Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1870-11-24

Nor TO ~ CoxrgsrEp. -Notwithstand-
ing announcements to the contrary. We feel
ourselves fc!ly authorized 70 state. that
the scat Of Mr.. Merrick will not be con-
tested. We have had no direct commu-
nieation with Mr.. Carey on the subject Of
. contest. but We take it. that this gentle
man. whatever his friends may think, is
not natural born fool. Indeed, We have
been unable to realize that Mr.. Carey has
had either lot or part in the superservicc-
able endcavors Of bis sorchead followers to
both make him and themselves ridiculous.
No. Mr.. Carey has had and means to have
nothing to do with this folly. 1t is GER
tain disappointed radical office-seekers in
Charles and St. Mary's who are at the
bottom Of this nonsense. These patriotic
and unselfsh gentlemen had mapped out
TO themselves. and appropriated in pros
pcctive. all the Fat Offices in either county
and had thoroughly persuaded themselves
that they were to have nice time, gen.
orally. Cnhappily. there "came a frost
-akilling frost and when they thought,
good easy men. their greatness was a RI
pening. they fell like Lucifer, never to
rise again. Is it wonderful they have be-
come soYehcaded =? Besides. under n
promise to carry Charles and st Mary's
for Carey by heavy majority, they had
received liberal comfort" in the way of
green-backs, from whom. mark you this,
Bassanio, deponent saycth not But green
backs they received. and largely. Alas
for the mishaps IF men and mice! The
promised majority never arrived, or ar
irving. fell to the lot not of Carey, but of
Merrick. Here was a pretty kettle of
fish. The green-backs had been spent or
Poeketed and there was nothing to show
for them. An explanation was, ofcourse,
c1pected at headquarters. What better
enc could have been offered than that Mr..
Garey's black friends. albeit the oath they
had taken and the money that had been
used upon them. had either been '.intim-
idated" into democracy at the eleventh hour
OF had been frightened in Aocks from the
polls on election day? We have really no
wish to embarrass our friends in their
money explanations. but we feel bound to
tell Mr.. Carey. nevertheless. that he will
be wofally humbuggcd if he shall suffer
himself to be satisfied by this "intimida-
ton" come of Of his Charles and St. Ma
rvs supporters. The thing can't be made
10 hold water for single minute. The
Registered vote shows that of the absen-
tees from the polls at the late election in
this county. the excess was nearly SO per
cent. of whites over blacks. As to the
intimidation" dodge. we will engage to
6nd. for each black man who can be shown
10 have bscn "intimidated' into voting
tor Merrick, at least two black men who
were ''intimidated" into voting for his op-
pouant. and for tho FIRST trial, We will not
60 beyond the limits Of our own town.
Tho not ut least be bamboozled in this mon
~ affair, Mr.. Carey. if you are at all in
tercsted in the matter That some Of the
grecn-back fund sent into our county was
h""essly and squarely disposed of for pur-
poses Of bribery. We expect will lie shown
At the very 6rst session of our Grand Jury.
but Of the use that was made Of the bal
ascs. that is another matter. and none Of
our business. only. If sce had sent the mon
~. nobody would be able to divert US from
m investigation in regard to orr misap-
piled funds BY the cuckoo cry Of '.intini-
dasion ~ ''bal!ot-box stufing," etc., etc.
No. Mr.. Carey. is not q natural born
feol and there will be no contest Of Mr..
Acrrick's scat. In the FIRST place. the
eoasssting business is about played out. I"
The man who now contests unsuccessfully
. Congressional seat contests it at his own
and not al other peoples expense. This
vas not the case two years ago and !.
makes very material difference. Mr..
Merricksmsjority Is ouly . flae ton less than
1900. Now. ifis was only Is. the necessary
naturalization" testimony would be cooked
up in the Loyal Leagues before you could
easvsrly say Jack Robinson but 1894
majority. that's another part Of speech
In . eoasess Of this magnitude. where the
party proposing 10 dance must himselfpay
the fadlcr. eoun. Mr.. Carey out! BE-
ssass. Mr.. Carey d neithe. fAvorite with
nsmoesaas nor with Revenue Rcformcrs,
and d 10 tolsrably certain that these OBJ
sssiss people Win combine forees before
a. 4sa Of March coming. and il l. denos-
ssssh,e. II they d.. hat the control of Con-
srrss win hare passed from radical into
honest Aands. an, then. what chance has
rs. Cry