Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-10-14
DIVINE RIGHT AGAIN.

The Times Crescent again assert.
ss claim for divine right for Demo
cratic rule. The whole argument
alduced is most palpable non
,equitur.
Certain rulers in ages past advanced
the 6ght to rule by divine right, but
their position soon became untcnable.
The great mass Of the people in all
civilized communities have long
since exploded such a theory and no
where but in the most barbaric com
munities is such claim held to-day.
George III, held to the right divine
10 rule the American people. His
theories of government were badly
shattered.
Prior to the French revolution the
rolers Of France held the same views,
bat in that revolution came a terrible
awakening. Prior to our great Civil
War the claim was made that
certain element was entitled to rule
and that none but their class should
spue to office. To enforce this
heory, the negro question was con
annually agitated to give force to this
idea Then, as now, our statute
books were loaded down with laws
that we're in direct conflict, not only
with the letter, but with the whole
spirit of the American constitution.
be war and its attendant horrors,
and great expenditure Of blood and
treasure was the outcome.
For any man or class of men to
claim a divine right to rob their fel-
iow-mau of his vote by such trickery
q INDUCED in Of late years, is to say
me least disgusting
Do you claim the right divine to
rick white men by such means? An
analysis Of the vote will clearly show
that 30 per cent, or more of the
white voters were disfranehised.
It has been well said that any com
muuitv that will continue 10 lynch
negroes for certain crimes will soon
lynch them for the most trivial often
SEES This has been clearly proven.
It has also been claimed that @when
community has acquired this habit,
it will soon proceed to lynch white
men." This, too, is clearly, shown
by the occurrences of the past, To
continue the comparison we can, with
qual truth, say that the community
ehat depriyes negroes of their votes
By snch schemes will soon proceed |
70 deprive white men of their rights
BIZ the same methods, this has been
clearly shown of late
Has any set of men divine right
act in this manner? As we have
aid before, Divinity never resorts to
aeh methods. If we have become
personal, it is only a natural result of
saving our party SO maligned, par
tlealarly the white portion thereof.
we are confident trat if the Demo-
at and white Republican rascsls
could be segregated, we would fad
many in proportion to members,
among the former as among the lat
Ter We are tired of being so berat-
6 q aud propose to resent such I'M
grounded assertions as are frequently
aade. When we find any weeds in
7er garden as noxious anil foul-smell-
a as are trick ballots and fake
eksts we will iIpme diately proceed
q weed them out. We advise you
g clean out yoqr own garden first.
II ballots. and fake tickets
I'D net done their nefarious work in
last few years, the people would
ave given us a different class of
legislators,
Is the disgusting imbrogIio in Bal
aore City for the control OF tie
Aaiiee Department, direct result
{ the Divine right theory? If so,