Saint Mary's beacon., 1870-11-17
Tug LEssoxs or ruE RECENT E.rrT,ox
LEoyARpTOwy, MD.

HE IsEsSoSr GS IiIE RECENT ELEcTI0N.
-E!octiOns. like pulpit or other sermons.
have their lessons. and political comniu-
mites in the one case. Ike sinners in the
other. are advanced and advantaged BY
remembering and reading them Alright
To eliminate and italisize a few of the
more apps-cnt and importan. precepts
which. We think, the late Congressional
election in our county teachcs. and tn
point out the respects in which thy NAV
benefit US hereafter. is the endeayor that
now engages u.
There is no denying. notwithstanding
oil our efforts. that the great mass Of the
black voters Of our county support Mr..
Carey at the late election. To all appeals
tha: the interest Of the black race of our
county was identical with our own-.o all
arguments showing that the tariff and 9th
or monopolies. represented and illustrated
BY the Republican candidate, were in di-
rect conflict with our industrial welfare
deaf ear was turned. and, at the bchcs.
and under the leadership Of strangers. in
spite Of thoir dependence upon Us for food,
raiment and shelter, Of our common coun-
ty nativity and our liberal and indulgcnt
conduct towards them, the blacks masscd
themselves against US, with honorable cx-
options. and dc6antiy elected TO fight us.
Well. they have fought us and they have
been whipped, not only in the State. but
in the 9Th Congressional district, and no.
only in the 9th Congressional district, but in
ST. Mary's county. Nor is this the worst
They have been so badly crippled, so COIN
plctely routed and scattered, rs to render
any attempt at future effective opposition
70 onr party. either here or elsewhere in
the State. bald and transparent folly.
Woe to the vanquished. sung the Ro-
man, and woe to the vanquished pro-
claims the Yankee wherever he has pow
or to-day. Thank God, we are neither
Yankees nor the sons Of Yankees and it is
we'll for the black race in our midst tha.
We are not. But let this pass.
tT~acr fair retrospect of all the cir
cumstances that preceded the late election.
have We right to be surprised or are We
justified in being proscriptiye and bellig-
orrnt because the mass of the blacks vo-
ted agains. us? We think not Eigh-
teen months ago. We were told by wise
and far-sccing man, then on visit TO our
county. that We must either cultivate
friendly political relations with the blacks
or look to sec them for time politically
cstrangcd from us. Which Of us rcmem-
bcrcd or regarded this julicious advice
until it was too late for it TO avail us any
thing in the recent canvass? Until Sc
cret Leagues had been established through
out our county and its members had bound
themselves by an oath to vote for Mr.. Ga
rcy, which ofus went out among the blacks
and advised them as to their true interest?
The painful truth is, We neglected and ic-
nored the black man until his mind had
been poisoned against us or until he had
bound himself by an oath, which he re-
gardcd as binding, to vote for the Repub-
iican nominee. Under such circumstan-
ess. dealing with an impulsivc and uncd-
ucated class like the blacks, the true Won
der is. not that the great mass of them
should have gone agains. us, but that as
many Of them should have registered their
votes in our favor as did. Besides. it is
known that radical cmissaries had been
busy for twelve months previous to the
election. under religious, educational or
humanitarian pretcxts, in working upon
the hopes and fears of the blacks, promis-
ing to one mule and forty acres of land
and threatening another with stripes, sla-
very and hcll-frc il he broke his oath and
turned democrat. And all this, without
the slightest effort at courteraction on our
part. Until October. we made no move
10 impress the co!ored man with our real
aims or to wean him from his idols and
his folly. II is true, when we did set TO
work, We worked with will, but then the
oath had been taken and the poison had
done its work. Under such circumstan-
ces, We repeat. is it surprising tha. the
great bulk Of colorcd men were found vo- |
ting against us on election day Wcthink |
not. /
Believing that VIC are nearly or quite as
much 10 blame as the black man for the |
vote he cast at the late election, and know
ing that he is now sick Of leagues, dr-
trustful of scallywass and carpe,-baggcrs
and anxious to be at peace with his old
friends anu employers. we earnestly coun-
eel our people to adop, policy of gener-
Gus forbcarancc towards him. Ii needs
no ghost to tell Us. that the great maiori-
y Of our blacks will be found ranged un-
der the banner Of our party in all subse-
qaent elections Ii is almost inevitable
that il should be 50. But if this thing is
10 be. and remembering our own short
comings in connection with the late elee-
ton. is it just, generous or politic in US at