Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-09-27

II wflE regurn "a fhe topic o. FfvaIvy ard
contest besHeen Ynbiic naen, which crnsiier
naturf amd proper and uof 10 Ee eofsdemns a;
not oils not 10 be eonfenined, bat % ise en-
outraged. 10 4 q emc0aFa@ed and rewarded liz
she peotIe ekpset the Poop no choose he
tw -en pnlslic men. expect where pubiir sn.a
rival essri other In their efforts for Glss pnbIse
seal, that the public win decide which de-
serves their ftvor- Rivals IN lore and in
politics never can decide contested points Sor
themselves TLaughfer. In ennnerfion with
this mean % refer 20 another difsienlfy IN
the eanvass. ] mean 10 refer 20 the idea THAI
ron might perrhance Rominate gnpeFnTvice-
able ereafmre Of . ring Or clique. Now ia
would he much 70 yonr shame ~ yon did; Il
woaid be 10 The shame Of the whole American
nenssle IL sasa representatives as y0a are should
have 80 little discrimination as % choose any
smeh snvsrrserviceabie creature. and I wonld
like 70 see iace 10 fare the man wfio eoaId
suppose that I wo4ld be szch = eTeafnFe.
sell ron, democrats, If be had honor
and truth IN him would make him eat his
declaration, but Il he had no honor and no
truth IN him, but VAS a mere p0lilTeal trifer
woald treat Kim with the scorn and contempt
he would deserve lAppianse. But rings
and cliques are just as natural as political
rivalry, and no honorable man 10 politics
dare gaiusay that fact. SO far as am con-
eeFnei ] consider such tallras mere bosh-T
was going 20 say trash, but The term Il not
perhaps parliauarntary. ] speak Of IL to ron
with the same frankness that do tersouaily.
and individually, and do not choose 10 say
as your candidate euteide ofthis hall what I
cannot sly here 20 the delegates who nomi-
nsted me for Governor Nv conscience viii
never allow any man 10 come between me and
the democratic party never. tGreat APP
plause
81 want every democrat IL the State "a
give me his assistance whilst overcome this
monstro' comb: nation a men knoE today
As che Frpabiiean party. lsay this tnonsirolls'
combination Of mea, aud all history in Amer
lea shows no parallel 10 IL. Twenty years
ago 70 save the life Of the nation everything
was permitted. Five hundred millions 81
dollars were collected from the people M A
cost Of os1c hundred Millions corrupt cost
an acknowledged tact, acknowledged BY the
government and acknowledged by the Official
report OF the republican Congress made 10
me repLb icin go.e ninent, that ont Of Eve
hundred million dollars one hundred millions
went into the pockets Of the collectors. From
that day 10 this, fellow-democrats remember
Il, through nearly twenty years no crime
known 70 the law, NO crime denounced By the
law, has been omitted from the current of
pubic liie. An extraordinary statement 70
make IN the face Of a free and intelligent peo-
plel Bribery, perjury and forgery-ihe three
most contemplate crimes denounced by the
laws Of God and man-are the three great
crimes 20 which the chiefs OF the republican
party resorted in order 20 inaugurAie when
they could not elect President Of the United
States. No man doubts il; every man ex-
ctses u, every man regrets IL, every republic
csn as well ~ every democrat regrets that
the country could be brought to 50 low a Ditch.
20 great Is the patronage this government
that although We stand today With an ae-
knowledged majority we can not install a
President. In the election Of 1876 Tilden had
more than 100000 votes more than Hayes,
and yet Hayes was President. In the election
OF 1880, when it came TO Hancock rather than
I1iden, shocked and trembling ut the crimes
To which they were driven, the republican
party, fearing the necessity for such crimes.
took the money from the public treasury and
expended IL in the presidential election in
order that they might not have TO commit
perjury and forgery to get President after
the election.
Fellow-democrats, say Il is no seasau to
stop by the way until you have rescued the
country from these abuses. Your points of
difference in home politics sink into the Ear
distance and beCome insignificant. | have
covered more time than [ intended. I in
tended to eonine myself 10 my thanks, and
TO reserve for some other occasion any refer
ence at all TO the merits of the canvass. But
naturally influenced by the surroundings and
Icy the presence of those who have been so
intimately associated with me in the past,
have given expression 20 more general views;
but know have nothing TO regert, and |
but express the sentiment Of every democrat
in Maryland when say what do" lLoud
applause