The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-11-06
THE LESSON OF TUESDAY.

THE LESSON OF TUESDAY.
On Tuesday was won the victory that was Sec
Ond to none achieved in the history of,hc Nation.
It was conflict between law, equality, justice,
morality and the great ideas and principles that
underlic tho industrial, material and progressive
prosperity Of the American people on the ono side
and brute force, reckless disregard of human
equality, justice and morality and the vast ma
terial interests Of the country on the other side.
The election of JAMES A. GARFIELD sigma.
izes the grand triumph Of ideas over the vulgar
scramble for power for The sake Of poser. There
has been no expression Of the American people at
the polls within tho knowledge Of this generation
when they 50 thoroughly cOmprchcndei their dan
dcncc Of this than the record presented by the
result
They know they were no, "igh,ins for the prin-
cipics for which Lee and Jackson fought for four
years. nor seeking to "havc stricken from tho
urcs, nor TO establish "a tariff for revenue only"
nor to deliver the destinics Of n great Republic
tiai requisite to give efficient. progressive pros
porous management; to its vast and varied inter-
pie who own and WELD thirteen four,ccnths Of the
business OF the country voted accordingly. That
vote gives us Republican Prcsiicn. for four
years. Ito be repeated ~ long ne The party l. a.
faithful to It's responsible Stewardship in the fu-
turc rs Il has been in the past. n Republican
House Of Representatives and Senate Of the Uni.
ted States That vote teaches that never shall
the party that was in rebellion against ,hi. great
and magnanimous government, be placed in power
as long Ne Il claims ME rebellion ,ra. rigL, aud
The ~ar 10 suppress i, 'erony. I, ,cachc. thai,
they believe ''thc war for the Union was ever.
iastingly right" II teaches that the people be-
iicvo this TO be Nation In the broalcst sense Of
the term. II teaches :ha, they are unwilling to
have the strong National arm Withdrawn from the
National bailot.box. Il teaches that they arc
keeniy sensitive to the material prosperity Of the
people and are ever ready 10 resist with their
voices and votes any policy that menaces Amcri-
can labor and American manhood. /, teaches
that no party can obtain their SURFACES that docs
not keep itself abrcas, Of the progressive thought
and demands of the age. II teaches tina, the
American electors Cor tho 9Th time in succession
have put the emphatic seal Of their condemnation
upon the party tina, organized and run the rebel
lion that claimed n constitutional proposition
that the Nation had no power to preserve its own
existence that opposed the National banks that
opposed the National currency that proposed to
repudiate the National debt that opposed the
abolition of slavery that opposed the Cons,i,a-
tionai Amendments and the laws to make them
living spirits that opposed the refunding acts E;
that opposed. and afterwards threatened TO stop
the wheels of the government IL we did no, repeal
the election laws which guarantee "to every man
In the Nation, entitled to vote, jus, one vote at
each election, for which party he plea.es. wthou.
fearor molesta,On, and have 1t honestly counted -
that opposed resumption Of specie payment ;
that opposed the homestead law: that opposed
tho construction Of the Pacific Railway that has
placed itself across the path Of progress that has
marked Its beneacent growth for the last twenty
years.
Democracy Of Maryland. read this significant
lesson and profit by It's teachings. You have
long been stultifying your convictions Of RICH,
and sacrificing your self.respcct by adopting. rat
flying and eloc,ing The candidates forced upon
you by self-cOnstituted ring This IL neither
manly nor patriotic. You have lost the Presi-
dency and the House Of Representatives. Neither
Of these could you prevent. But host Of you
could have saved your own sslf.rc.pect by voting
against candidates you prayed might be defeated
while you were voting for them. Yoar masters
understand your weakness and will profit by II q,
long as you permit them. None but your.sire.
can iiberate you from your bondage. You must
smite your masters, or submit eheerfuily (if you
scan) to thraldom you have no, the manly eour.
age 10 resist.