Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1882-10-20
Harmony Of the Democratic Party.

| Mr.. Editor Again are we called upor
to elect two Associate Judges for this, the
Sixth Judicial Circuit, composed of Fred
erick and Montgomery counties, and Messrs
Lynch and Peter are the nominees OF the
Democratic party. 1t behooves us, one and
all, as Democrats to support the nomination
and not TO lash ourselves into fury, TO re-
pent In sackcloth and ashes, but direct our
thunders against the enemy. Let us, one
and all, rally around the nominees, and not
have the finger of scorn to be pointed at
any one in falling upon rock, or rock
upon him. Judge Lynch is the choice of
Frederick county, and should be sustained
by the county of Montgomery on the other
hand Hon. Geo. Peter is the choice of old
Montgomery, and should, in like manner, be
sustained by the county of Frederick. Judge
Lynch has presided over this Circuit for fif.
teen years with dignity and intelligence, and
is fully worthy of being elected again.
There is not a human being within the
limits OF Montgomery county who is not &C.
quainted with George Peter, either person.
ally or from character. His soul enters into
sympathy with every human want, and he
has done more to relieve the widow, help
the orphan, and extend the hand of kind
ness to suffering humanity, in any way it
can present itself, than any ten men in the
county, and to-day one and all of us owe
him debt Of gratitude which it is now in
our power to pay.
Take him upon his own merits he is en-
phatically the most popular man this coun-
ty has, or has ever produced-his venerable
father, Major George Peter, and George G..
Washington not excepted. He has had an
extensive practice for seven and twenty
years, and is as remarkable for the purity OF
his character as the clearness Of his logic
He can touch upon the tender spring of hui
man nature and probe the human mind with
greater ease than one lawyer out Of hun
dred, and no jury need be under any appre.
hension that he would take any undue ad-
vantage OF them, either as regards "law" or
"evidence." No person charged with crime
will have any reason to fear that justice will
not be meted out to him with an even hand
tempered with mercy.
have seen him amidst trials and difficulties,
in peace and in war, and there never was q
moment you could induce him by the prom
Use of reward or the fear of consequences to
deviate from the path of duty.
have stood q disinterested spectator in
the court room time and again, and his warm
and sympathetic heart ever made him the
true and earnest advocate of the weak and
helpless.
When look upon the perverted and I'M
natural administration of our national gov
eminent for the last twenty years, the I'M
welcome question arises-whither are we
driftingy From twenty to forty millions OF
dollars has been heaped upon many of the
States of the Union, and fraudulent con.
tracts daily entered into-all to glut lust
full appetite for power. Financial vultures
cover the land corrupt Federal Judges ill
the Bench, and self-acknowledged Office
seekers are but maggots in the ruins Of this
country, and to-day will praise Garfield and
| condemn Arthur, or condemn Garfield and
praise Arthur.
For moment now turn upon the Hon
Montgomery Blair, the nominee for this
Congressional District. God knows he is
no political favorite of mine, but am free
to acknowledge that he has more brains thar
| any other living politician in the State Of
Maryland-an accomplished gentleman and
| an honest man. No one over this wide
spread land knows more about the utter de-
prayty of every administration, from Grant
| to Arthur, than Judge Blair; and let us all
support him, from every hilltop and noun
tain, and from every glen and dale. You
will there find him the right man in thu
right place, and "by the eternal" he viii
point his index finger upon those "financa
vultures," and remit them TO the infamy
from whence they sprang.
u. G. BELT.