American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1867-05-11
THE soUTHHi NssITuAr1or7.
From the New York Day P.s4l
The Aunusta (Ca.l Constitutiono


firm and unmoyed amid the chao
} around it, has the follpEing:
"Hon. A: II. stepfaTis arrived il
this city Sunday Eenin'-, He is il
feeble health, and s ca.ied here OF
professional duti' We enjoyed {
brief conversation with Kim politi
cal affairs, but do not feel at liberty
to report it. Wew1ll say is much
we are confirmed in the course whicl
we have marked out, orrather whicl
honor has marked out forcMs to FOL
low" ~ "a
This shows ,bcs a.. ,ie,s. Of Mr.
Stephens remain unchanged, ant
when we consider that not one of the
old and trusted leaders of the South
if we except that mercurial gentlf
man of South Carolina, Gov. Orr
have spoken to advise "acceptance" o.
the Amalgamation Bill, NE can readily
understand that public opinion there
is not now fairly reflected. Where
are Senator Hunter, Ex-Governor
Wise, and VIM. G. Rives. of Virginia
Where Robert Toombs and Ex-Gov,
ernOr Crawford, Of Georgia2 Where
Bedford Brown and W. A. Graham.
of North Carolina Where James
Chestnut and w. w. Boyce, of South
Carolina Scores might be mention
ed whose voices have always been
heard heretofore, but now it should
be remembered that Southern States
have no freedom of sperch-no real
freedom of the press. Men are COM
PEELED to crush their thoughts in their
bOsoms. The cruel hand of military
oppression is nj on them, and yet,
with these facts, well known to
every intelligent person in the North,
we hear people say "the South is 60
ing in for negro suffrage" the South
is not SO afraid Of negro equality as
you Copperheads Of the North" etc,
etc. 1t is a wonder that such words
do not stick in the throats of the
guilty supporters Ofmilitary tyranny.
The Southern people, crushed, hui
inflated, starved, suffering from in
Vulnerable woes and threatened with
the uncorked vengeance of Mongrel
malignity. stand like a hunted deer
at bay. The abolition hounds sur
sound them onlayery side. Which,
ever way M / snS4 is death. The
Democra sde Sof the North for
shame b6 5,ltaESsn, has uttered no
word -.pf 4ple, against the vilest
ever disgr;sa 'ra y, til since the
President, Pre- + ,qui,N N'''f red rec lon on south ;Sn
ern soil, alg aid CpJthe masses by |
parentage and education, sits still /
and allows Congress to carry ont
amalGamation of the races at the
point of the bayonet! When he
commenced his career, the Mongrels
trembled at his power. Now they
laugh at his inCompetency and sncer
at his cowardice. Nearly the whole
North seems to have lost all courage
and manhood. No matter how ex-
trcme the demands oftiIe Amalgama-
ton party, We will find men calling
Democrats, who stand
ready to throw up their hand and cx.
claim, "Well, we suppose there is no
use in resisting them. They are in ,
evitable." :
When such demcnted and coward ,
ly behavior passes tol craftsmanship,
it is no wonder that people, OK ,
hausted by four years bloody war. :
and sill crushed by military power, :
should show signs of doubt and !
but on the whole, we see 7
10 marked evidences Of dcmoraliza. 1;
ion at the South. The oldest and !,
most trusted journals resist the !
Amalgamation policy, The ablest :
nd truest men are silent. There ;,
re, we regret to say, some painful !,
RECEPTIONS to these statements, but =
7hen it is understood that nothing :,
he Southern States can do will sc. !,
ure their admission to Congress, h
Mess they elect such men as Brown. ;,
,w, and Hunnicutt, and Jack Hamil- y
IN, men who can be depended upon .
} sustain the Mongrel party in all :,
lings, we imagine change will q
)me over the face of their dreams. =.
he offer of civil government on the II
herman bill, is simply blind to do a
way with the charge of forcing ~
irect and unending military govern. II
ent on the South 1t was believed y,
, have been constructed with such ".
Igenious malignity, that no respect. a,
Die Southern man could endorse it, or
I'd that all action under it would ny
suit in placing the mean whites " or
ld negroes in power, thus securing ra
e vote of those States in the next vi
election to the Mongrel wI
lrty. Through force and fraud. a;
is reSolt will very surely he accom- Wi
ished, unless party of pluck and re,
roiSm arise in the North. Ii the at
masses could be aroused. In,
the vital and tangible issue of do
should be met with M
ereT and distinctneSS, as it was in to
we could carry every M
)rthern State except Vermont, fo,
and Rhode Island; "a
4 if We lie down in the gutter OF St
pedIency, five roll over in Mcngrel 60,
nd, if we cOwardly forsake the de- On,
ice of American civilization and do
nerican Democracy, and, asserting :
the Mexicanizing, MOngrelizing