Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-09-28

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mention Of : g Il he things done o.
attempted BY ct which entitle him
TO !" eoatiane1 - hearty gratitude Of
the Ameficsa sle-" II this endorse
nent means )ehing, il means that
Hayes, If be a Be elected. should
follow in the & steps Of his illustrious
predecessos = sua the machine after
The approved C1sst fashion. Ii either
means this Git means nothing. But
6rst Of the pl.l in The Cincinnati Plat
form endoss; Grant. II Is in these
terms:
The ksfSons .1kninissysfios merits
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Tie naaagenen{ef doaesfie and forciga
sgairs. az Nepidess Grssf deserves
tie continued ~ hearty gratitude Of tie
.4.erieas pssk fov las pafriofisn and
Ais insesse = oiees IN rur and IN peace"
Gif.fakiae General Grant began
his administration Of the Presidential
Office by apP>inting As members Of his
Cabinet, and p'olher Offices, men who
had made valuable gifts. He has
confirmed l1l plsesice Of .ccepting
presents from people wanting favors
from him, until his greediness in this
regard has become . common subject Of
ridicule.
Pens,oning Relatives on tie Treasury.
1t is notorious that Grant has bur-
dened the Government with the sup
port Of his relatives, as well as the most
of those who are connected with his
family by marriage, by appointing them
to offices that they were usually in
competent to Gil. His son Fred. had
been giyen rapid and undeserved pro-
motion for lettering in Washington, and
on his graduating from West Point was
sent on European tour at the expense
OF the Usited States, in violation Of ar
my regulations.
Tae Ssn Domingo Jo5.-This was a
favorite scheme with Grant, who made
secret treaty to lobby with Congress
for its accomplishment. II was a con-
spiracy eoncocted by Grant, Babcock,
and several adventures, md Baez. the
usurping ruler Of San Domingo. for the
traitorous sale Of the country BY the
latter, against the will Of the people.
This, it was supposed would give val
ne to certain concessions held by the
San Domingo Ring, and make the
conspirators rich. Grant illegally used
the United States navy to protect Baez
from the fury Of the Dominicans while
his bargain was pending. The expense
to the United States attending the pros
ecution of the Job could not have been
less than 81. 600. 900, all thrown away
without authority oflaw. Senator Sum-
ner opposed this atrocious scheme, and
Grant gratifed his revenge for this by
humiliating Mr.. Sumner in the Sen
ate.
Black Friday.-In 1869 conspiracy
was concooted by Jay Gould, Jim Fisk.
A. r. Corbin, brother-in-law of the
President, and others, to effect colos-
sal speculation by running up the price
of gold to an extravagant point. In
order to obtain early secret information
of the intentions Of the Government
in regard to sales Of gold, the conspira-
tors procured the appointment Of Gen.
Butterfeld, an old friend of Corbin's, to
the Office of Sub-Treasurer in New
York. Then the assistance Of Presi-
dent Grant was sought and obtained.
Grant gave orders to the Secretary of
the Treasury to stop the sales OF Gov
eminent gold, and the conspirators
went to work in Wall street, running
up the price from 1856 to 1863 or there
abouts. Becoming alarmed, Grant hast
ilv rescinded his order, and the specu-
lation broke down on Sept. q, when
one of the most frightful financial pa: :
les ever known occurred, resulting in
the ruin of many business men. Fisk
and Gould narrowly escaped lynching
by the infuriated brokers for their par
ticipation in the plot. and the day of
that panic has ever since been known
as "Black Friday" Mrs. Grant made
S95, 900 out Of this job.
Ro55ing the Freedmen.-The failure
OF the Freedman's Savings Bank, with
an Indebtedness to depositors of over
100000, has defrauded over
10000 poor freedmen OF their little
earnings, which they had been induced
to intrust with the rotten concern I'M
der the false pretence that it was a
Government institution. The whole
sale robbery of poor negroes was main
" committed by the most intimate per-
sonal friends Of the President, and he
could have prevented it il be had wished
to, forthe. irregularities in the manage
ment of the bank were fully exposed
four years before the swindling institu-
ton closed its doors. The Seneca Sand
stone Company. in which Grant was
financially interested, participated in
this robbery of>thc negro depositors in
the Freedman's Bank.
UsGrpiag Slate Gorernmenfs.-Twice
President Grant, in utter defiance fthe
principles Of Republican government,
has without authority Of law used the
United States army to overthrow the
legally elected State government OF Lou
isiana, in order to obl;ge his brother-in-
law, the notorious Casey, who wished
TO be elected United States Senator
He wanted to do the same thing in Ar