Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-11-01

in the cloak Of partisanship, or appeal
to the selfish consideration of CONNER
cial necessity they may invoke the pale
ghost of silver to shroud their greed for
gold but the issue of this campaign is
shall the Constitution be maintained,
shall TIE Republic live, or shall We, for
getting our origin and all that has made
US great, elect by our votes to fall in at
the tail end of old world monarchies,
and licking the heels of Empire to trail
that hitherto emblem Of liberty in their
pathway Of rapine and blood That
there are some willing and anxious to
| follow the latter course Is only too true,
but that the mass or the American peo-
pie are, cannot, and viii not believe
Nevertheless, acknowledgements it is in
cumbent upon US ali to reflect well
upon our origin, the dangers which,con
front us, aud lend our every effort to
avert them
Through the wisdom and patriotism of
the founders OF our government, there
has come down to as, under the provi-
dGnce of God a political system, unique
IN its conceptions, astonishing in It's de-
yelopment, the hope and example Of all
asPirants after liberty, and it is incum-
bent upon US who have received aud
prohted by this great benefaction to do
all that in us lies to band over the
heritage unimpaired to those that arc to
come after us, and If approaching the
value OF what we have received, we are
true TO our trust, we can, when 10 the
natural ofdcr, we are called upon to re-
sign our work to other hands, deliver
this great trust, not only unimpaired,
but invigorated with new life, to stand
as an everlasting monument, challenging
the admiration Of generations yet uu-
born to our patriotism and our faith.
But If on the contrary, forgetting our
high estate, and ignoring our obiga-
lions to ourselves, to onr country andto
postority, obligations impressed by tic
very privileges which wc enjoy we are
content. In order to gain some tempo
rary, selfish advantage, 20 b,w down be-
fore the false gods Of political heretics
and sell our bif,hriglt !or mess of pot
tage then as surely as The fru iits and
sets, as surely as there is God in Hcay-
en- the Democratic party and with it
popular liberty, Is doomed, and before
another generation gives place to those
that arc TO come after them, our very ex-
istence as a free people viii have passed
Into the domains Of history
The Try Of liberty, birthright Of every
American citizen viii be doomed with
the 'Ehu me miscrum" that goes out
from too lafe reg.otful bosom, only TO
return to is unoomforlng "Mane, The
eel Pharcs' written upon the walls Of a
roproying conscience.
Therefore, / appeal to you fellow dem
ocrats, and you especially Mr.. Chairman
and you the members Of this Club, occu-
plying as you do the positions ofaropre-
sentative political organization, it will
be too late when we are wearing the
chains we ourselves have forged to cry
out Ia bitter hatred and rCproach, 70
leave no exertions untried TO prevent
the contamination Of the most stupcn
dous iniquity which has ever been at
tempted against our free institutions
We have as yet the perfectly lcgiti-
mate means OF the ballot box, at our dis
posal through which to prevent this in
iquily, we have the incentive, we have
the evidence Of what earnest work can
do, we have a cause worthy of the sup
port and even Of the greatest sacrifice
Of every lover Of liberty and we have in
the person Of our great National stand
ard bearer, man in every way worthy
of the cause, and In our Congressional
candidate the one that every breath Of
whose nostrils is open warfare against
every enemy OF Democratic principles.
Therefore, let US up and be doing and
from this day on never relax one mo-
ment in our work until the last ballot is
Deposited on the 9Th day Of November,
that victory may perch and find a per-
manent resting place on the banners of
Democracy.