Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-03-18

frightened ous Of saeiF wits and plainly
tell you they arc T. = loss via. = do
to fcllpe Graht OAe. tLisg IS certain.
the Senate, unl-r Prosaa: circumstances,
Is determined t. keep the grip on the
Government patronage. When Grant
falls in their way Of thinking and let's For
ney and his trib. think and &C, for him.
then the Senate will let 60 its hold, no;
til .hen As for ourself we arc perfect
Is satisfied With Grant and his principles.
Since he has been President every office
he las filled has been with ultra-radlcals.
His Cabinet were all men Of extreme
views and the only objection 70 them was
that such men as Sumner. Forhey and the
tribe were not consulted aud SLOWED to
make the Cabinet for Grant. We are at
i loss 10 see what reason the people could
have for supposing that Grant would pur-
sue any but the most ultra course. Every
act before and since his Inaugurati u
points as plainly in the Radical direction
Us any one could desire. Some nave
found fault with the appointment OF Long
street to one Of the most lucrative othees
in the gift Of the government, but peop'e
must hear in mind that thi. is not the
same Longstrcet who "piled the ground
with Yankees slain" Th'sis new man,
be has confessed his sins and been bora
again, received the true and righttul oap-
t;sm in The only true political worship
the worship of the negro. tie has been
striped and reconstructed and the proper
black stripe put down his back bone the
mark worn by all the faithful OF bis or
der. So that when Longstreet is spoken
of by the Radicals they hold him up as 4
miracle showing how well reconstruction
acts, that he is the only reconstructed
man in the whole South, and be deserves
a good Office fer having SO early discern
ed in the dim distance the great adranta-
qcs which would accrue to him BY coming
early into the true fold. The political
guil!o,ine is well oilel and is working
slowly but surely at present. The e1-
ecutioncrs are new hands at the work,
but ty the last of next week the machine
will be in good working order and every
man at his Post-then look out. AS It
is, almost every hour is marked by the
fall of some head of the truly loyal, into
the basket The poor fellows meet their
fate with a very bad grace. No time is
allowed for q few words of warning or
farcwell-the axe droTs and all is oy,r =
all seem to be in dread. No one feels
himself safe for an hour. They cutter the
Office only to sec their death warrant "
ing on the table Past loyalty, past ser
vices of any kind are Of 40 avail, pardon
or respite is never thought e, execution
follows Judgment With terrifying speed
and certainly. Look, for example. at
the gallant and war-stalned Col. Caring
ton, who for eight years has been District
Attorney for this District one Of the fat
test Offices in the gift Of the Government,
he rose in the morning District Attor-
ney, and went 70 bed at night headlts IS
mass-notling but a third-ratc county
court lawyer. If such services as those
of the veteran Colonel have no weight,
what is to become Of the next May
Grant grant them some mercy Let the
machine work, they are only taking oft
their own heads and We outside people
enjoy the fun amazingly. We hope they
viii keep the machine we'll oiled and new
cr suffer i to grow rusty for want of use
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