Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1884-03-06

last great and worthy etAort, he, like
unto the proverbial ugly md spiteful
COW pardon the comparison; we mean
IN oct only unceremonious kicks the
m1k-or cream-of his able and con-
else argument into "smithereens" in
his over anxiety to make 40 imagina-
ry point against US land over our
head, to revile some of his innocent
neighbors, as well) by his unfortunate,
as we'll as blindly unjust, reference
therein to that party as endorsing men
for office who, latter making rromi-
sea, resort to subterfuges and aecep-
tions to evsde the duty resting on
them because of their laeks vi Spt 81
courage" This is~a prettsssisseng
condemnation and represeA II lion, and
strikes us just about what "Senex, in
large part, so justly deplores, If ii is
reaIly correct and what "Junius has
hitherto as stoutly denied, if we have
read him Alright. From this grave
though reckless--charge, friend "Ju-
Mus" coming from the house Of their
friends (?) and the defender Of their
faith, if true--and surely you would
not knowingly be untruthful cannot
"Senex," with an unpleasant degree
of exactness, and in the words of your
own language, "intelligently and truth
fully assert that the gentlemen he
names, who failed IN the last fe,O years
to secure the positions they aspired to,
would have performed the duties re-
CURED of them in (a) better manner
than those who were elected?
0 "Junius,' Junius thou insati-
ate, concise and didactic scribe why,
o why did you spread and strad
die so, and thus, unconsciously, in
the very hour of your deserved victo-
ry, qtUe a,cay yo,tr 1ohoIe case to the
sad lamentations of the dlaconsolate
and vanquished "Senex' as lie retired
or was driven--from the sanguina-
ny feld2
Deem not, Messrs Editors, by these
"brief and off handed--though, we
trust, definite rehections--that we
thereby intimate our readiness to fur
ther crafty the Unsuitable desire Of
this non-prolix (?) and professional
controversial for additional conquests
and revelry in literary gore" on this
or any other topic, for your usually
well-filled columns would certainly
prove insufficient Tor the acGommoda-
ton of two such spreading strad-
dIers' as he has shown us both TO be-
But, in closing we will again say to
him, that it is one Of our crude no
tions that he and his eRthn gastic coll
league--as minister or preacher of
the gospel" would meet with more
lasting and better success il their con-
else effort" in behalf Of true temper
auce reform were addressed to the
soul" rather than "appli9d to the
stomach" alone, through legislative
or public enactment--the latter of
which, az we may have remarked be-
fore, seems to be their sine qua NON in
temperance reform, but which does
not and cannot secure thdt true re-
form we all so ardently desire to see.
To the advocacy Of this phase Of tenn
perance reform we have repeatedly in
vited them both (and by one Of them
under another more Terminate and
pleasing "1on' de plume, we were
fatty refused for fear Of appearing
oflcious ~ but the faiatsst re-
sponsive echo we have sorrowfully
failed to observe; yet Because of this
unseemly neglect, We don't feel at
liberty to reciprocate in kind and thus
fraternally place them in "lold oppo-
sition'' thereto, or ~ making excuses
for rum-sellers. And while they are
so lavishingly expanding their ener-
gies in behalf of local optioa-which
is not to be refused if regarded or en-
forced--let them, again WI say, no
longer neglect to be, if necessary, a
little "oficious" in dropping kind
QD word Of personal admorition and
timely warning into the ears Of the
pitiable and unfortunate errlng around
and about them-thuS, az we'll as By a
higher personal example, showing 10
such, who are passing 50 RAPIDLY down
to both physical and spiritual destruc-
ton, that Melr redemption or safety
lies not so much in kegal snasion, but
in the strict observance Of true tenn
peronce, as embodied in total and
complete abstinence from all spiritu-
GUS and malt liquors, as well as from
the various other batting decoctions
labeled wines.
OF such, in the languag, Of the i'm
mortal William, we would say 20
thou invisible spirit Of wine if thou
hast no name to be called by let ua
call thee devil T.
So, brethren, come to the rescue Of
the perishing, noV, q little, as you
Justly delve in the labyrinths Of the
future for the benefit Of an apprecia'
tive q posterity.
But, Messrs. Editors, to close this
abstruse verbosity, we again beg par
don for this elongated trespass upon
your valuable space and the patience
of your many readers, and We trus
for the last time on this threadbart
: subject, we subscribe ourself: Your
for temperance reform in all its phases
} and legitimate forms,
March 6, l884-lt.