Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-10-18

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WAenIxcToH, ID. C., Oct. 18th, 1883.
Messrs. Editors While not fasendine to
again notice TIE continued and easy billings
gate Of your odiferous correspondent, HI. B..
nor, in any way, c0ntrpverlitsg his right 10
have and express an opinitn in decent or
rentIemanly way, however Questionable aud
erroneous fhafopini0n may be, yet Il again be-
comes our painful duty 20 cali attention, brief
", 20 the fact that, IN bis apparent anxiety 70
emit a few more new and additional misrep-
vaccinations. he again draws literally n3on
that easy and convenient imagination which
has served him % wei f2l IN The past. He
intimates thereby that the Post0lIice Depart
nent RAvoRs A0ther lottery companies''
while Prosecuting the louisiana Company,
which Is not the case. They aEs all placed
under the same ban, ~ regards the use Of
the II. n. mails, without favor CT partially.
So, also, III THE correspondence Of ali houses
IL immortality and haunts 0f vice, as well as
fraudulent business" excluded from the
mails BY The postal laws and regulations Of
the Department, when known BY the Post
Office Officials 70 be such. Again, H. b.
thinks be has performed most wonderful
feat when lie essays 20 reveal % the terrible
wickedness n the republican party IN legal
ling this Louisiana Lottery @fraud" las
even HK now calls it---when that party held
possession Of the State government. This
Is truly an important as well as most dam.
aging discovery" But, II. b., let's see
how this revelation" corresponds with the
facts in the case. The republican party was
fraudulently dcposed from possession Of the
Louisiana State government IN March 1877.
Nearly three years thereafter, IN Dec. 1879,
when the democracy held full sway, the
franchise Of this lottery sfFasd---as you now
20 you 70 your credit, correctly den0m-
mate twas ingrafsed into the STATE Cox
sTTTUTIow, which was submitted by, and
almost exclusively voted for by democrats,
shus taking Il out Of the sphere Of Legislative
control where Il was originally placed Il you
please, ''by the republican party Cd and
thereby intenifying and pcEpctnating the
fraud. IL may he properly mooted que.-
ton. az this late day, however, as % which
parfv originally chartered this concern "fOr
educational and charitablc purposes" for,
during several years between 1866, IN the
carly part of which republican convention
was beesiged and shot out Of existence by
the anti-lottery democracy, and March. 1877,
there were several bodies who. at various
times claimed to be "the Legislature" OF
I4yuisiana with full legislative functions.
However, thst may be, the original enact
ment Of fraud, y as gou now call il not
withstanding its honest and fair manage
Inentp by your good friends Beauregard and
Early, can afford no valid excuse for is sub
seqnent digiication and perpetuatinn CO.
equal with and rs A PART Of their c0nssitu-
ton by the Louisiana democracy. In cUn-
cluion, Messrs. Editors, we cannot deny
ourselves the extreme pleasure Of congFatu-
lating the intelligent and fair minded Of
your many readers and the community, gen
orally. ON the CONVERSION Of our ''euph0ni-
Gus" friend, IT. b. His friends. and mana
gers Of the Louisiana State Lottery fraud
however, may not feel much flattered at tho
sudden and unexpected about face Of their
st. Mary's champion; and "imbecile,' as
we may be-and we are not disposed 10 dis
pute this pnint with our more fortunate
friend, for whom there appears some hope
after alive seem TO have accomplished
some good at least, and according 10 the
saying Of ''the wise mani (not II. b. in
Prov. xxvI--I2, il would appear nOtwith-
standing nur undisputed ''imbecility," that
we still have slight advantage over II. b.
And thus we leave him. Il. 3. b.