Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1892-03-31

CoMMUNICATRp.l
- TME RUBxxC.
| did not begin personalities with any
one. In the controversy on fhe subjecg ii
high license. Nor did desise ever 70 hare
personal controversies with sny one. But
/ an always willing and ready 10 defend
meaeif against personal assaults Of any
kind.
Doct Blackstone In his card calling for
. public meeting, made the first assault On
me, By writing Thus, Sol. Dent called for
taxpayer convention &C. ssten=5ly %
consider the subject Of road repairs &C"
Here In the very beginning. he makes .
charge Of attempted deception on my part,
whereas the call made set forth fully the
object Of the cali In the meeting which
assembled. In obedience 70 his call, as
Leonardsown en- the 26th Of january last.
according 10 his remarks, Al reported, on
that occasion, he said athey had outlived
their usefulness, and ought 20 leave their
Country for their Country,s good"-a favor
lie and sort of stereotyped remark Of the
Doct's..
/ noticed slightly, these attempted as
PERSONS and slurs. in very brief address
TO the Taxpayers Of the county.
AL his cards have been personal, and II
IL he that has shirked the real issue before
the people, from the beginning. He has
taken the whole effort Of the advocates Of
high license as specially aimeiat himself
an assumption by no means crsditable %
his taste. or innocence.
he has even affected tragedy, and killed
Cesar. and graveiy tells the public, that be
reserves the same dagger for himself. when
ever amy people demand my death" Very
noble and self sacrificing
He has charged that the high license
people seek 10 break up his business, and
beggar his family. He forgets his honor
able profession. He forgets his valuable
farms. He forgets his profitable summer
resort, and makes these subsidiary to his
liquor selling.
In his card noticing the letter of Cardi-
nal Gibbons, he assails me by innuendo,
as having cheated Priest &c. And when
informed Of his error by the BEACON Edi-
tors, as well as myself, he still harps upon
II, and says; at is rather queer that man
living out Of the State should write the
letter TO the Cardinal and effort (note the
wnrdl from him q letter on high license
&C. The Doctor night reasonably have
inferred. that he had property interests in
the county, which have been informed Is
the case.
The Doctor has boosted himself mp as the
special Champion of the poor man. Quere!
Let others judge If the Doctor has not
in the past. smirched or shall not in the
future smirch his own character, more than
have in the past, or shall in the future, il
will bear the most crucial test Of examina-
ton. Upon ones own conduct, depends
the good or bad name that viii attach to
q reputable or disreputable life. BY this
rule, oil men are judged. All men are
more blind TO their own faults, than others
are blind to them. There Is no exception
TO this rule, and there isno exemption from
il. If one call others hard names. or i'm
putes TO others wrong. or sordid motives for
their acts, he may expect tetort in kind,
and often with vigorous interest Neither
the monster jealousy, nor the demon envy
should usurp the throne Of reason.
The real issue of the contest Ia this
whether the taxpayers shall be saddled
with the entire county expenses growing
out of the prosecutions for the broils, riots,
fights and worse crimes, caused by whiskey
drinking, amounting it has been shown, to
many thousand dollars, or whether the
sellers of these inioxicants shall pay part
of these expenses, by paying county, as
well as State license.
No assault upon individuals can divert
the tax payers from the real issue, and no
charge that |. or others have tried to divert
public attention from the real issue, can
avail SO as to keep public attention from il.
No heap of personal rubbish upon its
advocates, can divert public attention from
the real issue--high-license Label IL as
you may ii Is labeled to stay. and will win
its way TO the popular heart, whose throb-
bings have already indicated that IL must
prevail. Il can not be downed. II has
been tried and proved in Baltimore City,
Baltimore county and other counties, and
win be in several more, as indicated by
petitions to the present Legislature.
Let all its opponents possess their souls
and tempers in patience. Time will prove
the correctness Of our judgment, and time
will prove the value 70 the people Of the
county, of high license, or some other equal
restrictions on the sale of intoxicants in the
county.
Respectfully,