The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-07-22
July 18th, 1882.

Hoye.
Evidently he is neither prophet
nor the son of a prophet. or he would
not De found administering these col
umns of abuse to the "law-frm" by
the Great Mogul." / desire to say
In their defense that they are so en-
tlrely innocent that, as they both in
formed me, they had not read my
letter at all until his legthy epistle
directed attention to it, besides it is
nos my custom to seek the counsel
and assistance of any one when l
have anything to say through the
newspapers.
lam termed "self-appointed crit
lc." Correct. / have no commission.
am not regular, like the other gen.
tleman.
1t did not occur to me to ask his
permission, an informality for which
most humbly entreat his pardon.
But | saw the outrage on decency
perpetrated by the legislature, and as
no one else referred to it, said what
truth and justice demanded, without
considering how repugnant it might
be to the er-t0ould-6e honorable.
see it all quite clearly now. l
was mistaken. 1t was simplya series
of condolences. They just happened
to increase the salari, of all the Dem
ocrdtic officers without intending it.
1t was accident and not design that
usurped the authority of the County
Commissioners to promote local gov
eminent, and the convenience" of
the people.
1t was because the people would
have business" at Deer Park and
Swanton that the voting places were
fixed, away in one corner of the dis.
tricts. If those people properly ap-
preciate the manner in which their
rights have been trampled upon. 1
should surmise that they would have
"business" there, and at Grimes also,
in the early part of November.
1t was for the sake of "brevity,"
he informs us, that secret conclave
agreed on the dividing lines between
two districts, and called it the "Ham =
ill line,r so the people could not know
anything about it. But then we are
solemnly informed that it is "imma-
terial, so the people living in the
district know"
How are they to know? By read
ing the Bill? No, they can't find out
that way; they must read three
column article from VIM. d. Hoye,
and take his aOord for 1t.
He mixes his sheep skins and buck
wheat cakes with 50 much back bone
''sile," that / can't make much out
of il. / would say, however, that il
his record can be Interpreted as an
index to his opinions, almost any.
thing would be worse, in his opin-
ion, than a 'slave oligarchy." The
good sense of Republican, as we'll as
Democratic railroad hands, can be
relied on to interpret my meaning
fairly, what / spoke of was the i'm
decency of locating the voting places
in the three districts named, in the
midst of the most populous Demo-
cratic neighborhood, simply because
they were Democratic. If they were
required to go to Kitzmillersyille OIL
Bethlehem TO register and vote. be-
cause these are Republican neighbor'
hoods, they would very readily see
the force of the argument.
But, worst of all, 1 am called .
"stalwart )" and am accused in SORT
of roundabout way of being, in a de-
gree, responsible for the assassination
of Garfield. To this l say, regard
with unutterable scorn all of Gar.
fields traducers.
We are too near the campaign
which preceded his election to forge
its character, or for Democrats with
their accustomed impudence. to as
sumo the role of Garfield's defenders
To quote the words of another, "i
was as though the slops of hell haC
been emDtied into cess-pool for 6
hundred years, and the whole Demo
cratic party had got down and wal
lowed in it,"
Not one of them had the manhood
to tell the truth about Garfield. Thei
press and speakers befouled his rep
rotation with every imaginable cal
umny, and sought to elect their mai
by campaign of SANDER, ant
the Democratic National committee
sought to accomplish the same end
as a last resort, by forgery and purg
cry.
have no sympathy or utilization
with the Democrats that slanderet
him, or with any Republicans bas
enough to initiate their example.
Truly yours,
w.
July 18th, 1882.
P. S.-The above was written 10
last week's ReD1LbLicdu. but the write