Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-09-21

BALTIMORE Mass MEErING.-More
than ten thousand democrats assem-
bled in Monument Square, Baltimore,
on Wednesday night of last week to lis
ten to the eloquent words Of several of
their distinguished orators. Mayor La
trobe was chosen President the meet
ing, with long list Of vice-Presidents.
Earnest and able speeches were made
by Hons. Montgomery Blair, Thomas
Swami, w. T. Hamilton and VIM. Nj.
Merrick. The following resolutions
were unanimously adopted as the sense
Of the meeting:
Resolred, by the Democratic Conser-
ratire people Of Baltimore city in torn
meeting assembled, That We rejoice that
the time has at last arrived when all
men who have the real interests Of this
State and our sister States at heart can
cordially unite in promoting the great
work Of national reform, to the end that
the whole people of the United States
may be rescued from the control of that
centralizing party, now in power, which
has substituted its imperious will in the
place Of that constitutional government
which was bcqueathed to. US by the
founders OF the republic.
Resoired, That in the name Of COM
munity, the very foundations of whose
prosperity have been shaken by improv-
ident federal expenditures-by tariff
contriyed to enrich the few at the ex-
pense of the many, by schemes OF
finance which have endanged its pres
ent credit, and will transmit an over
whelming burden Of debt to our chill
dren-we appeal to the people Of this
State to be up and doing, in order that
this State may take the foremost rank
among those States whose duty and pri-
vilege it will be IN the November cleo
tons to restore the glorious memories
Of that period in our history, when the
constitution Of the United States was
the supreme law of the land.
Resolred, That the eight years Of un-
questioned supremacy which the Re-
publican party has held in the councils
of the nation have sufficed to show that
it is either unwilling or unable to devise
means to establish sound currency, to
restore the public credit and to main
tain the national honor, and that the
time has come when, having failed to
fulfil all the pledges to secure these
ends which it made when former con-
tests were in progress, it must yield to
the universal demand Of the people for
wiser counselors and better measures.
Resoired, That the people of this CON-
munity, while they are resolved upon
the one hand that their public school.
shall be maintained without prejudice
or preference for any class, sect OIL
creed. and that no appropriation shall
be made from the public treasury fol
any sectarian purposes, are determined
| on the other hand, that no man shall be
called in question for his religious opin.
ions and will treat with scorn and in.
disnation which they deserve all at.
tempts to array men of one religious be.
lief against men of another religious be.
lief, when all are ci1zens of one com
mon country, and when all have like
privilege to worship God according te
the dictates Of their own consciences
Resolred. That in the approaching
downfall of the Republican party, anc
in the dawning Of a new political era
We see the earliest and only promise o
a return Of peace and prosperity to ths
southern states Of the union. Wher
we remember how closely they were
associated with the earlier glories o
the republic, and how nearly they arr
connected with the people Of the whole
country BY common ties Of interest and
affection, we hail with undisguised 10.
the near approach Of that time wheI
all of them will be liberated from ths