American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1868-01-04
IGen. Ord's Convention Order !,

1ucN COiOftu peTSOIlS elfCtm
this "black and tan " convocatio
are not designated in any way, an
We do not know, therefore, how man
negroes there are in the motley cor
Germ, nor does it matter much, W
imagine, as the black men clecte,
could not be whit more ohiectiona
ble to the great body of M;ssissip
plans than the white Radical rascal
(reaegade Southrons and Yankees)
who pandered to the base passion
and prejudices OF an inferior race il
order to secure Office and put none,
in their pockets. Their own self
ACKNOWLEDGMENT was their only aim
AS long as they can use the negro tt
subserve their selfish purposes, they
will make all kinds OF hypocritica'
professions of frienefship for him,
bur as soon rs they find they can no
longer do that, they will "drop him
like hot potato" no longer treat
him as ga man and a brother nor
care "a continental whether he has
suffrage or suffering. This has been
the history of the Yankees treat
ment of the negro ever since they
began to kidnap him from his native
jungles in Africa, to the present peri
Cd, and it will I've so to the end of
time. "The leopard cannot change
his spots nor the Ethiopian his skim"
: nor can the Yankee change his in.
bred nature-his leading characters
ties being selfaggrandlzement and
greed of gain, and their cry, (like
that Of the horse leech, "give. give!
give!!D money! money! money -!
first, last, and all the time
But if We contemn and denounce
the men of northern birth and educa-
tion who come among us to gloat
over our misfortunes, batten upon
our substance, and, by pandering to
ithe prejndices, exciting the passions,
apa playing upon the rredulity of
the ignorant negro, for the purpose
of h0isting themselves into places of
power and emolument, what must be
."ourieeling Of contempt, loathing and
utter dctestatiOn for the Southern
ibernman who deserts his native South
nsfhis her hour of travail and deem.
est atfiiction, and assists in the I'M
holy and despicable purpose of fran.
ing tyranuical and dcspotic laws for
the government of his former friends
snd MISUNDERSTANDING the ines.
Unable privilege of the ballot upon
the former slave. bcsotted in ignor-
ance and superstition, as he is, and
DISTINGUISHING the best and most in
'telIigent of his own race-elevating
the ignoble and unlettercd, and de.
grading the noble and the learned
"Breathes there = man with soul SO dead,
Who never to himself hath said
This is my own, m! native land'
Yes, we blush to say it, just such
miserable creatures do "livc, and
move, and have their being right
here in Mississippi, and a few such
wretches will be in the piebald Con
vention to assemble in Jackson on
Tuesday next, for the purpose oftear.
ing our present Constitution into !
tatters, and substitute therefor an
instrument to suit the calibre of the .
niger and the malevOlence of the
scoundrels Of Radicalism.
The Constitution of this niger
ConventiOn-in which it is 10 he
hoped no decent white delegate will
take Seat-will doubtless be trip
licate OF the Alabama and Louisiana
Conventions already held. They will
disfranciiise and tax our leopic to
the utmost extent they will re-Or-
ganize the Militia of the State, and
fasten upon us horde OF militia off
GERS, with high salaries. as,i ti,ey will
create additional civil Offices, With
view of filing both the militar, and
civil list with members of ttseir Own
party. Acting uPOa the idea of the
negro In the Louisiana Convention
who said he bad been a slave long
time and now wanted to get all the
money lie could, they will no doubt
vote themselves eight or ten dollars
per diem, and forty cents mileage.
by the longest route, and levy a spe
;ial tax upon the lehite propert $ hold J
,rs Of the State to foot the bill! Q
1t is confidently believed. however,
hat whatever this Radical ronclare =
nay hatch out, will be easily defeat !,
d at the ballot box, when submitted +
o the people for their ratification. u
md therein Is our hope. a
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