Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1877-03-02

Arnold. Whethef lneY Snail nanR themselves
like the one, or linger in glded shame like the
other, time alone can tell
THE COMING FOURTH or MARCH,
AS the fourth Of March draws near, is there
freeman in this broad land but feels fore
boding for the future? Who is it that fully
realizes our present condition as a nation An
appeal comes from the capitalists and mercan-
tile population urging an acceptance Of the
situation, be il never so dishonorable to the
rights of freemen or disgracesnl TO the name o.
liberty. Are the princely merchants, the
bankers, The money changers and those who
take usury from the poor, the men whose judg-
ments are TO weigh all others down in a crisis
like the present, or should We look 10 a nobler
and better class Of freemen, whose thoughts,
cares and affections are not conferred within
the i on doors of the vaults or safes contain
ing their horded treasures Where is the
sturdy yeomanry of the land where the la
borers from whence comes the wealth of this
nation2 Stop for one gear the poughs of the
tillers Of the soil, paralyze the strong arms that
rich products Of our mines, and what then be-
comes of our great cities, their commerce and
the monetary princes that dwell at case in their
costly palaces They are moi the men in times
like the present TO exercise a sound and judi
cial discretion upon the questions so grave, so
important Their minds are warped and
biased by their fears; fears not at the pros
pective loss of liberty, not at the consequent
tial effects Of usurpation of power by base and
fraudulent means, against the voice and will
Of the people, but fears of depreciation in
bonds, fears that their sales will decrease,
fears that perchance they may lose a few of
the luxures they now enjoy from the earnings
of the yeoman, the artisan, the mechanic and
the miner
The Romans in the hour Of peril did not
find a Cincinnatus behind a desk or gambling
at a stock board. In this the hour of our
peril, when The voice of the people has been
stiied ana suppressed by fraud when liberty
has been despoiled BY usurpaton and despot-
ism; when the treasury is openly plundered
of its revenue by base and dishonest officials
10 ~ uot liuie iOl 10 " lOOh ClecNueIO lusau W
our cities for the men who will open up a new
era, and restore TO this people their liberties
and TO this nation the prestige Of its former
years1
let the people throughout the length and
breadth Of this land call their meetings, not
for the purpose Of war--let their grievances be
set forth in quiet aud orderly manner, but
let their voice be in that tone which will carry
terror 10 despots, to thieves and dishonest and
disrepatabe officials Let our rulers under
stand that we do not ask or seek free fight,
but We intend and will have free speech,
free press" and the right of the ballot, and
president TO rule over US, not chosen by an
electoral commission, (a majority Of which is
composed OF partsans whose infamous conduct
will be by-word and reproach upon our ma
ton j not chosen by armed soldiers overriding
the liberties Of the people at the polls; not
chosen by partisan marshals not chosen by
returning boards, that by some necromancy
can work the wonderful result Of giving a mn
jority TO him who has the fewest votes; not
chosen by teegraphic dispatches TO such Gov
ernors as Slearus, Kellogg and Chamberlain,
saying they must count States for such a one.
The Constitution says how our Presidents
shall be chosen. The practice of former years
has settled these questions, and he who dares
attempt to set up laws contrary TO the Consti-
tuition is n usurper Are the people of these
United States entitled to the rights and pro-
lection of the Constitution and laws, or has
the day come when the press or the individual
that dare assert these principles will be ar
rested as traitors? II these principles be
treason, IL they be insurrection, the men that
will die on the gallows or pine in prison for
their assertion will in future rank with our
signers ofihe Declaration Of Independence, and
their fame will be cherished in the hearts and
affections of the people, while the memory of
thei: judges, their hangmen and jailors live 10
DE coGtemned and despised.
In conclusion we say to our Senator's, to our
Representatives and to the Supreme Court Of the
United States, give us a President not chosen
by partisan feeling aud fraud but chosen nc.
cording TO the Constitution and laws, by the
voice Of the people This is their inherent and
unalienaoie tight.