Montgomery County sentinel., 1890-08-15
AGREAT REVOLUTTONl

In a,hort ride which we had occasio TO
take,. few morning since, In one Of the
mos thrifty portions Of the county, we
hssed for little while at the homestead Of
81 enterprising and Woodworking farmer
who had moved To this from an adjoining
county some eight years ago and shortly
afterwards was followed by several others,
two being from Loudoun county. Strange
to say all Of these newcomers have always
been Republicans and have invariably voted
the Republican ticket. When we rode up
to the farm yard, this hard working man
with his brawny arms was adjusting pow
share. After the usual greetings of the day,
we asked him what he was paying for plow
shares now? He caught the object Of our
inquiry as quick as lightning and replied,
"Iknow what you mean no, am done with
the high-tariff party and any and all of Its
supporters, not only /, but these men who
stand around me, who have always voted
the Republican ticket, intend this Fall TO
vote against the high-tarif party, which is
the friend of the manufacturers we do not
intend to be deceived or imposed upon any
longer, we are going to vote now for our
interest" We have given, VIC think the ex.
act words, and we never saw more indigna-
ton and determination manifested in our
lives. No excitement, no bitterness, but
every expression of countenancc and every
utterance was given IN calm yet )rclble
manner Itspoke volumesit showed an
afrfseiationof wrong aud i1ssaifs 4 W. nc
-ophistry could explain, no explanation ap.
pease
We remember that the late Major En-.
gland remarked to US upon the occasion OF
a Democratic pole raising in this town some
years ago, "When you see boys playing
marbles here, you may know that they are
| playing marbles elsewhere. There is no en-
thusiasm at your pole raising; you have
not fifty persons present, boys and all. Sc
1t is all over the country; there is no en-
thusiasm in your ranks oyer your nomina
tions and the Republicans will sweep the
country" Sure enough the Republicans
did sweep the country. Now when we SET
| III oui ihiust hdiu- WOIhluB ,lnuusu iouo iaiui
ers who have voted the Republican tlcke
all their lives complaining of the hardships
and burdens that have been piled upon
them until every energy OF mind and body
is paralyzed by their own party-crying ou
that they will no longer countenance OF
support that party, you may set 1t down as
fact that this same feeling exists through
out the country and will make itself heard
and felt at the polls. These sons Of toll art
no longer to be deceived. Their party lead
ers have been crying out "water, water
everywhere" yet they are unable to get "a
drop to drink" They have borne the bur
dens of this infamous war tax until not on
ly their homesteads have been mor.gaged
but until bill of sale has been recorded
upon their backs.
There is great revolution in public SEN
timent going on in what has been the very
bone and sinew of the Republican party and
no power can stop 1t. 1t is revolution that
is the outgrowth of wrong and injustice, OF
oppression and intolerance, a revolution that
will hurl from place and powera a set of men
who would wreck the best government ever
designed for man, prostitute every honest
cent for their own selfish purposes-pur-
poses of hate, purposes of greed-no where
in this country will the hurricane be more
sure, the effect more whitening than in the
Sixth Congressional District Of Maryland