Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-04-12

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ous IN spite oft. Half of what, Grant
gained for Us a Appomatiox Hayes sur
rendered in Washingtoa % tke 5th d
March. -.
The South b., no purpose il use such
forces as have just named. Peace
and honesty on her part, 10 Andrew
Johnson's day, would have won ample
capital to her nse. She defied law, en-
cooraged Ku-K.p3, and laughed st good
faith-the cement Of States-and hence
she starves and Fots to-day, She has
no business training--no part or lot in
the spirit Of the century. Her oply
Bullets lailed.f She, has aestheF 6Rapee
nor trade. mechanics nor educated class
to work with. Plot and cabal are her
only tools. With these she plans 10
force from the North the wealth she
cannot earn. lost the opportunity to at
tract. and must wiiher and rot without.
In Andrew Johnson's day the North
urged the Southern white to take his
place at the head of society and hearti-
ly aid the new order OF things. Hamp-
ton aud his caste flung scorn on the Of
fer and haaghtiIy bid US build with such
materials as we could find. Ifthe days
are dark now, whose fault i; it' Theirs.
It is useless to deny that the. South
cherishes- the color line. We need no
committees Of investigation, no testi-
mony of individuals. Laws are unex-
ceptional evidence. of a peoples pur.
pose. Examine the statute books OF
Virginia and Tennessee. The cruel in
genuity with which the tools are there
furnished to oppress the negro, is
equalIed only in the bloody and infa-
nous code which England built up, in
900 years, to crush ireland, and drive
the Irish race out Of it. Capital is the
most delicate test and Thermometer to
measure the heat or cold Of mems con-
idence in the peace of a community.
IF the Southern white man were really
moved by such feelings as he processes,
capital would eagerly seek that golden
field of matchless investment, as, for the
last forty years, it has sought the West.
But neither the oily rhetoric ofthe jour
mails, nor the s.it solder Of Presidential
messages, can draw dollars from Repub-
iican or Democratic pockets for invest
ment in the Gull States. Yet, IN
spite of this indubitable evidence, the
President affects to believe Hampton
and Assassin Butler of South Carolina;
and he calls on Joseph Surface to write
hi, inaugural Of fine sentiments" We
need only that and his Cabinet to fore
cast his future. The Cabinet of Lin
coin was one made of trlmmers. Ex-
cept Stanton and Cameron, every men,
ber believed in whiting down justice
to suit customers. Grants Cabinet w as
one Of mediocrities. He seems to have
shrunk from counselling with first rate
men.
Hayes's Cabinet reminds one Of a
story of urner, the English painter
He had hung up at the Exhibition a
painting subdued in color. AS he
studied it on the wall, the canvass
seemed TO fade out of sight in the pres
ence Of its bright rivals. After gazing
awhile, Turner flung a drop Of bright
red on the centre of his piece, and the
picture glowed into startling effect. So
can see Hayes gathering his Cabinet.
There is Sherman, who will leave a
name linked to no measure or idea-his
only record that he entered Congress
poor and leaves IL rich. Evarts reminds
one Of the Protestant riots in London,
when men chalked on their closed shut
ters mo Popery,' to conciliate the
mob. One timid citizen, anxious TO
stand well with both sides, chaiks up
"No relision!' Amid thls death Crap
pie between Caste and the Declaration
Of Independence, Eyarts writes on his
flag :" No principles" Then comes
Schurz, the Swiss soldier, always TO
let. Hayes gazed at the colorless piece,
which was hardly visible. Suddenly
he remembers Slave-hound Devens-
the low monotony of whose life rose
only once into noticeable iniamv. when,
with his own hands, he put chains on
Thomas Sims and dragged him down
State street. Hayes flung that blood.
red drop on the canvas, and, behold
il glows immortal-the Slave-hound
Cabinet! Perhaps YOU will say De-
vens sinned long ago; so did Judas Is
CARROT. And Judas, besides, repented
and hung himself. IfDevens had done
that, Judas would have no right TO re-
sent the comparison But in spite of
repentance, and after 1880 years, |
hear Of no proposal to add ST. Judas
to Mark, Luke and John. No years
can sweeten slave tcher any more
than the whole ocean could cleanse
Lady .NacJetAs bloody hand. I can
forgive Foote and Longstreet; O'Conor,
who voted for slavery: Evarts, who
supported the Fugitive Slave act: YES,
and Lincoln, who helped TO extend the
area of slave hunting: for l remember
where all of them lived and were born.
But the being base enough actually
with his own hands. 10 crush back into
slavery the hero who proved his title
and fitness for freedom by the courage
of fiigh,-such a hound has, in this
world, no forgiveness. II is not safe,
considering the moral training Of fhe
world, TO risk forgiving such one. A
Massachusetts man, in the full blaze OF
anti-slavery truth. in the city of Chan
ming, Parker. and Garrison, to volun-
teer at slave catching! Such hound
should ever after be hidden in privacy
and hermitage: he has no right TO OBJ
,rude himself on the disgust Of man
kind. Fancy him entering the Cab,-
net chamber. Sherman. never an alb
olitionist neither X owS NOR cares aho,,,