Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1870-11-03


notwithstanding their frequency. are IN
ereasing inlvolume AMI enthusiasm as the
campaign progresses. Tn the beginning
Of the contest. the eclored voters, general
". held themselves aIonf from our gath
erings. and the white'democrats. not then
warmed no to the peril Of the situation.
exhibited careIessnes. and Indifference
about their political duties which wss tru-
" alarming. Presto. and all this has
changed. There is not single neighbour
hood or precinct of our county in which
active. earnest men arc not to be seen Ia
boring with might and main. daily and
nightly, fsr the good cause. informing
black zoters - to their true interests and
arousing white ones to the importance
of attending at the polls on Tuesday next
and dcvoting the day to the service Of their
county and their country The meetings.
district and mass, at every point Of the
compass nre now largely attended by white
and black, who manifest an enthusiasm
and earncSness which give happy augury
Of the coming victory. Black mon are
now no longer afraid TO openly proclaim
themselves democrats. and many CT them
--e enthusiastically enlisted in fhe service
Of our pahty Oar friends a. road may
safely calculate on at least 500 majority
for Mcrritk in St. Nary.
The meeting at St. Inisoes' Store on
"Wednesday of last week numbered large
ly over q hundred voters, a half or more
Of whom were blacks. James IT. Wilson,
Joseph H. Key and G. Fred. Maddox
were the speakers. The good accomplish
ed BIZ the meeting at St. Inigoe's vas so
apparent and considerable thu, immedi-
ntely upon its adjournment. the democrats
Of the district Sc. TO work to &c, mp an
othcr meeting at the Tall Pine in the same
section. Sec notice elsewhere.
The Oakville meeting tSpalding and
Parsons STOREY on Thursday last was a
splendid success. There were. probably,
over two hundred persons present. a large
part If whom were blacks. Messrs Ham,
wett. Crane. Matthews, Love, Key, Jones
and Downs addressed the meeting and
with marked effect. The league, we
learn, was made special object Of atten-
tion and was handled without gloves by
tho different speakers. Keep the hot shot
flying at the monster, Make its iniqui-
tics the Order Of the Day at every meet
ing until the bad men who are managing
j, for selfish aims are made better or at
least ashamed
The Republican meeting at Leonardtown
on Saturday last was magnificent de-
monstration, SO far as numbers went. We
noticed, however, liberal scattering Of
women, half-grown boys and children, in
the gathering. These are excellent ad-
junc;s for padding out meeting and ma
king it to look monstcr-like in dimensions
Nevertheless. it was splendid turn out.
but it must not be forgotten that the Re-
ruhlicans turn out their whole capital in
trade whenever general meetings Of their
party are convened At the meeting in
question, Chaptico, for instance, was as
largely represented as I.eonardtown. This
explains fully, We think. the milk in the
cocoanut and the fur thereon. The speak
ers spoke from the Court House steps and
Mr.. Carey led the discussion. We thought
him much improved in manner since his
last visit to our town, but for the matter,
it was the old story, thousand times re-
peatcd and q thousand times refuted. A
relay Of Kings heightened the body and
brought up the tail of the discussion, and
the whole affair wound up in manner
quiet and creditable enough. Neither
Stockbridge, Sands nor the Buckeye. was
present, the flaming posters to the contra
~ Notwithstanding. The personal and
political record Of these gentlemen had
been aired and found unsuited to this lat
itude, and they were all, of course, con-
veniently sick abed on Saturday.
1t will be rccollected, that the Republi-
cans were challenged to joint discussion
BY the democrats on the occasion of their
first meeting in Leonardtown on the 9th
Of October, ult This challenge the Re-
publican speakers declined, assigning as a
reason that they were unprepared at that
time for contest of this kind. The
Buckeye, however. informed his hearers
with flourish that there would be anoth-
cr republican meeting on the both of Oc-
tobcr ut Leonardtown, and he challenged
the democrats to a joint discussion on that
day. The challenge was promptly accep-
ted and thus the matter rested until with
in Jews days of the 10Th. The commit
tee having charge of the subject on our
side, thinking it time to open negotiations
With the Republicans, addressed a note to