Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-12-21

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cosree odenl - - - tn, ''though
cont = > epn1Eovels1 wAieh has now
lost lor interest," ~ chase 6 cir
eum1en ~ 81 advance Of events, win
Be po1-11ed II or next. acontribution
iron - an1ngonist having been lately
Admits into our columns, which rem
ders t. p0hl5cafioa Of ~. . paper an act
q (osllce and fair dealing on our part. !"
Whila / have nothing to say against
the Pol iesfioa Of your correspondent.
pspeE "a % The. ccntrsry am grati6ed
1t TIE jostice and issf dealing thus
meete1 ost 10 him. / must ask leave to
submit few facts in connection with
this cu11fUvesny. First. Il viii be re-
membea, Hat this euut,ibution Of
Eine. 6us admitted into your columns
liter sone delay, wss IN reply 10 your
cogrcspondeht's communication publish
ed in Ne last issue of the Beacon be-
fore the late election. For q proper
undcrs11o ding Of this matter. II Is me-
cessary - 50 into some recspitulation.
Your cosrespondent's first communica-
ton, arfaiening the Democratic party
and its Ekesidential candidate, was pub
lished ia issue Of the BEACON Of Oct.
18th. Tqthis ! rerl,ed in issue Of BEA-
COW Oct 18th. Then came another
Communication from your correspon-
dent g 2 sabjests and in reply to
published ia your issue Of Nov. 2nd.-
its publication having been delayed
from your issue Of 18th of October, As
you stated, Gin consequence Of its
length and the lateness Of the hour at
which it was received" My reply to
this second communication, which is
the one YOU refer to, was handed to YOU
on the day before the election, leaving
it discretionary with you at the time
whether to publish il or not, and was
finally Published, by request, IN your
issue Of Nov. 23rd. It will thus be seen
that your. correspondent had the unfair
advantage Of me Of having the first and
last argument before the jury that was
to decide the contest. whilst was ne
cessitated to the poor privilege Of re-
ply after the verdicthad been rendered.
You will also remember, that sent you
on the Friday 9th OF Now previous
to the publication of my last letter in
reply to your correspondent, a short
card for publication, explanatory of the
reason why my last reply to your cor
respondent was publisled-the substance
Of said card being. that some leading
republicans in this section had asserted
that had backed down or could not re-
ply to your correspondent. This card
which you did not publish as requested
was sent TO you by private and reliable
hands-a passenger on board the steam
er Theodore Weems-and you should
have received it on the eve Of the
same day. While ! am glad to find
you scrupulous in awarding justice and
fair dealing to my political opponent, l
am also gratified that an opportunity is
thus afforded me to correct some mis-
prints (unintentional I presume) and
typographical errors made in the publ
cation of my last communication in re-
ply to your correspondent. The first
and most important occurs in the sem
tence, as published, "he has written his
own epitsph and given it to the public"
sc. II should have been and was in
tended to be, che has written his own
photograph and given it to the public"
The public will readily perceive that
there is very material difference in
the Specification of the two words
Then, again, I said in the manuscript
that the defalcations under Grants adj
was $4,000, 900, but YOU
printed it SIS, 900, 900. Also to the
best of my recollection the words "and
which occurs in the first
part of my letter had been erased. l
suppose ycur correspondent will proba-
bis advert to these points in his coming
contribution and therefore I am desir-
Gus Of setting myself right before the
public in these matters, something which
| desired to do with regard to the first
correction, more especially even had
no reply been expected. You also
doubtless remember that l wrote to YOU
on the Friday previous to the publica-
ton directing you to leave out the fol-
lowing: "But seriously do not think
Gov. Tilden or the Democratic party
have anything to fear from the opposi-
ton of such men as NJ. Their censure
is more honorable than their praise
If they were his advocates, then indeed
he might have cause for uneasiness."
But perhaps you did not get nv letter
in time to make this change. While !
coucede to Editors the right to make
all proper changes and corrections in
the phraseology Of expressions in my
communications, / cannot relinquish
the right 10 correct any material
change or typographical error Of i'm
portance. And now with these cor
rections, let my communication stand
or fall. I do not doubt my abili-
ty, not only to substantiate what l
have written, but TO successfully reply
to, IL necessary, any new points your
correspondent may advance. While
you are actuafed with commendable
desire to do full justice to your cores
pondent. let me hope that that same
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