Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1873-04-24

still b living under the coostisatiou
Of % ora eoassitssion still more proscrip-
tive. kestsefy. Tennessee, Iliasouri,
Texaa. GeorRi,. North Carolina end Kss
asd Wet vifgisia have been relieved
ID messsss of vindictive radical enotsul
By similar arrangement. Within
other States. they have given m the COO
troll Of important and iu1ueotial msaici9sl
corporations which furnish NJ poised sp-
Psi for future operations. They have givea
rs also respectable. and IN roue eases. .
checking representation In bssh branches
OF Congress. But we filled - Greeley.
Verify. Ne did. and il vas IN ugly hil-
ure At that. Ualike SrArs's Rsoao. I
stand BY the poll books and carry aboss ne
no fsneifal theories With which 10 prone that
We could have elected somebody else.
provided this somebody bad been . FUN
blcoded democrat. But what DOES ths
Greeley failure teach? That coalitions
ought to be abandoned because dsrios /.
prolonged contest they have cueosptered :
single check ! 1.-THE Europe.s allies in the
campaign Of SIS had reasoned in tbis nav.
we should have heard. expect. neither q
Leipsic nor Waterloo. with me, but. II
necessary. without and over me. !" ssji
Horace Greeley. rs he couscmolsted the
probabilities Of. his own ppesid entail des.se.
Onward. say I. in spite Of this defeat. un-
I'll our rulers have been improved, IL not
in politics. at least in personal houestv.-
Nor let it be forgotten, that the great strus-
gle With sisht-measioe mem IN thcse times
10 net 50 much about differences of cops,i.
tutional construction Is i, is about putting
out or Keeping out Of place self-seekine
aud dishonest characters. whether they be
democrats or republicans. in Washineto
or in st. Mary's county. This accom-.
plished and the Credit Mobilicr politicians
OF both parties turned adrift, then. but not
till then. can honest men afford TO Quarrel
or fight among themselves about eonilic-
ting views Of constitutional construction.
When this quarrel comes Of, I doom il
not unlikely that SrArE's RIsHrs and nv
self may be found lighting. shoulder to
shoulder. against some of our new allies for
the conservation Of such remaining "eov.
ornamental views of the fathers As are
found not Ito have passed into abstrac-
lions: 1 give him due notice. however.
That ne need expect no aid of mine If he
shall insist upon full restoration of the
constitution Of 81. not because it is NOT
desirable. bot simply because l regard such
restoration 70 be finally a. veil as mega.
lively settled. l have an abiding faith that
the tsrsry democracy Of the country has
still an honorable and useful career before il.
The defeat OF Greeley merely checked. il
did not destroy. the great rcformatory
movement against our national, State and
municipal corrupsions-a movement stron-
ger and more determined, in nv iuds.
ment. to-day than it has ever been before.
The States Of New Hampshire and Con.
necticut have lately spoken out against the
venality Of the times. All the charter
elections which have taken place since the
Credit Mobilier exposure are in the same
direction, and only . few days ago the
great city Of Cincinnati ranged herself un.
der the banner Of honest and unpartisan
government. And thus successfully l hope
and believe the fight will continue. the
well-meaning Of all parties agreeing to
subordinate rnlifioal antagonisms. II they
exist. until the high and low places which
have been befouled with the corrup.ions of
truthless aud trading politicians shall have
been purified BY the presence and labors Of
honest men.
True BLUE.