Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1872-08-08
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1ricccs'. Ars. 2rd. 1872.

1rigccs, Aug. ord. lsi..
INsrs. Editors II see in your iass is
sac Of the Beacon communicates from
Dir Harris % Dir. Watkins. sThers sev-
CT wss . frner msn that Mr. Hssris. lie
wants Whist he believes to he right, n@r will
he have compromise Of what I call half
right. He binself believes he j. right
and | VIII not contradict him. Yet, ut
the same time. he puts me in mind Of my
old friend. DR.. A. H. Bean. than whom
4 more heightened and honorable gentIc-
man never Used. When the whie party
died n natural death. the Doctor tried to
rally it. They (she whiss) had meet
ing. DR.. Bean was called to the chair
and our old friend. Venerable "a he-is,
Capt. ". e. Bayne. was made secretary,
mis- silvery hair blowing Norshwsrd bv q
beautiful breeze from the Snutii. - The
meeting then cs~nmenced for the purpose
of organizing the Wig party. DIR. A. II.
Bean. the president. vas called upon 10
make \ speech. Honest in his purpose,
he did so. aud 10 was very pretty little
speech tno.y I recollec. one remark he
made That from small acorns large oaks
grow" He planted tina, small acorn and
itnerer CAME MP. - Thssetere there never
was resurrection Of the whig party. and
now II lies silent in the iomb. Jus, the
same will be the fate Of what w once cal
led the Democratic party-d~ad. dead.
dead. With all the exertion MIR. Harris
caa make think the democratic party il
gone. We have nothing now but two
wings Of the Republican party. The ques-
ton nnw before US is-vhich will you
take. the Grant party or the Greeley par
ty? That is my version ofthe matter |
am not throwing any obstacle in Mr.. Har-
ris' way aud would not il | could. He 10
q man appreciate. I have fought the
best political friends ever had in this
district for him. I admire him to-day for
his boldness and honesty. but that acorn
he wants TO plant will never come up
Time will tell you that my prediction is
correct. As they say. take lesser Of the
two evils. I,ever voted ANYTHING but
the Democratic ticket. and now | believe
THAT party has sacrificed what I thought
was its true principles. Therefore bid
it adieu, and am now going to vote for
Grant and Wilson. If I am wrong. I
hnpe I will be forgiven. lam doing what
I believe to be best. When Democrats
cal! upon me TO vote for Horace Greeley.
the founder Of every obnoxious law that
caused the Southern people to be deprived
Of their liberties to- ay. man who is try
ing to play two hands when common sense
tells you he is playing traitor to one or
the other. refuse to do it. Just for
moment. reader, stop and think. Did you
ever wallow in wealth or were you ever
comfortably situated ? Now see your poor
little children growing up uneducated.
with clothes not so good as you would like
to have them. and your delicate wife grad
ually killing herself because you are una
hle to b re. and the cause, Horace Greeley.
This very man. Democrats want you To
cast YOUR vote To elevate to the highest pc-
sition in the gift Of the people. Is this
the gift you want to hestow upon him for
bringing YOU to the position YOU now oc-
cupy? Isay to you. the poor. honest.
hard working whine mcu. the cause Of the
very meat you buy AMI the clothes you
wear being so high. is Horace Greeley
Pause for a moment. give it a second
thought, before you cast your vote. Kill
the man. politically, that brought you to
what you are. Horace Greeley reminds
me OF physician who could no; cure any
thing but fits; and if he is elected. the
way he will cure Democratic fits will be
by a rope around their Democratic threats
| agree with Mr.. Harris when he saws. If
Greeley is elected. in his message to Con-
gross he will recommend the building Of
a monument for john Brown, and | be-
licve he will also want to sell every horse
that was in the Confederate army to paw
for it, so as TO prevent the poor man from
making an honest living for his family
| refer YOU. reader, to his editorials in
1861 and 90 during the war. | never
knew him to take them back or to &c. sorry
for tllcm until he had the promise of being
made President of the United States. and
then Democrats tell me lie is sorry for
what he has done. That may be so. had
more faith in him ii he had had staid a. home
and rerented without wanting to occupy
the Presidential chair. Now, let us see
what Gen Grant has done since he has
been President Of the United States. He
las executed every law that Congress
has passed, and show me a Republican
that occupies a seat in Congress or the u.
s. Senate that Greeley did not give the
use of his pen aud the columns of his pa
per to in trying to elec. hin, Show me
where he ever took up for the opponent Of
the man who sits in Congress voting for
the Ku-Klux laws. &c. IL be did. |
would like to know. do not want to do
the man one particle Of injustice. Gen.
Grant is no more than the Chief Magis-
trate Of the Unitsd States. lie must obey
the oath Of his office, just a. Ju1ge Bis
coe must do in this little district II the
laws of Maryland were such. that. if q
man stole horse. be under the law must
send him direct TO the Peni,entiary. Of
course he would be obliged to do it, The
same is the case with the President If the
United States. Now, let rs look at Charles
Summers letter addressed to the colored
people. He is finding fault with General
Grant becarse some steamboat officer
would not allow Fred Douglass to eat at
the same table or stay in TIE same saloon
with the white people. almost under Grants
notice. We. no notice did Grant take of il.
10 you. pcmoerats. fall ont with Gran,
for tha.' Mr.. Editor. | know you are
for Ho,sce Greeley and am sorry to diff
fer with you =. this hour Of the day. /
appreciate yoa as africnd and II YOU believe
you are right. 60 ahead. Personally we
are friends-poli,ically. this tune. we are