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

esry ma:erial difference between these
proportions aad il locks to ss like dodg-
ing t.. js:ae 70 Use vague general ex-
rEefs;ou.. IS 9.a,: dos. rLich nay nesn
anything q rotLiag
Speaking Of individuals. Le gay. o.
Ncriril Philips:
"itror reth:ag pcrsoaally Of NJ Phil
liTs. l hare fever real any Il his speech
es sxccI: those attacking NE / should
have respected hiEf aud accredited him
With more honesty Of purpose If he had
opposed II election. | certainly copid
never support man thought as weak
ard bad a man as he protested to believe
me TO Be. have survived his attacks,
ard hope he may sarSive his nslice to-
1-rdi ne"
CoIcegni-g Butler. Groeley. Beecher
ind some Others q he family of,he faith
/ fol. Gen. Grant speaks with dellghtfai
| fraukness, b., CONES much nearer the
mark in bi. o.c.-ces !hsh ID his COM
merdatious.
'"Butl,r is rot 50 ksd man SO his en-
emies imagine him 10 Re | have no I'll
will towards him, and an satisfied that
there would never have been any differ
eucc between US, if it had not been for
the misrepresentation Of third parties
There is 10 truth in the report that George
Wilkes had arranged our difficulties -
There is no'hing il common between Mr..
Wilkes and me, except our fondness for
horses ard The turf Mr. Wilkes could
advise me on no ether subjects than these
General Butler IL q man Of very great
force Of eharac,sr He would be lead,
er 10 ans country in which ne lived ana al
sny cause which he espouscd. The ne
pubhcan party sould better afford 10 1852
slnos: any other of its captains. No one
deprecate. more than DO tbs attempt 70
take from him the 2onidenoe Of the par
~. He has Won that confidence by a
manly. fearless, persistent. and most
powerful advocacy Of its principles. and
the vote by which he was reelected shows
the weakness Of his ASSISTANTS. | was e1-
ceedinr cratifed At the result Of that cleo
ton"
"Mr. Greeley has published some IN
pala,able things about me, but have no
doubt be thought at the time they were
true. Greeley is good man, great
nan. ana faithful, honest. and ethcient
ad yoca,e Of the cause OF human liberty -
! He siwavs seemed TO me TO cxaggera'e
| the bright side Of human nature. and un-
derra,e its dark side He exaggerases
the capacity of the negro. while he un-
dcrrates the crime Of JEFF. Davis Such
men are always the dupes- Of men OF info
rior abilities. who are cunning and dig
honest This is creditable failing. -
The world is better for Greeley having
lived in II and erred il i. ike Gree
lev better than have any reason to sup
pose he likee me-,
II guess Beecher don't want any Of
fce but he would be s better preacher
if he were less politician. and better
politician if be were less preacher. 1t
is imro sible for . man to have philan-
thropv that will cover a whole nation and
yet 81 Plymouth Church. Beecher IA
yored the Cleveland Convention until he
found that Plymouth Church repudiated
the platform He was heart and soul for
Chase until Plymouth Church ratified the
Chicago nominations. I often wonder
tina, Beecher is coatent 20 remain IN a
suburb of New York, whose prosperity
is due to the advantages of economy
Plymouth Church could not ill Beecher' s
place Beecher could build up larger
and better church il any city. | should
like to see his intellect and his heart have
full plav-he would soon make q history
equal to Wilbcrforce. He should be per-
suaded TO leave Brooklyn and plymouth
Church and go to New York. which Is
cosmopolitan, and where philanthropy
and fraud devotion and devilment are al
exercised on the largest scale
'Bcnnett is Scotchman no man ever
born in Scotland ever became scelimsteo
: IN this country His grandsons may, but
neither he nor bis sons are true Amerl
caus. am Of this descent myself, and
therefore speak candidly. No Scotchm"r
ever e3patrates himself e1cep. from neces-
sity, and nothing here is equal TO the Ault
lang syne.' Bennett, like true Scotch
man, is ever ready to trade upon the mis-
fortunes Of his adopted country. H.
cares not how terrible time ii is for The
country, If it IS oul ) good time for news
pspers. He made his paper famous BY
making il Infamous. 1t lnattcred moth
ing to him who was harmed, 50 that ne
made money. he hiss always conducted
his journal upon the principle enumerated
by the Scotchman who advised his son
john When you marry. marry woman
who has money For any woman may
turn out ii, but, Cad, the money never
will"
Raymond .lways reminds me Of a
jumping jack. BE is heads up or. tails
IN lust az Seward or Weed move him. =
When Raymond goes wrong | always
feel ike forsiving him. for he knows not
what he does nobody supposes him to
he anything but the mouthpiecc Of Sc
ward and Weed. though be is brilliant
writer, il &c would be independent ana
strike out on his own hook. Seward is
/. man Of very great ability ana very lit
i, pnAciplc Il he had net entrusted
his politics 80 Weed he nigh: have been
= Statesman. Weed being very cor
rup, politician. SEWARD was dragged down
| frcm he elevation Of stat, suaDshlY 80 the
.ovest depths Of demsgosuery- johnson
would tsve remained : pure man. true
patriot. and Wise President. II he had
| been removed from It's balefrl innue1ce
Of Seward"