Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1895-11-01

BFAuvUE, Oct , 2sth, 1895.

/ OFAIFUE, OCt Sotn, 4c3O.
Messrs. Editors:-Your correspondent.
"a Democra" has granted yen permission
TO make known 10 me his identity, but
viii not trouble you for the information as
IL was given TO me some time ago by a
Republican official in this county. am
sorry 10 have wounded the formers feelings
by abiding to him as Republican. II
seems 30 make him kind -er sore like, yet
this very fact leads me % believe that he il
half republican and ashamed of his asso
ciaies, and trust ere the 5th of November
the veil Of delusion which has obstructed
his view will have been lifted, 30 that he
may see the error Of his ways and cause
him TO come back in the fold and vote as
"a Democrat" should.
He tells Us that he is "a democrat from
principle" yet, from bis writings one would
judge with republican inclinations, coali
ton which must confess do not under.
stand and as arm unable TO define his posi-
ton will leave 10 to the consideration of
your readers. In future shall speak of him
as democrat-republican know not how
others view it, but to me IL seems a little
inconsistent that he, supporting as he does
a republican nominee for Governor, should
claim 10 be a better democrat than Senator
German because the latter officiated with
republicans thirty years ago. think tie
Senator should be commended for being
converted TO the principles of democracy
We are taught that there is ''more joy over
the repentance OF one sinner, than Of ninety
nine just"
Mr.. German was then as now a wise
man, he found THAT he was in bad company
and calling his quondam friends around
him he saith TO them. Il thought was
in the home Of patriots, but find am in
den Of thieves, sn will get me out of
here" and forthwith he got, and hence
forth associated with honest men, and 10.
in after years when he had become power
ful, certain men being jealous, arose against
him, and he was made To exclaim in the
language of David. Some of my friends
and my neighbors have drawn near and
stood against me. they have rendered evil
for good, and have detracted me-. because
/ followed the dictates Of my conscience,
hut saith TO them the majority will no;
forsake re, / shall yet shake John E., by
the hand as Governor of Maryland Now
Messrs. Editors aside from ievity, will
say TO your democrat-republican cores
pendent, as have said before, did not
admire Senator Germans course whilst in
the Senate, but his recent speeches. and the
present condition of the Treasury convince
me that he acted for the best interest ofthe
party. We have at last, and under the
German Wilson h;ll, revenue surplus in
sight. The receipts for the past month
exceeded the demands upon the Treasury
by $4,000 600. The defect Of the past two |
years, is thing of the past, and yet there |
are certain calamity howle-s whose hearts |
grow sad at the evidence of prosperity un
der. democratic rule because it explodes |
certain theories which they advanced |
These men touched not in the heart with a
spirit Of patriotism, but rather with greed |
for Office, would willingly sacrifice their
country, in order to regain power, and
accomplish their selfish ends.
Your correspondent tells us that it is
foolish tn revert to the miserable evils of
the republicans in the sixties, and agree
with him that it is not necessary to go back
50 far, when the whole republican record is
replete with atrocities too numerous to
mention, which were perpetrated upon the
people when they were powerless TO help
themselves. If the Force Bill had become
law we would not now have Mr. Cleve-
land as President, nor any show to elect a
democrat 10 office. The same spirit that
dictated and the same passions that prompt
ed TO every species of infamy for the &C
complishment of their insidious purposes,
exist in the republican party today as they
did thirty years ago, and only await an
opportunity to kindle the latent spark with
new life No honest or rejecting man can
review the past without being convinced
that have good grounds upon which to
base my assertions.
Now, in regard to Senator German being
instrumental in nominating Mr.. Hurst for
Governor, would not the same claim have
been put Up if Judge Fisher, Mr.. Hayes or
any other candidate had been nominated?
Suppose for instance one of the last men,
TONED had secured the nomination-there
certainly was probability at one time
would any democrat have been justified in
refusing his support, or boiling the party,
because the object of his choice was unsuc-
cessful Ifso, it is useless to have primary
elections in the future ! do not question
the right Of anv man to vote as his con-
science dictates, but I do contend that the
principle is wrong which prompts him to
defeat his party in order to have revenge on
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