Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1867-12-19

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the Radical party have had sway, one
mass of grand corruption and pilferins.
Things are now almost as bad as they can
be-what will II be when I: Is worse ?
The machinery is at work Tor the DOWN
fall of Maryland also and YOU may look
out at any time for news of the most start
ling character from this quarter bearing
on this subject There are in this city
| from day to day some of the handful OF
hungry and ragged politicians from your
State, ready and willing to perjure them
selves to any extent TO induce Congress to
pituitary landin theway of being constructed
so that they may once more get the offices
into their hand. and disfranchize seven
eighthS other white population. Asdcspcr-
ate as the Radical party now is. there is
no atroeity too great for them to commit,
nor any law too sacred for them to set
aside.
On Tuesday last the accidental Sena-
tor from Missouri treated the Senate TO
one Of his accustomed refined torrents Of
abuse. The speech was just such one
as might have been expected from such
souce and one perfectly in keeping with
th1 Dktes Of his constituents. Drake
d. not want for check. The cool i'm
pH'ohce of the man in saying he repre-
scnted the noble State Of Missouri was
piece of daring@we do not ofen hear from
Radicals Of Mr. brakes stamp. He GER
tainly forgcts that he is the representa-
tive of q miserable minority; he knows
that he has been placed in his present po-
sition by fraud and corruption, that Gov
ernment bayonets drove Tic entire white
population of Missouri from the polls and
he is the representative Of set Of squat
tiers and bcastly ignorant negroes. Mr..
Drake well knows that if the white peo-
pie had been allowed to vote he would
have run his brainlcss head into the fire
before daring to offer his name for Office
to the honest and intelligent people of a
State like Missouri. lie is another of
the turnover class Of politicians, lockers
out for the strong side.
Washington is quite full of strangers,
two-thrds of them men and wOml on
the lookout for office From the appear
ance Of many of them, | fancy they are
rcady for anything, fl on a foreign mission
to suit of old clothes The female por-
ton will take Office if they. can get it-if
not they will hire out by the month,
cook, nurse children or take turn at my
, thing to pay expenses One sees an in
tcrcsting sight passing the Treasury In
the street cars when the Lady clerks are
coming out 1t is amusing to see the
difcrcnb Ttylcs-sor.rs really beauttus
girls-come out of the Treasury every day
about three o'clock, and enter the street
cars, one can feast his eyes to his heart 5
content. Should the day be rainy and
the car get very much crowded, rs it of
zen does, you will find yourself so wodgcd
in between four or five ladies that it IS i'm
possible to move and you find a pretty lit
tie white hand laid on your shoulder, as
the car gives start, to prevent its owner
from falling OF course no man, with
spark of gallantry, can for amoment, OBJ
ject to the pretty white hand visiting his
shoulder. We often wish the car would start
and Jolt and throw the owners of the little
white hands off their balance. oftener than
it does. But don't get into one of these
crowds if you have Jorr wife with you
she might not like it,
The recent overwhelming defeat of the
Radicals in Pittsburg came upon US like
the bursting of she'll. No one expect
ed the Radical success, but no one dream
ed that when it came to strict party vote
tho Democrats would sweep the town by
nearly the same majority it gave Lincoln
but few years ago The issue before
the people in this election was certainly
not Negro Suffrage. As heretofore, that
has been the excuse ven by the Radicals
for the change in near y every NoFthern
State at the Fall elections Wait until
next Fall and purhaps it will be discovered
that Negro suffrage will have sent Dem
ocratic President to the White House for
the next four years. How then?
You will remember that in one of your
correspondent letters the fact was brought
TO- v4,r re>ice "that Negroes would be
allowed to vote but Rsot hold office 1t
appears that such is really the case as we
see in Alabama that not one single negro
is nominated for office. BY this it would
appear that however well the Negro party
may love the dear negro they do not love
him we'll enough to 90 without office and
let the negro have it, nor do our honest
and patriotic member of Congress love
them we'll enough to- sit in the Senate and
House Of Representatives side by side with
Il IT, N,.-r,.so ora frrip1IS at thi :