The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-10-08
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DEMO-
CRATIC STATE CENTRAL COM
MITTEE FORCIBLY POINTS OUT
THE DUTY OF THE HOUR.
Democrats Must Register
a CLARION CALL TO DUTY
A Patriotic Appeal to Marylanders.
Fellow Maryland Democrats:

rail- | make OH yOu w w IL.
II every Democrat will perform his
olain duty the hour Of deliverance is
at hand.
We are the creatures :. condition,
,be begetting OF which is largely our
OVID fault.
cause we have not stood together.
We have sacrificed, for the time, our
true position as Ma FLANDERS, because
we have grown indifferent to its i'm
portance.
Accustomed, for a generation, o the
sunshine OF political liberty, as secured
BY due ~egard to constitutional limit
atoms. we have come to ass, me that
tbc sun will shine, of course, and that
orr highest duty is to retr' the spots
on it.
I cannot permit myself to doubt that
il is owing to this hypercrticism which,
airine at the shadow, has belittled the
substance, that we are what we area
minority party in a majority State,-a
band of pensioners, begging as a favl e
what belongs to us as a right
MARYLAND is essentially Democratic
All its instincts,-all its purposes,-all
rs hopes,-tend toward Democratic
rule.
Those who are old enough to rec,ll
different regime. have no need of re-
hinder that Maryland magnanimity can
only prosper under Democratic su-
premacy.
As with men, so with parties, some
are born to rule, and they rule benig-
nantly, because they rule naturally.
The essence of Democracy is the
aegis of federation
I assume that we all realize these
truths; but i. is possible that we may
undervalue them.
To avoid such possible calamity, |
make this appeal.
| cannot permit myself to believe that
any Maryland Democrat would delib
erately choose the sacrifice of his con
victions on the altar of expediency, re-
sentiment, or spite.
Apprehension that in Inference, the
hybrid offspring of any two OF these,
may work an evil equally bitter and
CALLING, is my justification for this
warning.
We must work, if we would prosper
We must toll, if we would triumph.
We must guard the portals, if we
would repulse the fee.
It would be uncandid to deny that
the cause Of Democracy has met some
administrations, though undeserved,
in this Democratic stronghold
We have lost where we should have
won
We have trailed where we should
have triumphed.
We have quarreled where we should
have quartered in mutual fellowship.
| assume that there is not Demo
crat in Maryland, WI thinks fer him
self, and feels for the common brother
hood, who does not exp rience morti-
fcation at the spectacle OF sovereign
State misruled, necessarily, be use
ruled by minority conditions.
There is unquestioned unity in Dem
ocratic ranks, on all essentials Shall
there be further division, bee use of
non-essentials?
I anticipate only one answer:-a pa
triotic mo |! p
l repeat, fellow Democrats. we are
to-day what we are because we have
magnifed conflicting non-essentials,
and minimized the essential spirit that
guards our liberties.
This is blunder we must not dupli
cate.
Democrats never march prouder,-
never work worthier,-never feel freer,
than when they are bending their ener
gies to the fullest fruition of political
probity, coupled with individual sacri-
fee
Human foresight cannot always de-
termine just what it is best to do.
Mind is Gods special gift to man.
Its possession involves the right to
think.
have my opinion as to the best way
to reach the goal we aim at. You have
right to yours We may not entirely
agree as TO routes, but, while the Mecca
is the same, the choosing OF paths
should not divide our rpose.
We are all Democrats. Each OF us
understands and appreciat, the tact
that, however much we may differ as to
the means, we have a common end
One of to courses is open,-rot
both: Assist, advise, encourage the n
envy, either by active aid, or passive, &C
quiescencc,-or "be to your trends a
very little kind"
The basis of our faith is fixed prln-
:iple.
In this we differ from our foe as
Heaven differs from earth.
The ends we aim at make our cause
Our country's, our Gods, and
truths"
We see the beacon, and it becomes
our guide. q,
United. we stand. Divided, we tall
Our possible fall means the tall OF wha'
is above and beyond personal ambition,
We may differ about details anu
yet agree that our political hope IS IN
the party that. from. the beginning. has
always forged ahead and never taltereu,
has always struggled fo and never
denied, the peoples rights.
Through perversity or blindness: IN
fatuation or indifference, we have yield-
ed once, and even twice, to the voice Oh
the syren.
We have been tempted to accept the
Grecian gifts of our enemies.
We have opened the Trojan gates.
We have reaped the fruits OF the IN
cursion.
Pillage. and pillagers;-pelf and
pilferers booty won, and bootv quar-
relied over. because not won,-is the
record made by those who, long, de-
prived, would no longer be denied.
Booty and spo:lsl Sch the watch'
word! Spoils and boo y! Such the
shibboleth Of those who have pratieo
from birth and knelt at maturity at lh'
shrine Of, the idol Reform!
In abatement of such evil sucn iaise,
pretenses. such puny performance we
need know no man, or his amDition:.
no set of men, or possible sinister
schemes. -, H.,
We must not falter in our faith ina a,