Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-10-26


dee. II the seesn1, notki1v could -
better calculated . casse Z 1svivsl of
the system Of klackmail whieh was ear.
RED ON By Sanbosn under q Get pessed
10 help the Tfessusy u doing tAiss very
thing. Other seouadrels Ike Sanboen'
win soon appear to play on the fears O.
dishonest; for no man can feel perfectly
sure that be did not overlook something
in making his returns % long ago, and
We shall have one mere chapter added
to the long and odioas history Of pub
lie corruption. (
II We were asked why We devote 20
much space to the discusssoa of Mr..
Tilden's taxes, We snswer that they
have been made dihberately and Of
set purpose, both BY Republican writers
and orators, prominent topic Of the
eanvass-next 70 the Southern outrages
the most prominent topic-and proba-
bly, nothing produced IN the discussion
has thus far had % much influence on
voters. Moreover. all kinds Of party
writers and orators, froa H~Yss's Heae.
" down to Boshposk Clarion, have
plunged eagerly into the subject, almost
TO the exclusion Of everything else.-
Now, Il Mr.. Tilden 10 to be beaten at
the polls ON account Of his personal
character, We hold it to be Of the last
importance to the cause Of public NOR
ais that the view of his character which
defeats him shall be the true view; that
If he perishes he shall not perish Of
campaign lies." concocted and circu-
lated in the very heat of the fray. when
there is little time or opportunity for
examination. In other words. if we are
to have william in this canvass, we
must have . genuine and not . show
william got up for electioneering purpo-
ses. In the second place. all right
minded men will be properly put on
their guard with regard to these Tilden
charges by the fact that they are made
by politicians who are themselves COR
rupt and have ss yet shown 70 ia4s II
shame or repentance. Their old chiefs-
themselves. as has been well said, part
of the thing to be reformed''-are still at
the head Of the "reform movement
There is every known sign, except the
tardy denunciation of the Boston papers,
that Butler is very popular with the par
ty in his own State. Blaine, whose rail-
road transactions formed the last Of the
Republican exposures, and whose de-
ieat, though by only q few votes, was
considered great triumph Of the re-
form interest at Cincinnati, is gradually
but surely coming to the front - the
most influential and popular orator Of the
canvass, and has even gone to Ohio, he
says in published letter, At the re-
quest Of Governor Hayes" He is, in
fact. unless Mr.. Hayes is man Of ex-
traordinary nerve and resolution. at this
moment, according to recognized party
usage and tradition, the most prominent
candidate for place in the next Repub-
lican cabinet; and il he gets 1t, let us
warn reformers, it will Be . sign and
proof that the movement for reform
within the party" has again proved a
disastrous failure. We. therefore, who
see clearly that the battle of reform will
not be over in one year or two, and
may not in ten. would warn those
whose hearts are in the cause that the
need for caution and vigilance is IS
great As il has ever been; that which
ever way they vote at the coming elec-
tion, they ought to vote with their eyes
open, and on facts and considerations
they have well examined. and not on
curbstone rumors about Tilden's taxes
or private fortune; and that they ought
to protect themselves carefully against
that most fruitful source Of discourage
ment-a consciousness Of having been
easily duped.