American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-01-16
brelhrenl areiN awakening T. hopes in the
min dsAol the Southern Deople hich are 4

brelhrenl are1i aw akening T. hopes in the
;mindssoi the Southern people..which are
doomed to be disappointed; that, in their
anxiety to look upon the bright side of
the Southern futuie, they are making too
much Of ,erys trihing and Insignificant
circumstances. We also fear that some
Of them are INDUCING the hope that
General Grsnt can be fattered into a
pulley Of justice and moderation.
For our own part, we are free to COZ :
Tess chat we have failed to detect a sir
de act or II single utterance Vi ich gives
the taiutest promise Of ether. On the
contrary, every word which has thus far
fallen from his lips, and every demon
sraiiun, few and indsInct Though they
are, together with his anecedrnts, con-
irm the Tears which have, all along,
forced themselves upon our minds, that
y" has bern. is now. ami will be the
plant tool in the han Is Of the bold, bad
men who will srule ..,,the, ReilcaI party.
| The favorable construction pa upon the
few sylables which have tllen from
him since the election, weScannot but re-
gard as forced and far fetched. The
/ thousand and one little speeches and j.
cidrnts which have been attributed to
him, are either untrue, or without
signifcan. G. Nothing, absolutely noth.
iRg, has get emonated from him upon
nbica nee can logically base singir
hoDes; dad it is not 1ciSe on or part to
0EIuIJe hopes 'chjch haze no toaAlatiOa,
We believe General Gran! to be "a very
weak though perhaps not bad man;
THAT he is addicted to personal vices
hict wholly unfit him for the duties of
his great office; and that he is complete
lY in the hands of the bitleresi. the
wickedest. ami The ablest enemies OF our
section and people.
That tie Reconstruction measures
will tail in the hands of President Grant,
and hat rupture between him and the
, Radical leaders may be the result Of that
failure, is rather more than probable.
But it will not be in consequence Of
either Grants ability or conservatism.
It will be because the reconstruction laws
contain, within themselves. the elements
of their own defeat. They ae self
defeating as wiz be fully demonstrated
az SOM as their execution is committed
to friendly hands,
For ourselves, we have only TO bide
our time. Our true course is one OF
di Quilted silence and patience. For
some time to come we may expect to
suffer ANNOYANCE, insult and pillage; and
we have serious apprehe sions ha during
the continuance of these evils, we may
lock for neither sympathy nor aid from
President Grvnt.
Let us, therefore, look to ourselves.
and ourselves alone. Fall back upon the
manhood which has been 50 Z lorlously
displayed in the past. Dcvelope the
boundtess resources Of our country;
diversity the pursuits Of onr people;
place dependence Vp0n R0He bit G0d
and our olc@ energies, aud our native
land will once more be prosperous aud
her people grea'.
We agree with our contemporary
in toto on this subject. Let the
proyila,t o,o.t DIVA sam, subston.
+;,I ir+imo4io, of , conservative
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la r,t;,,,l ro+ so.tiorol. ,o+,i,ti,.
no+ n,r.;son. ,,,J co ,oo, ,s his r.,
lo,a -, r,;,I ho ,o,,1r 70 ;o;o !, ,bn
general cry of ''iIail to the Chien'