The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-07-22
10 the psmooratIe volara d Carroll County.
HEADQUARTERS Of he IPest@iasier
Tiiiea and Hendricks CihO'

Eslloir Citizens You have witnessed SIX -
teen wears OF uninterrupted Radical supreme
cy in our unhappy country and now you DC
hold the fearful results il has broqgh. hpo"
her. Our nation is dcbased until its insutn'
tons are perverted, It's legislature Is corrupt,
cd, lis administration Is pollnted' Every
thing IN our government is being distorted
into a corrupt and fatal centraiism. we are
oppressed by n host OF useless Offices crenled
for no other purpose than to perpetuate ~, ha'
deal corruption and incompetency. Inc
burden of taxation has grown until u Is 700
rrieyous to be borne. And worse than an
else, our commerce is shattered, business Is
Frustrated, confidence is destroyedi the Draw
nv arm of labor is paralyzed aud helplessi m
dnsiry is stillcd; want and woe have iaken up
their abode in the home Of the laborer ana
happiness has fed before them. Are these
things to be tamely endured forever Does
not patriotism, does not manhood does not
seleinterest cry aloud to US to seek remedy
Whittier shall we turn to find itY The St.
Louis Convention, in It's splendid platform OF
principles and its spotless candidates, them
selves the embodiment of reform, offers the
remedy we need The great Democratic
Party, of glorious memory, calls upon us to
aid her in the endeayor to shake OF the lep-
ROSY that has fastened itself upon the vitals Of
our common country. Shall she call to us in
vain The crisis is one of mighty interest.
Everything is at stake. We are ON the eve Of
fearful conflict. Our institutions tremble for
the result. Our enemy is rich in all the power
that money and patronage can give, but our
legions properly organized and disciplined
are inyinciblc Moreover, the time is propi
tious. Oar people are sick of official corrnp'
ton and reckless extravaganza, they are nnx-
iously longing for any change that promises
relief. They earnestly demand Reform in
everything. 1t is only necessary for us to
start the movement. 1t will soon swell into
universal enthusiasm sufficient to bring
down guilt with the thunders Of free PEG.
Piles condemnation and work out our national
reparaton by sweeping the offenders and the
offense with the force and fury Of the whirl.
wind In these premises what is our duty
Certainly this To secure the most complete
and perfect organization everywhere that is
possible There is no strength like union.
Organization is the iuilexiblc condition, if
not the impeliing force of ali material life.
So it is of all political life. We must organ
ize! Every active power among us must
be quickened every latent force around
us must be aroused; all must be com
bined into clubs and working centers so that
they may be utilized in harmonious action
70 this end we urge you to employ every
energy you possess in collecting the forces
around you; in arming our host Extensively
and deiensively; in organizing, without delay,
Club in every town and neighborhood
throughout the county. Report your organ
ization to this Club, you will be furnished with
documents. Profit by the vehement exhor.
tation of Cicero to Atticus ;--''lf you are
asleep, awake; if you are standing, move; il
you are moving, run; ifyon are running, Nv ~
IL. T. WEBB, President.
JAMES H. DFFEYBAuGH, Secretary.