Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-06-10


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enactment CT such last, humane and
reasonable provisions = vii produce
thai feaull.
Seventh.-that the purity and palrE-
0tism which characterize the earlier
career ar Rutherford u. Hayes in peace
and var, and which guided the thoughts
of our immediate predecessors TO him
for . presidential candidate, have con-
tinued 10 snspire him in his career a.
chief executive, and that hisiory VIII
accord 10 his administration the hon0rs
which are due 10 N efficient just and
courteous discharge Of The public buzi-
mess, and viii honor BIS inteFposition
betweea the people and proposed par
tisan laws.
Eighth.-We charge upon the demo-
cratic party The habitual sacrifice ofpa-
triotism and justice 10 supreme and
Unsuitable lust OF Office and patronage,
and to obtain possession Of the national
and State governments. and The conirol
Of place and position. they bave obstruc-
ted al efforts to promote the purity and
TO conserve the freedom ofsuiIrage, and
have devised fraudulent Qualifications
and returns, have labored to uEseat law
fully elected members Of Congress, 70
secure at I'll hazards the .seats u ma.
iority Of the States In the House Of Rep
resentatives; have endeayOred 10 ocru-
pr By force and fraud the places Of
trust given to others by the people of
Maine, and rescued BY the courage in
action Of Names patriotic sons: have.
b. methods vicious in principle aud
tyrannscal in practice, atiaehedpartisan
legislation TO appropriation bills, upon
whose passage the very movements OF
government depend; have crushed the
rights Of individuals: have advocated the
principles aud sought the favor of re-
beIlion against The nation, and have en-
deayored 10 obIiterate the sacred mem
ores Of the war and to overcome It's in
estimable valuable results of nationali-
", personal freedom and individual
equality. The equal. steady and COM
plete enforcement OF laws and the pro-
lection of all our citizens in the enjoy
ment OF all privileges and immunities
guaranteed by The constitution are the
first duties OF the nation. The dangers
Of a solid South can only be aveTted by
faithful performance OF every prom
Use winch the nation has made TO the
citizen. The execution OF the laws and
the punishment Of all those who violate
them are the only safe methods BY
which an enduring peace can be secured
and genuine prosperity established
throughout the South. Whatever prom
Uses the nation makes the nation must
perform, and the nation cannot, With
safety, rclegate this duty TO the States.
The solid South must be divided by the
peaceful agencies of the ballot, and all
opinions must there find free express
sion, and to this end the honest voters
must be protected against terrorism,
violence or fraud; and we affirm IL to be
the duty and the purpose of the repub-
lican party touse every legitimate means
10 restore all the States of the Union to
the most perfect harmony that may be
practicable, and we submit 10 the .prac-
ticaI, sensible people oithe United States
TO say whether II would not be danger
Gus to the dearest interest OF our coun-
try at this time to surrender the admin
islration Of the national government to
the party which seeks to overthrow the
existing policy under which we are so
prosperous, and thus bring distrust and
ssonfusion where there is now order,
confidence and hope. So