Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1871-05-04
POLITICAL GRENADES.

GRANT FOR PEEsIDsxr.-The renomi-
nation of Grant by Grant himself. Morton
and Colfax, does not rest well on the Rad
ical stomach. That irritable organ re-
volts at it, and if it could, would throw it
, off. 1t is pleaded that it is only the year
of grace 1871: that no national ccnvcn-
ton is to be held this year; that the par
ty will not assemble to make nomination
for more than twelve months; that Grants
administration is only half over, and that
half is very Objectionable in many respects:
that Senator Sumner has considerable
number of friends in the party who do
not forgive and will not forget the great
indignity put upon him BY the President;
that Senator Schurz also has friends who
are not entirely submissive under the
studied Sights of which he is the object:
that a nomination made now is neither de-
corous nor decent. rs the object is plainly
to forestal the judgment Of the party, and
to proclaim al cdict rather than to cx-
press reasonable preference. For these
aud many other good reasons that might
be named, n is urged that the whole ques-
ton ought to lie dormant till the proper
time for considering it shall arrive.
BEEcHsR SENSIBLE. Rev. Henry Ward
Beecller has again set foot upon that path
in politics which for him has always a sud
den turning. We are at liberty, how
ever, to consider that the liberal senti-
ments which he publishes in the Brooklyn
Union are. until further notice from Ply
mouth Church, the honest and hearty
opinions of the man. In this he is out
spoken enough He declares that the six
years since the war have been wasted,
that reconstruction is failure. that the
local carpet-bag governments of the South
are corrupt, and that official knavery. in
competence and the elevation of dema-
gogues and dupes to the highest Offices"
marks the gross debasement of politics
under which the South is suffering. Mr..
Beecher denounces the exclusion Of ex-
rebels from Office, contrasting the charac-
ter of Southern representative men now
with what it was before the war; and As
for the policy of coercion and the recently
enacted ku klux bill, he styles the former
an ..impertiuence" and brands the latter
as utterly and inexcusably unconstitution-
al.
SrNSER's True CuARAcrER The abuse
of Sumner by Senator Howe, it seems.
was all Pickwickian. He takes it all back
and Sumner accepts the apology, With
choking voice; and so, together. with
maud lin admiration Of each others fdeli-
ty to the common partisan purpose they pro-
coed to upset the Constitution with tears Of
happy though stern patriotism. Ills pos
sible that if Mr.. Sumner mistakes him
self, others do not; and they sec in him
the self-suhcient, arrogant, jealous politi
clan. who opposed Grant, not from the
lofty motives he would have Us believe,
but from the instincts Of personal malice,
and who now wishes to punish the South
to grstify a similar revenge, even though
he stultifes himself in the process.
THE BrrIEs FANILr.-Butler and
nearly all his relations are biileted on the
! Federal treasury. His son-in-law. Ames,
citizen of Maine. impudeutly acts rs SEN
ator for Mississippi. He would make \
nice little dry goods clerk, and that is all
he is ct for. Butler aud his man French are
building the Boston Post 0shce Of Bay
View granite. Another Butler, nephew
Of Ben. aud son Of the notorious Califor-
man Jack Butler. and chip of the old
block, is Consul General ut Alexandria,
Egypt, one Of the meet important Of the
Ixvsnsine ports. Such is the PRESENT
s,stu. Of the Tito Barnsele Butler tribe