Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-01-11

Ions partissnp. lkey deserve 10 be his>ed
IT By al the world a ! nation OF cow
srds. II ConGressis left 10 decide the
result Of The Presidential election, ne
are willing y sbids by its action. bit il
Congress u 20 be overawed by the nil
itary, then the tine has arrived when
every citizen wosshy Of the name 81
FREEMAN" should rise up and annihi-
late the usurpers. ADemocratic House
should never perad the President ofthe
Senate TO decide upon electoral ccrtifi-
Gates and create President by his own
will and pleasure. Since Logan de-
clined to serve on .se Committee To per
feet a mode of counting the electoral
vote and Conkling appointed in his place,
the counting of Hayes has received q
black eye in the House Of its irieads,
and the decentralization OF Morton,
Chandler & Co. is unbounded. Not a
single precedent or authority is ad-
vanced BY the Radicals, nor can they
cite any, to sustain their new-fangled
doctriAe that the President of the Sem
ate must count the electoral vote. They
are gradually abandoning the vicious
theory since they heard the thunder in
the North and West. Cenl. Grant in a
recent interview said, ~ have been a
serranf OF the people for IS years and
on the 4th Of March next propose to
see how il seems to be sorereipa. /"
Well, he has the soldiers here already
to play the Sovereign. The question
now X sh,l1 ha H.. ,,,. vr
the old maxim that the receiver OF stolen
goods is as bad as the thief remains in
force Hayes cannot mount the Capitol
steps on March 4th and deliver his in
augural without seeing the scornful fin
gers OF thousands pointed at him and
hear the indignant voices Of the people
crying in his ears, "There stands the re-
ceiver Of stolen votes +" Congress has
thus far taken no notice of the extraor.
binary accumulation Of Federal troops
here in Washington. These troops are
quartered at the Arsenal where hastv
accommodations have been prepared
for them at no inconsiderab.e expense
to the Government. The Arsenal itself
has been brought INTO Geographic COM
munication with the Senate Chamber at
the Capitol only a few DAYS ago. In
view Of these threatening military move
ments, il is about time Senators and
membersacted in their official capacity.
Against whom are these troops to be
used: Is it not wiser aud better TO take
Counsel before the storm arises than TO
stand with folded arms and silent lips
while the elements are brewing evil !;
Morton, Sherman and others who are
defending the frauds OF the Returning
Board rascals base their hopes of sue
cess on the unwillingncss of the people
TO fight for their liberties. The RAIDS
don It like the speech OF Genl. Banning.
They say it was rather to be regretted
because it breathed too much 1.-The spirit
of war;" Exactly, the esprit of war"
is what stands in the way ofthe conspi-
racy to foist Hayes in the Presidency.
The point is narrowed down to this. will
the Republicans follow out to the end the
path they set to work to make their
man President: Grant only awaits the
signal to carry out the designs of the
conspirators by the use of the Federal
troops stationed here within sight of the
Capitol. That he will do what they
threaten, let no man doubt. The aues-
lion is, will the Radicals give the sig
nal: 1t is high time the Democrats.
particularly offhe North, should arouse
to the true state Of facts and rush TO the
rescue OF the liberties Of the people.
DEMoCRIrEs.