Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1871-03-30

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eqnaled beauty. gssce. and taste ~ky
ssoald rses che Fane BE- Tereetea by thsss
faif ;hands md ,hs Goddess. wosed to Ia
throne By the harmony Of its beauty. the
elegance of its spleudor Simply, be-
cause neither our ladies, nor artisans, stud :
sstheties. sndsrep 100. pSSss rssApsn sil
slsiugs Javighsi BuksAsE, hssineskssu
srahsas n critical. peFsrs of discFwina-
| ton in matters Of fuybclow, I must con.
fcss the simplicity 81 my peachant- 'ibt 3
chasts French calico, briiSass. hcr eam:
hrie.e With iss neat lialei plain >uhiae uisalas
aad CATS sitting roxsdly; notwishsispdins
they Invariably iuflict upaa me csgasm q
the heart. / have intinascd that I dc
not object to women being dressed hand
sonely even on the street, but I do OBJ
ject TO making clothes test Of the woman.
which characterizcs the American bon toa.
and marks its proselytcs, too, in the eoun-
try church yard.
What decade Of astounding occurren-
ces. closing its even,ful chapter with the
marvellous ,tsbleau of Prussias heel upou
PROSTATE France.. And what remark
able administrative. radical press. and pull
pit shricking sympathy has gone from this
God forsaken country over the waters "a
Prussia. whose Emperor is 10 day the mos,
unyielding sovereign that ever welded a
sceptrc against the suffrage Of people,
France, helped Us bravely, warmly. in
our 6r.t and direful effort for indepen-
dence the Hcssians violated in that same
struggle as -hirelings our hearth stoues.
slaughtered our -forefathers without pre-
tence, and tried to crush out the very lib
erty that has blessed our land and since
given them a refuge from dcspotism
But what Of that! What cared the admin
istration and its press whose throat was
strangled, so that. by its mock sympathy
for the Dutchman, the German vote could
be secured in the next presidential campaign
While regrtting the Dutch ascendency
in Europe l must confess that though my
sympathies were with the French during
the struggle they were partially neutrali-
zed by their ill-timed disscnsions. their
fastional jcalousiese and tickle tendencies.
and that the terrible lesson they have re-
eeived was due to their traitorons want o!
una3imity. One of the most dangerous
experiments ever inaugurated BY nation
is the revolution Of its government. and
the most absurd Of these political farces,
in which the French periodically indulge
is their present conceit Of . Republic in
the face Of so many failures. The prac.
ticability Of s'squalfng. kicking baby pin
ming on it's owr, diaper is just as feasible
as self government under q republican
form for this irrascible, explosive people.
History will prove, as the editorial Of the
Beacon justly opines. that the French pco-
pie. not Napoleon. were the buaibugs
nor in our time. if ever, will their coun-
try be raised to the proud pinnacle upon
which he placed her, What acurious les.
son this war has taught US Of the fallabil-
ity Of mans judgment! Onthe one hand
, we find = nation Of millions Of enlig ghsencd
men crowning . mere automatoa, rs EN-
peror Of Germany, with the obsequiops
acknowledgement as his sovereign lord
and master By Bismarck who has crea-
ted fr this statue an Empirc .fsr. lis pc
destal. On the other, millions of eblight-
eael mce, hurting {rnmr his .throne the
ablest helmsman Of thsir nation the one
man that had guided Theft shfp Tof sfstc
safely over the bilicxs and breakefs cf in
ternaticnal dipaomsey and domestic oin-
triguc, and made them the pomsr Of Eu-
rope, fora mythical ,vagary But. tho
volatile Frenchman must excel in some
thing. and the bean monde is his special
ty, so be at ease. ladies, on the score oI
pretty things for your pretty selves.
Appropos Of the war that las desolated
one of the fairest and finest sections Of the
globe. my thoughts naturally revert TO our
own bitter struggle that prcfaced the pas,
decade. and in remembering tha. the throb.
bing hopes, the conscientious principles,
and determined purposes, actuating each
and all Of tho Southern people in their
sustainmeut of a righteous cause now liz
buried in the grave. or stiiied by relent-
less persecution, it saddcns me more thar
l care TO express. and the mere deeply
when | see before me, in their sunken,
uncovered pits. with TIE CHASTITY hideous.
ness Of their crumbling bones exposed Il
the glaring sun. to the pisiless beatings ID
the storm. to hogs and dogs, the dead :
yea. gallant Christian gentlemen, true un-
yielding warriors Of tha, sacred cause
Men, who were nurtured as delicately and
tcuderly as love and affluence could BE-
stow; men, who were surrounded with
every blessings Of a happy home. left al
It's endearments, its comforts and influence
TO take rank As private soldiers. and wht
by their daun;lcss courage. patiently Dor,
hardships. generous magnanimity, hav,
stamped upon the lesves Of history one o
the most brilliantly noble pages Of its re
cord. These are tho men from whom IN.
plain plank fence and head -boanis-tha
even hostile. rcvengcful government hae
placed for their protection and identified.
tion-have been ru;hlesssy torn ava,
For hccdlcssly burnt. do not erescnd 4.
say By whom, or far, what purpose this wa
done, or allowed to be done. but I do sa,
the man or men that would thus disn,an.
tie the resting place Of the dead. the dead =
far from the sorrow-tributes Of ,hei
friends. deserves the exeeratioa ef his fel
lew-usan. and would hearudgs onppess 3,
sclose his mothers lids with Bot sine,
our State has donaied = preventative :
this. inhuman exposure, aud ruiianly des