Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-03-26

II saMe Zen t6e h.aSs q lie framers, and was
vsese - - aAopeA By she people Of he Uui-
I'D States. ANY oshsr rule Of coassrvesioa
wosA abgsgaes - judicial character AZ this
es1rt aaA 0ake q ~ mere rreex q The popu-
lar opiniea - paanioe II the day. rhis cosrt
vas Dot egnssa by he Constitutes for sach
Psrpesa Highs6 aaa gravse trus.s have ksea
eea6aed = Il aaA u 0ast not falier In tn 18Th
e day."
Thsss ss1lsal vreseAss t.ev and their
ssssssssss soa eoaobdsssaas ksov that
thess ass tie ire psiaeiplss Of eoasesse-
too. asd shey wished saa wish 10 divert
The psblie mind from the true view b. in
sesposise slssa Of absurd seosi1eat.
ssa y slasassiss- he greas ezpossdsr
whose cleer e1posssiee drives then into
the slosgh Il Pcrisry.
Just here I eaiI 10 niad . passage In
n artiels writes aud Published b. Judge
Hack - 1870 10 reply 70 the then Sesa-
tor asd 100 vice-Presidens. Wilson. de-
tendiae President Buchsnas. then de.
ceased. from charges made against him By
the said Wilson. Substituting the name
Of Judge fancy foe that Of Buchanan. the
extract suits sdnirably to illustrate my
views. and leaving il ssill addressed 70
Wilsoa asd biz living With full bearing
% the memory Of his dead coufedcrates.
il shall close my hastily written article.
81 win make no effort to convince you that
Judge fancy was right in standing BY the Con
siitution which he had sworn TO protect and
defeHd. That know would be altogether hope
less. The DECLARED admises Of John Brown, the
political ally Of jim lane, the partisan Of Ba-
ker, the advocate Of general kidnapping and
special murder by military commissions. the
open supporter Of measures which abolish the
right OF trial BY jury and build up an Asiaiic
despotisn on the ruins otfree govern msnt- such
man would eatirely u,isunderstand the reason
tsimpfe as il isl upon which put the justi6ca-
ton Of dead Judge for refusing to perjure him
SELF But, II ] cannot justify, perhaps I can
excuse him.
in The 6rst place. then, Judge fancy was
born Of Christian parents and educated 10 q
Christian community. An his lifetime. and .,
the moment Of his death, be felt that fear Of
God which . respectable authority has declared
to Be. no, weakness, but The beginning Of wis-
dom" and the only source Of true greatness -
The cortupiions introduced into the church by
the poll teal preachers Of Nsw England never
reached him. He was simply Christian man
and firm. believer Ia the morality taught b.
the New Testament. Now. you know lat all
events you mus, have heardl that persons Who
sdhese to that kind Of religion always contract
habit Of regarding the violation Of a oath
with inexpressible horror. whether It be COM
mitted BY an officer or . witness; whether the
object Of il be to des,roy the character Of po-
iitical opponent, to prom ote the interests Of a
party, or 10 enslave State. All kinds Of false
swearing are alike to them. They stubbornly
reject the reasoning which seeks to convince
them tina, observance Of oa,hs By magistrates
and legislators Is . mere question: Of expediency
and self-inserest, varying with circumstances.
Judge fancy. being . man Of this class, ! sub
mi, the question whether his lrrjudicrs agains,
perjury Unreasonable as you may think Ihsm)
are not entitled to some little respect
B. G.. HARRIS.