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

0ss1ey does not give stronger aasursnes
q God governsteht than can b focnd IN
the fnsalscr of tie colorsd race. Alrcady
6nous from the '.Fingss abert him. and
his plain inspeitude for civil life. the sup
possers Of President Gran, eoupel us TO
-oaservs bio offences snd shcrsccminss
The eompsrisoo they ehailsnss esnnos Be-
assliasd. Il viii b for eeLsss. in the
present e9p.aa % bold e bstcrs ths Ansr-
lis.r pecpis. -s
Speaking now for nysslt. rAavs 70 s.y
eRREI9Y.
bat in giving is I do NOT 70 10 the Dsmo.
cratic party. nor an ] any less Reprbli.
can. On the ccntrafy. I am % much Of
. Republican that cannot support can
dida.s whose conduct in civil life shows IN
incapability to appreciate Republican pria.
eiples. and whose administration is mark
ed By scts Of delinqueuciss. especially to-
wsrds the eolored rses. BY tho side Of
which the allegations On the impeaehusns Of
Andrew johnson were technical and triv.
ial.
WHAT oaANf pEsRkvrs.
Unquestionsblr President Grant dsserv.
e impeachment for high crimes and mis-
demeanors rather than q re-uominatiou,
and on the trial il would have been enough
to exhibit bis ssisurs Of the war power
aud his indiguity to the black Republic with
its population Of eigh. hundred thousand. +.
in violation Of the national Constitution
and Of international law. and here cou.
trast arises between him and Atfsham Lia.
coin. The latter in his frs, annual mes.
sage recommended the recognition Of whs.
he called the "Tndcpendence and Sover.
eighty of Hsyti." But il 10 at these that
President Grant has struck.
One Of Abraham Lincoln's Hrst acts VA.
to put the black Republic on an equality
with other powers. One Of President
Grants was to degrade it. am 20 much
Of Republican that wish to Dec 10 the Pres
ideu,ial chair lifelong Abolitionist. I
also wish President sincerely devoted
to Civil Service Reform. beginning With
the "one-term principle" which Presi.
dent Grsnt once accepted. but now dis.
owns. I also wish 4 President VIII, sets
the example Of industry and unsel6.h dcd.
ication to the public good aud wish to
see a President through whom we may
expect peace aud harmony instead of dis
cord.
Strangely. President Gran. seems to de-
light in strife II he finds no encn5 he
falls Won his friends. as when ha ..srck
ut the black Republic. insul,ed Russia in
his annual message. offended both France
and Germany. and then. in personal rela-
tons auarrcled generally Nv own per-
sonal experience teaches me how futile is
the charge that because Horace Greeley
receives Democratic vc:es. therefore. he
becomes Democrat. or lspscs under Dem
ocra,ic con.rol was first chosen to the
Senate by coalition OF Free Sellers and
Democrats. Democratic votes helped make
me Senator from Massachusetts,. as they
also helped make my excelleu. friend Mr..
Chase. Senator from Ohio. and will help
make Horace Greeley President. But
neither Mr.. Chase nor himself was on this
account. less faithful as Free Soiiers. aud .
answering for myself. know that never
became Democrat or lapsed under Dem.
ocra'ic control. do not doub. that Hor-
arcc Greeley will be equally consistent. the
charge to the contrary. so vehemently re.
pea,ed. seems to reflect the character Of
those who make it. except that many re-
peat it BY ruse There is q common say
ing. "priucipies. no. men," and on ,hi,
ground an appeal is made for Presidcn.
Grant. feeling justly that in any personal
comparison with Horace Greeley he mus,
fail Bu. better saying is prime Piles
and men" I am for the principles of the
Republican party in contradiction TO Grant.
ism. and am for the man who truly re.
presents Them. BY ,hesc principles I shal.
s,aud for them. I shall labor. and in
their triumph l shall always rejoice.
If any valued friend separates from ma
nov i, will be because he places = man
above principles. Early in public life ]
declared my little heed Tor party. and IT,
indifference to the name by which I an,
called. and now I confess my want Of 81 NJ
pa,hy with those who would cling to the
form after its spirit has fed. Allow me
to call attention to mother and control.
ling consideration. which caunot be neg.
leeted BY the good eitisens. Watching
the remarkable movement that has ended
in the double nomination Of Horace Gree.
ley. it is easy 10 see that /. did no. pro
ceed from politicians. whether NJ Cincin'
natl or Baltimore.
Evidently. j, was the heart of the REQ
pie. sorely wrung by war and its contro'
versies. which !ound this expression. Sil
Philip Sidney said Of the uprising in tb,
Netherlands 1T is the spirit OF th,
Lord, ard Is irresistible" And such
spirit 10 manifest now. notwi,hs:sndin.
the counteracsins influence Of poli,ici:icns
Republicans and Democrats. In the fac.
Of persistest ridicule. and agains. the ex
travaeauee of unscruruloas opposition. tn,
nomination At Cincinnati was triamphan,
ly adopted at Baltimore.
Such an Unprecedented victory. with
out concert or propulsion Of any kind. ca,
b explained ooly by supposins tba. it il
in harmony wi,L = popular longing th.
Democrats. and espesiaily iboss Of th,
South. .hczld adopt a lifetime Akolitionis
for President. is an assurance of willingness
to assoeissc the rights Of then coIored fe,
iow-cisisens With thss reeo'acilia:iou o
which Horace Greeley Was an early repre-
sentative. In ssandiue by Jefferson Ox