Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-11-02

TALI tSo8, ID, Oct. -, IST0.
Your Tildeaite and Hayesite CORES
poudents appear to be over-xealous in
regard 10 the ianate goodness % Of their
respective esssdidates. The former are
sznsacking The d,ctionaries extant and
vice versa for words Of favorable and
unsxeeptioaable signi6catioa To- prove
that Samuelis . genuine reformer, which
We opine is di6cult to do: and the lat
ter ore Just o. earnest and undesirable
in their peculiar endeavors to show to
the world that unless Rutherford is cleo.
ted the country will most assuredly
come to ruin! Now, sirs, Il cannot be
satisfactorily contradieted that two
thirds Of the laboring men Of our repub-
lie have been for many years blindly
and submissively following the party
leaders, taking their unfounded as.er-
tons ere election as the truth, and Civ
ing no heed whatever TO the non-iulfill-
ment Of promises after the election
which have been as numerous as the
foliage upon thousand trees, particu.
larry in latter years. Thank God, sirs,
the toiling millions are beginning to dis
cover the error Of their WAYS, and are
slowly but surely shaking Off the slave
~ Of party. Common sense with them
is no longer meaningless phrase. In
time past the poor man was made to
believe that it was the right of the rich
man to govern. Well, they did govern,
they govern yet, and il may be reasona-
bly, asked here, what have their govern
ing brought US to, The answer IS plain,
viz: To the almost centralizing influ-
ence Of an aristocrscy Of politicians.
Now. il is the laudable aim OF the Inde-
pendent Grcenback party-to keep the
country from passing into the hands Of
an opulent set Of politicians, who,
ranged under different banners "a roll
may don the hide Of lamb, Dat still
he IS the some cunning brute are IN
mistakably alike in corruption. rapa-
city and the utter lack of-what s.
Why, principle; for as Augustus Bel
mont-Rothchild's agent-says, 1.-THE
bondholder is safe and secure I'M
der democratic or republican admin
stra'ion.' True! So arouse We la
boring men-you who bear upon your
brows the ''royal stamp and seal OF
God, and vote for the honest Peter
Cooper, the poor mans friend. His
election will save our country from
passing into the iron grasp of the I'M
principled home and foreign mammon
worshippers. Doubtless a goodly num-
Der Of individuals will unhesitatingly
pronounce US fool for our desiring the
election of Mr.. Cooper. Well, all we
have to say is let them call US an idiot,
yea. exhaust the whole vocabulary OF
damning epithets. we intend. notwith.
standing the same, ID. w. to cast our
vote for the above said great-hearted,
Christian gentleman, with the earnest
prayer that the election viii 60 into the
House, which, IL it does, it will be long
stride forward on the way to a good
government. Tis true there are not
many forty acre farms and long-eared
quadrupeds lefe, vet IL Mr.. c. should be
so fortunate as to get into the White
House, he wilt wisely take care OF the
"spoils, to the satisfaction of the labor
ing classes at least. Stick pin here,
reader, we pray thee! Wilde you are
going through the operation OF sfiekisg.
we will sing q Greenbsck battle song
to the air Of "Hold the Fort" the cAos.
us Of which is as follows:
Storm the fort ye gallant soldiers, 81
lis d glorious 6ght,
Drawn and hr.in against injustice, 'li
God defend the right" - sjs
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