Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-01-18

aeseti0ns in has early manhood by pro
paking measures from rhich war would
b anre to come. and from which he pro-
mised that negroes would be incited 70
s.nse il lacEest insurrecticn." They
applanded John Hruwn to The echo Cor
q series Of the basest nurdeu an record.
Unless you can explain Il otherwise
the Judgment of history must inevitably
be asainst the sincerity of their anti
slavery professions. In the present
pspect d The case il seens, impossible
e helieve that lore of the nsgrouas ncl
9ssumed q Z mere excuse Tor enslavins
the white race, Just as their ancestors
put on the pretense of piety to xratify
their appetite for the property and blood
Of better people than themselves. I,
will thus be seen that slavery was frst
introduced upon this continent, and in
its most barbarous form, BY the North
ern people, OF whom Ms party is but a
lineai descendant, but finding Il unpro-
fitable, they sold their slaves of 70 the
South, and after time abolishedit, dis
eliminating in their laws against those
who remained after being set free, in
almost every particular, socially and po-
litically. With regard to what he saws
about destroying the Union, &c.. I will
again quote Judge Black, who was a
Union man during the war and support
er Of President Lincoln's Administra-
tration. Says the Judge: They re-
gsrded it slavery as a mere CONNER
cial machine by which they could make
much "gaynefull pillage," If allowed to
run it their own way. When they were
disappointed in this by certain Just and
Constitutional regulations of their trade,
which the common defense and general
welfare made necessary. they immedi-
ately fell to plotting the disme memberment
of the Union. Before 1907 they organ
lied q conspiracy with the British au-
thorities in Canada for the erection OF
New England into a separate republic
under British protection. (See Cary's
"Olive Branch" and the Henry CORES
Not long afterwards Josiah
Quincy, whose fidelity to the party
which elected him was never doubted,
formally announced in Congress the in
tention OF his State 10 secede from the
Union, '.peaceably if she could, forci-
bly, il she must" Their hatred of the
Union deepened and their determine
tion to break IT up grew icrecr as the
resolution Of the democrats to maintain
the independence Of the country became
stronger. When the war Of 1912 be-
gan, they were virtually out Of the Un-
ion, and remained out during the whole
of that desperate struggle, not only re.
fusing all assistance TO carry It on, but
helping the enemy in every possible
way. II was while England had her
frightened grasp on the throat of the ma
ton that the Hartford convention was
called to dismember it; aud this, Mr..
Jefferson says, they would have accom-
plished but for the battle Of New Or.
leans and the peace OF Client. John
Quincy Adams in 1889 aud Abraham
in lS47 made elaborate arsu-
ments in favor Of the legal right Of a
State to go out. The later aholitioni>t.
did not not attempt to conceal their ran
corous hostility to the Union. There is
one conclusive proof Of your enmity TO
the Union, and that is your unwaverins
opposition to the Constitution that held
the States together. You know as well
as | do how absurd Il is to suppose that
any man or party can support the Tn OH
and at the same time trample on the
and you certainly are no,
ignorant that you and your predecessors
from the earliest times have been anti
in all your proclivities.-
You persist in misunderstanding the
1nfe-5elium attitude OF the Northern de-
We stood stcadfast by the
Union against all attempts Of the New
party to break il up by seces-
slon. We sustained the Constitution
against the ferocious assaults of the alb
We labored earnestly to save
re epublican institutions from the distruc-
ion with which they were threatened
oy you, and as long as the Southern peo-
pie acted with us we accepted their aid
N the good work." have quoted thus
lar from one of our ablest jurisis and
'urest statesmen concerning the sub
ect under consideration. not that de-
sired TO enter into discussion Of qucs-
ions which should now be obsolete, but
N having shown q desire to resrrrect
he dead issues of the war and slavery
which every patriotic citizen should al
ow to sleep the sleep that knows no
v xaking, felt it necessary TO fight him
with his own weapons, and he should
int therefore complain if they have been
urned against him. He repeats his
declaration that the republican party is
,roud Of its record, and takes occasion
o saw that the democratic House Of
prostituted its high cal
ing for partisan purposes" He has
lauded the republican SEN
te. We will see what the ". Y. Her.
I'D thinks OF this. Saws the Herald
The Senate has resisted the attempts
4 the House 20 curtail the public ex-
'enditures. The Senate acquitted Bel
nap. whom the House impeached on
onciusive eridence of his guilt. The
'enafe attempted to revive the franking
'riviiege. and failed BY the non-concur-
enee of the House. The Senate de-
rated the House hill for transferring
indian affairs to the War Department.
wise and wholesome measure which
he enlightened public sentiment of the
ountry strongly endorsed. The Sen
be has eonfnned Clspp - Public Prin- !
sr, in spite of his demonstrated nnfit-
ess.o The Senate has passed no bill
or giving effect 10 the law requiring
recie payments to be resumed in 1879, I
Though il. majority processes tn stand