Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-01-09
ANOTHER RADICAL CONSPIRACY.

/ il is said by some of the leading journals
that the radical leaders in some Of the States
am attempting TO inaugurate measures to
change the manner Of choosing Presidential
| cectors The State Of New York is the OBJ
! jectivc point in this infamous conspiracy TO
alter method which has the sanction Of leg
| islativc authority, and has obtained ever
since the times of Jefferson. He first saw,
in his far-reaching wisdom and sagacity, the
importance Of adopting this method of
general ticket for electors, instead Of voting
for them by districts. 1t was justly contend
ed that vote by general ticket would bring
out true expression Of the popular will
and act as a safeguard against fraud; be-
sides, furnish no pretext for dispute and
wrangling during the Congressional count
Now, the object of the Radical party is to
introduce their new method at once into
those States where they have control of the
legislatures, and in this way practically
nullify the rule of the majority. What they
cannot obtain by bluster and intimidation
they will accomplish by low cunning and
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rascality.
The action of the Democrats in Maine, in
preventing the installation of the Republi-
can legislature has furnished the Radicals
with plausible pretext for this contemplate
ed revolutionary action. They are deter
mined to call into requisition all the secret
agencies of fraud chicanery and coersion
to override the liberties of the people and
strike at the very heart of popular govern
ment. AS Gov. Garcelon acted in strict con-
formity with the constitution and laws Of
his State, the "hue and cry" of the Radicals
raised against him can only be compar-
ed to that of pick pocket, who being hotly
pressed, cries, stop thief to some innocent
person, hoping in this way to divert atten-
ton from himself This assumption on the
part of the Radicals Of virtuous Indignation
and horror when a Democratic Governor
stands up before them, like a second Arts
| todes, and defes their threats and menaces,
asserting by the mere force of conscious
right and dignity, the majesty and suprem-
acy of the law, this assumption, we repeat,
on the part of the Radicals of excessive vir-
tue and purity, finds its counterpart in the
devils essay on morality, or the harlot's ex
hortation on chastity. This villanous scheme
against the rights and liberties of the Amer
lean people will be nipped in the bud
What the Democracy desire, and will have,
is fair Presidential election. They will
not submit to another usurper in the White
House. lie shall be the last de .facto Presi-
dent if the people have spirit and courage
enough to resist these steady, persistent en-
croachments upon their time-honored insti-
buttons. The patriotic sentiment of the
country will never tolerate the stupendous
outrage. The Radicals may threaten, lie
and buster as much as they please, but if
they wish to push things to extremities,
and retain their control of State and Ma
tional affairs by prostituting the sacred right
Of suffrage, they are Sowing the wind to
reap the whirlwind" The American peo-
pie submitted once TO the disgrace of having
their lawfully elected President deposed
through the infamous devices Of Returning
Boards, and are in no humor 10 quietly and
tamely submit to a repetition of it. The
successful accomplishment of their daring,
Ubiquitous plot has encouraged and stimu-
lated these INSCRIPTIONS Radical leaders to
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There seems to be n terrible epidemic of
revolution in the air which bodies no good to
these high handed conspirators who are
plotting the destruction of popular suffrage
and the establishment Of an Empire of force
and oppression. The plot seems to have
sprung full armed from the fertile, willy
brain of the hero of Canonchet. 1t is GER
tainly worthy Of the head and heart of the
man who was base enough to compromise the
honor Of a woman-whose conduct was in
open violation of the rites of hospitality,
and whose pusillanimity was only equalcd
by his meanness-whose villainy first COM
passed the rain and downfall of a wife and
mother under the insidious guise of friend
and legal adviser-blasted forever her repu-
tation, and scattered to the four winds her
household gods. Though he escaped the
just wrath and fury of an outraged husband
and fled to save the miserable life he had
forfeited by his crime, without one word of
explanation or defense in behalf of her
whom he had so deeply wronged; yet, the
stings Of remorse will lash him to the end of
time He may still plot and scheme to
he President, but the man who laughs to
scorn the sanctity Of the marriage tie can
never be the occupant Of the White House.
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