Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-04-15

lev Instructions, and DO lot begin to
serve .heir own interests the moment that
they are Gu. Of sight of their employer
Society could not exist in our country If
the social decentralization WAS IS complete
e. the political. We ascribe the existing
poblie condition to the principles ofthe Rad
icAl pu.y-nor are We conscious ofpoliticat
p.eiudies in doing SO. The Radicals first
.vowed and prscticed the doctrine that
the in.sres. of tie party mast override
every moral or legal obstacle. Once 1t
Was an awful barrier raised against
measure 70 say-this is unconstitutional !;
which means contrary 10 the highest Law
Of the land. The only answer was to ar
que that the measure was CONSTITUTIONS.
But, in these evil latte. days. men, with
IN unblushiDg front, can rally their fol-
Lwers to the support Of any measure with
the cry, "it is to our party interes'-no
matter II it is unconstitutional Thus
the transient intsres. of party predoml-
mates over the great permanent interests
of society. This nan is a notorious rogue
says the common voice of all who know
him. Yes; but he is of our party. so
Let VA vote him into an office of trust
No sane man would send letter with
money in it to the postofics by the hands
OF anhn Of whom be knew only that he
was "of our party" Still further would
be Be from trusting him. in any private
interest, if every body said, "the fellow
b rogue" Yet, partizana think moth
Ing of voting for Rogue, if he is on their
legislative or congressional ticket. They
would not trust him with FIVE dollars ; but
they will trust him with the vast inter
ee,s of the whole community, for they
think that Rogue will deal with them &C
cordipp to the interests Of "our party"
But even here there is disappointment,
Rogue, when he is elected, having no
moral principle nor sound political prin-
ciple, forthwith concludes that he can
make more money by looking after his
own interests than the interests Of the
party And he looks after his own inter
ost-
We say this was not 30 in tie old timos
The elected officer represented the whole
people-nfter election was over. Thomas
jefferson, in his first inaugural said =
1--WE are now all Federslists, all Rspub-
licans.1 He declared that be would re-
move 90 FederaliSt from Office except for
eause. In eight years he made but shlr-
ty-nins removals To young man, his
relative, who, on that score, asked for an
Office. he said that to be his relative was
q reason Why the President could not give
him an office. How changed the scene
to-day The partisan triumph is follow
I'd by the personal triumph. Everybody
In Office looks out for himself, his family,
his friends. then the party; and the time
never comes when be realizes his obliga-
don to his whole country, its Constitution
and it's laws. We say the rank profiga-
cy of our times is the growth Of Radical
ism. It is not merely the practice of its
membsrs-every party has unworthy
members-it is the principles of the par
~ that have led to political corruption
tia. has no parallel. Look how it carried
its measures in the last hours Of the Con-
grcss Just sdjoarned Three States are
to be forced to adopt an amendment to
the Constitutions act in its very ns-
turs r,Iua.aryi But, said eminent Rad
seas, it is only thus we can get the three
fourths to establish negro suffrage in the
Northern States 4 Senator, Mr.. Thur
man, replied thus:
The power of Congress in relation to
changing she Constitution was merely the
proposing of amendments. But the
amendment of the Senator kfrom Indiana
(Mr. Morton) proposed that Congress,
having already submitted the fifteenth
constitutional amendment to the people
should row 20 on and coerce certain States
into rstifying it. This would be an out
rave, 10. only upon the people Of those
States, But upon the people Of all the
Sts.es, by fixing negro suffrage upon
them. Indeed. be understood the Sena-
tor TO ssy that enc great object of his
amendment was TO override the will of the
people Of his State, Indians. If thesen-
Tor really believes that the people of In
diana are in favor Of negro suffrage, why
not consent to submit. i, to them directly,
and not attempt to force it upon them by
Legislature elected on the Chicago plat
form, which expressly disavowed the in
tsrtion to force negro suffrage on the
States in the Union."".
To this las, question theirs was no an
sxxr. Indeed. it is unsrswerable. for by
ie own solemn platform. the party stands
convicted of this fraud. Does any man,
tAsu. ask the cause Of the Decentralization
Of every branch Of ouE government p
R>dca,ism il The csuse-its practice and
,,s pripSip,ee are alike dishonest aud
they have produced the same result in ev-
.rv legislative body. city. State or Fede-
rsl. in which Radicsl majority rules
TIE especial attention Of gentlemen is
called 10 the card elsewhere of tbs Bshi-
more Museum Of Anatomy. az Institution