St. Mary's beacon., 1857-07-09

would say charge thus made and thus de-
lined was nOi- an unkind one. Even the
statement OF Mr. Miles that he .sxhaiged upon
Ine q solenn truth and a reprekensItIe act.
does not mem tI.e'nafteE-.or IT is siien very
stnkind 10 volunteer 20 teil solemn truths and
To SPEAK Of reprehenSible acts OF cur fellow
men. Ihaye no doubt .ifr. Miles thinks have
been very unkind in te:iing so-niahy soteDa"
truths on hIm and in exposing his rrpFehei'-
sible acts; and, indeed, should think SO too.
except that .ur. Miles conduct has actually
forced nae TO it. | hope the castigation and
exposure whic.I he seems TO have oeen anx-
mus 10 be honoreI with, may be of some ser
vice to him, but hardly thinkIt will.
When MIR. Miles charged me before the
President with being ssofficiOus in the late con-
test for presidential nominations, BY endeaVor-
ing 10 carry the state for Gen.~PleFce against
his comPel:tors'-if he intends TO attach to
my motives any thing like corfupfioz or even
a mercensry purpoSe-iihe he intends 10 charge
me with any thing unfair OF unhecomlng a
free citizen 6iIhis couniry--ifLe rally in terms
charged me with any course of conduct IN re-
gard 10 the matter which the sound sense of
the President could say, as .ur. Miles declares
he sand, was s'censurable,A = Aax man, then
he knows he Issa sLSaasl y i was Tor
the denomination AwiIi not
deny. TLat q Aas,rn
that he who w. ssipronsise
should, after his IioGH@s C"nstItu-
ton oi llss county, be- . gihal choice OF
our peopfe, shUdld nut fs.1F-to confess, even
in the presence of our President, or even il nv
bread depended upon his will, and for two
rea sons the first IS, because ! claim 10 be- a
freeman, aud next, because believe him TO
be sensible, Just and patriotic man. Indeed.
he declared, according To .nr. Niles own
statement, which IN that particular suppose
must be iete, as nothing has happened TO con-
tradict il, that even hrs highly colored charge.
was not sufficient To- eject man from oifice ,
What shock that last expression must have
been TO the heart of the man who can preach
go strongly against corrupt habit''--one who
claims such uuspolled purily-who declares
that ''wllh this cooperation on tie part Oi
office- holders with the executive, from mutu-
al interest, who will dare say, there is not a
reasonable prospect of permancy oil empire"
and deSpoiism even, 'In thIs land OF The Tree" !"
Here Daniel, jr., having, as he thinks, solved
the other ''hane writing on the wall" and
having actually, with the aid OF his friend u.
TppetI, discovered the "weltering corpse"
of The murdered widow" (Suiter) aud my
'hand and dagger streaming blood" passes
TO 'anoiher handwriting, from which the
young prophet discovers, not an "oyerihrow," !"
but reasonable prospect of ''perfnanency Of
empire" Indeed. | am certain, ii he lives
long enough, he will find out that man has
been President for even eight years-that
others have held Office for fully .tonT-to say
nothing of t,co years. and thnt the practice
may be repeated without materially affecting
The "perinanency of empire" and even with
out introducing ''despOiIsm in this land of the
free."
But his reasoning for favoring rotation Is
because he believes that the patronage of the
government, whether State or Federal, shall be
fairly distributed among the people," with ex-
cepnons, however. in favor Of all the ''poor
widows and their daughters" in the country,
provided ALWAYS that none of ihem are Of my
kith and kin. These 81 am a'sp!y competent
TO support" so says this sweet tenipered, iair
yourg man who. no doubt before a., dies, will
institute and endow, in the kindness OF his
heart for all the "puor widows and their
daughters who may be any way related to
him, Widows Home on his estate q, Cup
per Brambly." But 10 -all this preach
ing about the ''fair distribution OF public pa
tronage among the people, IS the preaching
OF demagcgue, in which he pretendsto favor
what he knows can never rake place. TO
show how deceptive this declaration IS, let him
produce the list Of recommendations which he
signed in that meeting in Washington, and
lei him say whom he is favorable to Tor mis-
sions TO foreign courts, to be reached by steam
ers raiE ar than by '.Sun -tlights," and then as
certain whether any OF them ever had a share
of government pap" before, of which il they
have had, OF course, according TO the assertion
oil this ''fair distributor" they should not have
another share; including, also, his list, show
ing a fair prospect for any Of our people 10
get share oil the government pap" Let
him procure "notary clerk" in order fur
ther To ascertain how much more OF this
"pap" some of those he recommended have
enjoyed than have, whom he tried TO have
removed, and whom he falsely and ioolishly
intimates has grown so fat upon this diet, and
the people will then Judge of his sincerity, and
how completely this mans mind is actually
beclouded with malice towards me. which he
seems disposed shall reflect on a tridoir
whose dependence Ii is not his policy TO
sympathise with, notwithstanding his hypo-
critical cant about the poor widows. Indeed,
so completely has malice and hatred posses
SION OF his heart and mind, that he win not
allow his hypocrisy fair play. As proof Of
this, read the first paragraph in the third col
umn of kis caTd. In il, he declares he would
make exceptions OF the ''poor widow and her
daughter" to his heretofore unbending rule of
rotation, and hardly had he uttered the words
of kindness before he concludes with the fol-
lowing sentence: when .Nr. Key asked
this Office Of Mr.. Pierse for the benefit of the
widow, could he in justice ask il for longer
time than il was intended the husband should
have held it, (he) say not and so will every
candid man." This language is certainly
very threatening to all the ''poor widows and
daughters" who hold Office, and for whom
he had just read that he ma,le exceptions TO
his great principle, in the administration Of
which he promised not TO know even the
..friend of his boSom." Who can tell what
the man means? If the conclusion Of that
paragraph does not cut the TIM at of the pro-
mise made in the beginning Of il, then must
confess ! arm rs ignorant Of the meaning OF
words as Mr.. o. Miles j. of The use Of thera.
will not say It presents to the mind such
blood and thunder scene n he describes the
narder Oi the widow Suiter to have been. but
j, looks very much ike game of nine pins
setting Ia s poor. dear widows and daughters up
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