The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-01-19
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Friday Morning, Ian. 10, 1873

Mr.. George Cotton, editor of the Annapo.
lis Republican,, in q recent issue of his paper,
sounds note of warning to the Democrats of
MARYLAND. He recognizes the conflicting in
terests and almost irreconcileaDle differences
between the "graybeards" of the party, and
advocates harmony and the infusion of
younger blood into the party councils. We
cordially agree with him in the main, but we
do not believe that Strategy" is needed, so
much as the nomination of men whose pub
lie and private character will measure up to
the old.time Democratic standard of capabil.
ity and honesty. 1t will require no "strate-
gy" to elect ticket composed of men of that
kind, but on the other hand no amount of
STRATEGY" will enable the Democratic ticket
to pull through, if it presents incapable dis
honest OF WORKOUT candidates. The Repu6-
can says:
"There is no propriety in mincing our polit-
cal matters here in Maryland. We are come
upon troublous times, and we need utmost har-
mony and perfect strategy to eXtricate us from
the breakers ahead. 1t is now matter of mea-
sures-not of mere men. If our political tim
Der has grown weaker than 1t ought, we must
condemn it, and must bring to the fore younger
and more active blood and brains. Young
Democracy should be afforded an opportunity to
prove its knighthood. Let the elders retire to
the 'anxious-bench' and pray for the veal of the
party. For 1t does seem to be impossible to
reconcile the Democratic greybeards of Mary.
land. They SO persistently agree to disagree,
that there is no harmony nor unity in their
midst. Therefore, let them stand back, and
surrender their sceptre to more youthful and
possibly more earnest Democrats.
homes
with his political harness on; but he is fully
aware that even the best horses have to go to
grass ultimately. If he and his co.laborers for
Democratic veal have outlived their usefulness,
he and they should retire from the active field,
and devote themselves to offering prudent ad
vice to their younger and valiant disciples If
we might name names in this category, we
could suggest the honorable shelving of score
or two of veterans who have outlived their use
fulness, and should at once give place to youth
and vigor
"Anyway there is no choice left to the Mary
land Democracy. The common enemy has
crept upon us like thief in the night and is
contesting every point of our underground
Uuess we thoroughly unite our disjointed fac
lions the next November election will hand us
over to the Philistines. Wherefore, in sober
verify and in all earnestness, we counsel our
Democratic readers everywhere in Maryland to
at once come together in concord, and in closest
political co-working. None of us should hest
tate as to making any sort of sacrifice of our
selves in so sacred a cause. And we earnestly
invoke the aid of our brethren Of the rural DEM
ocratic press to take up our foregoing text, and
TO preach therefrom continuously until all of
our impending danger has passed away"
Pursuing the same subject, the Annapolis
Advertiser, sound Democratic paper, says:
1.-The dictation of bosses must give way to
the free and honestly expressed wishes of the
masses of the people, whose paramount aim is
N honest faithful bn
will strive to promote the public good and not
merely their own selfish ends. Those who are
unwilling to sacrifice self upon the altar of pa
1riotism surely are unworthy and unfit to lead
in battle against the common enemy. To sue
coed We must look around and about us and
select such men as the people have most conf
dence in and who will animate them to vigorous
action. We have in all parts Of the State good
and sound material to make our selections from,
we are therefore fortunate that we are not
obliged to coniine ourselves to the narrow limits
of few who are ever anxious to be put in the
front to reap the rewards of victory. Among
the many deserving men in our ranks we should
he able to select uneXceptionable candidates
who would lead us to victory, even in some of
the most doubtful counties.
combinations formed by jugglery to suit the
purposes of q few ambitious men, who appear
never to be satiated with office, will result in
disaster in this and other counties. The great
mass of the voters, who are not office seekers,
will not submit to the tyrannical rule of dicta-
tors. An Independent spirit is pervading the
rank and file of both political parties, and holds
the balance of power, and it cannot be controll-
ed solely by the mere fact of the candidates
being the nominees of the party.
"Blind indeed must be these self-worshippers,
who have an overweening opinion of their own
competency, worth and strength, if they can
not see the danger that threatens them, if they
continue to pursue the same selfish and UNI
Democratic course which has marked their ca
recr for several years past. The severe rebuke
administered to the Republican bosses at the
November election, which was deserved and
we'll applied, should be warning to all bosses
The people have become tired Of being automa-
ton voters and intend hereafter TO assert their
manhood and permit no man or set of men, for
their own individual purposes, to dictate to
them who shall be candidates for their suf-
frages."