Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-09-24
TIE GROWTH OF FRA I'D.

| gust Office of President of the United States
and a passport to official confidence and po-
sition when Rutherford b. Hayes in CRATE
full appreciation Of the services rendered, re-
warded the leading conspirators in this VIC
lent outrage with official patronage to the
amount of nearly two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars per year. Fraud became
legtimized and elevated when it was inau-
gurated into the control Of every depart
ment Of the general government and lent
zeal and enthusiasm to the fastidious con-
| ventionalities of our ministers to foreign
| courts Fraud became bold, daring and
| impudent, when the Republican element
throughout the country reioiced at the tri-
umph of wrong over right, and lent its aid
and encouragement to such wicked innova-
tons which, if not averted, must in the end
lead to the complete obliteration of those
principles which have as their object the
durability of our institutions and the happi-
ness and prosperity of the people-for it is
an established truth, that without wisdom
and honesty in the establishment and direc-
ton of government and in the execution of
its laws, no security can exist either for ma
tional or individual welfare.
History is the great basis ON which all
political knowledge is reared and history
has shown that any system of government
founded on principles utterly subversive of
order, security and prosperity cannot by any
possibility maintain itself for any length of
time 1t must destroy the community or be
destroyed ITSELF 1t must either overthrow
national freedom and pave the way for the
government of the sword, or be itself sub
verted by the avowed indignation of all the
better classes of mankind. Which of the
two results is to obtain, depends entirely on
the degree Of moral rectitude and public
spirit which pervades the community where
| it has arisen. In ancient Greece, the Repub-
| lie went down after brief space of glo-
rious existence, sank under the inherent evils
of the form of government that had become
rudely torn by the ambition of the Gracchi,
soon persisted under the contending swords
of Caesar and Pompey, the dreams of French
equality were speedily extinguished by the
guillotine of Robespierre and the sword Of
Napoleon-for in all these communities, the
majority were essentially corrupt and selfish
-debased by fraud, controlled by passion
and prejudice. The elevating influence Of
noble sentiments, the incalculable influence
of generous fraternal relation, the restraints
ofprecept and the recognition of duty must
neither be overlooked nor moderated by the
party in power; on the contrary, they must
enter largely into that policy which has fol
its aim the permanent good of the governed.
The Republican party, which has beer
held together by such frauds and abuses Of
power as has shocked the intelligence Of
every civilized nation under thesun, professed
in its origin to offer new motives of action
new rewards Of courage, fresh incentives to
virtue, that they were governed by a spirit
essentially patriotic, and were therefore thu
better able to give MS wise, pacific anC
honest administration of the government
How far they have kept faith in their profes
sions, the recorghas shown tl1o,c ~. -.
sion Of power has been only to abuse it, ant
y that in their thirst for a continuance of til
d same, they have ignored every obligation O
c honor and stopped to the preparation c
h such frauds as to cause the most fearful ar
r prehension as to whether our governmeI
Z, would be able to stand the shock of sue
y rude and violent assaults. They hay
d trampled upon every constitutional RI
is striction which stood in the way
& their success, as they have disregarded even
Is provision OF the law that looked to the pun
Is ishment of such crimes Who in our mid
n prior to the advent of the Republican par
I'd into power would have ever dreamed that
N government like ours, springing from Il
&c people, resting the authority of its rule upC
u their inherent right and drawing the Wig
re of its sovereignty from their will, that Il
Oh day would soon dawn upon us when L
&c sovereign will of the people, clearly and
IL gally expressed, would be disregarded ~
Oh set aside by set of political demagogu
Ill and political schemer be installed in
rs the highest office under the governmer
N Who in the better and purer days of t
rs Republic, ever supposed that in a Cover
ST. ment like ours, founded upon individual Il
n erty, holding the rights of her people to
ny of divine origin in the very temples of
III gitimacy and therefore holding them to
ho rights common to humanity, the champ
and advocate of enlightened opinion eve
III where, that the period would soon arrive, a
'iie the facts be narrated upon the pages of
NY history, that by fraud the most outraged
lie and debasing, men of blighted character,
eis bic intellect and bad repute would be I'M
oh- gurated Governors. Who ever supposed Il
ai- intriguing politicians and corrupt parts;
w could so warp and control State Legislatu
- entil the robe of Senatorial dignity beca
~ ~eprize ofpolitical tramps, illiterate adv
'ure.' and the plant tool of factions. "
"ouid have ventured TO predict that
W JUDICIAL es4ine was TO be made the Gle
',l to conceal the w. of briefiess barris
iai who We're elevated to the Juoioiol oonch
ion no other purpose than to be made the va
res Of fraudulent Executive. Fraud, polit
10 Vaccinations and artifce have set aside
IN verdict OF honest men, installed corrupt
sh, Incompetent persons into office, caused
ANU enactment ofuniust laws, the waste of pu
ION p money, fixed a stigma upon Republican
situations, and raised doubt whether
Government ofthe people, for the people
by the people is not a delusion and a sh
ast,
the The Frederick Union, speaking of
the nomination OF Col Schley for Congress,
ar. Il is the duty as well as the privilege of
res. party to elect him, and they will do it.
md Mr.. Urner the same paper remarks;
bic rMr. urner is Radical of the most |
nOgncod tyne and his vote in favor of