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

d Il? This eovernmsnt has been
preserved By The Republicans party
has i 1.-THE negro freed Nice things
| 10 say. but alaal human nature some
times exhibits itself in 20 perverted :
condition that The criminaIity oftrush
distorted presents too alIuring . spec
taele for minds Of . certain stamp TO
expect aught but continuation Of the
| pitiable picture. Assertion without
adequate proof Is dangerous ground %
tread upon. ..0c.- History tells rs
that the events Of the past point TO
the indisputabls fact that the Demo-
cratic party has ever expounded the
true doctrines of . Republican form Of
government. and that the aim of TIE
Republican party. with that Of its de-
fnnct predecessor. has been 70 consol-
idate the confederation, Of sovereign
States into vast centralized govern
ment. leaving to the States merely the
name. while IN autocracy Of corrupt
politicians should reign supreme over
free union Of States coequal in the
management Of national affairs. The
designers Of our civic polity new.
er dreamed that such an interpreta-
ton could be applied TO the Constitu-
ton their united wisdom framed. A
few there were perhaps who thought
Of il as thus. but they were compelled
to transmit their principles to other
generations The unpOpularity of their
measures was distinctly evidenced.
by The triumph Of the principles Of
true Democracy. Washington Ieeps
well; his pure spirit can never Be in,,
yoked a. . shield to the degradation
that has been imposed upon his grand
old native State, and upon the noble
country for the freedom of which his
self-sacri6cing patriotism was evoked.
1t were sacrilege to use his sacred
name TO father the atrocities commit
ted upon his beloved native South BY
the Republican party.
The Republican party has not one
single redeeming trait. and year BY
year the load Of guilt is being piled
higher and higher on its platform of
principles. From the sedulous ira
duction Of . conquered people, and
the systematic robbery under the d.
rection Of Northern jail-birds to the
filching of the Presidency, there is
naught of evil but what can be com
pretended by the word Republican.
But it il especially ungrateful to the
poor negroes whose friend it processes
to be. and who have proven its best
friends and aid. They take too good
q care of the spoils TO allow the negro
a share, for they know he will vote
for them in any case, from his blind
ignorance and prejudice. Does the
Republican treat the negro as well as
the Democrat? To whom does the
poor fellOw'go when he is in need, to
his white Republican brother or to his
Democratic old master? Not to the
Republican. You'll vote him, but he
may 60 to the devil before you'l II do
him the same kindness a Democrat
viii. Republicans claim credit for
freeing the negro, and for advancing
his interests, but how many negroes
were ever elected to Office in the
North, the birthplace of Republican
ism? How many fat Offices have been
given them by the various Republican
administrations? and especially by
Hayes. which owed its very existence
to the negro vote of the South? He
is too ignorant to costrol any public
patronage there, but in the South he
must be given full control and dis
place the intelligence of the land. He
is too ignorant to have share in law
making for the North, but not for the
South. Passing strange o few hun
dred miles should make such differ
ence. O. you angelic. pure-hearted,
negro-loving "Oc.r You and your
compeers pat the woolly head Of the
negro, call him good fellow, vote him,
but how much cheese does he get af-
ter the Republican monkey gets his
bite
The question Is not whether the
men elected by the negroes are as In
telligent as those their opponents put
in the field, but it is the idea of allow
ing ignorant men, who don't know the
difference between the principles of
the party they vote with, and that
they vote against, to exercise a con-
trolling influence over public affairs,
or, indeed, to have any voice in them
whatsoever. On that principle, that
Of allowing ignorance full sway, Zoe. :"
would no doubt justify French rev.
olution with its attendant train of hor-
rors. l have not the slightest doubt
that Q man of his stamp hybrid
creature partaking of the nature of a
Democratic renegade, q Republican
fanatic, and q defender of ignorance
ruling intelligencs-would make q
first-cIass Marat or Robespierre, (pro-
vided he had the brains if occasion
should require. And the ignorance
i~Of the negro race is the kind of mate
rial he would most desire to work
with.
His mental palate seams to be cas-
lily tickled, if we can Judge from the
manner in which he reyeIs in his as
ociation with the Republican party Of
this county, which, to use the mildest
terms. is so largely wanting in both
brains and integrity Of purpose. But
"every one to his own taste, as the
old lady said when she kissed her
COW, and il ''Occy." chooses to kiss
the Republican COW, no one. pre-
sumo, has any objections, though wa
may be allowed 70 pity his lamenta-