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

Wheo w,s psopos<d 10 oonias(n
Mr.. 7fIlno (3oyeronr, soid New To6k
1Sness Jul1 ~. 1874 ;-sMr. Tilde1
would ~ : 10y god candidate. -
be i = GrGI emap, . able man, and =
man = sef1 kieh ehnzectes.s "A No
Of 1lIie@ hoeor. punlic - private: >
GOOD pG6Ii& opiEited man Who would -
10 discvo1 kut moch the reverse -
our So ~. \. Hnes. Sept. 18th.
1874 IL N Y. Democratic Con-
vention mnde IN end Of its work yes
terday By Fascinating Mr.. Tilden for
Coyernof. Mr.. Tilden il highly re-
spectablo condidate. and no man IN the
State Who wishes to see the return Of
the Dsmoer.tie psrsy 70 power need be
ashamed q him.
Up to.t1is time the Tines had been
the frnI Supporter and eulcgist Of Gov
Tilden, bus 81 obedience 10 thst law BY
which mast Republican journals are MS
ualiy governed Of supporting 2 RePub-
lican, whether honest or not. IN prefer
ence to the puTest Democrat, the Ii@es
now begins to weaken. N. 7. Tnss,
Sept. "a, 1874. "Mr. Tilden y very
respectsble man, hut who would dean
Of eIectine lin Governor in preference
to Gen. n" The 7imes prophetic.
New Yovk Hmes, Nov. 4, 1874. 1--WE
doubtless ZEE to-day the Democratic
candidate for 1876. and If
the RepufIiean party is not conducted
with rrestef wisdom and good fortune
the next q 9eoss than Il has been due
ring the last two, Mr.. Tilden is the most
probable SUCCESSOR Of Gen. Grant.
When Gov. Dix surrendered to Mr..
Tildcn the insignia Of Office, addressing
him on that occasion. among other COM
expressions. he used the fol-
lowing language: While material
progress has been made during the last
two years in the correction Of abuses
much remains to be done, and the dis
part you hare borne tn the
rork of municipal reform in the city Of
.Eew York gires assurance that under
your auspices the great interest Of the
State viii be vigilanfiy guarded" Such
commentator and expressions of con-
idence coming from such high source
and from a defeated foe are certainly
worthy Of consideration. Well did Gov.
Tilden verify the prediction Of Gov.
Dix. Under his administration dishon-
est officials and those who had robbed
the City and State of its treasure were
unsparingly prosecuted and made to
disgorge their official plumber; corrup-
ton and dishonesty fed before the pen
etrating beams Of good government and
reform, and the annual expenses Of the
State government were reduced from
SIS, 600, 900 to $4,000, 900. Thus has
a system of genuine reform been intro
duced and successfully carried on. in
that State: and should Mr.. Tilden be
elected President. it would extend its
blessings throughout the whole length
and breadth of this country. Yet the
Democratic party is charged with "re-
sisting wholesome and much needed re-
forms, opposing everything original"
SC. What reforms are alluded to- Is
II the resisting the various unjust and
oppressive laws that have been passed
to shackle the Southern States, by
which those States have at times been
deprived of all rights of self-government
and reduced almost to the condition OF
penal provinces, instead of States hav-
ing an equality ofrights Laws under
whose protection the thieves and car
have descended upon the
South ike the locusts of the West, STIR
ring up alienation and distrust between
them and their former slaves. devouring
their substance and robbing them Of the
little left by the ravages of war. Is it
in resisting the despotic acts Of an un-
scrupulous administration that dispersed
at the point of the bayonet the lawfully
elected Legislature of Louisiana, an act
which called forth the denunciations of
the press throughout the land and with
the disgrace of which the whole coun-
try rung, Is il in resisting the granting
Of hundreds of millions Of acres of the
public lands as subsidies to Railroad
corporations-.nough to form an en-
pire-without any equi. alent, and
which lands were the common pror.
erty of the whole country. Is it in
resisting the multiplication of public
Offices, within the last few years, from
81, 900 to near LOG, 900, and increasing
the expenses Of the Government to such
an extent that it amounted during the
last two administrations Of Grant to more
than the expenses of the Government
from the election Of Adams to that of
Abraham Lincoln, and this includes the
purchase OF. Louisiana and Texas and
other territory and the expense of the
Revolutionary war and the war of 1912,
and on the Republican side it does not
include the expenses consequent upon
the late war; All these measures have
been fostered, encouraged and enacted
by the Republicans and resisted by the
Democrats. Are they the wholesome
and much needed reforms and original
acts the Democratic party is charged
with resisting. II so, then may such
resistance always be considered virtue
and its opposite the most despicable OF
vices.
Now, whist can be said of the Repub-
lican party with, regard to resisting
wholesome reforms. When by a dis
pensation Of Providence Democratic
House of Representatives was elected.
they attempted to inaugurate system
Of much needed reforms, viz: a deduc-
ton of expenses in carrying on the diff
ferent Departments of the Government.
Step by step they were resisted by the
Republicans. Whenever the Demo-
cratic House would pass bill aPpropri-
ating a sufficient though much smaller
sum than had previously been given tor