Thank you for visiting SNEWPapers!
Sign up free
Editorial
August 14, 1813
Daily National Intelligencer
Washington, District Of Columbia
What is this article about?
Editorial lists Republican nominations for Maryland assembly in Calvert, Dorchester, Talbot, and Caroline counties. Urges Republicans, the true majority, to exert for victory by exposing Federalist 'Boston stamp' extremism, un-American sentiments, and legislative proscriptions that risk civil war and despotism.
OCR Quality
98%
Excellent
Full Text
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS FOR MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY.
Calvert county.
Richard Ireland,
John G. Mackall.
Stephen Johns,
W. Hungerford.
Dorchester county.
H. P. Waggaman,
George Lake,
A. S. Stanford,
Wm. Grogan.
Talbot county.
Samuel Stevens,
John Bennett
Daniel Martin,
Jonathan Spencer.
Caroline county.
Th. Saulsbery,
Peter Willis,
Th. Culbreth,
John Boon.
The above are all the Republican nominations which have met our eye; we shall publish those which may be made in other counties, as we shall receive them.
If ever a party had incitement to exertion or food for hope, it is the Republican party, the nominal minority but actual majority, in the state of Maryland, at the approaching Election. A little exertion must ensure them victory. We believe that a general exposition of the character and arts of the dominant faction is all that is necessary to its prostration. Let it be generally understood that the creed of the Federal leaders in Maryland is "Federalism of the Boston Stamp;" that is, such federalism as is professed by Pickering, Strong, Quincy, and the other members of the Essex Junto. Let it be understood, that, in the creed of Modern Federalism, the first article of faith is the immaculate virtue and spotless honor of the enemy, whom the Federal Governor Strong has set up as the Bulwark of our Religion and the object of his admiration; that another article is, that it is unbecoming a moral and religious people to celebrate the victories achieved by the national arms; that the general practice of the faction is in consonance with these professions. Let the truth only appear, and we will not doubt that the People of Maryland will indignantly spurn from their councils those men whose boast it is that they profess the unalloyed Federalism of the Boston stamp—that Federalism which was so lost to American feelings as to revile its government for developing the iniquity of the Henry Mission; and the end and aim of which, in the event of its inability to mount the ladder of promotion, is evidently to undermine and destroy the fabric of the constitution against which it is reared; that Federalism which boasts that Maryland looks up to the Legislature of Massachusetts for an example worthy of imitation, which example, we presume, is to be found in the anti-national Proceedings of that Body during its last session!
REPUBLICANS OF MARYLAND!
Do yourselves justice! You have not at this Election to encounter the injurious effects, on your cause, of a Riot created by an armed Mob in the bosom of your Metropolis, who had the art to excite the passions of your people to revenge the insult offered to your city, and then to take advantage of the brawl to raise themselves into power. The tomahawk and hatchet, the swivel and the carabine are no longer brandished in your sight; the defiances uttered by a band of infuriate and unfortunate deluded partisans no longer assault your ears. Your enemies have not now an opportunity, if they have the will, to wake into action the worst passions of your citizens, and excite them to enormities which they must since have deeply deplored. The passions of the People cannot at this election be inflamed by a "solemn mockery of woe," for the death of an unfortunate Revolutionary soldier. The shade of Lingan cannot now be hypocritically invoked, and cited by your opponents to answer the most grovelling purposes of party. No; the time for such unhallowed scenes has passed. Reason has resumed her empire. The tempest of Passion has subsided. The People have seen what were the views of the faction, and what it has achieved. The records of one branch of the legislature of Maryland have been disgraced during the last nine months by some of the most undignified proceedings which ever characterized a public body. Nay, we doubt whether the Jacobin Club at Paris ever exhibited a more wanton spirit of proscription, a more ruthless and ferocious temper. Had there not been a redeeming virtue in the Senate, which stayed the uplifted arm, there is no saying to what extremes the party would not have gone.
THINKING PEOPLE!
Reflect on these things. Look at the history of the winter session of your Legislature, and say whether a succession of such scenes can lead to any thing else than civil war, and that despotism in which it will assuredly end, whenever and however it begins. Haste ye, then, to the polls when the day of election comes, and vote for men who will save you from the mortification of witnessing a recurrence of similar scenes, and restore to your state that respectability of character it has heretofore maintained!
Calvert county.
Richard Ireland,
John G. Mackall.
Stephen Johns,
W. Hungerford.
Dorchester county.
H. P. Waggaman,
George Lake,
A. S. Stanford,
Wm. Grogan.
Talbot county.
Samuel Stevens,
John Bennett
Daniel Martin,
Jonathan Spencer.
Caroline county.
Th. Saulsbery,
Peter Willis,
Th. Culbreth,
John Boon.
The above are all the Republican nominations which have met our eye; we shall publish those which may be made in other counties, as we shall receive them.
If ever a party had incitement to exertion or food for hope, it is the Republican party, the nominal minority but actual majority, in the state of Maryland, at the approaching Election. A little exertion must ensure them victory. We believe that a general exposition of the character and arts of the dominant faction is all that is necessary to its prostration. Let it be generally understood that the creed of the Federal leaders in Maryland is "Federalism of the Boston Stamp;" that is, such federalism as is professed by Pickering, Strong, Quincy, and the other members of the Essex Junto. Let it be understood, that, in the creed of Modern Federalism, the first article of faith is the immaculate virtue and spotless honor of the enemy, whom the Federal Governor Strong has set up as the Bulwark of our Religion and the object of his admiration; that another article is, that it is unbecoming a moral and religious people to celebrate the victories achieved by the national arms; that the general practice of the faction is in consonance with these professions. Let the truth only appear, and we will not doubt that the People of Maryland will indignantly spurn from their councils those men whose boast it is that they profess the unalloyed Federalism of the Boston stamp—that Federalism which was so lost to American feelings as to revile its government for developing the iniquity of the Henry Mission; and the end and aim of which, in the event of its inability to mount the ladder of promotion, is evidently to undermine and destroy the fabric of the constitution against which it is reared; that Federalism which boasts that Maryland looks up to the Legislature of Massachusetts for an example worthy of imitation, which example, we presume, is to be found in the anti-national Proceedings of that Body during its last session!
REPUBLICANS OF MARYLAND!
Do yourselves justice! You have not at this Election to encounter the injurious effects, on your cause, of a Riot created by an armed Mob in the bosom of your Metropolis, who had the art to excite the passions of your people to revenge the insult offered to your city, and then to take advantage of the brawl to raise themselves into power. The tomahawk and hatchet, the swivel and the carabine are no longer brandished in your sight; the defiances uttered by a band of infuriate and unfortunate deluded partisans no longer assault your ears. Your enemies have not now an opportunity, if they have the will, to wake into action the worst passions of your citizens, and excite them to enormities which they must since have deeply deplored. The passions of the People cannot at this election be inflamed by a "solemn mockery of woe," for the death of an unfortunate Revolutionary soldier. The shade of Lingan cannot now be hypocritically invoked, and cited by your opponents to answer the most grovelling purposes of party. No; the time for such unhallowed scenes has passed. Reason has resumed her empire. The tempest of Passion has subsided. The People have seen what were the views of the faction, and what it has achieved. The records of one branch of the legislature of Maryland have been disgraced during the last nine months by some of the most undignified proceedings which ever characterized a public body. Nay, we doubt whether the Jacobin Club at Paris ever exhibited a more wanton spirit of proscription, a more ruthless and ferocious temper. Had there not been a redeeming virtue in the Senate, which stayed the uplifted arm, there is no saying to what extremes the party would not have gone.
THINKING PEOPLE!
Reflect on these things. Look at the history of the winter session of your Legislature, and say whether a succession of such scenes can lead to any thing else than civil war, and that despotism in which it will assuredly end, whenever and however it begins. Haste ye, then, to the polls when the day of election comes, and vote for men who will save you from the mortification of witnessing a recurrence of similar scenes, and restore to your state that respectability of character it has heretofore maintained!
What sub-type of article is it?
Partisan Politics
What keywords are associated?
Republican Nominations
Maryland Election
Federalist Criticism
Essex Junto
Boston Federalism
Legislative Proscription
Partisan Exhortation
What entities or persons were involved?
Republican Party
Federal Leaders In Maryland
Pickering
Strong
Quincy
Essex Junto
Governor Strong
Lingan
Maryland Legislature
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Republican Nominations And Exhortation Against Federalists In Maryland Election
Stance / Tone
Strongly Pro Republican, Anti Federalist Exhortation
Key Figures
Republican Party
Federal Leaders In Maryland
Pickering
Strong
Quincy
Essex Junto
Governor Strong
Lingan
Maryland Legislature
Key Arguments
Republicans Are Nominal Minority But Actual Majority; Little Exertion Ensures Victory
Expose Federalist Creed As 'Boston Stamp' Federalism Like Essex Junto
Federalists Idolize Enemy As Bulwark Of Religion And Decry Celebrating National Victories
Federalists Reviled Government Over Henry Mission And Seek To Undermine Constitution
Maryland Federalists Imitate Anti National Massachusetts Legislature
Past Election Marred By Riots And Mob Violence Exploiting Passions
Current Legislature Disgraced By Proscriptive, Ferocious Proceedings Akin To Jacobin Club
Senate Restrained Extremes; Vote To Prevent Civil War And Despotism
Restore State Respectability By Electing Republicans