Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1867-12-05
ofthe Bcacon.)
Washington Dec. End, 1867.

ti4t Gu pSCul'N'io, ehS SoiN ssSi
ter only fuctuated a fraction and stopped
Those who bought gold heavily, wiped
their eyes. looked at each other with
roadcr. and took another look atthe gold
boar.!-but it was no 90 The question
now is what 70 do with the gold they have
on hand, and who is most bsrned in the
operation. | am credibly Informed that
the whole thing was stock -jobblng oper-
alton from beginning to end. One firm
alone in New York expected TO make, on
tLe day the Report was read, the neat hit
tie SUN # i've millions and half, but
somehow or other the machine would not
work and suppose the performance was
POSTPONED on account Of the weather -
/ Mr.. Churchill will now retire from Con-
grcss much richer, but not wiser man,
1 return to private life and be forever point
ed AT and held up TO the rising generation
as an example of honor and lnterity wor-
thy Of imitation.
The subject of Impeachment is but lit
tie talked of now. At FIRST there was
quite an excitement, and in passing the
! groups collected at the corners you could
hear the subject constantly under discus
sion Now al is quiet and We are wait
ing for Congress 70 get up something to
keep Us moving.
Mr. Stevens health, learn, is about
as good now AS at any time during the
Iast session Of Congress- If he keeps up
We may look for something interesting
from that quarter, if the courage of his
followers does not fail them. Outside
radicals have been backed down from their
lofty position and many who, few months
40, were loudeste in advocating every
doctrine of the radical party now say that
the Negro is not the thing and ask what
We are to 10 with the Institution
The people Of the North have spoken
SO emphatically against negro suffrage that
Radicals are now willing to drop the sub
ject How senators and representatives
be seen, particularly those whose States
have gone so largely Democratic 1t is to
be hoped they viii find that they are not
carrying out the wishes Of their consttu
cnts, turn from their evil courses and be-
come honest men, if that be possible
The result Of the recent elections must
certainly have been a subject of the Bit
tercst mcrtifcation to the radical party or
they must have been the worst possible
calrulatnrs Of the feelings Of the people.
remember 4 remark of Senator Wilson
before the close of the last session in
which he said II have not the heart to
ask anything more of the South In flu
turc we shall count the Radical majorities
all over the country, by tens of thous
ands' We must certainly set the Scna-
tor down as bad calculator BY the
way. we never knew before that the SEN
ator had a heart, and we have yet to learn
when it WAS that he asked anything of the
South. 4 lie sent United States bayoncts
to the South, drove the white men from
the polls and made the negroes vote the
tickets placed in their hands If this is
what the Radicals mean by asking, hope
their requests viii be few-they have such
: persuasive way with then. that it is im-
possible to say no.
The whole aim and object of the Radi-
cal party seems from the first, to have
been to pass such laws as would forever
~ INC f"i III t'"0i' III VIZ ""oi'
body it would be impossible to find one
man who has the slightest pretsnsions to
craftsmanship, and at no time since we
have had a Congress has there been less
talent or more profound Ignorance Of the
true principles of government When
such men as Calhoun, Clay and Webster
were the heads of the two existing parties,
Mr. Stevens, then in full vigor, did not
rank even as a 6rst-class county lawyer
Now we find him holding the dcstinies of
the nation in his hand and ruling Congress
with rod Of iron Sumner, remarkable
only Cor his faculty Of s:ringing together
sounding words, in which the Negro is al
ways brought most beautifully into view,
was perfectly painted by Senator M'Dou
gal when he said that were verbosity an
evidence Of talent, the Senator from Mas
sachusetts was the most talented man in
the world As fer Wade and Wilson,
bla~2hrmy and un5outh manners are al
, they have to recommend them as party
| leaders When We see AMI hear these
men, we conclude thc right-thinking peo-
| pie Of the North did not vote when such
llifi were sent IL the congress or the n
ned States, That the North with all her
boosted religion, intelligence and refine
meut could not find among all her cult
waited ami talented men one single man as
II III representative Of her Wanted civili-
cation, is I nystery that puzzles more
learned ones than ourselves Yet these
men and their constituents pretend to
sheer at John Norriscy and call him gam
bier ana prizeighter. think Mr. Nor
riScy viii compare tavorably with the best
Of them. Norrisey keeps 4 gambling
house, but TO not these very men. who
seem 50 mortified At such an enormity, 60
to his house. win his money, If they can :,
drink his wines and eat his surpcrs His
early education may have have been de-
fectivc-that is no fault Of his, perhaps
poverty may have been the cause. but he
is their superior III every quality that
makes the man. i'll goodness Of heart, In
generosity. IN good manners, and last but
not least. IN bravery When Mr. Nor
riSey fought, he fought Ike a brave man,
he never kicked fallen foe but was the
FIRST to give him n helping hand He
never tortured an innocent woman to
death 70 Nr'o party purposes-can Holt
, Stanton. Summer and the like say the
same Mr. Morrisey's purse is ever open
- the needy and suffering and he yearly
ewes thousands IN charity while those who