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

Edtf0rS Bedc0nr--Dear oaFe---&4A
risk Of heeoming wearisOme g Yp8
have decided TO suggest few rem|
in connection with al article Nbleisps
peared in your paper Of the 10th
from the fer Of Col. B. @. Harris.
this revIew OF Col. Harris letter rs
may avoid anything which may IS -
bis personal displeasnre. and ! slal
therefore cndeavoF ia treai him FesIs
tally. The Col. begins his lesEnr
pFessing ~ sarPs's 80 anye.sa
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cock fos The Presidency this Fail. And
alter enlogizing the General. in the most
exhaustive manner. he refers to Mr..
Garfield In the following very uneIeva-
ted style 81 should consider il the
greatest misfortune OF my life II my
staying away from the polls should de-
feat so noble man as Hancock or elect
so ignoble creature as Garfield" The
Col. then goes on, and the words be
.employs may awaken responsive echoes
from one class of the democracy, but
with the more refined and considerate
portion they cannot. | think, find any
permanent lodgment. " This felIosc,
Garfield, Of Tor, mean, igno5ie. mahg-
nanf instincts, Infamous wretch, The
meanesf Of fAe mean" These senti-
ments remind me Of few passages
which have somewhere seen. They
run thus, "At last came two false wit
nesSes, and said. this feiloW said am
able 10 destroy the temple of God and
build il in three days" And again in
the same Book / read-And when he
was gone out into the porch another
maid saw him and said unto them that
were there, s'this fefiow was also with
Jesus of Nazareth" These and divers
others phrases as applied 10 good men
had their origin among that class Of the
Jews who prosecuted all that which
was holy and noble in the lives Of the
Apostles and even the Christ unto
death. They have been handed down
from generation to degeneration, all through
the vicissitudes oftTme, until they have
lopnd an expression in the Democratic
party in the year of our Lord 1880. But
Col. Harris says Gen. Hancock has
pledged dhImselfifelected TO most careful
iy observe the 18th, 14th and 10Th amend
ments to the Constitution. And he
goes on to say that he thinks that is the
correct way, and remarks further, that If
he were president. as Hancock most
certainly will be, be would take very
much the same view Of these Ensslsi-
ments that Hancock does. Now lets
see how the words Of the Col. Just
quoted tallies with what he said IN your
issue of June 4th, 1874. He is here
made to say-"When ! swear to sup
port the Constitution OF the United
States, | swear not TO support the 14th
and 10Th amendments, and IN every
case in which | may come in contact
with them, or any offspring from them,
whether as private citizen or public
servant, Ishall invariably maintain those
views" And again in the same article
he is reported as saying-"Of course
nothing can be done 10 relieYe US OF
these outrageous acts Of oppression un-
less genuine and firm democrats shall
be IN majority IN Congress, or IN one
House thereof at least. If we shall
then exercise the power we shall then
legally have with uufaltenng decision,
we shall be able to place our govern
ment in the true position in which il
was intended BY our iorefathers to stand.
IL shall ever be a member OF Congress
in such majority, the very first mo-
tion would make would be to vacate
the seats now usurped by negroes in
those Halls and have them filed with
white men. Further. in any contest
for seat in Congress from States in
which negroes had not the right to vote
previous to 1861, ] would vote always
TO give the seat to the contestant who
appeared 10 have q majority Of white
voters in his favor, refusing in every
case TO allow any negro votes TO be
counted foF either contestant; and, 70
close up the whole business, / would
propose an amendment OF the Constitu-
tion providing, that none but white men
shall vote or hold Office within The bounds
of the United States" And again, Jan.
18th, 1878, after referring to the Con-
stitution oil Poland, he says-"But II
does not require authority to prove that
to true American heart. and therefore
solemnly protest that The so-called 14th
amendment legally gives no rights, and
50 long as II presents itself thus dressed
up in violence and fraud, IL is entitled
TO the obedience OF no citizen OF the
United States.'' And further on in the
same article he says--''In my view the
14th and 18th amendments have mol
been adopted, and as citizen have
never supported them, and will not as a
representative Of the people. When
swear TO support the Constitution,
swear not 10 support thems for they
were made ia mode directly in con-
hict with it." Now. the Col. would
not feel pleased If one were to say the
above bears the appearance Of htlIe
inconsistency. But now propose e
consider some slight incoDgruilies in the
public lie Of Gen. Hancock. But be-
fore doing so. however. viii say thai
no true Republican lays any charge al
the door OF Gen. Hancock's war record
propose to deal only with hiy action.
as an executive officer. Early 10 The
morning Of the day that The ilI-falec
Mrs. Surratt was executed. her attor-
neys applied Tor and obtained writ ol
habeas corpus. commanding Gen. Han
cock IN TIE name of the civil authoFi.
ties to present the body Of Airs. Surraf
in Court, etc. This writ vas dolly anf
regularly served 81 Hancock al sun,
rise. Now, what did he do 7 Did hs
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