Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1872-10-17

GssglEY's AxrEcspExrs-The ohjcc-
tim 70 Greeley because Of his past sn;ag-
onism 10 Democrats i especially ahsurd
on the part IL those Who sopposeed Fssnk
Blair for viee Presidcns only four yssHrs
ssc: Mr.. Blair hsd once been . dsae-
asx. ID 1854, 1855 and 1856. uhca the
Democratic party. bearing the bsrthca d
the Hsbssshs bill. was stFsggsing 6s e.
iseenee. erank Hlair was travelling thrsogh
Illinois. indians. Missouri and Iowa. de-
nouncing Ale party. To those who know
Blair sid his habits and his style 81
speech. il Is easy to imagine the eharaeser
Of his "abuse. and Of the epithefs be d.
recscd at evsrJ demoerstie leader. h
contiuued '.biseh repsbliean" iss naay
years after. ssd finally brought up - {
democratic candidate Sor vice-prssi3ess h
1868. There vss nothing 10 redsea Blair
in DenocTsiie eyes; yet t6sy i6s.a asdi.
6calty in supporting him.
Orl PosrrIos.-If Greeley = eleeAea.
he 0reeleyits organs viii have pic
time supporting the measurss of biz ad-
uiuissraiioe.-kadieal paper.
If Greeley i elected. Ne shall sshjssl
his Standardization 10 PRECISELY The 50
sort Of criticism Ne voeld aPply 10 IL =.
uiaistrstion in any other basds. y =
far - his policy. measures and sond9.
are proper 70 b. eoansneed. = =
eonneua then. Ia - kr = -
open 10 objectioa O any rsasonable groand:
We shall object to them. II b aes wise
~. vs shall be free 10 Say %. 1.-The aet
foolishly, re shall be free to tell Il. Ifhe
il guilty Of corruption. or nepotisn. or gift
taxing, We shall expose il. II he i in
auencsd By wicked men, We shall let him
know i. II he appoints Leets, be will
hear Of il.
TuE Esd or CARPEr.BAGGrxo. MOT
half the grievances Of the South under the
carpet-bag rule Of the Grant sdministra-
ton have been told. II Mr.. Greeley 10
elected President. the carpet-bsg influence
will Be At an end. and the Southern States
will resume the station in the Union to
which they are entitled. and will soon be
in condition to bear just proportion Of
the burden Of national indebtedness. The
Grant ring of military and civil vagsbonds
have plundercd the South in various ways.
They kept in Office as governors Of South
ern States men who robbed the people.
increased the indebtedness Of the several
com mouwealths. forged evidences Of pub
lie indebtedness, and chung like veruin to
their prey. until scared BY the open doc;
Of the prison. They interfered With the
l.boring population Of tho South. taught
them habits o! idlercss aud insubordina-
ton. and in this manner decreased the
products Of that section.
SrBoRpIxArlox OF the MILITARY Pow
kR.-What the country needs, and what
the democratic party desires. is the rr!c' Of
civil over tho military power. aud the local
self government which the States reserve
20 themselves when .hey formed Tic Fed
eral government These are the great
fundamental principles for which we are
now contending; aud along with these will
come the honest administration Of public
affairs, and an utter cessation Of stealing
and swindling upon the part Of public Of
fcers. The election Of Horace Greeley
will not orly give all sections Of the coun-
try peace. but it will inaugurate in the
government competency and honesty in all
its departments.
Mr.. GREELEY's CoNpucr.-Since his
nomination. Mr.. Greeley has contradicted
the fears Of those who distrusted his world
ly wisdom aud political tact. No candi-
date has ever traversed more uncertain
ground. From the FIRST, his position was
exposed to peculiar and constant danger.
Yet. keeping always at the front-refu-
sing to seek concealment for . momest-
speaking and writing With the utsermost
freedom. his foot has not slipped him once.
Indeed. every time he appears in public.
he makes better impression than the last.
% that the wisest anG shrewdest of the
party managers have ceased to Be solicit
tous aud are more than willing for him to
20 it alone, on his own hook, sure that his
head is as nearly level As that Of any man
on the continent.
LroSs.-Respectabie Virginia authori-
~ says Of the permanent chairman of the
Blantou Duncanites
"Mr. Lyons has no more following in
Richmond than Blanton Duncan has in
Louisville. if as much. People here laugh
at the Grant papers clubbing him judge
and wonder when or where he wore the
ermine. He certainly never wore il here.
but his brother. now deceased. was one of
the brightest ornaments Of the Virginia
bench. and was altogether different sort
of man. james could not be elected
even to the city council by . popular
vote"
Lyons. like Duncan, wanted to achieve
q little notoriety, and 50 consented 10 un-
dertake . work which vas too dirty for
radicals to attempt. He got his notoriety.
and. We hope. his pay. and may nov ego
to his own place." as q certain illustrious
predecessor did some eighteen hundred
years ago.
KNOW NOTHING Wnsox.-Mr. Henry
Wilson. Of Natick, Massachusetts,. Is ma
tive American who has sworn deep oaths
against ever permitting any foreigner to
hold Office, or even % much - vote, BE-
fore be has resided in this country TWEEN
ty-one years. and Puritan Of % strict .
sect that he has denied that such a ac-
knoWledSc the soiritual sunremacv of the