Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-02-24
Democratic Prospects.

Question. "What do you think of the
present condition of the ma ional demo
cratic party and its prospects for 1884 !;
what character of candidate should be
nominated, and what are likely to be the
issues q
IL think the present condition of the
national democratic parry is most hopeful.
One-half the voters of the country are
democrats. 1t is amazing that party
which has been for twenty year, in q
minority, disrupted and uisorganized by
civil war, sho,.ld have retained its organ
ization and numerical force to the degree
that he democratic party has. In 1876
it elected its candidates, and in 1880 it
failed to elect us candidates, not through
lack # numerical superiority, but through
the selfish intrigues of is leaders All
that is necessary to secure success in 1884
is union and loyalty to party organiza'i ion.
AS to the Issues and the candidate there
ought to be no difficulty. The issues are
simple, whether they be fundamental or
economical questions connected with the
administration of the government. The
fundamental issues command comparative
unanini Y of opinion and are traditional
in heir character; they involve the great
principle of local seli-government and
secure to the people the largest measure of
home rule. A. to economical question.
there is greater diversity of opinion and
embarrassments..w which arise from the ex-
listing condition OF things, the result of
twenty years Of war legislation-the en-
tire revenue and finacal policy of the coun-
try having been established during the
war to meet the supposed necessities Of
war.
These economical questions involve
the revision of the taxing system, and the
maintenance of a sound currency and the
public credit. The republican party are
responsible for an oppressive system of
import duties and an internal excise sys-
TEN of taxation. The first. under the
guise of protecting home industry, has
We nigh destroyed the shipping in crest
and increased The cost of living to de-
gree that the highest protective imposts
fail to secure remunera'iye wages to the
laborer and profitable market for the
manufacturer. Were il no, fpr the won
derfui abundance of agricultural products
in this country and exceptional scarcity
abroad, our imports would have decreased
and our public credit and national cur
rency would have been again involved in
disaster Time is necessary To cure these
evils, for which the democratic party is
not responsible, and which it cannot re.
move until il secures possession of the
government. Meanwhile 10 can formulate
its policy, which shou d involve a revision
of the tariff to revenue standard, with
such discrimination as would secure the
revenue necessary tn support the govern
mem. while incidentally il should protect
home industry, restore 10 prosperity the
shipping interests. relieve the country
from internal taxation. and enable the
government tn interchange j s paper and
coin currency at the option of the people
and the public creditor.
NO permanent and lasting prosperity
can inurc 10 the home manuiac' urrr with. /
out foreign a. well as home market, and
The former cannot be had withou tie i'm
poriation OF foreign articles. which are no
less-indispensabIe SOURCE 81 r~~r-r~.
than as a means al payment for the man
uiactufcd products ot our country export
ed tn foreign countries. So no sound cur
rency can be maintained AZ home unless
foreign irnpoTtstions are paid for in home
produces r'thsr than in coin. aud the
great shipping interests must continue To
dec ine and languish in the face of the
existing system Of exchanges, where the
profits of a gigantic carrying trade are
surrendered To the stranger. These econ.
CYNICAL issues should be involved in the
canvass inr the presidency 10 1884, aud
with a candidate Intelligent and loyal 10
them, notwi hstanding all minor differ.
cnces ofoplnion upon questions Of deiail,
success would certainly tie achieved Less
than one hundred articles of importation
would he sufficient o yield two hundred
millions of revenue, and two or three ar,i-
cles now embraced in our system of in
,ernal revenue wou d yield another hun
bred, and this modification of our system
Of any domestic industry now projected
and would secure an enormous addition
to the profits oil our exchanges in the re-
viysi OF our shipping and navinstion in
teres So
DEMOCRATIC PROSPECTS IN MARYLAND
"What do you think of the condition
and prospects of the democratic party in
II 4.
harmonic, purify and strengthen it Z"
Il think the condition and prospects OF
the democra ic party in Maryland are not
less hopeful than have pictured them 10
the country at large. We have certain
and reliable majority Of over ten thousand
voters in The State. sound and earnest in
their political convictions and opinions,
and entirely Independent of if not iudiffer. |
ent to the ambitions, hopes and aspira-
tions of individuals. With these latter |
have no concern, un ess it be TO deplore
their existence and the evil consequences /
that result from them. With new and |
honest registration of the people and the
necessary laws to secure an honest vote,
he State is largely democratic, and he
democratic parry is pledged in its most
formal and authoritative organization to
carry into execu ion these measures and
then purify its politics. We are prosper.
Gus and fourishing community in town
and country, with the highes' public cred
it, and manufacturing industries unsur-
passed in skill and variety For near
twenty years the democratic party has
held undisputed sway in the State, and 1t
is entitled tits leaders and it's masses) to
the credit of successful administration :;
and unless it destroys itself, and pillages
its own political camp, it will continue
its ascendancy. In the foregoing observa-
tons include all that could say in con-
nection with the harmoniziug and purify
ing the democratic party, for the want of
resut is from the undue and ex-
cessive abuse of the 'spoils system and
the personal aspirations of leading men
who apply this system to the domestic