Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-05-27

ameant of wonderful + which Nassa=
ebasstts processes to i * for the Cypress
Cd .: all lands, one w;aii suppose that i
vas the frecst com monseal.h in the world.
But appearances are Certainly deceptive
in this case. There does not exist, prob
ably, as much bigotry, prescription ard
selhShness in the whole country combined
az in Massachusetts, There has not been.
or IS not now an ism cursing the country
bit has found happy home within rs
borders Hear what Boston cores
poudent of the New York World has to
say shout her:
Manv people suppose that the suf-
fr.ge is free and impartial here This IS
great mistake. Massachus etts-d's-
semblinc, dcocitful old drab-has skilfui.
ly and crafty fossered this idea. whereas
in fact, it Is restricted and partial. No
man can vote unless be has paid poll
tax. This is certain proportion OF the
assessments of the municipalities. With
the owners Of property. it Is merely clas-
styling a certain amount of their taxation
under another head With the poor work
ing classes who, s.Se no property, how
ever intalligent>and virtuous they may be
it i, a diversion of a portion of the Just
taxes ofproporty TO their beat and groan-
ing shoulders. Substantially the propo-
sition to them is this pay this proportion
of the tax Of the property holders, or lose
your vote, thus making the right indirc Ct
ly property qualification. A negro
and Massachusetts has special fondnc>s
for the negro-if he will pay this tax,
may vote the white man, though he be
graduate of Harvard, ifpoor and unable to
pay it, cannot vote. Further, those who,
by the accident Of birth, have been &c
pri7ed no fault of theirs--ot
instruction in the rulimental elements Of
! knowledge, are deprived Of the suffrage
/ There are many of this class III the State
some Of them possessed of property, and
| quiet and orderly members Of society. who
/ have no voice in our political affairs
The fundamental principal that represen-
! tation should accompany taxation is vio-
lated in their case in fragrant manner.
These men pay taxes for schools, the sup
port Of the poor, the repairing of roads,
and the dctraying Of town. county, and
/ State expenses, but are excluded from all
participation in the choice of school Off
GERS. The State makes misfortune a
crime, and treats it as such At the
same time our people wall and shrek over
the cruelty of deprlving the Ignorant and
degraded blacks Of the South Of the suf-
frage. They love negro fsr better THEN
they do an lrishman or a German. The
poor, aud the intelligent if poor, as well
as the ignorant, na,t not vote at home
At the South it is emincntlv fit and pro-
per, In their alignment, that vice, ignor-
ancc; s1d poverty should vote, and intel
ligence, virtue, and property should b.
/ excluded. To reform this abuse, 50 far
as the poll-tax is concern d. Mr.. Collins,
a Democratic mem Der from Boston, pro
posed constitutional amendment. Il
was met by the Radicals with dcnuncia-
ton AMI dersou; even the supported
colored member from Boston opposed it.
French, of New Bedford, whose chief
CONCERN seems to be the liquor law, and
wh0Sis apparently troubled with very
high opinion of himself, was 50 aroused by
this audacious proposal, that he moved
as a good joke, to strike ont the word
male, which being done, TIE amendment
was rejected amidst the jocrs and jlbcs OF
the Radical majority. How long can
reasoning and rejecting men he humbug-
gcd and deceived y: party which orcr-
ates so ,hamelessly, on false prctences,
as the republican party of Massachusetts
They must smile themselves sometimes at
the transparent deception"