Montgomery County sentinel., 1888-03-02

| fight only few weeks before the election.
All seemed to be lost. The remaining DEM
ocratic candidates saw only deieat before
them, unless Capt. Owens place could be
| filled by some one who could at least get the
Democratic vote, and keep it from the Wing
candidates. No one could be found who
would consent to run, and the Democratic
ticket was about TO be withdrawn. Before do
| ing so, the remaining candidates, two of the
trio and number of ether valued friends de-
termined that l must fill the vacancy. They
| did not ask me to do so, but demanded it of
me as duty to them, to the Democratic
party, and to the whole people OF the county
that should forthwith announce myself as
| a candidate and stump the county in behalf
of the ticket Under such circumstances L
could not rightfully refuse, and consented
to do so, much to my distaste and personal
Inconvenience and pecuniary loss. The fight
was hard and fierce one, but the trio were
true to their coors and never iorsook the
field OF battle. The result was the election
of Col. Anderson and John Brewer. | was
defeated by John M. Kilgour, the lowest of
the Whig candidates, elected by twelve
votes only. All the Democratic votes lost
in the county were four in Medley's, with
no one put in my place, and twelve in the
lower part of Rockville District, on which
the name of John M. Kilgour was written
and mine struck out. Three men did that
thing. Two of them are dead, the other is
filling an honorable county Office as ID an
ocrat. 1t must be borne in mind that the
trio aided greatly in bringing about the ia
vorsble results of the election in opposition
To u Wing majority of over four hundred,
rs shown by the preceding election.
The next fight was for the adoption of
the constitution Of 1851 and the election Of
county officers under its provisions. That
m ia sr,,l M - DpmnrrAtir
flag in the front of the battle. Again VIC
tory perched on it, and for the first time the
county came under the rule OF Democratic
officers. Who headed the terrible fight when
northern fanatics in 1856, with the cry of
"away with all foreigners and all Others
who believed in the religion OF the Roman
Catholic chuch," whom they said We're not
to be trusted in public office? 1t was terri
BILE time, edwards ran way and timid men
hushed their tongues. Not SO with that
wicked trio They stood at first almost
alone holding the Democratic battle flag
aloh, until good and true men rallied round
them The battled waged tiercely from May
To October, by night and by day, in all parts
Of the county, until again II memorable VIC
tory was gained and the hosts of the Know
Nothlngs Were scattered To the wind and in
that hard fought battle field the Dean. .,cf ttlc
battle flag, in the hands of the trio, never
recoiled or recc.ed before the enemy, but
tioated proudly aoit and onward till victory
perched upon H., Again in 1859 the btttie
was renewed by such nf the Know NothIngs
as could be raIic!. aud scattered remnants
of the Wing army rs hid not before united
with the Know Nothing party, and IL very
small number oi treacherous Democratic
deserters. Again the trio as ID ;mo :ratic
standard bearers were on han ani hal the
pleasure Of seeing victory perchei ON the
Democratic fl ~ 80 proudly b ,rne by them
through the dangers Of the Slttle That
victory assured To the ID ;mpcrLtS psrnt.
nent control OF the county.
Then came the battle in 1868, in th' miist
of the abolition Revolutionary RIB ;iipn.
Again towards hid thcmr.vc3 an umid
men were silent. Not So with that desc
cradle trio. fhey were found at their
post a5 cotsr- bearers II Citing for their Tree
dom and themselves. In spite OF terror
stricken citizens aud SOLDIERS Ot the army dt
the revolutionary usurpers, who swarmed
over the land like the plague lice in ancient
Egypt, victory pcrched on the ban ner held
a,olt by the trIO. Who caused the county To
90 Dein,cratic at the eiGctlon- lot the men
who now claim To be the only pure DsmD-
Gratis. Some Of them ran away from the
polls, while the trio confronted the Yankee
soldiers and contributed largely by their
presence and example to elect the Demo
cratic candidates, and who fought harder
and more useiully against the usurpatlon Of
1864, and against the conduct of the registers
of voters under it, and for the election of
the candidates to the constitutional conven
ton of 1867 and for the adoption OF tho con
stitution of that year than that decried trio ?
The Democratic party then had gained II
solid majority of over six hundred votes
against the majority Of four hundred against
han, in ha rau rnan nj ha mig raj hln
trio then ended, after having fought the bat
ties of the Democratic party largely in the
minority 70 one largely in the majority.
The regime of the present politicians
then commenced, and which l presume
is entirely satisfactory to Mr.. Young, as it
was born under the regime of his potential,
magnetic political instructor when chairman
of the Democratic State Central Committee
and Governor of the State.
believe this is the only county in West
ern Maryland which could not be captured
by the Know Nothings or by the Republi-
cans even with the aid Of the Yankee army,
and the proud distinction is ours Of not hav
ing n political prespntment or Indictment
placed upon the records of our Circuit @ art,
and our county remained Democratic during
all the time, in reality as we'll as in name.
Yet all the time that miserable trio of bad
men dominated in the council and IN iuct
of the Democratic party.
Mr.. Young, do refresh your memory, and
learn TO think and speak better of hat trio
who fought 50 hard and 50 long and did 81
much to secure for you and others the bless
ing of Democratic local government in this
county.
Now, Mr.. Young, in all candor do you
not believe in your heart OF hearts that you
ought to go 10 work forthwith TO raise II
granite column on our court house square
TO the msnory of that trio Ol Democratic
heroes, and to inscribe on it the name OF
William Thompson, of Il, who is dead, +,
with appropriate space for the names OF
BENZ amin Fawcett and myself, rs we shall
severally have obeyed the SUNNI ons of the
Almighty To another and | hope better
world.
w. VEIRs BOUIC