Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1881-05-26
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/ Ismaa Htsss lCoMMUEIcATED.
i No doubt, when " C Ill Bbnoi' penned
his reply to my card. which was pub
,Hshedl in BEACON 28iH, April, he
lhad contortediliis- mind so.gs TO believe
that il would HIVE both telling and
electrifying effect Upon TIE pubic.
Outside 81 TIE h6eI0us, the invective
l.spilstih which be writes il not caIcnIa-
1lttdito have great weight with an intel.
ligent and honorable people, for nogens
ntitffiaT Of sound SENSE, Be keanibnd OF
fbertb' Mr. Raley, who ii not upnnl We.
cora, He never having held nof been a
candidate for political office, can view
the attack made, in any older liEllptiAn
being base audi cowafdlE III certainly
does not follow tiiheihe mere sueges.
tionoi name, followed by few com
plineniary remarks, makes the party q
candidate Then, why this uncalled
| for aBuse II would have been more
lgtntiemahly had this Wanted critic
waited until II should be known that
Mr.. Raley be q candidate ia reality and
then vent his spleen. 9,d gf
As men shhllBe judged By their acts,
! ann perfectly willing that mine and
those Of whom + adSScste, shall 90 into
licompeiittOw with those of"Cdt Bono
Iiahd hiE ccauFetEs. hold that no man
is ihiaillbie-=sip may have erred, more
or less, III the past--that IL is To- ttie Ia
ture we should look as means tb'erase
any aud all our imperfections. Then.
let our acts be in accordance with fair
ness and justice.
II III becomes one 10 publicly or pri-
vately dtride another by groundless &C
cusations, for II may, and oltentimes
does, lead TO- inTeciives which NAV not
redoaAd 10 the greasness even OF the
vanqlHshsng. Let IN ceelip and caisniy
weighour si6jhct- mafter and then make
deductions. Then will our Judges have
no trouble in arriving at proper and
jbIst verdict.
/ Speaking Of Rings" | will STATE that
they are OF several kinds--rings m ag-
ricetdFe, rings IN manufacture, rings in
conAnAerce, raiiroad rings, steamboat
rings, telegraph rings, political rings
and rifgs within a riag---in Garf rings
10 everything The Eon, Montgomery
Blair's version OF ring i : tAaF wken
Sc veral genFfemcn combine for The pur-
pose Of carrying CERTAIN point, and are
strong enoagh, they FORM "rfng."
Then. IT may be JAss.Iy ss1d, that at this
day, Gov. Hamilton and his following
is a ring,--a rs(orw ring--eomposed OF
the PoPsiaS5v pta9t'EE hs9asf stgt6n 1Gsi
party which has though, proper iotolal-
" ignore the pubiIc faiFh. and set at de-
fance the spoken Will Of the people.
Rings" sfe not etFipSioOs 70 Dim
ocrat'' when dsedin furiRerence Of good
government, but when used TO the det.
fiment Of an honest and economical adj
ministratiun, II should receive the con.
denhnahloH Of sal patriotic, persevering
and fsonesf people
TO tIfe charge. Democrat being used
by his hero as figures on a chess-boaFd, -
will plead. that II is s.iss :ss...ss<sa. Is
enriable indeed 10 uH under the proud
banner Of hfm akO has had Gas admitted
| By Gee Bono'') tie ability 70 control
The desiiAfes n Me Dess6eraftt party for
the last iUenfV years.
One must indeed be great TO force
himself 10 be repeatedly elected TO Of
iice by any party.
"Cui Bono" says, there are moi few
honest-thinkIng Democrats in ST. Ma
rvs eofsniy TO whom Raley has not been
. elofce foE several years past, but who
hive voted for him merely through par
II lesesy ~=aHd Wbo. ia hne, viii throw
aside the burdensome y6ke n party if
sucb man is thrust upon them again"
What compliment to "R@ few hon
est-thinking democrats T. Wbsl sn alb
surdity TlSe flea that any one man
N 81. Mays county can drive mot
few" Simon-pure democrats from their
party is so ridiculous that am tempted
10 drop my pen 10 disgust. %
Now. pray, Mr.. "Cui Bono" who
thrust J, T. NJ Raley upon the Demo
critic party in 1879, and who encom-
passed his deteatS Did we moi in that
year nomifste Under The Crawford"
system by which each and every aspi-
rant bad an equal showing before the
people: Was there not, owing to the
most thorough canvass ever known in
the history Of ST. Msry"s Democracy
preceding convention, full turnout.
and did not Mr.. Raley come out of that
popalar convention nominated by a
handsome majofityi This, too, when
opposed by one Of 81. Mary's county's
most intelligent, deserving and bright
est stars who, when The verdict was
rendered, quietly acquiesced, and, as
the true democrat he was and is, voted
the nominated ticket.
Mf. Raley as the nominee rms defeat
ed st thg general election III these re-
creont democrats who only 90 into con-
ventions TO control, and failing, support
The republican nominee. These are the
nneh@attfe mot few lfonest-thinkiHg
democrats" with whom we are thfeat.
Iyened ! Truly, !" deteriOfated r. We
are thankful 10 "Cui Bono" the bad, for
making known his hackers, and will
further say, that when he succeeds with
such force in breaking down The RAJ
ley Democrats III. Maty's Democra-
cy will be party ONLY In name.
Il am inclined 10 think that neither