Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-02-22

(Corrs 1ienee Of the Bescon.)
WAsnrxs5os. d. c., Feb. 50, 1877.
THE sArIoaAl RETuaEIxc noARss
On "a rides u heard slhe expres.ion
Of that righteous indignation q The sc-
lion Of the Electoral Tribunal which
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partisan bigotry. Even the extreme
men Of the radical party while gloatins
over their wicked triumph, evince some
shame for the manner in which Il Vas
won. and while they are willingtoaccept
the fruits of the work ofthe Tribunalthe
do not undertake a any principle sfju-
tice or equity to defend the. action OF
motives Of tbs msn-by whom shat work
was wrought. Hours before the vote
was taken in the Tribunal. the dsvi:-
dared faced Morton had telesraphed y
his pimps At home that the vote vsold
be 8 TO z. The most bitter dissppoins-
ment ut the action Of the Tribunal il ex-
hibited BY those who supported the
Electoral bill in. good faith and WHO
builded blindly. - Il II now seen. On
the non-partisan sttributes Of the So
preme Court Justices. more particulsrly
Bradley. Both in the House aud SEN
ate on Saturday little else was discus-
sed, aud whilst there were unsparins
words Of condemnation the majority
were Of the opinion that nothing in the
way Of dilatory measures to defeat the
conspiracy should be resorted to.
THE DEMocRAric CAUCUS. !
II was agreed that the understanding
as to the true intent and meaning of the
Electoral bill had been most shameful
" violated, and it was concluded that
the country should be made acquainted
with all the facts bearing on that point.
The almost unanimous sentiment was
that the decision OF the Tribunal should
be acquiesced in, but at the same time its
enormity should be held up and exposed
to the public gaze without ceasing day
by day, and that the conduct of the Su-
preme Court Judges should be made
most prominent. The joint democratic
caucus was not largely attended, at leas,
seventy-fve Senators and Members not
being present. Amongthose who stayed
away were number who are disposed
to exert The power possessed by the
democrats to prevent any declaration as
to Hayes election and who averred in
advance that they did not intend TO be
bound by any caucus decision. Some
Of them have prepared strong denurci-
atory resolutions on the action OF the
Tribunal which they are determined to
offer. A motion made to break up sum-
marily the further count OF the Electo-
raj vote received a strong support
There was e.tire unanimity at the
damning treachery and deception winch
had been practised. The democratic
Senators and Members think now that
the time has come for the members which
framed the Electoral bill to state pub
licly the assurances as to the reception
of testimony which were given by the
republican msmbers Of the Committee
and which have been so audaciously
violated. Had il not been for these AS
surances the Electoral bill never could
have passed the House.
THE OREGON CASE.
This will bring the. proceedings Of the
Joint convention to another stop, and
will give the majority of the Electoral
Tribunal another chance for a partisan
decision, which Of course will be heart
lily embraced by the Judas Iscariots ofthe
Tribunal. The democratic counsel in.
tend to bring all their ability to bear in the
argument Of the Oregon case, although
now perfectly aware ofthe fact that they
might as well scream themselves hoarse
at the chairs on which the imaginary
embodiments of Justice sit. The re-
publican counsel will of course go square
back on their position in the Florida and
Louisiana cases, but such little matter
as that cannot be expected to trouble
them or to have any effect on their par
tisan friends who constitute the major
,ty of the Tribunal.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
II is not improbable that when the
vote Of this State is called in the Joint
convention an objection will be made
and il will also be referred to the Flee
toral Tribunal, as there are two sets of
returns which will afford basis of an
objection to counting the Hayes vote,
but il will evidently meet the fate of
its unfortunate predecessors.
GRANT.
II is somewhat reported that the Pres
ident will shortly issue his proclamation
recognizing the Packard Government
in Louisiana, basing his action on the
decision of the Tribunal awarding the
vote of that State TO Hayes. II is very
certain should he do so his decision will
not be acquieseedin. The people of Lou
isiana are determined to have no more
carpet-bag government. If they can
no; have that which a large majority
Of the people elected, they prefer and
will have a military government
Packard's authority will be resisted BY
force "come veal or woe
DIVIDED ON THE PEACE QUESTION.
The vote by which the democratic
caucus passed the resolution to GO on
with the electoral count is considerably
less than majority Of that party, and
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