Montgomery County sentinel., 1883-09-14
UNWARRANTED CHARGES.

Our neighbors OF the Hagerstown Mail,
in its issue of last week, seem to have lost
their heads in contemplating the defeat OF
Mr.. Hamilton in this county. In long
editorial, after stating that such result was
anticipated, they indulge in series of vile
ISLANDERS on our people, intlmating that they
were bought over TO vote against their par
ticular pet and that there was no effort
made by his friends to avert such disaster.
After naming the many influences which
they imagine were used to defeat him they
say:
And in front of all were the two Demo-
cratic papers of the county-the "Advocate'
and the Sentinel"-hounding all this power
on TO the assault.
Their columns, for months, contained
weekly installments of abuse, calumny or
Misrepresentation of the Governor. There
was hardly anything too hard or too severe
to say against him, either personal or pollti-
cal, that was not said. Nothing was left
unsaid that could be said against him to
prejudice Democrats against him. Both,
1t may be said equaled the Hagerstown
News" in all things. Not only were the
he could not be nominated; that all the
balance Of the State had already gone
against him, and that 1t was a most dam
gerous thing to nominate him but, in
order TO have organized opposition to him,
they put forward Mr.. Robert nj. McLane
and did everything to impress the Demo
cratic voters that he was not allied to any
ring or clique; that his political record was
perfect and that being outside Of faction
himself he could concentrate the strength
of the party.
So far as the SENTINEL is concerned the
above statement is an unblushing false
hood-a willful leland one known to be
so by the man who wrote it, and if he has
any respect for decency and truth he will
retract his words in the next issue of his
paper
1t is fact known to all our readers that
since the Inauguration of the present strug-
gle for the nomination we have kept aloof
from taking sides with the friends of any
candidate, believing it to be good policy,
and the only policy for Democrats TO pur-
sue, to let the people settle the question for
themselves. Our columns during that time
have been thrown open to the advocates of
Gov. Hamilton and all others, and they
have been freely used by his friends, as well
as by the friends of other aspirants. Mr..
Thos Waters, of s., than whom Mr.. Hamil-
ton has no warmer supporter in the State,
took occasion in one of his letters to this
paper, advocating the cause of the Gov
ernor, to commend our course in this mat
ter, and urged its adoption by other papers
in the State.
Not until the PRONUNCIATION of the late
manifesto from the Governor, in which he
openly attacked us, as portion Of the press
of the State, and unfairly tried to stigmatize
us as the receiver of bribe and a subsidy
for the publication of the laws, did we take
issue with him and show that his effusion
was unfair, and even then we refrained from
discussing his claims to second nomna-
tion.
friends Of Gov. Hamilton in this county did
all in their power to honorably secure the
vote of the county for him in the State con-
vention, and they scorn the imputaton that
their efforts were not crowned with success
through lack of energy, or that their ranks
were broken by promises of gain.
In conclusion, we beg leave to say TO our
bereaved contemporary that such abuse as
1t has lndulged in in regard to our people
comes with bad grace from one who claims
To represent constituency which at the
last congressional election presented such a
bright example of trading member of
Congress for Circuit Judge