Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-08-27
For President,
WINFIELD S. HANCOCK,
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
For vice-President,
WILLIAM II. ENGLISH,
OF INDIANA
MARYLAND ELECTORAL TICKET.
THE SITUA TON.

The RepuDllcan press IS most terribly
alarmed at the signs along the political hori-
zon. They have realized the fact that the
Democratic party is waging an aggressive
warfare. Unable TO combat successfully the
amount of crime and fraud which is every
day produced, they do not hesitate to manu-
facture the most truthless campaign stories in
order to arouse prejudice as well as awaken
some little enthusiasm, some little hope into
the hearts of their respondent brethren,
They are yainly trying to rekindle the
fires of sectional hate that existed during
the unfortunate and unhappy period OF our
civil strife by reproducing the exaggerated
statements made in connection with the
mode of treatment adopted in the southern
prisons, together with such others as they
think will best subserve their tiendish pur-
poses.
We think, however, that these reProduc-
tons will have but little effect upon the
sober and intelligent Judgment Of the peo-
pie. From the moment the CenfsserIts
flag was furled and the last gun fred at Ap-
pomattox Court House the southern Fespie
have given every evidence Of tieir earnest
desire &c cultivate the most E-eniuE eaiinn,
to restore their broken firtlnes Ind n ar
ment the honor and prlspeg-i-F li taiH IN,
ton They have, in eTrier a Etvs tiits ngss
striking evidence Of their anuerTfss ami iis
yotion to the country luu Is institutions a.
determined by tiie var =InmitttaT ~ aver
outrage and wrong winch .ssHuil lassil8E n
inflicted upon a eiTiliHest 1apli. En- al 1f
our national conventions tiny hasa Illl'vlHi
their hrefiiran al tiie Nm-i1 ana Vest 1s
shape its paiiGv and name the candidates.
and the man selected haHR inE'IriHAiv hssn
those who have gwen their influence in -le
preservation af the Uninn-
With these tgastis fresh ami ull,llsrIsai
it is not at all pr9labit. tlat the Republican
press will be ahle % accomplish E1uca Ia
dragging Up ISSUES rhaf have bllg sinee been
consigned TO the the things th1t were.
Let the Republican press devote Irs ener
gies and address Itself % existing evils AMI
abuses and not dy 70 those which have been
corrected Let il ealighten the people a. TO
the serious charges which have been brought
against the Republican candidate for Presi-
dent and Vice-President Let 1t explain
something Of Mr. Garfelds connection with
the Credit Mobilier; something OF his five
thousand dollar fec in the DeGoiyer pave
ment ring, charges which have been made
and established by Republican testimony
Explain all this and then tell us something
of the dismissal of Gen. Arthur from the
Custom House Of New York by Mr. Hayes.
This is what the people want 10 know, and
they will not allow their attentions 70 be d.
verted from the evils that exist and turned
TO those passed. The people are dealing
with the present and no. the past They
want TO know something Of the cause Of
the existing abuses; something q that pro-
cess by which they can be cured They are
now interested in the full establishment and
perpctuity Of that form Of government which
will best conduce 10 their collective ami in
dividual happiness and prosperity. To this
end experience has demonstrated that hon.
est men are the proper persons 10 best secure
this great aim of all truly good governments
This is the situation at which we have ar
rived, and the people have given every indi-
cation OF their determination TO adhere TO
that line of policy and the support Of those
men and measures that will aid them in the
restoration and adoption OF those old Demo
cratic principles under which the country
fiourished in the past, and which was only
disturbed and finally destroyed when the
Republican party came in power
We have no fear of the result. The Demu.
cratic party has selected as their candidates
men whose private and official lives cha.
lenge criticism and has given the country a
platform for the present and the future
pledged to the protection Of all classes and
all interests. The Republican party, ms
though proud Of rleir record of crime and
fraud, has nominated men whose honesty
they cannot defend, and a platform, If il
means anything is intended only to deceive
and will not be regarded for q moment by
its trainers.
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