The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-05-18
Maryland Politios-Rspublioan Hnrmonu.

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Except 10 an ironical sense, the quota.
ion-"Behold how good and how pleasant
it is for brethren to dwell together in
unity, is hardly appropriate to the Re
publican brotherhood in this State. The
fires of faction still shoulder beneath the
surface of things, and ever and anon find
vent Witness the following extracts from
the Cecil Wing, of Saturday last, aud the
Maryland Gazette, of Tuesday, both Re-
publican Journals, but holding different
relations to the powers that be :
PLAIN WoRDs FROM A REPuBIIcAx.-Tbe
outspoken and unreserved disapproval Of the
President and his policy by Cecil county
Republican, and published in another column.
only indicates tie general dissatisfaction in
the ranks OF the party that elected the Presi.
dent, and which is directly attributable to his
strange and unexplainable conduct since his
Inauguration. When the President sees IN
10 call around him the representative men of
his party IN this State and elsewhere. he NAV
expect to enjoy the confidence of MARYLAND
Republicans, and not until then But If the
Endorsement of him and his policy involves
the concurrent approval of certain individuals
IN this State, now holding places under him.
and who are presumed to reflect the Presi
dents wishes and purposes, then il were well
for the sake Of party harmony that the cues
ton OF his Endorsement be indefinitely ignor-
ed, or so long at least as men ofthe John l..
Thomas and George Washington Vernon tvpe
remain his trusted advisers in MARYLAND
Hls apparent preference for that class of i'm
macuiate patriots is, of itself, sufficient to re-
pei any respectable following in this State
Cecil Wing.
The Cecil WHIG.-We had given our friend
Torbert, Of the Cecil Whig, credit for more
astuteness than he has displayed since the
appointment of Mr.. James I. Caulk as Den.
nty Surveyor at the Port of Baltimore, vice
henry r. Torbert, whose term had expired.
Ever since that event, he has permitted no
issue OF his paper to take place without its
containing an unkind fling at the President.
but IN the editorial in his last issue, introdue-
ing letter of correspondent, which seeks
to place the President in the same boat that
Andrew johnson occupied, he indicates too
plainly the animus which controls his pen
when writing of the President. He expresses
a desire that the Republicans of Maryland
will quarrel with the President, so long as
John l.. Thomas and George Washington
Vernon remain his trusted advisers. When
1t Is borne in mind that Col. Vernon is the
Surveyor of the Port of Baltimore. who Sc
lected Mr.. Caulk to be his deputy, in place of
Mr.. Iorbert, the editor of the Whig, the place
where the ''shoe pinches'' becomes at once
apparent. Butwhy he should thus gratuitous-
ly assail Mr. Thomas, whose friend he GER
family was, or desired to be so considered.
when he aspired to and obtained the honor of
Congressional nomination in 1870. we are
at a loss to imagine, unless it be that he is
seeking 10 make it appear that Mr.. Creswel
ought to be made dictator for Maryland by
Hayes, as he was by Grant; and that no Re-
publican, no matter how worthy, should have
audience of the President but through him
or by his permission; or chronic desire to
keep Henry K. Torbert always in office. or
the Republican party of Maryland in ar eter-
nal broil, wasting its strength in a warfare
within its own ranks, instead of uniting its
energies for the overthrow of the common
enemy. If this be what he is seeking. he will
most signally fail, for the thunder OF disap
pointed office holder is never accompanied bv
damaging lightning. These gentlemen are
all Republicans, or claim to be, and should
work for the unity and success of the Repub-
hcan party, especially should Mr. Torbert do
so, after having enjoyed the honor its nom
ination for Congress, and the office of Deputy
Surveyor of the Port of Baltimore for NINE
YEARS.-MdryldRd Gazette.
Gen. A. I. A. Torbert, Consul General at
Paris, has been recalled to make room for
ex-Gov. Fairchild, transferred from London
to Paris, to accommodate in turn ex-Gov
Packard, of Louisiana, whose wrath Hayes
seeks to appease by rewaFding him with one
OF the most lucrative positions in the gift of
the administration.-Ceca Wing.