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


Of their ID lbsas aud sev 9pOisswesss
made fsr nas. upoa and siter the H.
augsrafis4 ~ Prssideae for Bis .ecpad
term. "s Ne psiseipIs q sss.sios n
ys.ra sk<sasS policy er q. I'd.
mssissufsS 4 ssk HAT Il ssg b respised
IN the esss We ssvseyorship Of the Port
Ct 8. Mssj BOO held by Capt. John
w. Beane . surviving soldier Of the
var Of 1Sk for The following reasons:
LIST. Hshas been N undertaking sup
porter of - Republican party. without
l.pse @ sfsse iis. 1851 'sshe presess
I'D. Nshsress have been ..ds araisss
him. nor = I ts'iess that 0Iey can be
1.as2s. i u
3rd. Hsh he ssly old line. inter bel
Ion RepsGas / ksov e neg living on
sbe Das;eina Asedsn Il vAst b knovs
- tie "pN = q. Nasy's. thss = 10 say.
the s. MS's river end Ia tritst.ries.
sad Esa Giex = esAne b ssxaousd With
sst na1ift iseosvssieaes 10 the shipping
aud mese1ttise interests aud industries fer
whose be<ft the olkee l. intended.
|. 4th. q Of his rcmova: some one
bsflssefsrs dsas; 81 pssitnary sith
ths Aanisiswsaioa bat living eo sA~s nav
ieaiiou bor1crs Of the ''Pers Of So. Ma
rvs" aast d necessity be appointed, as
the salary q the Office 10 not sul6cien. to
induce ansppoiasee to rent an Office on
the said arisafion borders. The officer
mxa 90 toshe Port, the Port eannot 60 to
the Office. l..
Upon tie foregoing ! ask that Cap.
John w. Bennett. Surveyor Of the Port
Of st. Mays. be continued in the sarc
for the nat ensuing term of the Admin
istration. md any assurance to that effect
will be INST thankfully received BY all old
line inter bellum Republicans Of this-Ss
Marys comfy. We have here old line
Democrats Who declared their intention OF
joining the Republican party ofer the
Presidential election Of 1872. because they
could not + Aoaorauy discharged from
their Con'eutioo obligations until tba,
time.
I am sun you will pardon me when
I say. thatin the alternative presented.
however little or much my recommends.
ton may import to the person Who holds
it. and however long l have labored and
shall continue to labor to establish the SUI
premacy q the Republican party in this
county. will sooner recommend one Of
these ''last ditch" Democrats. ,cho lives on
the nariga6oa borders Of the Port, who
stood BY hs colors and shared their last
defeat. than any one of those elerenth hosr,
soi-disant Republicans. who will in oil
human probability inundase your Depart
ment with applications for this Office be-
cause they went through the performance
for the first time Of "voting for Grant,"
just exactly six months to day after he
had been de tacto elected President of U.
s. Al ksep and oil ADMITTED at the time
that Grants re-nomir alton in Philadelphia
June 5. 1872. was equivalent to his re-
election Nov. S. 1879
There is no personal risk. labor. sacri-
fee or exertion to sail c"uraEeously and
ffqrlessly Nth the current and before a
fair wind, To desert from last cause to
. power already elected and esta biish he'd IL
mt by a1y means political n,ortyrd,m
And this suggests the question. ..are not
men who were faithful 10 bad cause to
its bitter end. more trus. worthy than those
.bummcrs, whose political 'antecedents JUS
tify the well-founded expectation that they
viii take 70 their heels at the very first re-
verse Of the Republican party :" The
President in the 6rst year Of his first term
ignored the assumption that "vosing for
Grant per -. was . dogma Of political
infalhbility. BY tho appointment Of ex-
Confederate officers to positions Of trust
and responsibility because public in,erea
required it. In the Presidential election
Of 1868 the Democratic party was q poe.
er. 1t was nullity in 1872.
I have around me men Who were strong
Union men during the nor. They be-
came fntensrly Democratic after the war,
and no,c so ferociously Republican BY 70.
ring once. and bat once, ava chat after
had Teen rirfmapy re. elected. that they
claim every Office the Republican party
has to give, and what is true Of this-St
slary's county-is aleo true Of Baltimore
city, from whence the benevolent sugges-
ton ccmcs-''To make a clean s,creo-to
put in new men" Nee men, We presume.
Who 60 calamity left the Democratic par
~ directly il vas defeated By Greeley
% bareiy Joined the Republican party
md 20 vociferously shouted for nomi.
nee already elected. and then with self
denying benevolsnce elamor for Offices
held By better men and veteran Republi-
ANS. On the reverse. NC have here among
rs men honerably discharged from militia
y service. a faithful few who we're true
o their government snd law. in sunshine
Ind storm. light and darkness Give
shat you have IN this county TO them, ifI
my Offices a-e to Be vacated f.on cause.
But % cause exists in the present incum-
,ent Of the surveyorship Of the Port Of
j.. Mary's. e.reept that mentioned IN gen.
raj By RE srrifer 10 tie Balsimoes paper.
hat he has been In Office one term. And
cAaterer Recommendation mag sigs, it
Eill be done nth the proriso that IL 10 not
o Be presented or considered until the
'hange suggested has teen desernised
Ipos
For myself I ask nothing. The Gov.
'rnmese has given me pension for disa- |
'ilisies incurred in military service. and
go acres Of land Whenever I choose to |
sttle Spon Il and What ask 10 for osAers. |
have the honor to BE-,
Your DOT. servant.
Si1ued.N RANDOLPH JONES.
1.-The drsitea patriot With exemption |
'apers." who became % intensely Demo- |