Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-06-08
corresPos ne Of the Beacon.)
WAa1nvoron. June 5. 1870.


This week u. without doubt. brought
with il Mr.. BIai1e' quietus,--henceforth
it will be Blaine, late of Maine. It is
an astounding 1pectscle aud one calcu-
lated to impreo the even more than av.
erage mind Nj awe, to behold a truly
great and e<od Christian statesman
combating chaPge after charge against
his honesty ard integrity with boldness
and apparent tincerity and earnestness,
but what fedrfully chilling thing it is
after having the passions and sympa-
thies all arou9ed to become suddenly
possessed Of De knowledge of the hal
lowness and utter falsehood of all the
noble defences- The last few days have
finished Mr.. Blaine. Not all the hon.
est and virtuously indignant denials.
not all the complete vindications" Of
the carefully prepared before hand let
tiers can save him now. He has virtu-
ally pleaded guilty and committed him
self By his most unaccouutably impu-
dent conduct Mr.. Mulllgan's testimo-
ny before the subcommittee Of the Ju-
dietary stands -corroborated BY Mr..
Blaines oH1e admissions. The whole
secret OF the Foft Smith r. r. bonds
and the trade with the Northern Paei-
fic through Col. Thos. Scott is now out,
and most damaging record it makes for
Mr.. Blaine. There is now no doubt OF
his having secured and receiveda hand.
some commission rs broker for these
bonds while legislating as a representa-
tive of his people, upon the very ques-
tions that made these bonds valuable
or worthless. But the climax of his eff.
forts at the shrewd game that he has
SO often played has proved the turning
point in his fortunes. Mr.. Blaine, sup
posing that he has his long lost friend
Mulligan where he wants him, under
takes to manipulate him to suit him
self. Mr.. Mulligan having been SUM-
moned BY the Committee as a witness,
could not be made to see the propriety
Of long secret interviews with the hon
estcandidate for the Presidency who hap
pened to be on trial, and was compelled
toavoid his pressing pursuit. Mr.. Blaine,
however, in a manner having cornered
his intended victim, succeeded in OBJ
tanning just look Eat a packet of let
tiers of no relevancy whatever to the
present charge" and after promising to
return them, suddenly changed his mind
and made. of with them. This is the
browning glory Of his reign''-of ras-
cality and fraud. The Committee now
demand of Blaine the production Of
these letters. He has, after taking ad.
vice, refused to deliver them up. There
is little doubt but that the Committee
will lay this case before the House and
recommend Mr.. Blaine's expulsion from
the floor for tampering with a witness
summoned here and under the protec-
ton of the House of Representatives.
Our Representative from Maine, with
all his shrewdness, has most egregious-
ly put his foot in it.
The very antipodes of this case is
shown in that of Mr.. Kerr. After the
fullest investigation the charges against
him have fallen fat even upon the
senses of the most pre- JUDGED of his
political opponents, and Harry, the
perjured and procured witness, has re-
turned here to make a desperate effort
to vindicate himself. 1t is not at all
unlikely that in SO doing he may impli-
cate more Christian statesmen in a plot
not dissimilar to the safe burglary bus
mess.
The Senate has ut last decided as we
have already foreshadowed, that, us a
High Court of Impeachment, it has ju-
risdiction in Belkuap's case, and order
ed the counsel to "plead further or an
swer articles of Impeachment within ten
days" Hereupon we are to have some
lengthy argument, but it is believed
that he will he compelled to meet the
issue before the Court without further
Postponement or delay. Secor Robe
son has been in vain importuned by
Conkling to resign. He is doubtless
waiting to so through the Belknap pro-
cess. A.