Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-10-19

Owing to professional engagements. We
have been prevented from continuing
the article which At FIRST we promised
should be short. Our last term Of the
Circuit Court fully confirmed my theo-
ry, and waiting for that confirmation
has been partly the cause of this delay.
Before returning to the argument which
We laid down in our original article, we
mustask the privilege ofaigressing. We
have thought upon the subject, and the
more We think. tbs more the magnitude
grows. In the beginning OF our article
we stated several causes as being the in
centive to the commission of crime. We
neglected to refer to the fightfuI state
Of morals which now obtains among
our c"lored population. The writer OF
this article has been for years past a
Justice Of the Peace of the State of Ma
ryland. On account of the Office which
he holds, he has had an opportunity OF
discovering and ferreting out the crimes
which infest our community. He has
discovered. in bis experience, that nine
tenths Of the violation of the Criminal
Code Of the State have been committed
by this class Of the population. But a
short time ago, arespecfsble colored man
of his district came to him and wanted to
know il daughter of his, who had left
his protecting influence. could not be
arrested and brought back to the shelter
of his home. Ofcourse he was told that
the writ Of habeas corpus could only be
issued from the Circuit Court. Discov-
ering afterwards that his daughter wa.
over the age which would justly such
proceeding, he told HIM that only the
power ofreligion could ever bring his off
spring back to his protection. The color
ed man then remarked to him, that in
twenty years the colored people of this
county could not tell who were brothers
aEdsiste1s. He further remarked. that
the colored people had forgotten how to
marry, and that loose morality was the
pledge Of affection which they gave
from one to another, and that in time
this pledge ceased TO be renewed bv the
man who changed his affections to
another quarter. This state of the
case has been demonstrated in our
Town. Mems wives have been Ia
ken from them by such as throw to
the winds all idea Of morality and re-
ligion. 1t has been known in Leonard
town that husbands and wives have
changed their allegiance for the time.
The only marriage between colored
people which we have known for the
last three years 1--WE speak of Leonard
town) has been forced by the master OF
the place upon which the colored wo-
man lived, and this we suspect has not
been faithful. You philanihropists and
missionaries, here is a work which
would repay in the sight OF the Al
mighty any sacrifice which you could
make. We conceive all this corrupt
state of morals to be the greatest incen-
tive TO the commission Of crime.
Another incentive, in our opinion. is
the growing germ of infidelity which
seems TO be fostered by the first people
IN our State. We were shocked short
time ago in perceiving a notice in the
Baltimore Gazette of tete given 10
Thos. H. Huxley by John w. Garrett.
We condemn the Royal Society OF
England in giving to him the title OF
the Fellow of the Royal Society, and
other institutions for having given him
several other letters" We have no
faith in men who seek to break US from
our ancient and contented moorings. and
launch Us upon wild seas without com
pass. II they could reasonably demon
strate to US better and happier belief.
then | for one would extol them. They
cannot do this. They tell US that we
are descended from monkeys and apes.
II IS well to make an assertion, and such
assertions, IN their righteousness. can
not be logically contradicted. I nigh,
tell Mr.. Huxley that he was an Ass,
and he might not be able, logically, to
contradict il. Instead Of such men being
ostracised by civilized society. and COR
demned for the teachings which they
set forth, they are tsted BY the grea,
>SushSatia PithSS W our St1tc. uFtE-
ermore. the professors of the Quasi
charitable, Christian and philan,hropic
Johns Hopkins University" are invi-
ted to tste with him and pander to his
vanity. We cannot account for this in
any other way than that they are pleased
with Mr.. Huxley's assertion that thew
are all monkeys. We think that the
best way to treat such characters is IN
the way they deserve. !. e.. as enemies
to civilization, and as seeking to sub
vert all Christianity and all happiness
OF mortal man. We think that if the
Johns Hopkins University" has no bet
ter future before il than this. that the
State had better abolish il as nuisance.
We noticed, also. rs invited guests,
some OF the brightest lights of the Bal
timore Bar, but not those who were the
brightest. Teackle Wallis did not pam
der to infdehty or pay court to intellee,
tarned in the wrong way. We would
not be surprised to hear that Harvard
and Yale had conferred degrees upon
him. They conferred them upon An
thcny Froude. Begging pardon for this
DEPRESSION. We win promise in your mex,
issue to return TO the second head oil
sur article. II.