St. Mary's gazette., 1865-08-17

The Two Extremes-
We are not Of those. We confess, who
regard oar present National Execuii We
With uomixed sdmira.ion. Neither do
We aspire to the distinction Of brushing
up bis, Exeeilency's clothes. or blackiug
lis EzOelleocy's boots. Or sweeping ou,
bis Ezcsl'euos's( (p.rlorsa !, ia generally
understood shasMr Forney. Of the CAson:
;e't, pt ssesses 9 monopoly in these and
o,hsr menisl mAttcrs AID is. in fact. the
only proper aud legitimate Purveyor Gen
sysl TO executive kitchen aud stable
Nevertheless, We confess to partial
admiration ol Presidcnsl Joansoo aud
also 10 hearty willingness to sustain
his administration in opposition 10 the
hu.,sul and nisehievous tatremes which
s,e now disturbing the public Ieaee aud
threatening the National future.
One Of these extremes is incorporate
under the banner Of Negro Suffrage.
and draws i:s Inspirations chiefly from
self.rigtteous AID msddlesoue New Eog-
land. It's high priest is Mr.. Charles
somne, and im chief baby Mr. Winter
Dsvis. Of Baltimore, long and favorabIy
known IN this State for his paternal
patronage OF mots aud for his patriotic
an,iPa.hy to Pope aud to Popery. The
faith Of this scct begins and ends with
the Negro. With it. whatever is not Ne
gro is nothing. 1t WAS the Negro who
won orr battles and ~ho gave the coup
de grace TO the Rebellion sno its iui4ui,ies.
Whatever was we'll done during the war.
was done BY tie Negro. IN fact, the
Negro vas every thing aud every body
IN every battle. Nor IL this oil. The
Negro. according to this faction. is IS
indispensable to Us in peace as he was
in war His services are DOW
essential at tho salios-box. probably to
pickle :ka. institution TO keep it the
letter fton spoiiine. In short. Negro
Suffrage is :he one happy panacea for
al our wote. present OF TO come. With
it. VIC are sil promised tho millennium. -
Wi,hou. it. We are all ,hrt atcn. 4 With indi.
vidusl ruin and the Country With uoiver-
sal c'rfusion. This faction. though ont.
wardly friendly. is intensely sn,t.J.hn.
son. aud is tusily cngsged at this time
in nsrshaliLg i.s forces for open sud
violent war upon the Reconstruction Pol
icy Of The Prcsilen, 10 the next Con-
g,ess.
5Ae eth'r ex!rems 10 sngry With Dir.
J,hLson bec.u.e wonders ard impos.ibii-
flea have no. been accomplished 10 few
,hort months. These gentlemen bad cx.
expected him 10 work With the lamp Of
Aladdin or At least BY usgic. aud. Ending
out that he neither employed cl AIMS por
eoVjuraiors, they have become thorough
ly di,gussed, as VAS a.ural they should
sra have thrown or the county in dis
pair. The terror Of ,hc.e gccl people If
the s,ny. Which is .h.. s:eping US. j,
seems. With despc'isu AID s,sr,a,iou .,
'hs sane time. They secount sc uothing
nat over seven huDdrcd ,k.u.sud uep
bave been mustered oat Of service end
sent 10 their homes since the l., Of MAY
sud III; ..he process o!reduc,ion in the army
10 sill goiug on. Without tho slight.s 81
Hgs'd either to ou: foreiea sela,ions OF
our domestic condition. they would re.
duee tha ra'iousl force at orce to 90 or.
dinsry peace establishment. They csu.
rot understand, Low tha, the war is over
Why . miii,sry force - sill maintained
within the ipsurssns States. although it i,
notorious tia, not single one VI ,bes.
States has yet rrovid.d itself With civil
government snd rs nsiuly dependent upor
nili,ary all both for The scesrnyo of prop.
sr'y and The pro.ee.iao Of life. Tie .Lib
bo!cth Of this sect is rz1sealY1,oS. which
means he kensucky resolutions Of 9l
std TIC :nrs'y formulas Of defunet par
tics. end !, ignores oil schemes Of pssioua
settlement which suppose that old prime;
pies. hy var .ud the progress Of time. NAL
have become obsolcts OF uusui,ed to living
e1igeaeies.
surely. there is ground enough beswees
th'ss extr mes for mojersse men to stan;
upon. Let Us us shun. therefore. oil i'm
lrscticabls auc misehievcrs theories 4 re
CONSTRUCTION. and take our s,sod upon ,h
practical aud moderate p,.i:J Of Pyssideu
Johusou. winch sspesss 10 Us. 20, sn,y Il
svoss "A rasA sud ,sdtesl ,,x,,nep.s. b.
70 b wisely sisa,sS !, tls uev b r:s.n,
70 the shsngsS circumstance os tie couD
tyy.