Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-07-08

Groome. r. - u such n &C., I en-
~ frankly q him. 70 fear not, lit I
a not sf1ar hia piss Or any others ord
tkat I voul1 not neri6ce the prood
privilege q talking and writing - I
p1ense. for the best cfRce the Executive
- to hsstow. So much BY way Of
beeinrin9, and Ishall soon have finished
With this unkuowu knight - least for
the present. It is said to Be . high
Christian virtue 70 return good for evil,
and I win do my best to furnish my
unknown assailant With some salutary
advice, which may be Of great utility
and benefit in some future controversy.
In the frst pl1cr, my dear unknown,
always try TO imitate Tie great Daniel
Webster In one q least OF hin habits,
via, TO state fairly and squarely what
your adversary has said or written
and then combat his position to the
best of your ability. Never misstate
facts If ron wish to obtain the good
opinion Of honorable men, - you have
done when you charge that had '.in-
troduced the religious into the political
element" win not insist that you did
this with nalice prepesse; perhaps you
do not understand the force of language
- wen a. you might. Let NJ see what
Rus in Urbe i guilty Of having said.
Mark you, he was writing q sess letter
from Baltimore to the st. Mary's BRA.
CON. 'tIt il further more said, and
You can hear il everywhere in the city,
that the the fact Of Mr.. Carols being
. Catholic has been brought to bear
upon Thousands who allow themselves
to be swayed in voting. BY the religious
convictions Of candidate, q practice
far more to be honored in the breach
than in the observance, and should re-
ceive the unqualified condemnation Of
every man in this great republic who
is worthy of the civil and religious
freedom he enjoys" Now, to come
down to little logic. Rus in Urbe has
stated . fact or falsehood, when he
writes sit is said every where in the
city, that Mr.. Carroll's being q Catho-
lie has been brought to BEAR" &c, &c.
If the former, you are guilty Of SLAM
der in charging him with introducing
the religious into the political element,
when he simply speaks of what has been
the common talk in political circles for
several months past; and enters his SOL
emn protest at the same time, against
the exercise of the elective fanchise
upon religious grounds. Pray tell us
what you mean by this tumble of
words "there exists q natural, mixer
ent weakness in nature to enforce our
opinions, social, political, and especial.
ly religious, on our neighbors, which
reason, philosophy and charity should
discourage, discountenance and struggle
to overcome and suppress"
Now, sir, consult some good critic
who will speak plainly to you, and he
will make you ashamed of the dread
full tautology and sentiment of that last
sentence. Why, my dear sir. according
to your idea, what business had the
Apostles going about from nation to
nation, teaching and enforcing their
opinions upon othersI Why should
missionaries he giving up the comforts
of home and risking their lives at the
present day, trying to enforce their
opinions on others 2 Why the thous-
ands of works and 81 eeches on science,
political economy and the duties of So
cial life ? What the ID business had
you writing your views to the Editor Of
the BEACON for publication, if is wrong
to enforce them on others? There is
much more would like to say to You,
Mr.. Unknown, but my time is very lin
tied at present, yet I trust to be able
at some future period to give a little
more advice. I trust too I shall be
able to discern in your next letter some
improvement, and, beware Of tautology,
for several good reasons, but especially,
as it will provoke any printer in the
world to say ugly "cuss words" 1
hope too your good people will be
competent to manage their own af-
fairs without the aid, advice or assis-
lance from residents Of Baltimore" This
is a consummation I devoutly wish for,
and hence l have not rendered my SER
vices by way of interference, except to let
the people of your secluded and pri-
mitive part Of the State" know Of the
political rascality that is going on here,
so that, being forewarned, they may be
forearmed. Perhaps it is this YOU OBJ
ject to, and if so, you can keep on OBJ
jecting, but shall wag my old gray
goose quill to my hearts content, and
should VIM. T. Hamilton be the next
Governor of the State. as / honestly and
sincerely believe he will, I shall put it
carefully away, as there will be no
further need of it, with such q pilot at
the helm of State.
Yours, &c.
Rus IN URBE.