Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-01-14

(Cerres 5onucnc> =! Ihe DEACON
Washington Jsn 18th. 1 500.
The recent action Of III. peopi.s Of ihe
| West. in taking tie las 1870 their own
hands and furnishing set II murderers
and thieves who have infested the eoun-
;lJ fer the las, eight years, mas created
10 little alarm among the corrupt minis
tiers Of justice throughout. The land We
hail with admiration TIE resolution dis
played By the law-loving portion Of the
Western people in II ding their country
Of the wrrtches who have 20 long goue
''unwhipt Of justice rs last resor;
! the people sno have The right have ia
ken on themselves to teach their corrupt
judges that they are determined TO have
:hel! lives and pro?srty protected. Since
and during the la;e war it has been Gus
.onary il s,rae (aad We nay say il a
najed:y) Ct ths States eog judges to rem
der only poli'ica. DECISIONS, az and jas
.lce have been u:!-r,y ignored and judge.
study only how 70 lorPetuatc The party
now in power and to protect political
thieves and muir !cre-s TIE question Of
vigilance committee has been seyiousl y
discussed here among nc best ci;i1cns OF
all parties and onr only wonder is that
the expcdient was not long ago adopted
Tie people Of this city have frequently
been SO much exasperat.d By The conduct
Of the Judiciary and police ,ha; their for
bearance has exc;tel our surprise and ad-
miration. A Vigilance committee saved
/ California and made her the most -four
! isLing State ia The Union snd it Is only
! by such means that We can ever hope to
return to anything like our former purity
and prosperity When the people ris2 in
! their might anu :akc The Underwood and
others ike hin and hang them to the
lamp posts wi.bou. giving them time for
= prayer we may hope for better days and
may expect to see pu-er men filing off,
ces of public trust Il IS to DC hoped
that the people viii 10: ..or row that
they have taken III cling IL -.4ud ut so
on with the good work ana make a clean
sweep Of Judges and Police Commission
ers throughout the country-thep, and
not till then shall We have peace and pro-
lection for life and property.
. No little amusement has been caused
By the report made BY sons fellow on
Grants staff eho was sent 70 Arkansas TO
inquire into and report on the state of al
fairs there Some wags say lie did not
get farther than Georgetown and made
the report there aad came back the no1t
day. Others, say the report WAS written
BY Forney the day lie vas ordered away.
Others say he went 10 Arkansas and ques-
toned the frst Niger he met On the state
Of affairs, the niger told him it was live
ly-he came back and reported things
lively in Arkansas Such report does
not surprise ue coming from 81 otflcer OF
the Army. nor do We blame him. for 1t
would be more thar his shoulder-s,raes
are worth to make any report but SUCH o
one as would be pleasing TO Grant and
| Congress.
The IntcllI.enccr seems inclined to ex-
hibit lis wrath ut the B ltimore Sun and
the railroad working of Mr.. Garrett. II
both papers get their blood up and 60 q;
each other with viii we may look for
some spicy things before the contest Is
over We should enjoy good war be-
tween the two paper. and look for the an
| swcr Of the Sun to the peanut leader Of
the Intelligencer with no small degree OF
interest Some members of Congress
seem bent on some railroad scheme which
will wind UP Maryland and make the
grass grow il the streets Of Baltimore
There seems TO be an undyirg hate among
the Yanhee, to Maryland y--:-:zzv-3i y envy
Of her refinement, prosperity and 7dvanc-
ing civilization. No stone will be left
unturned in the effort to drag Maryland
down 10 level with Yankee States
The Northern people have for years
viewed her advancement with jealous eyes
The failed TO include her in the Recon
struction .ct and now they, coward-like
seek 10 CT. of ard 50 restrict her COM
merce that she viii become mere cipher
They refinement, intelligence and courage
for which the people Of Maryland are SC
| Justly celebrated, have always and ever
Will ca! icr,h the hatred Of the vulgar
aud ignorant dem gogucs who now hold
the reins Of Government. They am Only
10 drac everything 49, = .aeir own
standard Of corruption AID blscAsuari
ism. The railroad management OF Nr.
Garrett IS poor excuse for overturnip 6
her State government and reducing hey
people 70 a~condition worse than slavery
/ Congress don't seem 20 be doing much
Now ,h2; they have done AL that Is pos
sible for tie niger they seem cut Of their
elemest and don't know how to leg!slase
on apv ether subject. Now that they
; have -iytn everything to tie niger i