Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-03-10

s3geS, IN ihcli exalted pUoItIOIf'
have PLAYED the part OF handled jocEies,
and have done in the face Of the world
that which hungry mountebanks should
sco'n. They have done
such uu act,
Thsi hlafs tae race sad tHu-h of u%lodealy
ilIs virtue, bypoaIi,e taxes on lh' lot
From the iHiI forehead
ANA setsa blister there,
And these successors Of John Marshall.
To-day how must each lceI his TILE,
like g giants robe, hang loose about
him." suspicion Is whispered that Ger
tain judicial commissions bear the dark
and damning stain of intrigue and ring
jobbcry and that the first Judgment OF
their holders was the price paid tor their
promotion. These indeed are days OF
~degeneracy and shame. Read and con
slider the record OF the decisions Of the
majority Of these men note their shut
fling tricks, their inconsistencies, their
eyaaions; and they aIe such rs would
bring the blush to leophytes in learning;
such as pigmies in sell-respect and honor
would abhOr.
In the fable we read that the cat was
changed by the fairy into the fine lady I;
yet at the banquet, upon the appearance
OF q rat, this fine lady chased it. Apply
the story, and you need no suggestion to
draw a conclusion from tbls moral.
You have but a barren scepter in
your grip Your fresh garIands en-
Irvine around your hatchnlent, Goul
party stands to-day surrounded and sat,
uratcd with such turPitude that the
Judgment OF TIE hour aud OF mankind
hereafter must be against it.
Your iugglers have proclaimed your
victory, but 1t is furnished with shame
and accompanied by perjury and every
species of fraud. The republican party
j. in the attitude OF
4 cutpuise Of the empire aud the Iulr,
lApt nom Il shell the precious djadem stole
And put j" in its POCKET,
What OF the south ? The conduct Of
her representatives during the last few
months has reiuted the ISLANDERS OF years
Their votes and utteranCes here haze
been for peace, law, order.
The south has been familiar with mis-
fortune sorrow and defeat have minglel
in her experience. She has drunk th,
cup of bitterness to the drega, but thanh
God il Il stranger to dlshOhor, and mos
OF us from that section stand iOr thu
faithful and intieNibie execution Of tn,
electoral bill. Houorsays it, policy say
it; without it We drift into confusion
Our e%scutcheou IL unstaincd. We cal
better afford to accept disappointment
and defeat than by parliamentary SHIFT
and tricks 10 avoid the orderly execution
OF the law against which only eighteeI
democrats OF this house and only one il
the senate voted.
Something has been said Of bargainin
with the south. You can not win thcl
over by brides they want nothing bu
Justice. | zee before me a distinguish
and cherished friend IRON the south, Nj
Lamar, 4 gentleman OF the highest abilit
and unspOtted integrity honOred by h
people and worthy OF their trust,
speak not by his authority, but as h
name has been mentioned in this COZ
nection, | say that | am sure he woul
shrink from such \ coalition as hi. sol
would recoil from L cruel wound OF dl
honor.
The men you could bribe in the sout
are not worth having. You would lOath
them when you got them they Woul
, have no following Or milGence at home
. And if they were TO JON yOuc party I
, sustain it in It's past AND present poiIc,
. they would find themselves politics
plr1ahs in the land of thrir birth, Moth
/ lns VIII conciiiate the south bat justlc,
, aud You will 50 lind it,. Iucy want res
order, home rule. Your largess thel
will be thrown away II given 20 c0srup
These people are your peers, equals, b
fore the law aud neither by bribery u,
= .urc, can you chang them IrOm seudoi
- 10 v|l.iuiny. In tAy precious name
their MANHOOD and WOmonloyd ] rep
= date the iutimatlun with ac0rn uuuLJe
- able.
v There will be no division in the der
% ocracy. Lay not that lattering uncli,
: 70 vour souls. ii i z QiiEere1ce 10 d.
- only among them a. TO the policy OF Il
: hour. Ana now ! a.k YOU, my cauutr
y men OF the republican, party III the nan
Z OF Justice, .Oi peaUc, OF truth, o. iibert
i, OF civilization, in tut name Of ali these
ask you to bait. Forbearancc has
limits | say ii not IN menace, but
v sorrow and solemn oarnestness.
=, The manacles must fall from the lin
{ OF our sistes southern states. You mu
: call off your dog. These uniortuna
:, people have been baited and bodger
:, until the just sentiments Of the world
- indignation condemn your cruel polio
., syOurs to be an imitation OF the &C
y brati0n of q Roman victory with tbs
l~opg-sufering states chained to your |
:. umphal ear. Are the clankipg Of til,
ch9ins to be heard minging with yo
hozannas 70 liberty and free governmer
1.-THE fraudulent action of a v~illaino
O. returning board of a state-ls 80 sacred
'e your eyes that by reason OF state rigl
d you will not go behind the certificate
1t a governor whom you have adjudged
I, usurper, how dare you longer keep yo
d soldier. there to sustain the thieves "
y have heen necessary to your disgra
It unles. it is by a bargain with success
in villainy?
q While. you stand up for the invio
.bility Of state rights, while you caG !
N 60 behind the corrupt return of a boz
'e in Louisiana that huckStercd the vote
ID their state from one end OF the count
Is to the other for a prize, you organize t
IL Legislature Of that state with your b
> onets. While the gentleman from Oh
!, Mr.. Foster says that The flag sh
~ hOat Gully over states, gua not proYiuc'
n over lreemen and not slaves your pr
ident ioFbids ia South Carolina a pea
80 full celebration OF the anniversary
the birth OF Washington! While
10 gentleman from Ohio says this, your st
u. ate on the same day, twelve years atr
Il the close Of the war, il refusing amnes'
and your president basa pardonioreye
biJy tafer and every whisky tibet.