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

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Kneuise taas they had in sbeir oidst ssv
rsdieab. I v.e sse Surprised b Sc eslegissis
rsss1utisas spee the ssid subject iasrods-
Cd. stis Z body. the majority Of which
consisted ofdseoersts. vsssarprissd that
they we're Dot promptly laid spoa the To-
BE, 3 sisgls 6salfy sish tie saslsas de-
bsis saiska Ia u IL sdjssesoest. l
feel truly sboskea. however. that 10 the
very Psesssss u Tsney' statue they should
receive he hoaor 81 . references - The
Comoissss - Federal relations. Thas
De vile slaadsres Il our great Chisf-Jss-
ice. wkes II his grave sad under the
uoaumsns which oar State erected 30 his
g1oris1s meoosy. that b Who refused and
ssmnssded his followers to refsse even .
tast Of fancy % Be plseed in tho room Of
tts Supreme Court. should rsoeivs such
rsspost fFoa any hssnsh Of the Maryland
Legislature. i veil eslealsted TO excite ~
toaish1snt. 4 certainly displ.ysa Chris
tian iosbsssanes which indicates the ap-
prossA At the millennium. But surprise
tsnd astonishnsat must be converted into
special wonder when this respeos and hon.
o. are paid to one Who. wss . willfal. de-
ftihsrate sad systematic violatoe Of the Con-
fstis6tien he vas sworn 10. support. and
|, Hhprsith Seward on the door or the Son.
ate abused the good aud great fancy be-
, he could not give eouotcnsnee to
I their a.rocious crimes insulting to Cad BY
making The call upon bis name farce.
and injurious to man by the destruction
LOT thosc bands Of human society. ver.city
and good faith.
j Having written thus much. I reflected
thst possibly I may nisuudcrstand the
purp0se Of our democratic memLers. and
that these resolutions we're referred in or.
der that they might. in . report from an
able Committec. disscct this bad charac-
ter aud present il - an object to be loathed
BY the rising generation. A. they have
gone thus far. hope such was their in
tsotion and sueh vill Be the result.
10 reading ancient history short time
siuce l Was struck BY tho following pas
sage: ITO be deprived Of funeral bonors
the Egyptians considered the greatest poe
sible disgracc; yet could none Of them
expect to emily those honors unless BY
public aud solemn decree. This decree
was pronounced BY court ofinqnest. con-
sisting Of forty judges Of high reputation
for probity. Who listened to all accusations
against the person deceased. and denied
him public burial il it appeared that be
had been bad member Of society,"
They seem 10 have allowed no such max
i'm ~ mil de moriuis nisi bouum. which
has defaccd 20 much marble with lies. but
they weighed we'll the actions Of the man.
snd suppose. allowing for . reasonable
amount Of human frail,y. they brought 10
their true verdict As the historian ct stss.
that tbs punishment Of death was dccrecd
BY the Egyptians against perjury. Of course
the case Of aperjurer was soou disposed
Of.
II such regulations Is those existed 10
this Christian land . grca. many Of our
public men who have died within the last
fifteen years would not have died . na,u-
raj death. and many Of tho living would
have to bold up their fright hands" An
] other ISportsnt effect too would have re-
suited. there would have been great saw
ing in money. time and Grape. to say moth
ing Of the mar bic that has been worse than
| wasted.
These arc serious charges. but the pub-
lie records clearly sustain them, aud in
nothing are they more clearly sustained
than 10 the plan Of reconstruction sd"p-
ted and enforced by the radical party
From the day the majority report on re-
construction was concocted as an apology
for perjury. and they refused to discern
the light which Rcverdy Johnson in his
able aud lucid minority report. dcmolish-
ing al their fa'acious positions. down to
the present day. their course displays bu,
the wreck Of our Constitution. which If
not to continue useless waif. must be
rescued from their unholy keeping and
restored as nearly as possible to its origi-
nal conservatism. Que position alone 10
enough to excmplify and expose the out
rage and tyranny Of their conduct. Ad-
hitting. as they did. that the Southern
States we're in the Union. and Of course
entitled to representatives in Congress.
yet thsir reconstruction laws declare that
they shall not have those representatives
until they shall adopt the 14,h and 18th
amendments. nor even then until sui6. :
cieut sumber Of States shall adopt them to
make them parts Of the Constitution.
Was there ever in any civilized and free
country such . monssrccs freak Of tyran-
nyf Fin old slave times had said to
my slave. Jim. il be did not do certain
thiag I would thrash him. and further. IL
Tom. Dick snd Harry did not do !. would
still thrash bin, it would have been IN
analogous case. The one ease can be
found 10 the records OF this free govern
mehs. the other. If found any where. might
Be foued !, Uncle Toms Cabin. " the pro-
duetion Of Harriet Bcccher Stove. the
vulgar s!anderer Of buried innocence.
Seward and Sumner slandsred fancy
beeasse his unansverable opinion in the
Dred Scott case Vas . stern rebuke TO
their vile conspiracy. and beeauae be felt
bound BY bis oath 10 support and 70 ex-
pouad the Constitution honestly aud tru-
IL. How usjessieally does our noble
ChisfJ ssiies appear in sueh s.erevd !!
'Tiis tow'ring soul
Midst oil the shocks
Riss superior and iesks down o. Cesar"
Hear bis vsrds Of visdon. eossesvatisn
and honesty Is spoken in the opinion above
mentioned.
''No one, re Psssa1e. supposes that aay change