Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1872-08-01

"anc'"k tue icga!lty ana propri
ETY. OF such assessments. No greater vio
iafion Of duty could be perpetrated. Til,
ofhc'ai salaries are Of course paid out o
the public treasury. To Compel the off
ccr to give q portion Of il ss a fund fo,
e!ectioneering purposes is. in fact, using
tho public fund TO that end. And in ,hi.
instance the object Of these assessment,
was. and continues :, be. to secure tn,
reelection of Gen Grant. and the elec.
ton of his party friends to Congress.
b. His not ouly permitting. but virtu.
ally ordering. the members Of his Cabi.
net. and the bureau officers to canvass the
States where elections have been or NAV
be depending. in his behalf-,hus seri.
ousiy interfering With the public business
which they alone were appointed 70 at.
tend TO. and for which alone they arc
paid.
l. In not only not Disappearing Of the
acts OF Congress known as the Enforce.
nlcnt Acts Of lsI0-7l. bu. in recklessly
carrying then, out By means Of the militia.
nv. And. although the condition ofthin.s
alleged as an excuse for these laws nc
longer existed. and quiet prevailed in the
two Carolinas. no; an arm being raised
against the authority of the General Gov
crnn'ent or Of either Of tie State Govern
ments. and the like quiet existing in the
other Southern States. his attempts 20 OBJ
tam. through Congress, until after the
coming Presidential election. the con,inu-
ance Of those laws No sensible man can
doubt his motives in this attempt Itwa,
evidently to secure the clec,o al votes ol
those States. either by alarming the vo-
ters with the dread of military interfcr-
enc". or by resortng TO such interference,
It that should be found necessary
s. BY his utter disregard Of the rights
of the States and Of the people. Ry hold
ing the latter still as errtrics. end under
this prc:encc continuing the military oc-
cupation OF some OF the States. and not in
terfering in any degree with the uncons,i.
tutional. reckless. and corrup, govern
menfs which from the first 10 the presen,
time have plurdcrcd those States. involv.
ing them in almost hopeless bankrupt.
cy.
9. His mann cement of our foreign re-
iations. He has. it is said converted the
Russian Government from a warm friend
to cold one hv the manner in which he
treated the eldest son Of the Emperor
whilst. BY the order Of his father. as 4
mark Of the latter's esteem and regard. he
visited the President His continuing. as
our representative at Denmark. brother
in-law who read dispatch relative to the
same Governnent in til. presence Of its
Minister which was so offensive as to force
that gentleman 10 leave the room and
his having failed not only not to remove
our representative, but not even to rcpri
,nand him. His having known or hav.
Ing failed to know that our Government
was selling arms tn France during the lat,
war between that Government and prus
sia, and. when the then prussian Minis
ter. whose long residence in that capnci
" among us. and whose steady friendship
during our war so cudeared him TO all VIII,
had n knowledge of his services and char
ter. addressed polite note Of inquiry il
regard to it to the State Department. re.
crivcd. it is said. and have reason to be
lieve with truth. very rude and often.
sive reply from one Of the assistant secrc
taries. and instead Of rsbuking the latter
he has since conferred upon him mos
important trust. in the discharge Of which
he il now in Geneva. This having beer
discovered by the Emperor Of Germany
it has there arrested tha: current Of friend
" feeling which did US so much scrvic,
during our war.
His management Of the Alabama claims
under tue Washington Treaty: his per
mi,ting demand to be presented for con
scquential damages to the Board of Arb
traitors at Geneva when he must hay,
known that the British Commissioners il
the negotiation of the treaty never sup
! posed that such n claim was embraced b,
it: and that they hal COOL reason for 81
supposlns. irrespective OF the words of III,
! Treaty. And when hc found that. If per
severed in. the Treaty would be failure
his ridiculous blundering iu his efforts tC
avert it. eliminating in the most ridicu
lous and absurd of all, his having the Ar
b!.rasors Informed tha, he never exreeteC
any pocuniary compensation. but onl,
wanted the claim passed upon BY them
when. il he and his advisors had not beer
utterly stupid. they would have knowr
that the Board had no authority to max,
any award in favor Of the United State.
except an award for money-,hus accom-
plishing his object. the safety Of the Trea
ty. By being told by the Arbitrators tha
! this elsim ss thus explained was not with
in the Treaty ~ within their jurisdiction
Ii is unfortunately but too true that b.,
conduct in this rcspec, from the moment
that the difficulty presented itself. to th,
period when 1t was removed in the VA,
jus, stated. has bot served 10 impair oa,
character abroad and morti'y US a, hom,
in making the world. n, Que time. believ,
that We were nation of sharpers, aud a
another. q nation Of block heads.
10. His conduct. aud the conduct o
the party in Congress aud out Of it, b,
whom he is supported. in extending tn,
powers "f the General Government beyon,
those delegated. in a direct an,aronism I,
rights and powers not only inherent il
the States aud the people Of the States
but expressly reserved to them by th
Constitution itself. This may b. said wnl
absolute confidence: thu, the prevailing
1t not the unanimous opinion Of ever
member of the Convention BY which th
Constitution was framed, concrrrrd in th
ahsOlcfs nex>es<stv if frun.l,r, ~.s O., I.