Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-09-30


people u Lcuisiana, and their night
trampIed under foot! Has The inter
ference of armed soldiers in the leeisla
tive affairs Of that unhappy State beef
|forgotsenf z Il il no longer fresh il
your memory how the Southern State
hsye been bankrupted BY carpet baggsr
and adyenturers, kept in power by the re
'pubH06n Executive and the radical ma
jMity in Congress Are the Cedi
Mobifer, the Pacific Mail and Sanbor,
conspiracies all obliterated from you
memory
Do yoasvish ! xs1~sbsras a spies ani
informers let loose upon your mercan
tile communities, asd severe ,extortiou
ers turned upon your farmers and man
ufacturers? Do you desire contin
uance Of the Jmismanagement of ths
national finances, whereby the present de-
preston in trade and business OF al
kinds shall continue and ships rot Al
the wharves, while artisans and labor
ers wander through the streets of YOU
cities seeking employment and fint
none! Can the people of Maryland
long to rettograde to that state of rad.
ical misrule from which the people ol
so many of our sister States are jus,
beginning to find deliverance
'c Can you lay down your arms and
sleep on the eve of a great presidential
election, when the auguries on all hands
give US the brightest hopes of wrestling
the national administration from the
hands of our political enemies, and pla.
cling it where it will be welded, as be.
fore the war, in the interest of the
whole people. and for the benefit of all
sections
TO destroy the democratic party now
by aid Of the secret organization, the
republican newspapers are charging
against the democracy, without specifi-
cation or proof, but by shameless per-
version of facts and figures, the very
sins of which their party at Washing
ton, even under the palliating reports
of their own party, have been found
guilty by the verdict of the whole coun-
try.
The attempt to throw discredit upon
the management of the State treasury
is rs weak as it is false. There are
some things 30 patent to the common
comprehension that they cannot be dis
torted, even BY the most barefaced SLAM
derer.
The finances Of the State are in a
condition of unexampled prosperity, and
we frankly challenge a comparison of
the condition Of the treasury with that
of any State in the Union. It's credit
is at the highest point, aud its certifi-
Gates of debt are sought for in all quar-
ters as the safest investments, for
which the largest price is paid. In
deed, its stocks can hardly be purchased
at any reasonable figures. and where
ever offered are seized upon by capital
lists with the greatest avidity. A re-
ference TO the daily reported stock list
will verify this assertion.
The expenditures Of the State gov
ernment are being rapidly reduced
Under the last two years Of radical rule,
as compared with those of the demo-
Gratis, the result is greatly in favor Of
the latter. Under the former the ex-
penditures in 1865 were. .S3, l25.565 So
In 1866. Observation-Disclosures. 3,39O,6l7 So
While under the democrat
ic control they were in
1873. observation-disclosures. 2.2s7, ,O5s SO
And in lS74.................. 2,276, 900 S5
Of which there was inves-
ted, under the act Of
1864, chapter 90, and
act of 1872. chap. AS. llO,S32 90
For Deaf and Dumb Asy-
lum ...,...........,.... l25,OOo 90
For Southern Maryland
railway. ay................... 1ll,OO0 90
-
In all l..................... S46, 1882 90
Thus reducing the expen-
ses Of 1874 to. 81. .932. .OS4 S5
The State debt on the 30th
of Sept. 1869, was IL, co., 9SS 96
The same stood on the 3Oth
of September, 1873 .. 10, al ,2l5 &c
Making a reduction in four
years of. f.....................s1,95l ,723 sc
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