Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-08-08

fCoMMUkgcATgD.
.Measys. Editors THE Editor Of the
Port Tobacco Times seems 10 be greatly
provoked because be is accused Of adj
vocating the nomination Of DIR. HenkIe
as our candidate in The Congressional
race. In reply TO Cobb Neck, be de-
mics The accusation almost as emphati-
calIy as Peter did The Saviour. The
great defect In the Editor is that he sp-
pears not TO give the meaning to the
term Advocacy which is given TO Il by
common people. All have TO say y,
that, IL he should advocate me IN the
same terms, I should certainly consider
him a Harris man. Bot poor me i
am, OF all The candidates, the special
victim Of his ingenious Insinuations.
which be hopes his readers will magnify
into rank political offences. Well, il
Mr.. HenkIc can stand his friendship, l
will endeayor &c stand up against his
opposition.
The Editors synopsis of my letter to
you was rather curt, but was as fair as
could have been expected in his state Of
mind, his principal object being to pre-
sent the fact that | did moi vote at the
last presidential election on account Of
objections had to Mr.. Tilden. Here
again may be observed the inconsistent
CIV of this Editor, for he should have
known that bis favorite, Dr.. Henkle,
eithcr.did or should have done the same
thing. tits or was well known that DIR.
III. was IN the convention which nomi-
mated Greeley as the candidate for the
presidency. 1t is rccollected, pre-
sumo, that was most decidedly oppo-
sed 10 the man and the debasing plat
form on which he stood. Greeley was
defeated and, after an interval OF two
years, DR.. Henkle became The demo-
cratic nominee for Congress. With my
strong opposition 10 Greeleyism, | took
no part whatever in the primary meet
inzs or the convention, but withheld
from them with the express view oil be-
coming an independent candidate IN or
der 10 bring aboutthe defeat Of any one
who advocated the 14th and 10Th amend-
ments and Of course the laws made m
pursuance thereof. DIR. HeDkle, having
been GreeleYite, came TO Leonardtown
TO address the people, being the OPEN
ing of the campaign. We held an in
terview at which he explicitly declared
that he repudiated the principles oil the
platform on which Greeley was nomina-
ted and in his address to our people
discarded in the most emphatic manner
The 18th and 18th amendments ss hav-
ing been illegally and tyranically adop-
ted. His triumphant election, for which
gave ell the aid I could, may be attri-
bnted 10 this position, for Mr.. Merrick,
who was a man OF great personal popu-
larity, was defeated two years before
because Of his advocacy OF Greeleyism
and OF his attacking the "straight-outs, !"
as the anti-Greeleyites were called
This course on the part Of Mr.. Henkle
met with my hearty approval and that
Of our people, and allude to it now
only for the purpose of exposing the
inconsistency OF the Editor OF the Times
in advocating Henkle and opposing me.
for doing exactly the same thing, viz:
opposing men who advocate and would,
with q will, carry cut the unconstitu-
tionally adopted i4th and 18th amend
mentss Now Tiidcn stood on such plat
form and his letter oil acceptance shows
that he would carry out those amend
ments and their consequences more de-
cidedly and sternly thar would Greeley
himself. give Greeley the credit OF
being persuasive but Tilden assumed
the air oil tyrsnt. : do moi know, but
presume that Henkle did not support
Tilden after repadiaiing in advance the
platform on which be stood as uncon-
siitutional and tyrannical. Eve.y DEM
ocrat in Maryland, with the constitution
ol his State before him, should have
withheld his support from this man,
Tilden, whose record presents as poor
q history OF a democrat as any who
ever claimed the confidence Of our par
~. II has been charged and not con-
tradicted that be was called on forshis
advice in regard TO Mr. Lincoln's eman-
cipation proclamation and he advised
It's adoption. The democratic conven-
ton, held az Chicago in 1864, which
nominated Mcclellan, passed q resolu-
ton looking to the cessation Of hostil-
ities and the adoption OF such peaceable
means "to the end that at the earliest
practicable moment peace may be re-
stored on the basis Of the Federal Union
Of the States" He advised Mcclellan
70 accept the nomination but upon the
basis that he should not present che
conventions olive branch but nothing
but the sword iothe South. They must
be whipped IG rfcfis-woe to the
conquered" was the cruel maxim which
he was for adopting and from which,
thus carried out, the people have been
suffering the greatest ills. VIM. Allen,
that veteran democrat aHd statesman,
who stood by The side OF Calhoun more
than thirty years ago, was nominated
Is candidate for TIE office OF Govern
or Of Ohio. lie held different views
in REGARD TO the currency from Tilden
and he other miIlionaires Of New York
and The East-what was the conse-