Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1881-12-22


CHARLOTTE UALE, December Iesh, 1881.
Nrssrs. Editors The labcred fsort Of
"0ecasiOnal' 70 prove thsi the Repsbii>an
party 10 clean Of record and pursin sbosght
and aim, betrays his mental stamina 10 BE 50
extraordinarily weak that cAnnot bot en-
press pity at bis folly. Posaibly, howevs,
we may be able to trare his sbullitioa 20 the
fact that not like Guiseau however be hae an
inspiration from The Devil, which he can no
more resist than the assassin wishes "a aupear
he could net lheone from the Deity. Certain-
" In no other way ran account Tor the blus-
teFine into print Of such z. blockhead 10 him
sIf-I say bloekAegd, FOE no one bat block
bead would take the untenabIe position he
has assumed. Strive as he may, Il lisa fruit
less endeavdr 10 gloss. over the deviltfies Of
the Republican party during the twenty
years that Il has scdalously been engaged In
sitting the most generous impulses .of The
faiFest portion Of our land. Perhaps, "Occm-
sicnAp may succeed In ineulcafing such
ideas as bis card advencss ihto the thick
skulls Of the motley group Of negro youth
over which be daily presides and blind their
evts 20 tier he ainterests but seriously doubt
that they viii pass 20 urrent coin 10 the great
mart Of mind where ideas are exchanged and
estimated nc there full value.
lam accused Of egotism and vanity. I do
not Vaisiy imagine can throw down the e.
brie Of Republication, no, sir; am aware
like tho philosopher OF old who met more than
his match when he met with fool. that
soundness OF doctrine and elevation Of prin-
eiple do not always triumph at once. The
history OF the world has taught me that vice
has never surrendered 70 virtue save after o
ttupendous struggle-pToionged oftraeF than
otherwise though ages. The ignorance, and
knayery, and vice Of the Republican Marty
presents too allunng field Of operations 10
Q certain class Of men without principle and
without honor or seif.reepert, who working
IN the devious paths Of demagoguism and
knavery resort 20 the lowest and most despi-
eaple means 10 obtain their ends Such man
IL "OccasionaT' and ne snch exhibits himself
IN his card. The freedom Of the negro 10
held up TO our view and our attention Il called
10 tke assertion Of its being the handspring
asd sole care Of the Republican party when
indeed 10 Ia as false no the bypocritical solicit
tude Of that party for the negro. The Re-
publican party is but the heir Of the doctrines
OF eeniraIization ~ promulgated by the Fed
eralisis during the infancy Of our nation and
advanced BY The Wings later. To this demo-
craey has ever been opposed since the wisdom
Of the ''sage Of Monticello foresaw the evils
likely 10 arise should the ideas OF the Federal
lists be impOFei upon the people, and opposed
these with all the might IL his powerful intel
Iscs and ennnciated those principles which
have been so long cherished by the strong
common-scnse Of the people as those prinei-
plcs which are the glory ola free government.
Tie Dem 1eratci party has buried two parties
and h. Q vigor enough Ieft TO attend tbc funeral
efthe Republiea. party and many another be-
sldes. Capitalization Ii the aim Of the Re-
publican leaders and they do not seek 20 de-
ny tia tendency which was never INTENDED
By the framera q the Constitution, and let our
people beware lest history repeat herself MI
TOO quickly and the American Republic be-
come thing Of the past and her grandeur
eTumbled into the dust Of voiCe.ess desola-
ton surprising even that OF the Mistress Of
the World. This thea Is the grand aim Of tie
Republican party and has been since, from
the dale Of lie organization, II saw the advan.
tages likely 20 accrue for the benefit Of lie own
selfish motives by their advocacy of the negro.
and endeavoFs 10 free him, entire control of
the nation government, then the browning
oct Of its policy-nced I name what Il this
esowning actf II was but two strongly
e"inced By that sirutting, Republican tur-
key-gobler Roscoe ConkIing IN his struggle 10
nominate that imbecile brute U. 8. Grant In
the Chicago Convention. That IL why the
2sp9hlican party has been 20 solicitous about
ess negro he 70 bat the pawn on the political
thsss-boaFd which the Republicans amuse
themselves In gushing forward as a blind 10
che more complicated scheme % be brought
forward when the time is ripe for the action.
The Republican don't love the negro, dear
bless your soul, o, you indignant "0ccasion-
Q" no. not he, nor you either, but yod love
his ignorance which renders you capable Of
obtaining power, great or small, by pla, ing
upon his credulity. b. ibis prcienca the par.
o., has triumphed fer the time, seclionaiism
and hatred Of the South has had full sway,
blind fAnaticism hes SET its hideous seal upon
che nations escutcheon, more valuable white
lives have been sacrificed TO iis fury In the
gigantic Struggle than the whole negro race
on the face OF the globe is worth. A reign OF
terreT then ensued; for ten years was the in
teIligence Of the South iettefed BY glittering
bayoness. That people which had coniribu-
ted 20 largely 20 the preservation ofihe Union
about which these demagogues prated so much,
and whose life blood was 20 freely shed TO Sc
cure liberty Of thought and action, and that
country which has given more brilliant names
20 he annals Of American patriotism than
thFaldom more CALLING than the chains OF the
galley slave. The mos. acute knave and the
moss cunning ihiei were the hest rewarded.
outrage was the order Of the day, aided and
abetted By the Republican party, who had
placed these brutal scoundrvls Ia the places Of
the high-minded. honorable gentlemen who
were wont 10 he foremost, By the aid Of the
hayonet and the negro bHllol, the constiiu-
floral rights Of this people we're ignored, the
constitution Itself set at defiance, The princi-
pies Of liberty inherited from the EngI;sh peo-
pie, and handed down from the signing Of
1sgms Charfa tFampled upon, the army used
20 guard the polls q ii when an Intelligent vo-
Ger offered bis bal OF be was confronted By .
b, youes In The hsn.ls Of U. s. soldier who
himself blushed with shame while doing
the odicus dusT he was compelled 10 perform
Was she course of the Republican psrty oae
20 b agplanded save by class whose ideas
Of morality IL at the lowest ebb! Was IL q
course 20 allay the fearful sirife7 Did Il not
eugcnder hatred Of the party which could
ss0op 70 such means 10 gain ne end7 fgno-
rance can hare no right 10 power, speaking
In a moral sense and not perhaps In . legal
viess. Cor the power ofignorAnee tends % de-
base both morally and intellectually the gov
ermment over which IL helds sway. There
fore sks Republicans party can only lay claim
20 iha strongest anakhemas Of the inteliiesnt
South. Rcribness Monthly, Feb. lseo. Illus
tFnles this sIew clearly and the opinion IL val
liable as che opinion Of a sortAeyR publication
OF woFld-wide celebriiy. From the close Of
the var till 1879. the artificial Organization oi
the Southern states under the reconstruction
acts made ID n perfbree Republican. We call
ti,ear 0Eeanlsntioa artificial in te scnss that Il
rutin power portion oflhe population which,
rightlY or wrongly, did DOS rvpresent the phys
Teal and intellectual forcs ogshe State. Govern
INSIST evesywheEs add always. tends, with
strtnRlh which no Iegisiation not hacked by
powerful standing army can resist, TO pass
Iato ths hands thar portion ofthe population,
Nnsthsr a. " lhr nsi6crisy o. majority, which