Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1871-11-02

worss. In bread day light. and shipped to
q southern market, a man laboring IS his
slave and the tvpe Of those whose peculiar
support he noa seeks tn enlist. Then, he
is represented as a great friend Of schools.
aud even the builders Of school houses,
and this, too. at time that the Commits.
sioners Of public schools in Cecil county
have onerous reason 10 remember his chars
tiles which come in the shape Of tselvc
rer cent. discount for riskless notes. whose
navment is as certain a. the collection Of
taxes. And thus. on all sides appears the
attempt to hedge in this bcEefac,o, whose
benefactious all rebound to his own Golfers.
this philanthropist. who was the last
% his race TO cease trafhcking in human
flesh and this friend Of education. whoss
friendship takes the sole form Of heavy
discounts for money to pay the teachers
to hedge in this man with the divinity Of
a king and saint combined. while we who
know how false are all these assumptions
and how preposterous these preten,ious.
are expected to preserve silence upon pain
of anathema.
"Our Own" don't like curses that come
home TO roost To sell blacks to the
South. as long as he had them to sell,
was paying process; but it hurts his
conscience. now that he wants the blacks
to vote for him. 10 have them reminded
| Of the time when he considered them mere
| chattels.
To take eighteen per cent. usury on
first mortgage securities swclls the bankers
Golfers; but il is hard 10 have the people
reminded of his habits, at time when he
so earnestly desires to be considered a
benefactor Then il was so nice TO be
represented as the friend OF public schools,
even the builder of two at his own expense:
and it is so hard to have this claim knocked
in the head BY the publication of the fact
that. when the people were burdened with
taxes for the schools support. Our Own"
| demanded twelve per cent discount on
notes that were rs sure to be paid as tax
&c .-Bid
"OrR OwS ToME ;" who dcsccnds from
building churches to the attempt to Lribc
preachers. and whose sublime temperance
views melt into whiskey cock tails at al
most every bar in the county. has no
thought Of election. but is working in the
interest Of Crcswcll. In fact, the activity
Of the fall campaign is all for Creswell.-
He holds his seat in the cabine, uncasily.
Grant favors him, it is true They arc
par MOBILE frdtrwni But the Radical man
ayers say that Maryland has no claim to
seat in the Cabinet. with hopeless Dem
ocrat majority. II is the hope to decrease
this majority, and warm Creswelrs scat.
that every tide.waiter in the State is turn
ed loose to ply his arts: that Tones mo-
ncy is scatterd around promisCuously. and
that every hummer in the party is doing
his masters will so actively Ibid.
Henry Hayden. colorcd man, quietly
at work in a lumber yard in Port Deposit.
was ordered to take Our Owns" trunk
to the boat. he obcyed the order with
ont dis,ru>t. When he reached the boat.
handouts were put on his wrists. and he
was never seen in Port Deposit again.
The usurer's Golfers were swelled several
hundred dollars by the transaction. but
Henry's wife aud little ones had no fond
goodbye. Yet this is the colorcd mans
friend. for whom every black in the State
is expected to throw up his hat and put
in his vote.-Iid.
"Our Own" says he must be paid for
his risks. There is no more risk in the
notes of the county authorities than on
county bonds. and yet the man of '.ener-
gy. prudence and foresight" charges twelve
per cent discount on them Qucry-Arc
not the school authorities bound to bring
suit for the excess he has charged them?-
Ibid.
The Court Of Appeals have decided tina.
every dollar expended in usury may be
recovered back Take away all "Our
Own" usurer's receipts, and he would
hardly be able to bride voters this fall
Ibid.
Don't forget. yc friends of the black.
that the last black sold out of Cecil county
was peace offering to the pocket of Jacob
Tome.