Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-11-02

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ding a political meeting which vas
TO Be and was held that afternoon.
There was q considerable number Of
pegple there for exactly the same par
pose bat which this writer wishes 10
appropriate as his sympathisers but
who took not the least inserest n the
school agitation. When / heard the
charges made against the school au-
thorities. I did not dgfend them Tor
knew 81 no specific charge made
against them. / did however de-
mand that they should have : fair
trial before the proper authorities
aud ga opportunity q presenting q
REPUTATION Of any charges when prop
erly made. | took then tile position
which / took in my communication
in the BEACON Of tie 18th inst.-That
il Was due to public officers that the
proof should follow charges Of any
deFllicsion ot duty-Innocence is pre-
sumed- Proof MUST remove it and
clamor u not proof. This writer,
The People, says. so strong were
the people however, that Mr.. Harris
expressed himself az fully convinced
and determined to 90 home and inter-
fere no more. This / know to be a
falsehood and / believe it to be de-
liberate one.
This writer. The People. uttered
cruel SANDER. which embraced some
o. the teachers, how many / cant Of
course tell, when be said. ''for four
long years have they (the people,
Witnessed instances where teachers
detested both by patrons and pupils
have been forced upon them without
conscience or regard" This / thought
aud still think cruel SANDER. dellv-
cred in such way that no teacher but
Mr. Holmes could tell on whom the
writer intended il should fall. I'm
der such circumstances / used the
following language: You cruel SLAM
dererl sign your own name (instead
of THE People, aud receive for
your wicked self the detestation YOU
desire to administer to others" In
answer to this he replies, I'VE are CEN
sared FIR our nom de plume and our
last efusion is denounced as SANDER
GUS and vile. Let us remind Mr..
Harris that while he may bnlldoze
some men as was the case in 10 at
the polls when he forced a man to
vote the democratic ticket while pro-
testing the desire to vote for Mr..
| Holmes, 10 which fact Mr.. L. M. Cam
alier is witness, that he cannot bull
doze The People or force Us TO dis
close our incognito. / quote the
above for the purpose of saying that
there are two faisehoods In it, Que
that ever forced any man to vote
/ against his expressed wish; argue
with and persuade my fellow citizens
IN order to get them 10 vote my way,
bit the man does not live who can
truly say that / ever prevented or
.ried to prevent hiIh from voting as
he wished by force or threats. The
particular statement that II forced
man 10 vote the democratic ticket
while protesting the desire to vote
/ for Mr.. Holmes Is q gross falsehood
in every particular.
The People" asks me il II was
ever Examiner, if 50 did you award
a certificate upon the professed will
ingness Of the applicant to bear arms
in defense Of Southern rights
answer, ! never did The case re-
erred to was that Of old Mr.. Zachariah
Tipl,ett, now Judge of the Orphans
Court. who was appointed by the
trustees of small school, | think at
Maryland Spring. subject to my ex-
ANIMATION. The examinations were
not of formal character aud We
were glad to get teachers, if they
were capable Of teaching the lowest
elementary branches, for we had at
that time little money to distribute
to them and were glad as any time
to get good moral disciplinarians in
order to keep the schools open. con
sidered my old acquaintance, Mr..
Tippett. well qualified to te oh as
well as discipline the children which
wonld be- placed under him and I
gave him a certificate. At the time
very naturally, We got into conversa-
ton in regard to the then threatened
war and It's causes. was South
ern symDathizer and used all the ar
gumenis ] could command aud he
was convinced and declared that if
it was necessary he (although then
nearly three score and ten) might be
considered under forty-fiye, meaning
Of course that he would shoulder his
musket in defense of Southern rights.
/ looked ut him with perfect admira-
tioD and was glad | had given a
certIf ate TO one who WAS so will
ing to shoot and would no doubt
"teash the young idea how to shoot.
but in less than year found my
old friend had got hold Of some
stronger arguments than mine and
Turned union man, and conse luent-
IL If he shot gun himself or taught
the young idea how to shoot IL would
be to shoot the wrong way. have
often amused myself and others in
relating this little episode but in no
instance did l use the vulgarism
"bugger in reference to Mr.. Tippett.
/ don't think / ever used such word
in my life and the writer would not
have put it in his question if il had
not been with him familiar mode Of
expression.
How indelicate it was to try aud
bring a lady friend into this contro-
versy as he does in one Of his ques-