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

% Irigocs'. Ars. Bird. 1872.
4Nsrs. Editors II see in your LAT IS
snc of the Bacon communicates from
Dir Harris a, Dir Watkins. There pew
or was trner man that Mr.. Harris He
wsnsswhst he believes to he right. mar will
he nave compromise Of Whist / call half
right. He Einself believes he y right
and l VIII not contradic, him. Yet. at
the same time. be rnts me in mind Of nv
old friend. DR.. A H. Bean. than whom
= more heightened and honorable gent.c-
man never Essi.- When the whie party
died a 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. -hs-is.
Capt. ". c. Bayne. was made secretary.
mis- silvery bair blowing Scrthward by a
beautiful br~exe from the S1ufh - The
meeting then commenced for the purpose
Of organizing the whig party. DR.. A. II.
Bean. The president. was called upon to
make = speech. Honest in his purpose.
he did 50. and il was very pretty little
speech tno.r l. reccliect one remark he
made That from small acorns large oaks
grow" : lie planted that small acorn and
ifnersr came mp. - Thesefere there never
was resurrection Of the whig party. and
now il lies silent in the tomb. Just the
same will he the fate Of what We once cal
led the Democratic party-ds,d. dead.
dead. With all the exertion Mr.. Harris
can make think the democratic party il
gone. We have nothing now but two
wings Of the Republican party. The ques-
ton INV before US is-which will YOU
take. the Grant party or the Greeley par
-ty? That is my version ofthe matter l
am not throwing any obstacle in Mr. Har-
ris' way aud would not if could. He is
man I appreciate. I have fought the
best political friends ever had in this
district for him. ] admire him to-day for
his GOODNESS and honesty. but that acorn
he wants to plant will never come pp.-
Time will tell you shat my prediction is
correct. As they say. take lesser of the
two evils. never 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.
hope will be forgiven. lam doing what
I believe to bs best When Democrats
call 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 il 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 rs you would like
to have them. and your delicate wife grad
ually killing herself because you are una
HE to b re. and the cause, Horace Greeley.
This very man. Democrats want you to
east YOUR vote to elevate to the highest po-
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? I say to YOU. the poor, honest.
hard-workinc white mcu. the cause Of the
very meat you buy and the clothes you
wear being so high. is Horace Greeley
Pause for a moment, give it second
thought, before you cast your vote. Kill
the man. politically. thst 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 rope around their Democratic threats
I agree with Mr. Harris when he saws. if
Greeley is elected, in his message to Con.
gross he will recommend the building Of
q 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 '62 during the war. | never
knew him to take them back or to &c. sorry
for tlIcm 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 nj 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 Republican
that occupies seat in Congress or the u.
s. Senate that Greeley did not give the
use of his pen and the columns of his pa
per to in trying to elect him, !? Show ME
where he ever took up for the opponent of
the man who sits in Congress voting for
the Ku-Klux laws. &c. Ii he did. |
would like to know. do not want to do
the man one particle Of injustice. Gea
Gran. is no more than the Chief Magis-
,rate Of the UnitGd States. lie must obey
the oath Of his office. just a. Judge Bis
coe must do in this little district. If the
laws of Maryland were such. that. if
man stole horse. be under the law must
send him direct to the Penitentiary. of
course he would be obliged TO do it. The
same is the case with the President Of the
United States. Now, let Us look at Charles
Summers letter addressed to the colored
people He is finding fault with General
Grant because some steamboat officer
would not allow Fred. Douglass to eat at
the same table or stay in the same saloon
with the white people. slmost under Grants
notice. vet no notice did Grant take Of 1t.
DO you. Democrats. fall ont with Grant
for tha.' Mr., Editor. | know you are
for Horace Greeley and am sorry TO diff
fer with You a. this hour Of the day. /
appreciate you IS afrienda and If you believe
you are right. go ahesd. Personally we
are friends. politically. this tune. we are