Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1873-08-07

THE SOUTHERN M,GAzuNE.-The South
ern Nag I-tRe for August is upon our ia
! bic. Among its excellent contents is a
short but important paper from the pen Of
Henry Ewbank. of South Carolina. en-
titled 1.-The Duty of the Hour" with an
editorial addenda by VIM Hand Browne,
the able editor of the Magazine. The
| scope of the article has reference to the
important attitude now manifested by the
people Of the South generally. in regard
to their political affairs. Mr. Ewbank
desires to arouse the people of the South,
that important portion ofthem who have
heretofore moulded and directed public
opinion. to the critical condition of those
affairs which now threaten to engulph not
only the fabric Of government but their
social and moral status also. Rldicalism
is now beginning to bear its fruit. but il
that people arise in their might and show
the tremendous power they are capable of
showing TO place once again their political
| Affairs upon solid basis, it will be but
question Of time ere the social and moral
status of the people will settle down into
that quetuie which is absolutely demand
ed before material prosperity will again
gladden. their eyes. The supineress Which
they now exhibit must give place to deci-
ded and vigorous action. Radicalism in
the South desires only "to be let alone
as it knows full well that it cannot with
stand the opposition of the men Of intelli-
gencc who have heretofore made the Sou'h
wonder; and in whose borders and
among whose people have sprung up the
scions OF noble sires. who barred their
breasts to the storms Of political revolution
which made America the abiding home Of
that freedom which heretofore existed only
in the Imagination Of patriot and philan-
tropic men. The storm Of political op-
preston which has swept like a besom
over the South. aud which now fastens
its fangs uron the forms If two Of the
States, must be loosed This can only be
done BY the men who have the indomita-
be will and courage which ceutcrs in the
brain of the Anglo Saxon race. If they
sit down supinely and allow few disrep-
utable characters to direct the hordes Of
brutal people who have the ballot thrust
into their hands to produce the effect we
now witness, it will take comparatively
but q short time to make the South that
pandcmonium which would ever so much |
please the tyrannous crew who planned |
and set the machinery in motion. that
they might prosper thereby. "He who
would be free must first strike the blow"
Never in our history was this so true of
the people Of the South as now The |
commitment of their destiuies to the ar
bitramcnt Of the sword and that decision,
is n fixed fact. but it settled but one thing. |
politically. the indivisibili.y of the coun-
try. As a matter Of course. a social in |
sti,ution being in the balance fell with the |
former. aud whilst there was regret there |
is no disposition to bring it back. The
fact of the ballot being placed in the hands |
of the ignorant negroes. and the results |
of their uses of i. directed by the mos,
corrupt motives Of those who lead them, !
compels the men Of Intelligence. those
who have everything at stake. to resist
the downward tendency Of matters. They !
mus, do this or submit themselves as alb
ject slaves. or be compelled to fly the !
country to escape political death. To
remain in the country with political matters
conducted without their assistance. or
flying from the country. is just the thing
desired by Radicalism. These are the
stern facts which stare the Southern peo-
pie in the face If they look at them
with an eye of determined opposition. no
matter wha, the odds against them, wheth-
or i, be the yhoie power Of the govern
men.. If that power is directed in q bad |
cause, the machinstions Of their enemies |
will eventually fail. if fought in that res
dilute manner which is . characteristic Of
the Southern people.
We trust that wise councils win prevail.
and that the Southern people will again
resume the reigps Of government and con-
vert the South into a garden aud not allow |
it to grow up into weeds. and be left
pGy to the political vutures Who desire
to feed upon il, caring nothing for its
prosperity ToEsOntoTn journal.