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

to. ] say is it not monstrous that the pur.
poses 10 hold this meeting should have been
denounced ia all parts of the country aud
is there any other reason or motive that
can be conceived of for denouncing it, save
that which ! have suggested to you, save that
we are in a majority? Gentlemen. if VIC
were in minority. if there was no fear al
rs. If those who dcnoance il did not knos
that we are about to Withdraw them from,
the treasury and from power, you would
have heard no denunciaiions of this meet.
ing.
Now. gentlemen. what are We going to
do? (Voices--"Put them out We are
assembled here preparatory to the October
election. have seen you assembled here
before. 1t is no new thing for the Deme-
cratic party to hold a meeting preliminary
to the Oct obcr clrcfi"ns; and what are We
going to do? 4 voice-.Savc the coun-
try.") We are going to save the country
AS you say, sir; then We are quietly going
to the ballot box, and We shall deposit cur
votes against the party now in posse ssioa:
ut Washington. Is there any harm III
that? Is that treason? l. that rebellion!
Is that idea anti American or anti Demo
cratic? (Cries Of mo, sir-ec,") Now.
fellow citizens. if we arc the minority, au,i
if We think this Government that now rule,
the country is ruling it to our ruin, wiz
should We not put il down. aud meet herr.
in public meeting for the purpose of en-
couraging one another i'll this great work
We think they misrulc Us. and, being the
majority. we may exercise our right pt
ballot aud put them out.
Well. now. what are the reasons for
which we hold that this party should come,
out Of power? In the first place, fellow
citizens, we are at this time the most in,
drhted country in all the world. We have
the largest dcbt-a debt, for the paymen.
of which there is the least probability, for
by the middle of the year '6:;, We shall be
the heaviest taxed people in the world
OF all this money that has been raised of
the people Of the United States by loan and
yet to- be realized nv taxation. how much
has been well spent' Isay this Government
has raised the largest sums Of money. and
applied them to less purpose than any Gov
eminent that ever di-gracc'l power. (Faint
cheers They have had the largest num-
Der Of troops in the field. They began
with 100. 900, and are now going to raise
Goo. 900 more; that will make an army of
1000. 600 men. What have they done
with that army? Vrics of "Nothing.' At
this point some one In the crowd proposed
three cheers for General Mcclellan. which
were given. with three Additional But
what are they doing with Mcclellan now:
1t is not four and twenty hours since
read in the papers reports that Mcclellan
has been removed from his commando
(Crirs Of no, never. Three more cheers
for Mcclellan were here given, with huzzas
for John X. Murphy.)
want to know whether any Govern
mcnt that ever exercised So mich power
has. with 5000. 900 men-or not to count
ih" GOO 900 not yet ia the fiei-has, with
700. 900 men in the field. ever accomplish
Ell results SO in>i gni6cant: Here We arc,
on this twenty-third day of August. 1862,
without accomplishing any results towards
the suppression If the rebellion. We were
told il would take but sixty or ninety days
TO crush out the rebellion Mr. Seward
writes tn all his correspondents. and gives
IT out in every direction, that sixty or nine
ty days is to be the limit. { 4 voice
Like good many more. he know'd no.
thing" Well, fellow citiz ms. with what
object has the war bc,n prosecuted?
have heard from my fricnd, Mr. White,
aud l am very glal to hear it, that the
Government have taken it into their heads
10 declare that this Abolition scheme is
dead But what has been the whole OBJ
jet Of the war hitherto! a VOICE "Tn
free the nigger.") To free the niger
Now, has there been any a<Ler object.
and il they could accomplish that object,
where should We be! If those four mil
lions of negroes were turned loose into the
Northern and Southern States together.
where. gentlemen, would you and I be ?
Ca voice: 1--WE might all 60 to Ireland and
Germany" aud laughter.) Are We to
adopt them? Marry them? Iu what
manner are those negroes TO be disposed of:
Why, | will tell you what will become OF
them. gentleman. aud do not suppose the
Aboltionists will much regret it. Those
pnor negroes whom the Ab"litionists love
much less than you and I do, those poor
negroes would have their throats cnt in 4
war of races, and that would be the euJ Of
this schene of the Abolitiouists.
say further. :cllow citizens, that more
corrupt Government than that which now
governs vs. never was in tho United States,
and has :. llom been seen in any part of
the European world. 1t is necessary to 60
to the older regions OF Asia to tinI as much
corruption as exists in the Government Of
Alr Lincoln.
Cat this point of the speakers remarks.
young man in army uniform called out,
.You are liar; this is the best Government
that ever existed" This interruption
created quite a commotion. and the mass
of humanity in front Of the platform sway
ed to aud fro tumulttlou<!y. amid cries Of
'-put Lim OUT" hang him. fight"