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


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Republicans and their lesdSss have been
10 blame. This il proven BY the cor
resPondehce ofthe N. Y. Herald, whose
correspondents resorted 10 every avail.
able means to obtain occursts informa.
tion with regard to their origin, proeress
and conclusion. He insults the intelli.
gence Of the public by expecting them
to believe the absurd and ridiculous
statement, that if l will lump all the
frauds committed by Republics ad-
ministrations and compare them with
those Of the democrats from the irst
term Of Jackson's to the close oi Buch-
anan's that the "Republican frauds will
be but mole-hill by the side Of the
Democratic mountain. Upon reading
this clause the reflection very naturally
suggests itself, is this man non eom-
pos menfis or does he suppose those
whom he addresses to be idiots or
fools II must be either the one or
the other. I will venture the assertion
without fear Of successful contradiction
that the frauds upon tie Government and
people committed dxrisg the Republican
administration, hare aRoUnted to more
than 1t took to carry on tie Government
from the inauguration Of the elder .1dams
to the election Of .46radaR Liaeoin. He
says the expenses per capita are less
now than they were in 1860. How is
this possible when it costs nearly twice
as much to carry on the government
now as it did then and the population is
only about one fourth more 7 He at
tempts to impugn my stateme mt that the
amount taken from the people BY the re.
pubiicans in taxes during the last eleven
years was over 81, 400, 900 600 and saws
the records say 81, ,0OO, 900 900. If sny
one will take the trouble TO examine
the records they will find they rsake
no such showing and my statement 10
correct. He saws that the democrats
had to borrow money during every year
OF Buchanan's administration at IL and
l5 per cent to carry on the Government.
The truth Of the matter is Just this -
At the end Of Buchanan's administra.
ton the government owed about 50
million dollars, comparatively a small
amount-bonds were issued to paw of
this Indebtedness, but bv some sorf of
republican mismanagement those bonds
deprecated after the war commenced
about II per cent, and this is the whole
foundation OF the story about Buchan.
ans administration borrowing money al
IL and l5 per cent. Notwithstanding
his claims Of the interest his party
has taken in the negro, he has been
forced to admit that the war was NOT
waged for the special purpose of tree.
ing the slaves and says He knows that
the north did not enter the contest for
that purpose. 1t was the intention Of
the republican leaders to free them by
constitutional MEANS" and then Adds.
1T is sometimes we'll to fight the devil
with fire." 1t was not then for the
purpose Of ameliorating or improvine
the condition of the colored people that
they were set free. but in order to fight
the devil with FIRE. The constitution.
al means they adopted for freeing them
in the Northern States pre- vious to the
war are well known. The truth is the
freeing OF the slaves in the South was
a var measure. resorted to by the repub-
iicans for the purpose of cripp!ins treir
antagonists and obtaining negro recruits.
And some hopes were also built upon
the expectation that they would resort to
servile insurrection. Blu. their conduct
was admirable under those circum-
stances. They remained at home and
cared for the women and children while
the white men went forth to battle for
their country. NJ says that the heads
OF departments are complaining that
they are behind with their work for
lack Of clerical force. Ifthe clerks had
been attending to their business while
they were of an electioneering cam.
paign during the late canvass this might
not have been the case. Since be has
50 much to say about the democratic
party defending that relic OF barbar-
ism. human slavery" Sc, in order to
show has incorrectness upon this point,
l will here introduce extracts from a
friendly letter of Judge J. s. Black, of
Penn, written to Hon. Jas. A. Garfield.
member of Congress from Ohio, upon
this and kindred subjects. authority
which | think will not be questioned
by intelligent and fair minded men
"The great crimes OF the Pilgrim faith
ers ought not to be cast up 10 their chill
dren, TOR some OF their descendants. |
hope a good majority, are high princi- !
pied and honest men, sincerely attached
to the liberal institutions planted ia the |
more Southern ATTITUDES OF the CONT !
nent. but il you are right in your ideas !
that the abolitionists derived their prin- |
ciples from the ideas entertained and !
planted at Plymouth. that may account !
Ior the coarse and brutal tyranny With
which Yunr Marty hns In reesnf Sixnas /