Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-10-17

rv;lI - /. eovarn,ssv,s - Esirl, rpafs on en-.
non,,lsr ,s;Il. IF fhere be greater crime
Il = Committed bv those who reward
The authors of such fraud. for such re-
ward invite the perpetual defeat ofthe
popular sill. and. therefore. a direct
subyersion Of the government, and a.
sumes the most insidious form Of treas
on. II Is worse than no excuse-it il
itself crime 10 say that Mr. Hayes
was under obligation 20 these authors
Of fraud. Ifthere had been no assassin
Booth there would have been no Presi-
dent johnson. But was the President,
therefore, under obligation 20 othe assas-
SIM Tfthere had been no frauds in
Florida and Louisiana there would have
been no President Hayes.s l. the Pres-
fasnt. therefore. under 0bbxasion 10 81
who helped Committee fraud Z Il seems
that all have claimed reward.
II is no apology tosay that Mr.. Hayes
did not believe these people were gull
ty OF anv fraud. II was his duty to
protect the character of the nation and
The integrity or the administration
He can do neither by placing great
numbers of men in Office whoa charged
with crimes and whom largely more
than bali of the people believe are gull
Nv. In truth. do not believe any in
teIlisent man doubts their guilt. But |
trust we have in this country a sufficient
number of men of unsuspected homes
~ 10 fIl The Offices. and both the public
character and the public interest re-
ouire that only such men should be ap-
no,nted. Resides if these men were
n truth innocent thev would not have
asLad a. accar,ed ofsca from Mr-
Have. for tbev wouId not have been
w;II;ng ,o hiring weakness unon the ad-
m;n;st1a,,on or d,srenute unon the civil
serv;ce- Their universal and brazen
damanJs for of;ce l. the highest nroof
&c ,ha;r c,,;I, Ior :, chow. tbev care
no,h;na e. NJ Haxes-no,b;nS for the
bonor of the country-nothino for the
GOOD renute oftbe civil service. Their
9ve-v ort IN pres.;no for Office shows
tba, reward was their object and re-
w.rd tbev mnst have. Everv man of
tba milf oang who has NOT been sails
Ca v;tb ,Se ofE;ca offered him has con-
s.s-a5 ,be frands Fverv man who
hes no, conressed The frauds has heen
-. ssaS III oGca Ubv shonId
hs conross whosa conSess;on would de-
e., 30 rawa-d, Hen doas q bonnep
~, 49, onI,- 80. -, ant;,lad tp r.
,:"r @ - .onfass ,ha Sr.nds, ADd how
49,. I :, h.nnan ,hat ,bs cred;, of none
was don;ad nn,,I of,ar corCsss;on was
49,
"I 1. .,,;.,;o, no - ear .ha.
,be larcer pnuaher ~ ,bese anno;niuents
wsre ,ca5e hv certain memhers or hv
a memher "a iihe'Cab;net. IfMr. John.
son had rads yv;lLes Roo,h :. memher
of his Cabinet he could not have com.
nIa;ned n Bonth had provided places for
his tools and subord;nates- Neverthe-
less ic when the revelations on this
subiect were made before the Potter
Comm;ttee Mr.. Haves had nromntlv
ordered a sween;no nprga,;on for The
civil service ofthese obnox,ous charac.
ters. as I greatly boped he would do.
he W ould have been LARGELY v,ndicated.
Instead however of d;sm;ss;no anv he
arpo;n,ed more and some of The an
no!r,men,s seemed to have the snec;al
burmese of sunpressino or afectino
Testimony before that committee.
TC ocvih;ro were war,;n0 20 increase
,he w;cLad hsaro,,sness of 1he fronds
nnor ibe halIots in FIor,da and Lou;s;-
ana Il will he found in the onIv excuse
which the authors and abettor: of these
frauds have offered for their neynetra-
t;op. n must never he forootten that
the rrea, facts are not den;ed hu, al.
m;,,ed-to wit that the halIots were
changed after thew were cast and the
ver5;ct nj The neonle reyer~ed a(ter !,
had bcen rendered and was known
The excuse for this. as alleged is that
,ha.a ,rara ;,,;u;dat;ons ot a.. re
c;ncts which prevented a free expres-
SION hv the neople- If This excnse i
false in fact then the crime stands con.
fessed without excuse. Those of us
Who have been familiar with carnet.hao
villainies knew from the first that the
excuse was false: but the proof now re-
veoIsd ahucdartIv show. thai tbe ax-
cnse i No, only false hut was artuaIIv
marufactured. for the exnress nurnose
Of = cover for the fraud. Thus the ex-
cuse itself becomes 4 part Of the fraud.
and the most infamous mart Of Il. MOI
onlv was .he excuse itself manufaetur-
ed. but the evidence 10 make the ex-
rusa deceive The Northerp paonIa wo.
also manufactured IN the Cns,om House
in New Orleans and elsewhere. Foroe-