Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-05-06
Isn't il y dainty dish
To set before the king

For instance, the patriotic free trade
poets Of tina Post have a Ing II two a.
some of General Gra1t', apoontm ants
and then We loarf from another qlnrtcr
that il Is because hey have filled to b.
sent II take possession o. their "ca4tlrs
in S9ain" The facetiou4 DINA next
ceases to be funny, gets ont Of patience.
gets in rage and proc els ferventy and
furiously to scold ami scan lal12a the al
ministration whcreupon it appears that
it is because Dans has failed III hl- dreams
Of the Custom IIousr. aad even of a gopl
whiSkev district. which woul enable him,
in his coach and four and diamonds and
gold Chains. to shine like Sheridt IN Shook.
Worst Of all, Dana, dronping his mock
heroes over Greeley. produces somH bit
ing revelations Of the curin~i'ins Of ajont
stock newspaper system calculated to pct
rify the Tribune philos >pher whercupon
the enterprsiag Dana is brought face to
face with hundred thousand dollar libel
suit. and there i. great fuss among the
small fry in Philadelphia. With these
things and the Sprasue wlr still On IN
Rhode Island. and ami the general tur-
mol, noise and confu ion in the republi-
gan camp. tho formidable Fisk and his
railway lawsuits are for the time eclipsed
When the politicians get into a DHnny-
/ brook "scrimmagc" over the spoils Fisk
must fall back, for he ceases TO b. the
living sensation.
But where is all this mutny and up
roar among the powers that be to end p
I'VE shall be broken up says Senator
! Trumbull "unless soma ADMINISTERS ion
will set the example. or some Legislation
will compel it, of m liking the pric, of of
fee good behavior only" He says, more
over, that 'the scenes and the scramble
of the last month have been di~gr,ceful :
that Congress is becoming drmorllz q
and paralyzed, and that unless We have
a great reform in this business Of the
spoils 1.-THE roltic.l state of the country
! will be degraded beyond recovery" On
/ opinion is that a terrible recojl will come
upon the corrupt and d,moralzad party
in power, ana that a wholesome politica
revolution will follow, in bringing a new
party into the foreground Thus. Will,
the signs Of the times indicate that the
present administration will be di-astrou:
one to the republican party, we think il
will be good for the county In the
policy which General Grant is pursu n
Of faithfully and rigid Y carrying ont the
/ laws and the orders and the wishes Of Col-
gre>s the consequences are becoming APP
parent to the peoPlr, and thus the domi-
. nant party, through It's own devices. is
rapidly hurried on the r)al To ruin
Andy JobnSon, from his policy Of oppo-
stuo to Congress, kept tins party aHve
aud furnished it political capital for ever
election; G.neIat Grant, IN giving to Con.
gress ani the party prog CANINE su!s sway
aud in carrying out the party law OF 70
tatIou III off e with an unspariug hand
is 10 iair way to the Inauguration of /;
new and II trc startling and m,-e pro.
gressive revolution than that which cul
minated q has election We sar, then
Jet aim 20 Cd. and 1t II come A swe-p
ins revolution IS tn, on y remedy for uu..
,>yCrsal corruption.