House in
1875, reduced the expenses Of the govern
ment S30,0O0,000. The public records
of the country establish the fact of Radi-
cal corruptness. If Tilden did rob the
railroads and return false incomes, must
the people continue to pay 5000, 100000
annually to keep the Republican party in
power. Did he not two years subsequent
to the alleged misdemeanors cleanse the
State of New York of thieving officehold-
ers2 Samuel j. Tilden has lived for sixty
odd years enjoying the full, unlimited, and
almost unparalleled confidence of every
man, white and colored, in the community
in which he lived. The Republican party
do not pretend to defend the administra-
tion, but seek by defaming the character
of the Democratic candidate to secure the
of their party and furnish
them an opportunity for further stealings.
The fact that they have resorted to this
mode in absence of any defense Of the
administration, is sufficient to excite the
supicion Of every honest and intelligent
man in the community, and / tell you to-
day, that it is your duty to secure a change
in the affairs Of the country by electing
Samuel j. Tilden, the only true and honest
reformer, or that you will permit Imper-
ialism gradually and insidiously to eat out
the yitals Of the Constitution, and Repub-
lican Democratic Government to perish
from amongst men.