American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-11-20
MistclIancOus.
AN HONE q c?EECH BY a NoBLE
TTsStssIPPIAN.
ADDRESS EN ibT. C1MPTON or MAESHAIL
On 1HE POLITICAL SITUATION

FeIiOir CH'-eHS: | have for some
time desired an opportunity make
Il sh0lt adde's 10 the people of
MAJ dtal county u,On the questions
involved ih the political canvaSs
upon Wn;ch ;lic rival candidates. ior
state offices hAvc now fully entered;
not because | deem my opinions 10
be oi Snch great importance that
the ruhiic should have the benefit
of them. lut for thp l""son that |
am aware my political Status has
! hrca. aEd is sill being. Subjected 10
an uuiair- if not an uniIiendly. cfili-
cisIn. Having served you in the
capacity oi representative, on
t'i'"e occasions. elected each time
ny thc most complimentary majoI'i-
! ties. | recognize in you tue right TO
canvass my views, whatever they
may Gn. lul al tie same time | claim
ior niy~,i, the privilege Of a fair and
candid Ee"rin".
/ For ScVc ut mOntis. some OF the
I - W.Ia sC,S Oft'e State have CON
/ II 's':N 'hY " ne with such hints and
.T"i GINS as have given ne Il celeb
- - rl J WAS not entitled. and
a'rCty. g. Y wrich cpl t;,inly did not
'r-iiy. II mas been pretty strongly
i, nate'' HAT | have gone over "a
lie i;c,c ply. Briefly. pointed
! u #th co'l''a; ;'r,,liv, his is ret SO
So "a" -cln tbs being tlue. | have
net "dN"nrcd il nat direction sGlli
ricH'l ~ ii" 10 enable me to eSpousC
Hrnub'ir;niSm even in the sugar
coated i,nm as represented by thf
Dent ti-lct, | Was opposed to thC
Dent movement from the beginning
and have vet to be convinced of tii'
wisdom of that stroke OF pol lea
. policy.
No principles could, by the elec
tirn of that ticket, be secmed - IOl
upon the adoption Of the ide;
of National Republican party
B. eye.y pTiuciple for which we eve
con'cn;,cd was abandoned. was
lncrcloir, opposed to the movemen
because Dent WAS a Republican.
had been Taught to oppose. with a
my might, the encrOacilnents of RI
publican power and sen imeh,s upo
the institutions f the State.
Ia 1860 | voted for that GiStil
-uiShed statesman and nai lot II
Gently dead. joan Bell. Of Teme e,
iOr President, a"ainst The first ahe
) lie OF Rcpu1'icanism, Abraham l..
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