Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-10-05
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OAKvILLE, Sept. 25, 1876.

o. IsSfOFS.-I/tu SfyS .-H1t-
ing been educated in the democratic
party, ] have cndeavored for the last
hine years to harmonize the principles
thereof with my own. have watched
and waited year after year to- see that par
ty do something whereby it might com
mend Itseltto the country. Ihave seen il
resist wholesome and much needed re-
forms, and having been overcome. re-
sist and rctract-reSist and retract and
never at any time prove itself the au-
thor of any wise act. / have also
learned that party is what the people
make it-that il is as much impossible
Tor corrupt men to form good party as
II Is for the Devil to establish Heaven.
So all principles must sucCumb to the
men who control them, and therefore IL
the democratic party ever possessed anv
good and wise principles they have all
been discarded by the men who control
1t, 80 that a naked name is all that is
left of it.
hut there are now grave questions
bcior" the country. The two political
parties have arrayed themsel,es es in hos
tile attitude, each one standing upon its
past record, therefore it seems To- be
perfectly Legitimate for any American
citizen To eulogize the one or crticise
the other.
II has been charged against Governor
Have. the republican Candidate for the
Pre- idcncy. that while a member Of
Crngrc.. he voted against a bill ccn.ur-
m" Cake, Am"N for completely in the
Credit MohIlicr fraud, II l. a well
known tact that there was great di~sa:
iNiactIon mamie, ted. not only in Con-
Eres>, but throughout the country CON
ccrnlng that bill. GOV. Ha,cs NAV
have sided with the party who cun,d-
cred u unfair tn Ccn,urc those men
When others equally guilty were allowed
to go free: or perhaps he thought that
the bill should bc :" wordrd a Ia reach
IN some manner the real author of the
fraud. In the investigation before Il
committee OF the House of Represent
tatiVc> the following testimony was ell
cited:
Mr.. Ioar. Were YOU not informed
by the counsel who drew the contract
that this was violation of the law
MIR. Ame>. We were informed bv
counsel whom We consulted tha, this
issuing OF stock Ito the c. NJ as A
payment upon the contract for building
the road was IN entire compliance with
the law.
Question. Who were the counsel
that gave that advice
Answer. .M. Samuel J.. Tiklen. Mr..
Charles Tracy and Judge Allan.
q. All of New York
A. All OF New York.
Again. Mr.. John i. Alley put upon
the stand and examined.
Question. And farther | understand
you To say that YOU were instructed by
eminent counsel. upon whose advice
you relied that the course YOU took " As
IN compliance with law
Answer. Yes. sir.
q. Have YOU ever seen or do YOU
know whether that opinion OF eminent
counsel IL III existence now in writing !:
A. ! do not know. do not know
whether il was given IN writing.
q. Was IT given to you by those
eminent counsel:
A. MR. TILDEN Iknow told me that
he regarded II as a compliance with the
law.
Now, who was the real author, the
eminent counsel who advised or the
man without any legal a:tainment< who
followed the advice. I think a dis
cerning public will decide that the form
cr was, particularly when he received
the snug little sum of twenty five thou
sand dollars for that advice.
Gov. Hayes has also been charged
with traudulently listing his property To
detraud his county and State ofthc taxes
due thereon. | can see no other mo-
tive his enemies can have in trumpiny
up this charge than To- Offset similar
one which appears to be well founded
against their own illustrious Tildcn.-
Gov. Hayes meets the charge brought
against him and efiectually explode il.
But how is the charge met BY Gov Til
den: He has yet failed to make luv
reply TO the direct charge Of fraud ana
perjury brought against him in the
matter of his income tax returns. and
although every man may be branded as
\" low-down politician OF living habits
and spotted personal character" who
dares TO speak cf what a: present has
every appearance of truth. ''the facts y
saws the New York TnEeS, are briefly
these-that for the ten wears from 1862
10 fs72 the average annual income OF