Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1872-04-11

would hsve been fri.htful o. contemplate.
IL would have beaten morphine ont ofthe
kfsce.' Now. the unspoken speech IF VIII
D. and the other articles in the issue Of
The 3rd instant. are 4 tissue of fippant
Misrepresentation and falsiications, and
his quotation OF the article from the Bal
tiinore Ga-sttr, however pertinent 70 the
! issue and occasion. we must characterixs
- something very like :. Wilson quo
ting Wilson."as it is well UNDERWOOD
shat said article was prompted. ifno, writ
ten. ty gentleman en- ruppor. with the
Senator-in fine. the Senator'S other self
on that occasion, Gen Winder. and writ
ten With view Of influencing the then
Spcnding legislation.
Il 1t is not true. as asserted By the Scna-
fsor in bis unspoken speech. and in ..said
articles included. )" that this proposed !egis-
patton was opposed By great majority of
the taxpayers of the county of Prince
Georges. Mr.. Wilson was studious to keep
the Senate Of Maryland in the dark on
this subject. He held back as long as he
could the memorial Of some four or Eve
hhpndred tax payers Of bis county favor
0g this very legislation. He himself
and Mr.. Scott of the House Of Delegates.
laaa also Mr. Sasscer, favored the bill at the
spoke Of it favorably in private.
: . wilson lauded j; in his paper.
fSu,. fuit1oro' Go-ctte; and j. was not.
san,il jus, about the time that i; was pro-
posed to bring the matter up in the SEN
ate. that ..sworm Of lobbyists" from
.h. Wilson's osen neighJorhood. many OF
them the p irons Of his store-men. whose
property along the Baltimore and Ohio
and Baltimore and Potomac railroads have
already been increased so to 800 per
cent in value at the cost of the public
at large, made raid on the Honorable
Gentleman and literally scared him out of
his senses and capabili,y ofrightly discern
ing between the clamors of few and
the interest and opinions Of the many -
We sympathize with the Senator in the
awful condition he found himself i'll
"almcst persuaded" to be christian
and an advocate OF the Washington and
Poin, Lookout railroal-ani realize in fall
the picture ana moral =: McSsrs. Scot, and
Bowie and other friends and mcmorialists
holding up the honorable Senator'S hands
willie he honghtthe speech lie nerer spoke i!
We think At future election he will re-
quire their joint assistance to hold up has
head in the presence OF 4 constituency lie
has ignored and n,sreprcscnted.
The delegates from Prince Georges,
Messrs. Sasscer and Scott. ,turored and
still favor and approved the legislation
sought for. The latter gentleman yielded
to pressure from wi,hout-a mere local
and back stairs pressure-tut in hear. IA
vors the bill As to Mr. Wilson himself. his
course has been weak and vacilitinc. and
his unspoken speech was inspired BY To-
cal influences AMI personal interests and
arprehensious :. The defeated bill"
did not propose to tax the peorle-as in
simulated if not boldly asserted BY Mr.
Wilson in the speech and sunlry articles
of the issue of the Sd instan.-but mere
ly proposed to leave it to the constituent
bodies Of the three lower counties TO say.
whether they would, on and under certain
defined guards and conditions. tax them
selves or not. As to the picture-the very
graphic picture-heroic withal-which be
Is qawn ofMr. r. W. Bowie barring lis
~ aud with an ou,s,retched (and VIC
this time duly vaccnatcd) arm.
Ieslg the Treasury of Prince Georges
county. W" have only to say. that he ought
M: TO have ruined and destroyed its
illusion and effect by assuring US. tina,
there was not a continental dime in tyea-
s"ry, or likely to b. for some considerable
time to come. to guar! or to be apprehcn-
sive about; and we hope the Senator has
confided the above secret to Mr.. Bowie
ere now and relieved his apprehensons and
unnecessary guard. at one and the some
time. OF Mr.. Sasscer. We must say. that
his course was fearless and consistent. and
his views broad. liberal and statesman
like. Mr. Scot. yielded unwiscly and
most unwillingly to pfessue from with
out and against the promc;ings of his bet
ter judgment.
Ofthc course ofour own representatives.
beth in Senate and House Of Delegates.
we will speak in our next communication.
and will eni"avor to extend the notes ia
ken Of Mr.. Colton's speech on the occas-
ion of the dc.ca, of the BILL