The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-10-25
Why Mr.. Talbot Should be Supported


Why Mr.. Talbot Should be Supported.
There are several good reasons why every
Democrat in the Second Congressional Dis
trict should vote for Mr.. Talbot for Congress.
In the first place, he carried his own county
over two well-known competitors. The con-
vention which nominated him was composed
of the best men of the party from each county
in the district-men whose personal honor
and integrity have never been assaied. After
q number of ballots Mr.. Talbot received q
majority of the votes of the convention, and
his nomination was then voted for unani-
mously by the convention. What the con-
vention did they believed to be for the best,
and we see no reason to doubt the correctness
of their action. The opposition to Mr.. Tai
bolt, outside of the district, is ungenerous and
unjust, for the reason that no specific charges
are made against him-no reasons alleged
why he should not receive the solid Democrat
ic vote. Having thus been fairly nominated
by properly chosen convention of his party,
MIR. Talbot has right to expect the earnest
support of every man claiming to be q DEM
ocrat.
Then again, the importance of an undivided
Democratic delegation from Maryland in the
next Congress should not be forgotten. A
large majority of the people of the United
States have been cheated out of the President
they elected. The Democratic party, with
sublime patriotism, submitted TO the wrong
rather than plunge the country into another
civil war. That wrong should be rebuked by
the people on every occasion, until it receives
its browning rebuke by the election of
Democratic President in $780, The Republi.
cans were the benefciaries of the great crime,
and whether they present candidates of their
own or hide behind so-called independent
candidates, the issue is still the same There
can be, under any circumstances, but two
sides to the question A vote for Talbot will
condemnation ofthe conspiracy by which
bold bad men trampled upon the right of the
majority to rule, and seated in Washington's
place man whom the people of the United
States did not elect. A vote for any other
candidate will he an expression of approval
of the great fraud, because 1t will be accepted
outside our borders as q vote in opposition to
Democracy and in favor of Republicansm
The laws regulating the count of the cleo.
toral vote need such revision as will make
them so plain and unmistakable that no pre-
text can ever thereafter be found for depart
ing from them and resoring to unconstitu-
tional means TO settle tie result of n Presiden.
tial election. This work can be entrusted to
Democrats alone. They, more than the Re-
pubcans, appreciate its Importance and will
endeavor to prevent Il recurrence of the acts
which marked the last Presidential election
The House of Representatives may be call
ed upon, under the law, to choose President,
in case there is no choice by the people The
vote is taken by States, and it is therefore alb
solutely necessary, 10 secure a Democratic
President, that the Democrats should not only
have majority of the members, but n ma
jority of the States as well Would it not
be cause for regret if in the next Congress
the voice of Maryland should not be united,
as her people are in spirit, in opposition TO
fraud and in favor of change in the nation
al administration
The people of the country are still suffering
under heavy taxation and business distress,
brought on and perpetuated under Repub-
lican administration. They have been cajoled
from time to time with promises of better
days; and one thing which led to quiet &C.
quiescence in the seating of Mr.. Hayes was
belief that political quiet would be restored
and new era of prosperity would begin.
Our silent manufactures, the low prices of
our farm products and the general stagnation
of business show how deusive that hope was.
The people are now determined to try other
principles of government, as administered by
the Democrats. The results of elections al.
ready held ensure the control of the Senate
to the Democrats. They must also retain con-
troll of the House and elect the next President
before they can undo the vicious legislation
of the past. The expenses ofthe government
must be reduced. Lazy office holders, who
do nothing but draw their salaries, must be
sent to the rear; reforms must be made in the
financial measures of the government and in
other departments as well The national
bank system, by which the people are COM
PEELED to pay $l6OOO,0OO year for the privi-
lege of using national bank notes, must be
changed. In other words, every five.dolar
note you earn and receive is taxed twenty
cents; whereas, our currency should be free.
The Democratic party will reform this and
give the people free currency, of gold sill
yer and paper redeemable in coin at pleas
urc.
To carry out these and other needed reforms
it is essential that the Democratic represen-
taiion in Congress shall be unbroken. No
doubtful or independent candidate can be rec
lied on to support Democratic measures
Therefore it is the duty of every man who
earns his bread by the sweat of his brow of
the hundreds who would labor if any one
would employ them, and of all who de.
sire return Of the prosperity we once en-
joyed rs nation, TO vote for the regularly
nominated candidate for Congress, Mr.. Tai
hott.
The Democrats made clean sweep In
Baltimore city, on Wednesday, electing their
candidate for councilmen in every one of the