St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1862-09-04

dc. Order heing comparatively restored,
the speaker resumed bis remarks
! / was saying fellow citizeus. that this is
the mast corrupt Government that ever
disgraccd the United States. Look at the
fortunes made in contracts Cheers. Look
at the reports of the Senate aud House
con,misi'ses-Reputlican reports, made BY
their own pevple-and there you will ss@
the evidence that any thing so corrupt. that
any thing half as corrupt as this Govern
NIT at the Unitd States, never was ini-
agined until Mr.. Lincoln came into power.
Cheers. If y'u recollect, fellow citizens
one of the last acts Of the Senate Of the
United States, a now composed, Was ~ re-
fuse to pass vote of cen>ure upon u Re-
publican Senator whom c"m,ni,tce Of that
cody reported against as having received
bride # twenty or thirty thou dol
lars. it matt, r. net which, rom 4 contract r
-(applaus. that au.t Senate which has
been cxIcling member after member, upon
more or less finely wrought principles
where they chose to get at them in order to
increase their own majority.
Well. now, fellow citizens, I say If you
choose t. put down this Government to go
quietly b, the ballot box in October and
vote against this Government, who is to
say nay to it? l. that treason or disuuion?
(Cries Of NJ. and chceEs J What arc We
told? We are told by this Government
Ga voice: 1t is treason to be Democracy
ainly-Democracy is treason, free
dom is treason, the press is reasonable
What will this Government say, gentle
men, at the close approach of what is to
happen. especially if, as they say, it is
treason for the Democratic party to organ
fze itself, treason to vote against this Gov
eminent, or dc anything other than what
they call supporting it2 We mus, defend
ourselves, aud restore the Union with tie
sword so far as the sword is necessary -
But say, fellow citizens, that the idea
that is NV given out BY these people at
Washington, that we are not to organize
party i'll opposition to the existing Govern
mcnt, is thing 50 INDUSTRIOUS as never was
heard of in any country. Voices: I'VE
will support the Constitution
What is in .he way? We'll, I do not
understand if We have the minority there is
anything i'll the way. They tell Us We can
be arrested. All. Qaugh and ap-
p|ausc.) Well, see our friends in differ
cnt parts of the town (so,nc in the Twelfth
ward the other day have been arrested
But, after all, fellow ct:zcns, these arrests
are not such terrible things If they ar
rest you, they must feed you, clvthe you.
lodge you; and, in these hard times, there
is something in that. daughter, and
cheers for lngcr>oll. \ voicc-.They
don't tax. of your wife and childrcu.")
No. they don't take care Of your wife
and children. Laughter know Of no
thing else that they pretend to put in the
way of our march to the ballot box except
arrest, and | fattcr myself that though
they may arrest you and me, they cannot
arrest the whole Democratic party Cheers
You cannot arrest the Fails Of Niagara;
yoI canuot arrest the ocean, The Demo
cratic proportion Of the four HUNDRED thou
sand voters in Pennsylvania-you cannot
arrest them. Therefore it is, fellow citi-
Zcns. that We are every day closing up for
this election day, and when that day comes
and the Democratic party shows its major
ity throughout this State. and, as hope it
will throughout the North. then the
wind IS taken out Of Mr.. Lincoln's sail:
and though We then shall not be in the
possession Of power. want to see the Fed
erdl Government that will dare, in the face
of an aseertained maturity of the whole
country. ID carry the unconstitutional and
unlawful measures in which they have been
indul ging for the last eighteen months.
Cheers Fellow citizens, | will now give
way. as it grows late aud other speakers are
waiting to address you.