American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-09-25

publicans were already dead with
the administration. But we eX-
pressed our opinion of this, last
week, and must hasten to close.
We see Democratic journals with
Republican platform and ticket head
ing their columnS-commending Re
publican carpet baggers and scala
wags as the only hope of the Com
monwea;h, and a defeated constitu
ton to the support of the same vot- |,
ers who rejected and spurned it. We !
hear them say, "Judge Dent, Gen'l !
Lowery aud Mr.. Thomas Sinclair"!
We see seventy Thousand Demo
crats-sworn foes Of Radicalism in
every fOrm-beating blindly about,
not knowing what to Scorning
to endorse party whose only com
mendatiOn is, that it is SAID to be not
quite so bad as another very bad
party-and many Of them resolving
to do nothing. But there IS some
thing for them to do: There is a
great responsibility to themselves
and their pOsterity for THE PEOPLE
of Mississippi to discharge great
duty to perfOrm-and, we believe,
they lriH perform it. Indeed, they
have already commenced it.
4 convention of the people of East
Mississippi will be held at Meridian,
on Monday next, September 2S,) to
oppose and prevent the sale of our
our organization This Is the star
in the East" the beacon light of
hope to all true, faithful Mississlp-
plans. If the convention takes (as
we are assured it WILL the proper
action i'll this emergency, there will
be such a fire of enthusiasm lighted
in the land as shall sweep away the
bOastcd strength of our enemies as
quickly as the lava-food destroys
the rank Sicilian weeds. We can
defeat our enemieS-we can save the
fair repute of our grand old State
among nations, ana our own good
names among men; and THE PEOPLE
lciH do it.
Democrats, Mississipians, awake
: The hour of the death struggle is
| nigh. Awake and go forth to Ger
tain victory. Sleep now, and ALL i,
lost, even Honor. We call upon YOU
by the proudest appellation that il
, known to the peoples of earth = thu
grand old name of SoUTHRoNS-
if there be any supineness anon:
| you, shake it off!
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~ Some few of the "dyed-in-the
/ wool" Democrats intend to have
: Convention Of their own in Jackson
on or about the 14th October, for TIL
, purpose ofnominating Il State ticket
They seem disposed to 90 on til
= "rule or ruin ORDER If they cal
J succeed in their scheme. they wi
n have the consolation Of throwing TIL
+ State into the power of the Radica
= Republican party. Let theirs b
= the comfort, in so doing.
/ We clip the above from the Colum
bus Sentinel. "From the lights b(
e fore u.s." we think it quite likely til
e Convention referred to will he hello
!. If it should be, as we hope it will,
II will nominate ticket of good an
/ true men-Old Mississippians-me
a Of unquestiOned and unquestionabl
IT patriotism, mot set of chronic o
q flee seekers, but men Of the people
IS who will take the field and fight fc
It principle, instead of mere erpedienc
G. 1t is not yet recorded that such
he ticket cannot carry this State. TT
', Democracy carried the State la
10 year by eight thousand. But Shout
E. it not carry the State, and shoul
y the result be, as the Sentinel SUI
ne gests to throw the State into IL
4 hands of the other wing of the r
q publicanS, we demur most positive
G. to the SentiHerS affixment Ito coin
III wOrd) of the responsibility. III
y Democratic Executive Committe
IN and their little clique of advisers al
D. manipulatorS around Jackson, W
III be responsible for the whole thin
lg BY what sort of hocus-pocus lege
Is demain, and by what authority d
Is, they undertake to transfer the G
III tire Democratic party of sixty-ti'
N, thousand over to q little squad
IL, dissatisfied Republicans that couIdl
al have counted two thousand in t
IN whole State? Men of pride al
ID principle are not to be husstl
III about from one party to nnotht
no Having adopted set of principl
last year, and triumphed with thel
III they are not going this year to " e
ne dirt" stultify and ego back on the
~ selves at the dictation of u SOU;
M Of political tricksters and party ma
~ ayers that burrow about Jackso
MI No, verify.
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no THE New York Eyening Post m,
lions as u remarkable feature of t
no fall trade in that city this year t
III fact that Southern buyers are the
Ow in large force, and that they ha
OIL become the mOSt desirable custo
"a erS in the market. Western m
r. chants, it says, complain of t
VI stringency of money and bad C
III lection of outstanding debts, viii
his necessarily comes home to the n
by York wholesale merchants. indie,
of says the Post, the Western trade
l.. in a very unsatisfactory state. NJ
''' chants here complain that the w,