Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-10-14

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penny ana not TIE nnaneiai tegssiaEIon
p We hspaoi'ean party. ns 80
oI,oss1 = pspsrr eaF'esys an9 $50
me. = US .. onsl's'nE ~ n Pao,sssn
.ressisisoa--tnsI s.o members Q. ne
supreme Aonf.s VIM expressed ssews
on ne sneneia1 question: nsu Oeen
spPolnsso y 8se mlIosy &C.
eision sDa.sns gosesnmsn. saa ngnt
2 msss me Srrenbaek legal ien-
Ger. re We: 20 isvoFoi IN honest dollar
ana none otner. ns tnen alluded =
o.ner iesIs'a''on o. sne hepaOncan psr-
y SINCE me war sna spoke o. tne re-
CONSTRUCTION acts. which we're made OPP
press.ss % inc soatnefn people ana
seaseo tnat no iesisiation o tnat party
ior me twenty years during which =
nas peeh 20 power mas oeen succession.
re spoke q me issues raised ~ me
seveIsi presidential contests since TIE
war ior the purpose OF nring the North
eFn mind that Of 1858 being the nee
cessity Tor the election Of GrneFal Grant
TO carry out the Fecon<truetion acts Of
Congress: that Of 1872 20 protect The
negroes 10 the South from The ku kIux
kIans; that Of 1876 the solid South and
now The great bng-beaF which was
brought Up was the payment Of South
ern Wsr Claims. The speaker was OPP
posed to paying these CLAIMS -
thought the only chance Of their ever
being paid was when Northern speesia-
tors came into possession o. them, and
then The South IS now would be resist
ing their payment. he then spoke Of
the issues which had separated the olo
parties, wing and Democratic, put said
that the constitutional rights OF the peo-
pie were always conceded. Now, ne
said. the great issue between the parties
Was the 1unoameniai principles OF our
government, as expressed IN the nrsl
amendment TO the constitution Inai
"a cish eommo'ions more man any o'n-
er was the ume Wnen .he supremacy
OF the law should De fully recognized;
'hat ~ time OF peace people could take
care Q. tnemseises in genera way
Inc Coa.t Houses were uth'zea 20 pun
isn petty onenderss out ne SAID inat I'D
times OF war the constitutional rights OF
the people were more JeoPardlzed, and
then these rights should ee jealousy
guarded. Ihe speaker then addressed
himself 10 the colored voters and told
them that the Republican party were
using them Tor political purposes and
were NOT their friends. That Tour NIL
lions OF eolored people IN the South
were living naPpy ana ccn'enIeo unaer
democratic rule and thst: since iney
nad oeen under aemocraue ruie' tnere
was no more talk OF Hamburg massa-
cres, ku Klux Aians land All tnat
SORT OF in.ng. inst 70 many OF !ne
great S'a'es OF Tue Nos.n the msJoI'ues
OF the republican party were OWING 20
the coiorea vote. sut tnat mere tnsy
were enhreiy ignored. Iney wouio
sometimes SUCK tnem INTO conventions,
put tney never got any nigner. nnat
.ne fe.eoise.n PsI'y va very T'iHg
20 sacr'nce mem ~ 'i'e ''@ses " LOUIS
iana' SCUM Dato'iha and siofiua 20 'ne
mercy OF inc democrats so N eHcnange
~ ..ae f.ss'usn " ,S1e ~" ."
sPose u tne .auu =: so an -
ne'u co" ,s.., VII ~ a. va
ms amy ni'.cneh lo' a
As '"e u0se,"o' Pe.seu :" "aS
nell anu P.. ~ Son'Ias' .ne peIsons'
CnaIac'eh " 'u1 awo P'esiueu',a' S.'o
oa'es' anu coneluueu uy pIoPnesy'us
aemocfa.ic vIc'ory 10 ro'e"oeI. "nen
the Wnoie country "ou,o DC once more
under the RUE Oh inc oemocfa'ic par
w.. :,
Inc Governor ADDRESS was very en-
tertaining, and nad wonoeriui eneci
on account OF the honest ano earnest
manner OF us deiivery, togetnef WIN
has powerful: PLAIN ana convincing ar
gume nus. Inc iateness o. the evening
prevented Q longer continuance o. ms
speech. and ne gave way that the Peo-
pie might hear hon. At. chapman
our candidate Ior congress, ana non.
K. w. w. Bowie, the PRESIDENTIAL Eiec-
tor tos this district. u
Mr.. Chapman was then introduceds
who stated that u gave him pleasure 10
address the people OF old ST. Mary .,
that ne was no stranger TO her people,
and that many OF the young men ne
saw around him were has old class
mates at Charlotte Hall. he had been
honored with the nomination Of tie
Dartv for Representative oil