Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-11-23
fCoMMUNIcATED.
ST. INIGoEs', MD., Nov. 4, 1876.

.Messrs. Editors Your correspon-
dent NJ again appears before the pub
he and in reply 10 my communication
N if aware Of the depth of infamy
to which the Administration he endea-
vors to defend has descended and with
that desperation which precedes defeat
and dissolution, he proceeds with reck-
lessness and erroneousness Of assertion,
aninaccuracy Of state ment and uniairness
of deduction which are the harblngers
Of waning and desperate cause. As a
prelude to and as ii he would have some
excuse, for the unfounded statements he
is shout to make. he charges me with
gross inaccuracy. lnaccuracy in what:
Why don't he prove my statements to
be Inaccurate Such a course would
be much more honorable to himself and
no doubt more satisfactory TO his party
than his bare assertions. He speaks OF
personalities INDUCED in by me while
commenting on his change of front, and
says they show on their face the i'm
press OF a narrow and prejud,ced mind,
ever ready to ascrlbe an impure motive
to every thought. word and deed of a
political opponent" What rersonali-
ties? said he had joined the Repub-
lican party at the very time it had proven
itselfto be the most dishonest, corrupt and
fraudulent party that ever fattened upon
the spoils of Office or controlled the des-
'tinies Of any country" And is not this
the facti The records of that party
prove it. Again ! said: .sBut what
ever may be thought of its acts BY 9TH
ers. they seem to have commended
themselves to your correspondent, and
it is to be presumed that he has at
last reached the acme of his hopes and
found a party whose sentiments are
congenial with, and whose principles
are counterpart OF, his own" Does
not his last communication prove that
was right? Was there ever a fuller or
more unqualified endorsement of the
acts and principles OF any party than is
to be found in hts last letter! also
said that in eulogizing one party and
condemning another "he had drifted
quite naturally into the habits of his
peers" His communication also proves
this TO be correct. II was not necessa-
ry for me to cast an imputation upon his
motive. He has written his own cpl
taph and given it to the public. and il
reveals in its author mind not only
marrow and pfcjudiced." but one in
which all principles Of truth and justice
are held in abeyance. Now the gen.
slesnan reminds me Of an anecdote
once heard Of king, who having been
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accused by q certain person Of having
an irritable temper, Immediately few
into passion, commenced to rail at the
person and swore that he had not. And
% the gentleman communication would
seem to establish the truth OF what he
denies. With that desperation which
is born Of impending defeat, he grossly
misrepresents much that | have said in
my csmnsunic alton, and reiteratrs the
stale ealumnies against the South which
have been reiuted aud branded as false
by the highest and most unimpeachable
authority. He says, IN answ wering me,
he will pass over the dead issues OF the
war and those growing out of them as
have accepted the situation in good
Gfsith.s'l But IL say to h,m: scorn your
qsartsv. He talks. about Gov. TildeI
and the Credit Mobilier and says, if id
tached portions Of evidence do not al
the Governor justice. why do not prd
duce some that does. l suppose HI
would have the public think am Con
gressional library. Simply because
have not the evidence BY me. and evenifN
bad, do not consider he has produced
any reliable evidence to establish hi
charge, which OF itself is so absurd aY
scarcely to need any refutation. Hid
gravely informs the public that Mr.. Til,
den served on the State Committee with
Tweed, and obviously hints that some.
thing improper might BE- imputed to
him from this fact. Mr.. Tildrn has
stated why he took the position Of Chair
man Of the State Committee in these
words II desired to save from degra.
34ae6a Ne grsas party whose pruciple.
were mine BY inheritance and convic.
tipe, and 10 make il an instrument Of re-
action in community in which could
clone save free government. Holding
YEARLY the end Of a rope because I
feared where u might 90 il dropped
Il, ] kept the State organization in alb
eolate independence. I never took
favor OF any sort from, these men or from
any nan ] distrusted. I aad not much
power in the Legislature On questions
which interested private eupidity; bu,
N State Conventions, where the bert