Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1872-08-15

The Edisor sfthe .Srs may Get ns do&n.
- he doss. smpae those Who are ignosant |
OF the history u the country since 1860. |
yet am oon61eat. notwithstanding his |
present ssdorssnent Of Horace Greeley
and the oPpnssts doctrines. he viii not
have the holiness to assert specifically
that these sO-sslled amendments are ssor-
ally biuding upon any one.
BY way Of interlude I would say just
here to the Editor of the Nrn. that he is
much mistaken when he says mr.. Har-
ris is ecidemay one of those persons who
do not know that there has been any change
in the affairs Of the country since 1860"
| ana we'll and most feelingly aware. as no
doubt the Editor Of the .Saa is. Of most
serious ehaases which have taken place
know them BY my losses, he by his pro-
fits. Greeley has been the principal cause
Of beth. look as my childr~u and grand
children and denounce the Internal robber--
yoa can look Ut yours and bless and final
~ enlix under the banner Of him Who
doubled. possibly quadrupled. your pecu-
mary - H9ents.
Ths11ydEI6r of thA-Ssn. leaving for q
while the issues presented by my letter to
Mr.. Watkins. says. "Mr Harris is q gen.
tlemsn whose frankness and adherence of
all compromise in politics have been ex-
hibited before now. and who considers il
. matter Of sacred obligation to be as i'm
practicable upon questions Of cxpediency
rs principle" 1t will be readily observed
how uncompromising am in regard to
constitutional principles by what have
already said. No doubt my position ex-
cites sneer. possibly a laugh, upon the
features of the most faci!e Editor Of the
.San, but that l consider it a ''matser Of
sacred obligation to be impracticable upon
questions Of mere expediency" is a most
gratui'ous charge. and as he gives no spe-
cifications. answer it by decided and
defiant denial of its truth.
The Editor of the San himself rebuts
tbe idea that he is governed BY the least
rrpediency ir his present movement
He repndiates the idea that Greeley should
be used for any such purpose as to in
crease the power or advance the principle.
Of the democratic party. and he rcbukes
severely Gov. Whyte for intimatirg such
a policy. Oh no. lie throws off like
a penitent all his former democratic sins.
aud frankly takes and adopts Greeley and
radicalism. in all their length and breadth,
as his party. and which. as he saws, has
for its only chart and compass Just lars
and public ritue." Greeley. Sumner.
Chase, Schurz, Trumbull, Julian. Farms
worth. Doolittlc. and many sucl, gross
and willful violators oftheir constitution
| al obligations. inclu1ing Nat. Banks. the
Shenandoah racer and Red river house
burner. are the sources from which the
Editor Of the SIM and his allies are TO i'm
bibe public virtue hereafter. Democrats
have always taken to themselves the cred
It of having public virtue. and of being
willing to enact just laws. and the Editor
of the San has, think. been counted on
that side for number of years. hut since
be has taken Greedy for his idol and
studied his structures upon our party
and party men, he finds he has been
1 road Which leads to public virtue. a III
hasseSs with speed to get into it. Ext,
SIN. Poor soul. how he must have SUI.
fcred all this while,
In taking his departure. however, as if
TO let it be well understood tina. he has
thrown of democracy and its principles
forever and forever. h-4eaves the follow
ing proclamation. abounling. of course.
in good deal of humbuggery. The
great democratic party is merged now in
the party Of the peope as the Mississippi
IS merged in the waters Of the Gulf. and
It would be as reasonable to expect that
the latter should preserve its distinctive
characteristics and influence in the miis,
OF the Atlantic Ocean rs that old party
currents should preserve their identity. ]"
Is this sol Did the great democratic con-
vention which met in Baltimore really iu-
tend to drown the party which they claim
to have represented AMI did they send
their constituents on this sea voyage in or
der that they might be swampcd / sus-
pccted rs much and now j; is openly wow
ed. This proclamation of the San is we'll
worthy of being read and inwardly diges-
ted BY those who have taken tickets for
this voyage into this political Atlantic.
God send them u safe deliverance an /
prompt them to speedy return home. and
all those who. faithful to their obligations.
shall remain on terra frma," will be
cheered BY the fact. which the Sam has
omitted in its oceanic chart, that there is
and will be in the midst of this broad Do
litical Atlantic warm Gulf stream, which
will dltfuse its vivifying influence over our
country, protect US from the frozen desti-
ny OF the Esguimaux and save US from
the necessity Of swallowing the disgusting
train od Of Greeleyism.
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