Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1885-10-16
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The True Issues.

w mig party, out he Appeared W Tue pat
riotism of his agricultural constituents to
bear the burden for time until he Infant
manufacturing industries, in his day jus
started il this country, should get foot
hold and becorie self supporting. Years
before his deati. in 1850. Mr. lay himself
had conceded that the manufacturing in
dustries of the country had passed the in
fantile safe and thai it was no longer jas
tifyabe IT, impose a burden upon the a2ri
the protective system should be gradually
swept away. And so the last YES ICE of
it had been swept away, until the necessi-
| ties of the war revived the prest mt onerous
tariff system, whicE has since been corrupt
ly maintained by the Republican party in
consideration of the money put up by the
manufacturers for corruption fund.-
Anyone, therefore, who breaches protec-
tive tariff to farmers must either not be
very wise himself or must assume that his
auditors are foos
The Wing party has always represented
the aristocracy of this country and that
class is today represented by the Repub'i-
can party. The Wings represented the
aristocracy whose deluson was family
pride; the republicans represent the arts
tocracy whose iniquity was ill-gotten lu-
ere. The blue blooded aristocrat of the
ante be,lum days naturally gravitated into
the Wing party; while the menied aristo
crat of today inevitably finds his way into
the Republican party, whose policy has
| been and is to make "the rich richer and
the poor poorer The Democratic party
on the other hand, has always been the
hope and refuge of the poor man. With
hat eternal principle first proclaimed by
its founder, Jefferson. that AL men are
| free and equal before the law" for i. cor
ner stone it has ever been the asylum of
The laborer and the man of low birth and
poor fortune The down trodden and the
oppressed of every race, creed and nation
ality have ever claimed kindred there
and had their claims allowed" These are
no mere idle assertions, but historical facts
as they are known to men of information.
And so are the party lines drawn today.
While the opulent land grabber and the
wealthy manufacturer andmonopolist and
the bloated bondholder are found in full
utilization with the Republican party and
ever ready to advance their money for its
success, the laboring men Of the country
are found. as a class, in the Democratic
party. Protesting to be the especial friend
of the enfranchised freedman of the South.
the friendship of the Republican party for
that race has nothing but empty profess
sions to rest upon. The Democratic party
on the other hand, while heretofore main
tanning, what is now generally conceded
fact, tina. the black mans political rights
were plematursly conferred, has neverlhe-
less accepted the situation and has adopt
~-a si..'.~si.~.. 49, s~-.s., s----i .-i,',,
policy of benevolence and humane consid-
Grafton for that helpless race. by which it
is endeavoring to educate them up TO az
understanding of their prematurey con-
fsrred rights. The more intelligent Of that
race farther South have already discover
ed the falsity of the pretended friendship
of the Republican party and the real inter
est of the Democratic party in their wei
fare, ard are giving their political ale
glance accordingly; and in time the negro
race will be found almost soidly allied
with The Democratic party.
But these considerations are for the
most part foreign % the true issues which
the people of this county are called upon
to decide in the election this fall. These
issues are few, plain and poten', which no
man Of common intelligence can fail TO
understand, and no citizen of ordinary
prudence and honesty tail to appreciate.
They are, first, whether the people of
this county shall be unrepresented, or
worse than hat-misrepresented in the
State Legislature at time when ques-
being OF this community will particularly
come up for consideration and determine
ton by that body; or whether the voice
of our ablest and best citizens who com
pose the Democratic legislative ticket
shall be heard there in defense and advo-
cacy of the rights and interests of our peo-
pie at this most vitally important time.
Second, whether the local affairs of this
community are to be further administered
fy set of men whose incapacity to man
age their own affairs has been the necessi-
ty which impelled them to Sc Il their birth
right tor mess of pottage and seek aft ia
ton with the unhoy combination that has
conspired to capture the local Offices by a
deceit upon the ignorance and credulity
of the colored voters; or whether their
local affairs shall be entrusted to our best
and most representative citiZents found on
the Democratic ticket, whose capacity to
manage their own affairs has been success
fully tested in their private lives and
whose only motive in accepting public Of
fee is to administer it as public trust
for the best interests and true welfare OF
the people.
These are the plain and true issues
which will be submitted to the people
of the county on the 3rd of November and
upon these every individual voter must
give his verdict when he drops his ballot
in % the box.
Considerable excitement was caused on
change Saturday morning by the posting
of 100000 bushels of wheat, which Chief
Inspector Reelkey had found in Canton
Elauatnr No & ont of cnnditinn Or OF