Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-09-20

cepting the recent nomination Of the
democracy of Montgomery for the
Hos.e Of Delegates. Hon. Moatgones9-
Blair took occasion to express himself
fslly ii regard 10 the present Po-
fit,eal ''sifuasios." particularly with re-
Terrace to the question Of coming ques-
tons. whether labor shall rple or mo-
nopoly shall continue to control In the
future administrations Of municipal and
Nationa! affairs. and he expresses him.
self with his usual frankness and clear
ness and with force that compels &C
quieseence in his conclusions. Hating
monopoly and sympathizing with labor as
.keenly o. he does, be sees very clearly
that the former can only be throttle5
and the latter protected through dem
ocratic instremensaIities. He reminds
labor that the first great battle fought
for it was fought and won by Jackson.
Where Jackson and democracy stood
forty odd years ago. democracy stands
to-day, battling squarely. openly and
defiantiy against mosey, tsriG. railrosd
and all kindred monopolies. Mr.. Blair
regards the so-called "workingmen's
party" as . blind-fold ally Of the mono
polists who, discovering the hsnd-writ-
ing on the wall, are cultivating the de-
vice of saving themselves by dividing
their enemies. II is not likely that
they will dupe many people or anybody
very long. What is this honest man
doing in my closet, quoth Sir Hugh p
And why are tarif-mongers and 9TH
er monopolists found consorting with
and shaking the rough hard hand
of labor. Is there a workingman in
the country stolid enough to believe
that it is for his goodi Beware Of the
Greeks when they are caught bringing
presents, and We say tolabor, black as
we'll as white, here as in Baltimore, in
Baltimore and everywhere throughout
the country, beware Of monopolists
and of third party" experiments."-
CAN experienced men know" says Mr..
Blair, chat these third parties are fall
ures, and most Of the places given by
them become merchandise" Wheth-
er he knows il now or not, the working
man will ultimately find out, that this
".hird party" business-the wv orking-
mans Party" as it is called-is delu-
sion and snare-a device Of dema-
gogaes and monopolists-a mere decoy
of the enemy, now staggering to final
overthrow, TO weaken the great party
of Jacksonville only real workingman' $
party now in this country which, with
the disposition, has the power to pro-
tect labor against bank, tariff, railroad
and all cognate expressions. But to the
speech OF Mr.. BLAIR
But this nomination meant more than
a personal compliment. When the dem
ocrats OF Montgomery county, who had
been as much harrassed IN their persons
and property, and therefore were as
embittered as any of the Southern peo-
pie, nominated tor Office an ex-member
Of Lincolns cabinet it signifies that the
issues of the war are over, and that 9TH
er questions were pressing for solution.
The chiefs Of the opposing party strug-
gled last year indeed TO keep alive the
war issues, and made their presidential
canvass ostensibly on those issues
But this was mere blind. Their OBJ
ject was to perpetuate their monopolies
and the eXtortionate taxation with which
they ravaged and impoverished the peo-
pie since the war, till they have reduced
the greater part Of the people to bank
ruptcy.
II was because he struggled for the
last twelve years to arrest this and had
endeavored TO fix the public mind upon
the jobbery for which the monopolists
have perpetrated all their disfranchise-
ment and oppression of the Southern
people, as the sequel shows, that the
democracy of Montgomery had again
sought to call him into public l:fe. Their
wish that he should represent them in
the last Congress had been frustrated
and he was thus prevented from utter.
ing the protest ofthe people on the foo,
OF the House Of Representatives against
the deliberate sellout Of the President
elected by the people to the combina.
ton Of menopolists represented by Jay
Gould and Tom Scott, but he had ex.
posed and denounced the treachery in
the Union" newspaper from the 18th
Of December till its contamination on the
4th OF March.
He referred to this transaction be.
cause it speaks trumpet-tongcd toevery
intelligent man what the true issue wa.
and is. 1t is whether corruption and
monopoly shall hold sway in the nation.
al, State, municipal and county COVER
ments TO make prey Of the interests ane
industries Of the people, or whether the
laborer, OF whatsoever pursuit, shall en-
JOY the fruits of his toll. All the sui
fering now visited on our people is due
10 the selfish folly and insatiate greco
by which the monopohsts who contro
the government have dried up the
springs Of our wealth. To working mer
he repeated his reply in declining thei
nomination to the vice-presidency las
year, that the democratic party is as
serting the true principle upon which
their prosperity depends.
The nomination Of Tilden showed tn,