Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-10-05

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rscsol spsseh, rsrks 0oawin. The 60
Iinenk p1hlie;ue speaking d the svsat
evils Nk1eh 1e,st ~ country u Ne
close = - ~ - e The manner u
uh;sk sAey oese sesqnsd by. The RePuh-
licss psrty. 81
| Or smanaerrs struck 1t nothing but
the indastries IL III peoples resuscita-
ted nothing 6ut paper money. APP
plsuse.] They had moi allowed sim
gle issue Of the struggle, although 6nal-
" settled. to sink into oblivion. They
had cxerted themselves to preserve the
rsncor and bitter sentiments which the
strife engendered. and had cast behind
them the MAXIM Of the poet. - The sol
dier's sword should sink before the
statesman's pen, and the calm head re-
place the violent hand. l"Great APP
| plaase.
And 1t the very close Of the conflict
what had the Republicans DONE They
had chosen q ruler Of this land, IN such
need Of wise and good administration.
an utterly incompetent man. and they
had so chosen him. and intrusted him
with a statesman's duties, not because
he was q statesman, but because he was
soldier. Their history for the past
ten years had been in strict accordance
with their action then. II had been
marked with plumbers. incompetency.
and corruption. Had it been otherwise
their policy would have been, in the
very first instance, to consolidate the
public debt at lower rate Of interest;
to reorganize the system oftaxation: to
reform the civil service; to reduce ex-
penditures; and to adopt measures to
conciliate the South, which were abso-
lutely demanded, not only by this whole
country, but by every Christian heart
throughout the universe. Cheers.
Instead of consolidating the public
debt they had attempted to pay j. off.
Now, it sounded very well as q
campaign cry that they were engag-
ed in paying of this debt, but the
prospect was less hopeful when it was
understood, as was the fact, that they
were grinding mems bones to do it,
. The debt had to be settled, but Il was
no time to psy it when the treasury was
empty, and the country flooded with
starving men, unable to obtain food or
work. At such a time the only wise
. and true policy would have been to
have consolidated it, and reduced the
unnecessarily large rate Of Interest,"
Applause.]
But the stupidity evinced by the Ad-
5 ministration in their dealings with the
. currency question, with taxation, with
their treatment Of the South, and with
various other issues, paled into insig.
nificance before their management Of
what they called "civil service reform.
I Mr.. jerks, Of Rhode Island, promi.
. nent Republican, had said that he die
not think more corrupt, vicious, anC
.abominable system existed in any coun'
). try on the face of the globe. Mr.. Jenk.
D was right. But the public sentiment
that the civil service should be reformed
was too strong to be resisted, and thu
y President instituted commission OF in
}, vestigation, with Mr.. Geo. w. Curtis a
2 ITS head. What was the result. A.
d usual, prodlgious promises were made
. with. vast parade Of doing nothing
Conkling, Morgan, Chandler, Logan
q all the Republican Senators, laughed t.
scorn. this proposed reform, and Curti
retired in disgust. amid gentle ripple
Of smiles. Applause.] The Republi
can Administration, continued the speak
y er, became finally so Aagrantly corrupt
y that one after another the best and pur
IS est of the party, seeing no hope Of re
: form in its ranks, left it in disgust
Sumner, Adams, Trumbull, Schura
= Cox, and Upton all seeded. Tn
~ President set the example OF abusin
e the power vested in him By treatin
,e his patronage as something he cou!
\ confer upon his friends and relatives +;
y" will. Hi. entire kith and kin, 10 tire
or four removals, were provided by hiI
ID with comfortable sinecures, and oflcC
b. were made for his friends. Moreoye
& his Commissioners went about ti
country levying tribute upon every col
" tractor who was fool enough to >ubm
I'D Tie cAtUCuOu. 4NOW IL " a. QuitC tti
r. possible for these things 10 have occu
TO red unless the leaders of the dominal
u party were willing that they should s
on; but how could the Republican men
bers of Congress set up to be reforme
OF others when they were so badly
h. need Of reformation themselves =
=. Laughter AID applause.] They h;
~ Just pocketed salaries for which thu
to had done no service, and with the mo
C. ey IN their possession it would have
Is. become them to assume the role of T
!, formers.
- The army of the United States, Il
'ct orator continued, had been used to 81
nd tain parcel of sccundrels in power.
~ voice, "Carpet-baggers.I This char
j. was not from a Democratic source, b
like all the others he had made during I
De- evening, it was supported and endors
ey by the expressed opinions Of leadi
as Republicans. Evarts, Bryant, Dodl
NO Cooper, and hundreds Of others Of
T. chosen mouthpieces had repeatedly sa
:" in public addresses, that the interf'
ely ence of the Administration with Lou
m lana disgraced this country before
world. The whiskey frauds, too, We
another blot upon the dominant par