Democratic messenger., 1889-11-02

p men ME{I0It A@& /H<U HH|N1 "I4It ~
/ pubIicans. a> relbFniers. surely they must
shu, Their eyes % the very patent fact
| that our Republican friends are only 70
formers when and where they are IN The
minority. II our Maryland Democratic
reformers do not know this, Il Il because
they refuse to know II, or are blinded BY
their dislike to certain lenders Of the Dem
ocraiic party. II Is well TO denouncc cor
ruption and corrupt men and to get rid Of
them when we can, but Il is not well to
break the costly vase In order TO get rid
Of few bad odored flowers. The Demo.
cratic party OF Maryland Is essential to
the well.bcing Of the State. The Repub-
Iican party Of Maryland was wrong
doer from It's organization 10 It's over
throw, and Il has given no evidence that II
has either repented Of It's sins or done
works meet for repentance. We must
judge It at home by lie works elsewhere.
Wherever Il is In power Il y corrupt to
the core. Its representative men are
Quays, Dudleys and Mahones. And are
these the gentlemen our Democratic re-
formers OF Maryland are ready to join
hands with In order to overthrow few
obnoxious leaders ofthe party! Without
doubt they would say. no, we have moth.
Ing TO do with such men. Our object Is
10 oust just such men from our own party.
Just so. And In order to accomplish this
object they are willing TO unite with the
friends Of Quay, Dudley and Malone.
They are willing TO turn over the political
power Of the State to the allies Of these
Republican reformers, whose political
meat and drink Is TO corrupt the electors
at every election, and who actually pur-
chased the vote by which Harrison was
elected President Of the United States.
Has any one heard word Of condcmina-
tion OF these men from either the Reput-
lican press or the leaders Of this exceed
ingly pure party In Maryland! Are not
the Republicans of Maryland brothers in
good standing with these men, and are
they not availing themselves Of n purchas.
ed Presidency to get all the fat they can
for their frying pans, out the Federal
flesh pots! Il is unquestionably very
bad to be compelled to submit to boss
rule In county or State, but if we have
any choice In the matter, We can hardly
hesitate long between the boss Of our own
party and the boss of the Republicans.
Forty.nin ono hundreihs is rather near
the half and half blood for Anglo-Saxon
nostrals. In plain language the Republi-
can party Of this State 10 dependent upon
its colorcd voters for even show of pow.
er or title TO place in the political field.
II does not and cannot represent either
the material, mental or moral interests OF
the people and II should never be allowed
TO regain political power. II cannot be
trusted. II cannot hurt itself; for II Is,
paradoxcal as the assertion may seem,
weakened by its own strength. Its color.
ed, forty.nine hundreths, Is It's weakness
everywhere but at the polls. Amer the
polls close Il has no use for ITS col0red
brother and no place for him. They use
him and they are ashamed Of him. They
love him one day in every three hundred
and sixty.five, and wish the ethiopian
could change his skin, three hundred and
sixiy.four days in the year, provided he
did not change his vote with his color.
A party thus Handicapped is In no con-
di,ion to govern State, and II has utterly
failed TO well govern In every Southern
State in which II has had opportunit' u
testing either It's ability or its homes
ring the reconstruction pcriof
every treasury into which il
hands. II bankrupted South.v
Louisiana. The vilest bossism si,
days OF Robespierre, these aud o..
Southern States experienced under thu,
hybrid rule. Maryland barely escaped it.
Now Il Is proposed that she shall try it,
That for some minor evils she shall seek
relief IN the black gulf Of mongrel Repub-
licanism. Some detrimcnt may have
come 10 her from misrule, but surely moi
enough to drive her into the very condi.
tion against which her Southern sisters
are yearly fighting for their very exist
ence. Ignorance and beslialiety may dom.
mate intelligence for time Il can never
govern; 1t only ruins. Empire belongs
to brain not Drawn.
The Democratic brains heading the
fusion movement In Baltimore In attempt.
ing TO punish their enemies are risking all
for which they have battled u quarter Of a
century. Their principles have moi
changed; the principles Of their old enc.
mics have not changed and yet they hope
by an alliance with the old enemy TO serve
their State. Their hands are so clean
that pitch cannot defile them. Theil
pure yeast Is TO leaven the whole Rcpubli
can lump. We have heard of vanity but
this exceeds Wise men In the past have
gathered apples of sodom only TO find
them ashes In their hands hut no wise
man ever touched the dead sea fruita sec.
ond time. Knowing the fruit they have
excuse for touching Il once. Rash the aci
and inconceivable the folly-inconceivable
at least but for fact ofthe compact. The
compact Is made. tho bargain closed. and
Il Is for the Democracy Of Baltimore city
10 pay II the goods are deliverable.
The Democracy Of Cecil and Of the
other counties Of MARYLAND have neither
part nor lot In this contract for the sale o.
their State TO their enemies. II Il Is TO b.
ratified, Baltimore sore-heads must do 4
ON their own responsibility. Two years
ago. Baltimore had much to ask Of th,
counties in Annapolis aud she got oil she
asked. Her largely extended limits she
owes to the rural districts. Il will be q
sad day for her when she parts company
with her country friends and passes un'
der the black rod. Her Qnays and Dud