Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-08-03

rom the glistesing lakes of the West or from
the slumbor0us sayannas of INV own fiewer-scent-
Cd South; every man throughout this broad land |
shonldbe ahle 10 feel that he r willing in com
mon purpose and spirit to return TO the pristine
system of Government which our ancestors found
led century ago. tGreat Applause. -
| There have been variety Of measures hooking
to reconciliation which have failed because thcy
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President the National legislature and State leg
isiatures should have locked TO measures not to
restore one party or the other but 20 restore the
material interests Of the people, and foremost
among those interests Is the great agricultural in
terests of the country. do not know from the
census what is the relation of agriculture to 9th
er pursuits in your Stated l do know that
in my own State so per cent. Of the population
are farmers. They make their incomes from the
products Of the earth, and suppose the same
proportion prevails in Maryland. Agriculture is
the firs, great calling Of mankind II is the foun-
dation OF all Governments. The products of the
earth are what keep Governments alive There
IS not and there has not been in your Treasury for
the last fifteen years one dollar out Of the million
taken from the hard earnings Of the people that
did not come from taxation on agricultural pro-
ducts Its great power rests in its ability to paw
taxes. and that ability rests on the products of
the earth and the labor which produces them.-
In all countries the products Of the earth paw
most Of the taxes. We are especially an agricui-
tural country, and without agriculture and the
intelligent gathering of the fruits of the earth we
mast perish, notwithstanding the abundance of
gold or interest specie paying greenbacks. Like
the tabled Tantalus of old possesscrs of these
riches would perish in sight of plenty II upon
| the products Of the earth that We are dependant
Tor cur Federal taxes and also for the taxes of our
State Governments. Commerce would be nothing
without agriculture. without its products TO be
carried TO the centres of the old world Our ag-
rieulture is our great source ofweallh. You may
take the richest ingot Of gold dust from the mines
Of California or Australia and drop IL into the
| soil and it will lie idle and unproductive, unre-
generating, uncreative, but take a single grain
OF wheat or Of corn, or perchauce of other grain
and drop II into the soil, and Obeying the laws
of the Great Maker of the Universe it will perish.
and from its corruption will spring that small
germinal life which has deted the eve of the sci
enlist 10 explain its origin, and blessed by the
sunshine and the showers OF Heaven, you see the
delicate spear OF grass appear, scarce diScernsbe
to the naked eye, and then il comes forth into the
full harvest. II is the Grea; Master of the Uni
verse who gives to US this means of sustaining
ourselves. You cannot sustain manufacturing
system without agriculture at its base; az sricul-
ture Is the foundation stone of AL the interests o
this country and of its prosperity
This interest must he relieved from excessive
| taxation. No people under the sun of Heaven
labor under heavier burden of,axation national,
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| tural people Of the United States 1t is stated
that our taxation, national, State, county and
municipal amounts to 800. 00o. 600 a year and
large proportion of that burden rests upon the
agricultural interests Of the country That tax
alton you must lift off by wise legislation II
cannot he done by the system oflegisla;ion which
for fifteen years has characterized the legislation
Of the United States Congress. Sir il is impos-
sble that the country shJu.d prosper under sys-
TEN OF laws designed 10 oppreSs particular
Section Of the country. The only way 10 settle
this question is 10 say that will do Justice 10
both OF the sections which were engaged in this
contest and while we are prepared TO do honor
, TO the men who headed the Union cohorts and
led them 10 victory, we are also prepared TO do
honor to the men who fought upon the other
side. We have a striking illustration Of the force
ofcharacter Ialude TO the great leader Of the Com
federaie forces, and when he perished il was a
memorable instance of the fact that the whole coun-
try could rise TO do justice TO his character No,
only was he regretted among the mountains of
Virginia which he loved 50 we'll but throuc hout
the whole country. and men Of other nations
speaking different languages the world over
joined in the regret al his death. say il is an
illustration Of the fact that there men on both
sides in the late struggle who capable Of do
ing justice TO those who served on each side.
| Sir in this grand old State Of Maryland whose
citizens in the early days Of the Republic were
the first TO raise the standard Of political and re-
| hgious freedom, whether they favored one side
or the other do not care, but hope there is
love of country and patriotism enough TO give US
one man who shall propose to achieve the entire
settlement OF the differences between the two sec
| tions and that the time shall come when every
American citizen, whether he stands upon the
soil Of New England or by the glitteriug waters
| OF the western lakes, or where the tidal flow
comes in ~ the golden gates of San Francisco
shall be subject TO those rights which the people
Of the country demand shall be extended to every
| citizen Of the country. When the statesman shall
appear who will accomplish this end in deed and
| truth, ! care not from which political party he
comes, be will not only entite himself the eter-
nal gratitude the people Of all grades and classes
| but be may with pardonabe vanity quote the
words Of the great Juvenal applied TO his own i'm
mortal poem:
.Jaaqas opus eresi; quod nee Joris ira,
Nc ,gnis, nee retustGs, nee r.rTum,
PoterI deiere.'
II will be triumph achieved such as has not
been achieved by any citizen of our Governmen,
| heretoiore.
| We have assembled to-day ladies and gentle
men, for the purpose of paving especial respect to
the soldiers Of thirteen States whose ashes lie
tomsed beneath yonder monument. ! am told
| that the bones of some 5000 men from strange
/ States lie under this monument which yop have
| erected. They fell not on the ensanguined field
when death CONES most easy and when the most
tmid meet him. but they met their fate ip the 81
lent hospital with MARTYR courage. Applause.
IL Is said that the worst punishment Il the fear
ofdeath, bu; these men met il calmly and quietly
In a cause which they believed 10 Re INST, pure
and proper, and feel happy that they have been
thus honcred by the old State of Maryland, and
the honor here conferred upon them was first con-
ferrei by the women Of Mary Land. hope that that
| tlosd, truth, honor, and courage which distjn-
| guishcd cur ancestors years ago may stt1 exist
smeng US nd that our yoong men may fs,l that
| they shave exemplars TO follow. When ttle iiase
comes for them 20 desert the homes o. their youth
l. II vas said bv a great historian that Ieople
are patriotic in relation 10 the country in which
They 1--we. That people who i've in grand scene
~, whoaook upon lofty npunsains sosietimes
clad in sunshine and somesimes IN shadow and
sometimes the home Of the storm God-a people
/ who have beore their eyes thaa CREST eEhiem Of
| power. The SeA--ii would he something strange
indeed il such people had not been wha; your
snoss,ors were, <hundsed yesrs ago. What
will the people OF MARYLAND be an hundred yesrs
henews / deli Sht 90 recur 10 that perin3 % time
when that grand old eeniienan fsem Virginia
! sat down on his natal dsy and wrote q. letter to
sn ed classna.e with whofn he had been as col
lese bali osntHTy sgo. ssia: q sit down
10 write 10 you as hss been nv custom for many
wears and hy nv side sitA ny wifi as heartihui TO
iue ss when the hriiAl wreath Was On hsr sl srln-
kfed brow. rGreA; Applause. The love Of
the pure and beautiful dos no, wi,her with age
bet grows with our growth, from day TO day,
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