Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1871-05-18
POLITICAL GRENADEs.

1NFLUEScE on DEMocRAcY.-The pro-
ceedings Of Congress- during the new ses-
sion illustrate the excellent influence of
the large addition which has been made
to the Democratic strength in the House
Of Representatives. In the days Of Thad.
Stephens. that branch Of Congress always
outdid tie Senate. it having been the habit
of that Radical leader to sueer at the tim
I, idity Of the upper House. In the last
Congress the House maintained its old
character. being more forward than the
Senate in the passage of the bayonet cleo
tion law aud other unconstitutional meas
ures. But in the new Congress the House
has suddenly fallen as much behind the
Senate in ultmism as it US to be in ad-
vance Of it. This shows the good effect
| Of more evenly balanced state Of parties
in the new House.
TAX The BoNDs.-The Democratic
party positively aud utterly deny aud re-
pudiate the most mischievous assumption
Of the radical leaders that Government
cannot or ought not to tax capital inves-
ted in its own securities. 1t is q most
an.i-republiean and a,rocious assumption
Every dollar of capital in the land, no
matter what its representative may be.
ought to contribute to the support Of Gov
eminent. Ii it be said the effect of tax
ing government bonds would be to drive
them out Of the country. the answer is !:
The capital they represent would thereby
be brought into the country, and would
bear its proper share Of the public bur-
dens. The moment the bonds are is
sued they become representatives of value.
Pooh CARoLINA.-SOuth Carolina an.
pears to be doomed, under the new recon-
struction regime, to the same ruin AZ the
aourishing islands Of Jamaica and Hayti,
in the West Indies, which, from the high
est state oprnsperity, were reduced in a
few years, under black administrations,
to utter ruin and degradation. The f.
nest plantations were deserted, and the
islands became. to great extent, q per-
feet waste. In their history we may see
the future Of the once-honored Palmetto
State, unless the American people rise in
their might and expel the clarletans from
power. who. BY the bayonet alone. are
forcing their fearful condition Of things
upon the people Of what should be one Of
our finest States.
LOYALTY TO THE PREsIpENr.-Oncc
upon q time, when America was a repub-
lie governed by the people. whose servants
and agents public officials were, it was
customary to demand from subordinate
appointses fidelity to their country and
its Constitution. Nowadays the coudi-
tons of ofice-holding are somewhat mod
flied. In the account of Mr.. Darling's
formal introduction to the ten assistant APP
praisers in the New York Custom House.
that gentleman is reported as impressing
the necessity Of strict loyalty to the Pres
ident Of the United States and to the Re-
publican party"
kU-kLux AT HoME-Senator Blair
made 4 pal able hit in a recent de-
bate by advising Nye, Of Nevada,
who was denouncing the 40 900 Ku
klux in North Carolina after the usual
style. to save some of his rhetorical thun-
der aud righteous wrath for the ruffians
who infcst the community which Nye rep
resents. According to the Territorial
Examiner. Radical newspaper publish
cd in Nevada, an extract from which
Blair had read, two hundred murders have
been committed in n single county of that
state within the past ten years, aud only
one murderer legally punished for his
crime.
A SILLY PRoPosITIoN Hear pro-
poses to tax the laboring people $50. 900
for telling them what they know better
than paid commissioners can know, name
", their hours Of labor. division of profits
between labor and capital, ETC.. etc. The
way to relieve labor is to diminish the ex-
penses OF government, lessen taxes, dis
courage monopolies, give the hard-work-
ing man cheap fael, salt, provisions. and
not by creating a c-mmission Of ex-Con-
gressmen. political hangers-on, with a
salary of S. 900 for each member. The
workins-men of this country ask no es-
pecial favor, but only to be secured from
oppression.
OuK DIcrAro..-Let no one 6atter him
self that General Grant will hesitate 10
employ the enormous powers the radicals
have put in his hands. If party exigen-
cies demand the application Of force, the
occasion viii be made for using it. and
nothing short of an evident determination
on the part Of the majority Of the people
If all the States 10 sink all minor issues.
and combine together to rescue their i'm
periled liberties. can prevent the utter
overthrow Of that uell-balanced system Of
government which was 20 wisely framed
By the founders Of the Republic, and I'M
der which the country prospered beyond
all preesdeas for thrcs-quarssn Of cen
sury.
Prsn THEN.-We have got the Radical
party ..on the rum" aud al that remains
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