The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-11-15
A CALM VIEW OF THE SITUATION.
Some Good Advice to Democrats Who
Demand "Blood."


During the late campaign the New York San,
a Democratic newspaper, supported Gen. Butler
for the presidency. A few days after the election
with an evident desire to get down on what il
supposed to be the whining side, gave up that
State to Cleveland. In its issue Of Tuesday
1lth inst, it prints the following as its leading
editorials
'Wthin the sixty hours just past the uttcrances
of certain Democratic speakers AMI newspapers
have illustrated very forcibly the Inconvenience
to which our electoral institutions are subjected
by vote so close as that of last Tuesday.
"Two weeks ago not one of these speakers or Of
these journals would have hesitated to admit that
in the case of an election turning on plurality
Of thousand one way or the other in New York
-one-tenth of one per cent of the total vote
the result could be determined only by the com
pletion of the official canvass as provided for il
the very admirable election laws Of this State.
"Nor Would they now refuse to wait for the
official and lawful determination of the result il
the election figures on their face showed small
plurality for Mr. Blaine; nor, again, if the cleo
toral votes of New York were not indispensable tc
the success of the Democratic candidate
"Yet, although the only information now acces
sbe to. these newspapers and orators as to the
number of votes cast for the two candidates. rests
on hearsay evidence; however good may be the
reason for accepting the hearsay evidence as true
we find them endeavoring to forestall possible
although not probable, reversal of the now gener
ally accepted result by declaring that it only
be accomplished by fraud. In advance Of the of
fetal canvass instituted by law for the purpose o.
determining who is actually elected, these ill-ad
vised friends of Mr.. Cleveland wildly proclaim
that any decision adverse to their expectation
will be regarded by them as fraudulent, and will
be resisted, if necessary, with violence
"On Saturday night, in the Academy Of Music
the following extraordinary remark by Mr.. DAME
Dougherty was greeted with great cheering:
"If James G. Blaine had been elected to thu
Presidency of the United States, in the name o
the laws, of the Constitution, and in the name o
God HIMSELF he should take his seat But a
Pressed Will u the pe5iIe, BY tho living God al
the powers of earth and hell sh Il, not prevail gains
him"
"Still more reprehensible than this windy d..
claration is the utterance Of the Albany Argus a
newspaper which by reason Of the close personal
and political relations between its editor, Mr.
Daniel Manning, and MIR. Cleveland is in a GER
tain sense the leading organ of the Democratic
candidates cause
"No fraudulent vote will be let put James G
Blaine in the White House or keep Grover Glove
land out of it. The men 1ho attempt IL ,oiA be
killed, and the legal consequences of killing them
will be taken care of atterward. Democrats are
everywhere resolved that elections carried by them
at the polls shall stay carried, and that the Re
publican endeavor to count out elected Democrats
shall be stopped. Whatever is necessary to stop
it will be resorted TO. If law is sufficient law will
be awaited of. Ufghting is required fighting ,c1l
be acai!ed Of. And in either case the business
might as we'll begin as soon as the necessity is
plain or the enemies of true election choose Let
Democrats everywher ascertain their rights and
be prepared to maintain them"
"This sort of talk, be in remembered, Goes not
proceed from a party which has other resort
than buster aud threats of muskets an gunpow-
der. All the advantages of the situation are en-
the side OF Mr.. Cleveland, and all the probabili-
ties Of the case indicate the official confirmation OF
the general belief of impartial observers that he
is fairly entitled to the thirty six electoral votes
of New York. His forces hold what military men
call the interior lines. The figures are in his
favor, majority of the State Board of Canvassers
his political friends, tho laws are clear, sui-
cient, and impartial.
"The road to the White Houseis open to Grover
Cleveland if he is in fact elected