Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-08-06
ST. MARY'S BEACON
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M. Hams Cam - Our articso OF NJ
z3rd slsimo. under the caption Of 1.-THE
Congressional Ousl"ct'' has elected svo
column card from the Hes. Benj. G. Hsr-
10. b wrsysvA D. e"ssei,es To- esss
:.~r;ssesv" spos his petition; and. in
s&A;ss SSso~plsips. that 70 charge. that
-ihs eosrn he il NON p.Rssing .mustlead
- damaging res,lss . the democratic par,
y. = 81 present ssaseisuted ana org.n-
ia" he ssssss ,1.i he. h not ar.rs
. 'shss - d..sssrssis passy k.s ssder-'
ssse ssy i.porss"s change h in oresni-
safiea sud constitutions. from that Which
- yssrs d tas possessed. both in form
- psise;plssI" and he saosss a. eoosid-
ssssis Isaesh. sud viii eouments. some
~ touching our vanity. editorial ex-
ssssss fro. the BEACON. published prior to
10 the State elections held in 1870. d"
shsv our political Inconsistency. Having
thrown the gauntlet At our feet. We take
L sp. in the spirit Of the Knights Of old.
.siskss fos kierd!y j"ast. or usrtsl combat.
sss always nsinssining soe cor BROTHER
is-srus The tisdliest feeling offricndship
asd regard.
We DO sot ahsse j"t or title Of What
ve saM in our article Of the e3rd ul,ino.
~ 10 the position assumed By us in
1870. We had certain "fxed" princi-
Pics then and We have them yet. We
snaiess that We then sgvced. to quite
broad extent. with Mr.. IIarris; aud We
sasimed then. a. 70 now claim. that until
the Demoera,ic party had dogmatiscd upon
che issues involved. We were entitled to
he expression Of our individual opinion.
When the party. however. adopted
platform for the government Of its men,
hers. ue Eel. duty bound to obey its man.
dates. add to yield our individual opinion
10 The popular will.
Four ysars have since elapsed, and
ve ss.sd where We ever did. We have
ever seea politically consistent. We think.
end b 10 . source Of rersoosl regret to U"
sh.s Mr.. Harris has been less 60 It ia
Gar from our wish to charge him with the
possession Of an uodue smount Of egs,ism
one eoneeit; bat. 10 think. i ear hardly
ts=oGeusive 10 him to say that. for several
years past. he has stood upon . self-rcar.
cd pedestal. far too elevated. to &c prac-
teal; or. At least. too impracticable to re-
seiss sAs approved Of the grea. mass of
lfhe party to which he claims TO belong.
rplcs We have been misinformed. near
IN years have elapsed since Mr..
Iris has voted for The Presidential no,a-
inee ola Dcmocsatic Convention. slthough,
q one time, member thereof. aud ever
slsieies 10 Be- . ssauneb democrat. A,
IL Inst CsssrSsissal slcsaioa held here,
~ refused. ws. lesrn. 10 vote for Judge
Mesrick. simply because Mr. Mcrrick .d-
voea.ed the election Of Mr.. Greeley. who
hsd heon duly and fairly nominated BY
che Democratic party. lsshis the msn TO
charge rs vith political Inconsistency. or
- wanting in faith to democratic princi-
pies! Ills opinions may be more fixed"
than ours. but have they such basis as to
essnle him to party confidence or demo-
cratic support! When he next attempts
10 arraign the st. Mary's Beacon. for po-
lisical Inconsistency. let him rather look
,o::his own political folli-s and v.garies-
"a he living issues Of the dsy-wi,hous
seeking to awaken the dead issues Of the
past!
This r-joinder to Mr. Harris Is written
10 no aggressive spirit. It is simply made
70 bis card. in reply to the charges he has
made against Us. We believe that be
would represent Us with good aud pure
latent in Congress. or elsewhere in any p"-
s;tica to which his political ambition might
he'd him. We are not his personal enc-
my. but his friend
We should be very glad to drop thi.
eossroversy here; and. IL the Democratic
party q the District shall feel il consistent
% seops the views Of Mr.. Harris. no one
will support him more cordially than our
selvss Yet. until the party shall speak.
- shah feel constrained to adhere TO
The old seness Of its cnunciaiej faith,
keseser painful il may be. from = per-
sa~sl ssssa-poiss. to disrcgard Mr.. Har-
ris' sains spou Us.