Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-01-26

pafsd Wsodhulls and Claims Of that
lfuifful msthsf q isms and eisms.
To as Iow m cob as the worst Ell
ement" q old Calvert has brought her
politics within the last few months,
she il at least il = condition yet 70 re-
esiva ! lad effect from the pressnc:
Of &c. should he take il in his head
to even pay . sisif thither.
There : indeed '1such . thing Is
governing TO much" Public opin-
ion foresd lha Republican party TO
perceive the truth Of the remark
truth which "Oc." has unwittingly
stumbled upon) in 1876. and com
PEELED their leaders TO let the South
BE- ruled BY It's natural owners and
Withdraw their support 70 the too
much governing policy OF former ad-
manifestations, helped out BY the all
powerful bayonet i
He j. certainly very much pessered
concerning my native county. ! ofier
him my tenderest coincidence, and
trust that the dilemma in which he
finds himself win nothave too bad an
effect on his head.
He places great stress upon his being
educated at Charlotte Hall. No doubt
but that that time-honored institu-
ton Of Learning rejoicss CD that she
has had somsthing to do with the de-
velopnleak az the genius that Zoe.
displays Certainly his merits ought
90 receive due recognition from his
Alma - nothing short Of . gold
|rmsdaI - commemorate an event Of
ench Yikal importance to her. reputa-
ton as . school. really must con-
gratulate Charlotte Hall upon the
mental stamina Of one Of her former
students at least.
While be was preparing to turn
traitor to the principles of justice aud
to prostitute the education obtained
at school, which has been fostersd
by the Democracy of Maryland, and
which has been assailed BY the Re-
publican party. an education too to
which he was in some measure aided
by . Democratic patrons charity. l
was quietly engaged in pursuing my
studies in Southern college. which
have at least enabled me attain to .
position in the profession In which he
has but doubtful position, where |
can have the pleasure of viewing his
struggles from an elevation to which
| he has never been able to attain, even
though he was educated at old Char
lotte Hail."
A word AZ to his remark concerning
secession wherein he says: The dogma
of secession was but q natural outcome
Of the disintegrating principles Of
Democracy, which had twice before
jeoPardized the unity of the nation;
viz: the whiaky riots Of Pennsylvania
and the notification acts of South
Carolina" Zoe" should be more care
full in expounding the political histo-
~ of the United States, and then per-
haps would not make such a woful
mistake Of attributing the dogma of
secession to the disintegrating Princi-
pies of Democracy" quote from
lecture on the development Of the
constitution" delivered at the Johns
Hopkins University on the 18th inst,
by DR.. Scott, to prove that seces-
sion was first enunciated by Fed
eralist. Said. the lecturer I'm 1909
the Boston town meeting decides
that the embargo was unconstitu-
tional, and the Legislature refu-
ses to call out the militia to enforce
the act. Josiah Quincy, of Nassachu-
sets first broached-secession in Con-
gress in 1911 when Louisiana was still
under discussion. $50 fragrant vio-
lation of the Union would release the
States from their moral obligation to
each other. If the alleged provoca-
ton continued, they were to separate
from each other. amicably if they
might, forciblg if they must. Here
we have secession and notification
both, not by the democracy, but by
Massachusetts Legislature in attempt
ing to nullify an act of Congress by
refusing to permit that act to be en-
forced, and by Federalist Congress-
man from that Massachusetts, which
was among the first Of the States to
adopt the Constitution, and which at
the present day pirates 80 much about
the Union. And then there was the
Hartford Convention composed of
New England delegates met together
to discuss the expediency of those
States seeding from the Union. And
federalism is alive in the guise of
Republicanism-it seems to me that
the latter il hardly consistent. All,
"Occy," those who live in glass houses
should not throw stones Brighten
up your intellect and study your his
tory. / had not intended to mention
secession, for though it will exist as a
truth in prihciple as long as the Consti-
| tuition remains intact, it is dead issue
politically. Even 90 late as 1860
Horace Greedy, . good man if he did
have the misfortune to fall among
thieves. and sbeeomsa Republican,
acknowledged the right of secession
-see page is, I think, of his Anne
rican Conflict"
/ have no wish to dive into the pri-
vate character Of Occasional" for it
would prove dry matter for the coll
umns Of newspaper, and perhaps not
very entertaining reading to5"Oc.
himself. His. eagerness to inform the
public that he is not angling for some
petty Office leads us to doubt his sin
certify in that respect. He does not
particularly plead for the support Of