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

eoves1meut Stands scquittsd fro0 an
sssponsibility aad blame -4slet
NJ. Hill then quoted from the speech
mads b Je6erson Davis 10 The coated.
sssss soldiers sitter the etreat Of Gen.
seal cOlsllan from before Richmoad,
II which hs said that tie cRovniag
eaosy of The soldiers vss tAsir humAai.
q 20 the vounded and The psisooevs
vao had fallen into their hands. He
slse vvfsyFoa - - lacs thas sks Rieh.
nosa lssai,v (vAioA Hr. Blaine
had enoted yesterday - sRthovity
against Nr. Davis) had stated that The
Eaaa1ily and senssosity of Je6srson
Davis woolA iaesitahly ruih tbe coaSed-
osney. H. Gn1nnonz1yun1 1Gu1nm1nn
iutrodocs1 that witness 70 prove Nr.
Dssis gailty Of inhumanity; and yet
The wisness hid tbst The humanity and
esaesosity Of DGyis wsuld ruiu the con.
fsdeEacy., Mr. Hill also quoted the,
following from the Richmond R'ami
"Tbe enemy has goue from one unnan-
II cruelty to another, ssceungsd by
their impunity till they Are .ow asd
have been for some time inAicting on
the people Of this country the worst
horrors Of barbarous and uncivilised
var. Yet in spite Of all this, Mr.. Davis
in his dealings with the enemy, 10 -
0>nxle a q suckinv dove"
And that-contiuued Mr.. Hill-is the
truth; those Of us Who were there 1t The
time know il 70 be the fact One ofthe
most persistent charges brought BY The
Richmond Examiaer and some others
against Mr.. Davis was bis humanity.
Over and over again has Mr.. Davis
been beard to say, when applied to TO
rstaliate for the horrors inflicted on
our prisoners, Il quote his very Ian.
suaee.) ''The inhumanity of the ene-
nv TO our prisoners can be no justifi-
cation for disregard by Us of the rules
Of civilized warfare and christianity.
Therefore be PERSISTED in it, aud this
paper cried out against him that he
would ruin the coufederacy. But Why
bring up such suhjectsf War 10 always
horrible. War always brings hard
ships, death, sorrow, ruin, devastation.
And he is unworthy to be considered a
statesman looking ~ the paeiticstion Of
the country who viii parade the horrors
ioseparabls from war for the purpose
of Keeping up the strife which produc-
ed those horrors. Ny message TO the gen.
tlem.n from Maine 10 this: There are
no confedera.es in ibis House. There
are NO confederate ambitions, desires
or purpases in this House. But the
South is here, and here she intends 20
remain. Enthusiastic demonstrations
on the democratic side and in the gale.
riesl Let fanaticism do it, worst
Let Il pass its nulli6ng scts, trample on
the Constitution, sbnegate the pledges
Of the fathers, incite raids on our peo.
ple, multiply infi.lelities until they shall
be ike the stars of heaven or the sands
Of The seasbore, without number; but
know this, that for all your iniquities
the South will never again seek . rem
edv in the madness. Of another seces-
sion. Renewed applause. We sre
here. We are in our fathers house.
Our brothers are our urcompanions, and We
are at home, thank God Enthusiastic
applause.1 We come to gratify no ven-
pesuce, TO retaliate nowrongs, to resent
no past insults, 10 reopen no strife
We come with . patriotic purpose, to
do whatever in our political power shall
lie TO rest.re IN honest, economical and
constitutional administration OF the
government. We come charging on
| the union no wrong to us. The union
never wronged the South. The union
has been an urmixed blessing to every,
section, to every state, to every man oi
every color in America We charge oil
our wrongs to that ''higher law" fan.
aticism, which never kept . pledge OF
ob~ved a law. We sought to leave the
association Of those who would not
keep fidelity to covenant. We sought
to 60 BY ourselves, but 90 far from hav.
ing lost our fidelity to the Constitution
We hueged it to our bosom and carried
Il with us Brave union men of the
North. followers Of Webster and Fill.
more. Of 'Cass and Douglas, YOU who
fought for the Union for the sake oi
the Union, you who cessed to Sight
when the hattie was ended and the
sword was sheathed, with you We have
no Quarrel. We felt your heavy arm in
the midst Of the struggle, but above
the roar of the cannon we heard your
voice Of kindness calling: brothers
come back" We are here to Cooperate
With you, to do whatever We can in
spite Of all our sorrows TO rebuild the
Union, 20 restore peace, 10 be blessing
TO the country and to make the Amer.
can Union what our fathers intended
il should be-the glory OF America, and
the blessing Of humanity. But you
geutlemen. who persecuted us By youl
infdeiities until you drove Us out oi
the Union; you Who then claimed TO b.
the ouly friends Of the Union, which
vou had beGcre denoupced - "leags,
with hell, and q covenant with death,
you Who follow up the war when tb'
soldiers vho fought il have made peace
and eons 70 their homes. 10 yoo -,
have 70 concessions 10 maks. 0artyn
ovs no apology 10 tyr.nts. And shih
ve ass ready 70 make every soesi6c'
fer the Union, secession boWevee Dc.
seaSed ssd oPrs~sssd. via eonisss ..
en- . fa,afirism, however bigotsd sni
lexaetinx. Yet, while we make 10 yos
no concession, ne Say TO you this: w,
4 leeos even 70 you in no spirit Il rsvenge
We hsve bat one ambition. and that i
| 10 aAd our political pewee - ~ psesi
II r<;e ,,nson msn of ths. North. In ordes