The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-09-03
The Sun and the Republican
Party.
To the Editors ofthe Citizen:

almost preternatural force urges on
the SIN with redoubled vigor to ad-
vance the advancing, or to cover the
retreat of the retreating columns Of its
Republican ally. The certain loathing
and adherence which the Sun professed
to feel during all these years for he
publicanism, suddenly has been trans
formed into solicitings of unnatural
almost illicit love. This great BAD
woman once so hated, but feared even
more than hated is now welded, the
Sun, and the Republican party. the
twain are one. The magnitude OF the
| Suns final resolve to embrace the Re
publican moor almost equals the mag
nitude of her guilt.
The Sun seiZes every opportunity
which offers for the accomplishment OF
! the greatness of this strange lover, and
/ the Sun never f1inches from Republican
objects Obdurate strength of will and
masculine tirmness have now given the
Sun complete ascendency over Repub-
ilcanism in Maryland. And the Sun
il seems is now equal tn the struggle
between her fate aud her conscience.
1t is true the Sun may at times be
assailed by the stlngs of conscience and
remorse, and the Sun disclaims being
a Republican organ. But the Sun
quickly RECEIVERS from nervous pros
tration and with renewed strength
bends each corporal agent to accom-
| plish the terrible feat of making Repub-
lican misrule supreme in Maryland.
1t may be that heretofore the Sun was
cowed and abashed by Republican sue
cess, and at times the Suns heart
seemed to misgive her when she looked
remorsefully at the lover of her early
youth, and womanhood, struggling in
| the tolls of his adversarles; and then in
deed were her sollloquies darker than
riddles, battling in their solution, and
entangling in their labrynths. 1t seems
at times that it is "the attempt and not
| the deed,n which confounds the Sun.
The Sun in this grand passion, how
ever, is often now absent-mlnded and
perplexed, sudden and desperate, AID
acts as if distrustful of her own resolu-
ton, when she blindly rushes on those
objects of her revenge which stands in
| the way of Republican preferment.
Heretofore, as if perplexed, she recoil-
! ed from the attack, and her editorials
|
| ings. But now that the tattle has
commenced in earnest to gain the
great end of Republican supremacy in
| Maryland, the Sun works most wicked
| ly, and her commanding presence of
mind and memorable self-wll, do not,
as shall shortly show, permit her to be
diverted from herpurpose. She has now
hanished weak and womanly regrets
and for the natural affection Of her life
long spouse-Democracy. The San has
substituted hardness of heart. The
lofty determination of her Republican
character makes her Republican Lord
almost eXclaim with Macbeth,
"Bring forth men children only,
For thy undaunted mettle should compose
Nothing but males"
The Sun is no longer as formerly at
pains to "screw her courage to the
sticking point" Daily the voice of the
Sun can be heard reproaching her Re-
publican spouse not to be "lost so poor
ly in himself"
The SUMS Republican assurance is oft
whispered, "a little water,"-printer' IS
ink-will clear you of your misdeeds
already done in Maryland. The Suns
strong nerved ambition furnishes ribs
of steel to the sides of her Republican
intentions, and with unshrinking forth
tude, the Sun has wound herself up to
! the execution of the Suns baneful pro-
ject of seating upon the throne of DEM
ocratic Maryland the Republican of
her hearts recent adoption.
The Sun has evidently pledged the
sacrifices of all other considerations to
! hi iFain oi e.
ture days and nights sole sovereign
sway and masterdom."
The Sun has premeditated-with
malice pretense and forethought-the
murder of Maryland's Democracy.
And Maryland Democracy under the
Suns battlements can but recall the in
vocation of the SUMS great prototype,
Lady Macbeth when steeling her heart
for the murder of Duncan. Like Lady
Macbeth, the Sun, stealing herself for
the murder of Democracy cries ont
unto Lady Macbeth:
"Come you spirits that tend on mortal
thoughts,
| Unsex me here! And fill me from the crown to
| the toe top full
Ofdirest cruelty. Make thick my blood,
! Stop up the access and passage 10 remofse,
That no compunctious visitings of nature,
Nor keep peace beween the effect and it,
| Come TO my woman's breast
And take my milk for gall,
You numbering ministers.
| Wherever In your sightless substances,
| You wait on natures mischief
Come! Thick night!
And pail the in the dunnest smoke of Hell,
That my keen knife see not the wound il
] makes,
Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the
To cry Hold Holdp
When the instability of the Republi-
cans become manifest, when the Sun
deems an editorial necessary to goad
him to the contamination of his prom
ised greatness in Maryland, listen to
the Suns chidings. Does not the Sun
almost daily in substance and effect
say to Maryland Republcanism,
"Hie thee hither,
That may pour my spirits on thine ear.
And chastise with the -valor of my tongue
| All lhat impedes thee from the golden round,
Which fate and meta physical aid doth seem
To have crowned thee wlthal.''
Give ear and eye Maryland Demo
Gratis to the servile, solid, substantial
flesh and blood display of the SUMS
passion. Note the swelling eXaltation,
the keen spirit of triumph, the uncon-
trollable eagerness of anticipation,
which takes possession of the Suns fac
ulties in editorial of August 2Sth, enti-
tied, "TRY 1T OVER AGAIN." as
follows:
"Wno will he best able to conciliate
and unite the warning factions IN the
recent triangular fight? Who will be
most likely to bring out that Republic
can vote which was not counted at the
primaries but must be counted at the