Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1870-04-14

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THH flo1H o OF 5stON A.
DlSrRICI OF MNYL3SU.
Easse Cas<.s.-s;ey1.,,.S
lisicai moxcseenss ss4 yrcesl afsS 81 ShSs
have ssseas plscs 1t Aaaapoli.. with the
most most aFhstic dsnsnciss;oa Of them
and WITH the hepe Of ral.ying you again
to your true position. I havs determined
20 announce myself ~ ind-reedens can
didate fos Congress for this district. ]
h:ve heresnfsrsnErIilsh. ,imtst fspeiy-
ed your ennfd. nee. and ID sincs SIN
more peri.ous TO Won, to me and to oar
common country. / would almost bog fss
arrncvsl Of Is. | fsel sxsssosly dor
oss q entering astissay into . ssaaese 81
the dsesoes sud pssssrvstisa al Ne Dor
cot rights # = AL They havs Aees- y.
ranaiesl.y assailsd by suF tenGnies. and
they are nov shsaefasly shandonsd by oar
trusted friends. Ihsse ceased 70 look %
oar would-bc-lsadcrs for psosssiiaA-thsy
have surrendered st discretion. IspPnl
Rou to the rank and Gle % ensers ths
struggle to sase from desirsetiou The
very citadel Of ear Liberties. II NO nc.
qniesce in the course aivised and adopted
by the Cea.ras Cne,uiitce and the L;s-
islsture. will any Aonfeli me where is
| the dividing line tesveen the radical vii
'ins who would ruin. the country aal
the democratic party who would rescue
il from their Unconstitutional AMI dan.
,erous encro ,chmcnss. -betwecn L,e rail-
Gals who viii make this M5asrel gov
crnmcn, aud The dcm9crats who have truly
coatcnjed that this Is the White, Mau's
covernncn.f I fos one canno, sec, the
line. between thsm-, Il IS 9 ,mpletsy, eli
faced. and if VIC yield 10 The course they
have adyiscd and adopted. VIC are as
Completely aud As cHectaally raiieali< 20,
as it we we're Of the Africin race. In
the language "f the rc."ia,i"ns OF the
Central C,'in@iitcc Orr eiaimiag the pro-
ciamati"n II aRrance an declaring their
and our obiiga. ION Ia submit to iO there
will bc no lon.er distinction Of 'facc or
c''ior in the gre { lard all impor.ar. priv
ilegc Of suffrage in Mmyl,nd. Tn, word
white" which was even Inserted in the
Republican Constitution Of 1854, Which
was lei, there By thc unanimously demo-
cratic conventions Of 1867. is noa 20 be
Iisgracefully aud in the mnss sub .ervient
manner struck f.ou the rec ,ri by an al
most unanimous VOC If . dcraoera. i,
Central C.,mmistcc and Of . democratic
Legislature. God Of our fathers, will
the people Of Maryland yield to such tim
id counsels aud submit without q strus.
gle to such degrading ou'rages! lem
not bat reflect upon the contrast between
the great founders Of the democratic State
Rights party and their degenerate sue
cessors whea a tyranuieai a.lministra-
ton and suhsefyient Congress passed the
"Aiicn aud Sedninu" laws. involsing il
is trae, some Of the dearest rights Of
American frcemcn. but none half SO dear
as those now assa;lcd. did the patriot.
oe 1893 aud 80 adopt any such pream-
be aud resolution rs this
Whereas, we have been informed that il a2-
pears from the files Of the Department; Of State
OF tiss ua!tsd St1aes that certain laws, comron-
~ callel Alien and Sed,tion laws, have BEN
passed by the Honorable the Congress- OF the
United States and approved hy his high and
mighty Exccliency. tie President.
And whereas, il IS the imperative duty Of our
people 10 surrender their own opinions and Ia
otcy the bchcsts OF the said Congress an! Pres
ideat, Therefore .1
BE il resolved, That we will give our aid and
support 10 our excellent President il his eXer-
else of the power granted him by Congress- TO
seize ami remove from the country such aliens
as he may choose to designate, to seize and i'm
prison ana try without jury all editors aud
speakers ho shall dare to animadvcrt upon
the course or conduct of his said Exce1ency
and all other matters and things which he iu his
construction of said laws, shall deem proper
and expedielt .-..- - q, .
Did they, ask. Adopt any such PRE-
ambie and resolution as shat? M. Thy
declared the Alien and Scdiiion laws IS
"unc"ns,itati,nal, null, vol / and of no
Iorce' and called upon the people Of the
country To rally TO T. rescue ofthe rights
for Which they had but SO lately shed
their blood. TIE peoplc Of those days
needed the call aue! those laws were div
en- among the things that were. How
different tie counsel AMI cou'sc Of cur
Central Commute" and legislature? If
they had said nothing, We should Gave
been better # What they have said only
tends to emharrass Us, springing as it
dues, from those trusted with high posi-.
tions. Fortunately FOR US neither OF
these bodies have right to, build plat.
forms for the democratic party. The form.
or, it'd cd. ,ranscen6e'l. in my opinion.
ti,cir du.y aud The oIjcct for which shey
we're appointed VIII n they att mrted it.
ard the other. failed to assert with be.
coming spirit. the obligation to support
their own State constitution in the face
o The so-ealicd Fifteenth Apcnda,rnt,
which they have themselves truly aeciar-
cd uncous,itusimaly adopted I will
ask you, my iellow-citiz ms. NJ. I win
not ask ycu, bot win ash them 20 tell
me what kind Of Resolutions q, rssiical
Ceasrai Committee woald have ADOPTED
aud what kind Of law would a radica,
Legislature have passed? Ifshey wos.d
speak with csndor., they will answer. ex-
acGy such resolutions As our Ccstral Conn
mi,tec have sdepied and such law as
our General Assembly has passed.. The
radicals nd tho ,n~,~oo. =, mat aunsu~l~;,,,