Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-07-22

Baltimore, 18th, 1874
Msssrs. Eafsss-
81 honor IN ose eye and death Tie osher
And viii look 90 both indEsrenslEs -
For, let she gods so speed me - 5ose
The name Of honor more ihan fe1f 6eash..
IT is this feeling alone that iepels me
to write at present amidst the sad and
deep affection that has 50 recently over
taken my numerous offspring and nv
poor miserable self, and no lcse or pros
pect of triumph, however brilliant, could
induce me at this particular juncture to
trouble you with communication, 4
nv honor had not been assailed and my
motives wantonly and maliciously inn
pugped. A man who writes or paints
or chisels and exhibits his products to
the world must and should be prepared
for any and all criticism that the public
may see fit to bestow, but his inten-
tons are known only to him and his
God, and with them it is not safe o.
always proper to tamper or meddle.
1t seemed to be q rather singular
coincidence that should have first read
the communication of Democrat in the
house Of my late father, and in the
midst of the solitude and gloom that
pervaded the old vacant Hall, a. the
shades of evening were drawing nigh
and the last lingering rays Of the set
ting sun cleaned over the waters of
beautiful blue st. Mary's sand rested
upon the trees that cast their shadows
upon his humble but peaceful grave at
st. Inigoes', in full view of his sad and
sorrowing son. Solemn was the time and
awe inspiring the place, and as 1 with
drew my gaze from the paper, it seemed
as if my soul communed with the spir-
it of him who had been my guide on
earth, and that he would have presen-
ted himself before ME to reprove me,
If / had been guilty of the mean and
disreputable acts, attributed to me by
your correspondent. But there was no
reproof from him-there was none from
my own heart or conscience aud hence
/ have concluded that I am not amena-
bic to his charges and shall proceed ac-
cordingly against my false aceuser, in
no spirit of anger or revenge, but in
vindication of truth and my character.
Your readers are first treated to
defence of the delegates from this city
to the State Convention, nineteen of
whom published card, protesting their
innocence of any intention TO sell out
Mr.. Carroll in the gubernatorial contest
so soon to be decided. Their defender
tells US that they have denied the charge
and as can honorable man Rus in Urbe
is bound retract or qualify" According
to this mode of reasoning, any culprit
who is dragged up before the bar of
public opinion has only to deny the
justice of the impeachment, and he is
instantly to be acquitted by all fair and
honest men. That card of the glorious
nineteen caused no little merriment
here when it appeared, especially the
last sentence which saws sour own re-
cord at home is the best guarantee of
our 6dility to the interests put in our
charge ]" However, we will not stop
to joke at this time, as am not in that
mood, but will proceed to notice the
charges and insinuations of your
INSCRIPTIONS Washington correspon-
dent, against my personal honor and
character. Many of my friends have
assured me of his identity, and know
and feel that he is the only man who
reads your paper who could and would
load its columns with so much untruth,
vindictiveness and loathsome insinua-
tions. Hence I shah proceed with the
same degree of certainty, as if he had
given us ''a local habitation and a
name" He charges that have deliber-
ately undertaken ''to FIRE up-to blow
into a flame the smouldering embers
of anti Catholic and sectarian prejudi-
ces-of being Papist dyed in the
wool-of aiming a stealthy and left
handed blow at the church of which
am a member-with favoring for spe-
cial reasons the Know Nothing movement,
in which there may be money-break-
ing away from ancient moOrings and
honorable antecedents and that, though
double freighted with baskets of chips
aud corn, l will find it no easy matter
to whistle or "choke, choke, choke" back
my former friends to my side again
of aiming certain venomous shafts at
the breast of the Hon. John Lee Car
roll, because he descended from an an
cient Catholic ancestry, &C., &c. To
charge a man in one breath with being
a wool dyed Catholic, and in the next
of attempting to foster feeling of
deep antagonism to his faith, is real
ly SO silly and absurd that it seems
to be waste of time and patience
to say more than to call attention to it.
There is not man in MARYLAND who
knows me, and Of my great devotion to
and veneration for the old tempest
tossed Church in which 1 was born and
raised and whose ministrations / so
fondly hope to enjoy during health,
and when my final summons shall come
to 60 hence to another world, that will
entertain for a moment an idea that
this Infamous charge is founded in
truth, or is teliered by him who made
it. l have yet living an old mother
who is fast trenching upon four score
years of age; near and dear relations
as we'll as friends in st. Mary's and
elsewhere; nine living children at nv
poor home in this city, all processing
the faith of the one, holy Apostolic
Church, and can it be possible, that any
maa could be so base, even though there