Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-10-05
WHAT "THE sun" SAID.

We have time and again during
this campaign pointed out to the read
ers aud followers of the Baltimore
Sun in this county the inconsistent
course Of that paper and have accused
il of deserving the Democratic party
and becoming Il Republican newspa-
per for purely. personal and selfish
reasons. Now we ask every fair
minded, reasonable Democrat to read
carefully the following editorial from
the Baltimore Sun of October 18th,
1887, and they cannot help but agree
with ms that the same conditions con-
front the Democracy to-day as they did
in 1887. Here il is:
There is no pretence that this is
anything but contest between the
Democratic and the Republican par
ties, the latter aided by deserters from
the former, who offer neither apology
nor excuse for their conduct except
that they cannot trust their own party
TO keep its promises, but can trust the
other. The logic of this would. of
course, land those who present it per-
manently in the Republican fold, but
they tell us in the same breath that
they propose 10 rescue the State next
year and hand il over to the Demo
cratic candidate for the Presidency.
This is precisely what they cannot do,
even if they SO desire, which may well
be doubted. Let any intelligent man
think what the situation will be if the
Republican State and city tickets are
elected. II is perfectly well known
that the possession Of all the political
patronage Of State is a tremendous
lever of power. However it may re-
fleet upon the public virtue to state the
proposition, we know from all the ex.
perience of the past that men see their
political duty only too often from the
standpoint Of their own interests.
Suppose the entire municipal admins.
tration is placed in Republican hands
and the control of the oyster navy, the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, the Leg
islature and all other sources of polit-
ical power in the State differed and
manned by this hungry political or.
ganization, is there any sentient being
in the State who supposes they would
hesitate TO employ the forces at their
command in the peculiar ways they so
well understand and continue their
grasp upon political power and espec
tally TO carry the State for the Repub-
lican Presidential candidate Every
utterance Of their speakers before the
convention indicated that the great
object in view was the campaign Of
1888, and the comments of the North
ern press all point 10 the fact that the
contest here is intended TO discredit
Mr.. Cleveland by breaking down Mr..
German upon the issue of the Federal
appointments made in this State.
Who does not know that a Republi.
can triumph here will not only disarm
the Democratic party and place il at
the mercy Of its Republican adversar-
les, but that the blow aimed at the
President will be taken up elsewhere
and pressed as a reason for his defeat
in other States? Maryland stands nj
the head Of the Democratic States of
the South. which have been called ia
derision the solid South We know
that il has been the unremitting effort
of the Republican leaders to break
this solid front 10 pieces and thus
capture all of lis electoral vote. Are
our OWE people prepared TO do for
them what they have not been able to
do for themselves? Hand us over
now to Republican control, and n
shout of triumph will go up from Re-
publican threats all over this broad
land. But how will our Democratic
friends feel toward us? What answer
shall we make when they point 10 the
common ruin in which we have invOl-
we'd both them and ourselves? Shall
we say: There were political abuses
in our chief city which we needed a
new election law to reform, and our
party was fully awaked to It's import
ance. and its most solemn pledge was
recorded that IL successful at the polls
it would redeem its pledge, but we we're
told by a corporation attorney. who
had nothing in common with ourselves,
atellow bloated with conceit and the