Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-01-20

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SrffcH 1oY Hon. BEssAMrx HrLE,
orAA.=The South has fpuna=s=noics,
in Congress at lsst and = rises, too, to
the full measure Of . eenplste and IN
aaswesable1vindicaAioa4dfa he Cesfeder.s
ste sutbssitks o. 49, ns4ses q tie
treatment INA exchange Or pr ses.rs
during the Isfe var. A tbe speee Cd vas,
nat iasgrsd,. aYnisles, With eng sisv
ofc.tehng cr des~is ing the spprr uti-
q B'AAausI raai.. 'iss, or sadica''-uss II
any kind, It was not 70 be b IN ex.
peetsd TIA. i won'd have securyil Che
favor Of the newspaper and e,sere--
gsns Of that party, and, Accordingly,
they denounee Mr.. Hill in usteapces
much more remarkable for fouiness than
for force. The thing they don't DO o.
pretend to do, however, 10 to answer
him. He proves that the Federal su-
thorities broke the. cartel for the ex-
change Of .prisoners-he proves that
they refused to open it when applied 20
by Mr.. StePhens-ihe proves that t.sey
made medicines Iccrt,abapd,1 cantrsryy
TO the, laws ..r var ard v,ib.a IN.
knoxlsdgs that the South vas y 5.beat,
means or fs' "a to pio.nre tb4m.-H
be prts-s't that IN. : .Afssed ,,s' ~
their owl surg +.storl mp fys,:-r.
own priseae at, ,s S-hth,a.s 4 ssSs1
that the C..suz IKE ana zaesiP,t y
posld ,7,-t "a ts-sj .tdsa.d s,'gta
Federal $. q I'D IT. sl-H.sx .tH'}ss
an elm64eaiE hAaens - th+s,' 5.
ProPosi,'1 a,was .ryf1 ivS "a un.il D.
cember ct ,th,'ssmey~a., dt' = BE-
tween 3 ugb. ssr i De .-r = tie I. Q, g.
est morality su a.g Eel . :,
occurrd-he .l,,Hs Ant G. + d
other high Fei+.itI .ii.- gps-,s q
reas'u Why they y a'dri. exc ago
that Il va. t.i'-rt : s:ou'i
suffer or de ip prs, ,an TO reinforce
the Confederate army b. sa excia, ss
and that an e,cl-.. 2e world It
Sbernan'sf Ay, sneue Is.>." i,g G. -
ris.-hs f-o' -!'.f.,.,,- ..n. ~. :,
in quality as vel ssqry' :. W -
- = = Il
sued to Federal s'ne sast Cyut :
crate scldiarsia.r 1T .f~!6 ottat,.--pf-.
ror of Audsrse o. hs,' We equa"Ld,
if not surrasse, BY Vel y tf E's
mira. f"rs Dous'as al p as. ea. d
other Federal prisons, and alove al, lie
shows that the death percentages VS.
three per cent. great-r arory Corr,'I.
crates in Fede j prisqcs ttan q Fed,
erals in Cor fede,aie rris"ns. aad that
whether G after or l,,-s, foe TIE I isop
suffering, North and South, the FEDERAL
GSverumert made ils- l. re.po SHE ty
its repeated ard Per- >:r.t, al tor re-
open the cartel of exchange i. had tirst
faithlessly broken. A wv;d II tts
dough-faced" d~p &c s. who have
found Mr.. H2l SO desdf lilly rp,''-
tic" He did rot conn Gee the c,u
troversy. &scemman ced by Elaiue.
The intemperance Of expression and in
accuracy of stai smept are a., Blaiu-'s.
Mr.. Hill MT : = stoxs tbat Bla,,e lies
and be shows it w,h,,t a, ,.a,,.n CT
n single law Of ra-'a men,,ry courtesy
aud in defeuce Of agoverpT4at ofwbich
he Was and of q section of which b. is
part. It was all right fer Cox to a.sail
and confute Blaine's statements and
that too with bitterness of expression
a hundred-fold greater than Hills
Cox is Northern Democrat. 1t 10 the
duty Of Southern representativesin Con-
gress. it. seems, 10 sit silent under shan.
derous vauperations Of their section, 10
make no sign and trust their defence TO
Northern friends. We are weary of
and disgustsd with policy lodges like
this. We are proud that the South has
a. hist found q voice in Congress and
p.ouder still that it gives forth no un.
certain sound.