Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1884-09-26
Wrongs to be Righted.

Ever since the war Tie negroes nave been
the deluded tools of the Republican party.
Their credulity has been imposed upon,
their fears have been artfully excited, and
they have been cheated and cajoled by pol
iticians whose only aim was sefih aggran-
dizement. For the important service they
have rendered the Republican party, the
negroes have received no reward. Pledges
have been made TO them only 10 be broken,
and with kisses they have been betrayed
How many times have Republican speakers,
as they rabidly waved the ragged remnant
of the bloody shirt, told to the gaping, scared
audiences of negroes Infamous lies about
the terrible evils that would befal them il the
Democracy should return TO power. | am
aware that have used strong language, but
| use it advisedly, and have not the slight.
est desire to soften or modify II. When a
campaign orator deliberately declares, as
the wretched minions of Malone declare,
that Democrats are but waiting an opportu-
nifty 10 disiranchise the negroes and remand
them 10 slavery, say that he is guilty of
Infamous lying.
Ii is said, with how much truth | know
not, that it is customary, in certain parts OF
the country, for leaders of "the party OF
great moral ideas" to show their extreme
solcitude for the welfare of the negroes by
defrauding them of their wages and then
inviting them TO a bountilul breakfast OF
beef, bread and coffee ON election day, after
which repast they are duly marched 10 the
polls. Selah. But it is an encouraging sign
OF the times that many negroes are waking
up TO the fact that they have been shame
fully duped. They begin now to under
stand the hollowness OF "mealy mouthed
philanthropes" and bald hypocrisy of Re.
publican cant. Happy, thrice happy, ior
them will be the day when the scales of err
ror will have fallen from their eyes, and
when they will vote rs their interests enjoin
and not by the command OF political
sachems
A few days ago that grand statesman
whose spotless reputation and shining virtue
have endeared him to the hearts of his
countrymen-I mean Thomas +. Bayard-
said, in scathing arraignment of the Re.
publican party that the evils which now
menace our country may be traced 10 the
prevalence OF the "mercenary idea" in poll.
tics. Ignoring the principles of justice, lib
erty and equality Of rights upon which our
government was founded, that party has
not scrupled 10 consult the interests of par
tlcular classes To the detriment of the people
rs whole, nor have its chieitains been
ashamed 10 use official power for private
gam. Public office has come to be consid-
cred too 8iten, not as a sacred trust involv-
ing the gravest responsibilities, but rs the
rlghtiul booty of the winners of an election
The money Of the people is squandered by
extrayagant legislation, used " delray the
expenses OF keeping the Republican party
machinery running, and spent for the junk
etings OF officials. That favored few might
he subsidized, the faces of the people have
been ground by an unjust tariff which piles
up gllltering heaps of idle dollars in the
Treasury 10 invite the depredatiops OF
eagued robbers, but which spreads discord
and bitterness over the land arouses section
al Jealousy, marshals the industries of the
country against one another, and efriches
only bloated plutocracy who dare 10 die
tate through powerful lobbes the legislation
OF the American Congress. All feel the i'll
effects Of the tariff, but upon the poor il
falls with the most crushing weight IL is
true that protectionists try with flimsy ialla-
cies TO persuade the "protected" workman
that the system which steals his earnings is
blessing. But he is slowly becoming aware
that the whole doctrine is rotten and miser-
ably false; he sees the silent factories; he
sees the cold furnaces he knows that his
pockets are empty and his henle desolate !;
he iees away down deep in his heart that
labor does not receive its due reward and he
is indignant that
"Pauper manhood lies in the dirt,
And Favor and Wealth, with gildcd heels,
rrample service and tried desert"
The cure for social disorders, 50 far as
they can by political action be cured, is not,
however, 10 be sought In communism, for
communism is suicide, but in better laws,
executed by better men.
Millions of acres of those public lands,
which were generously donated by various
States, or acquired by the diplomacy of our
statesmen and the valor Of our armies, and
which ought 10 have been preserved as the
heritage OF the people, have been ruthlessly
voted away 10 great Corporations and hrari.
less monopolies. So completely does the