The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1869-08-28
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gentleman tho following heIl, Bog.
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/ for a-kiuE your attention ~ my lct.
. tcr and less tor the nature Of its
contents. Son were the first to dr.
ny the political orthodoxy ot my
friends and myself, and by all The
rules Of the forum | am entitled ~
a defense Again, you bold an
office Of the Republic, aud your acts,
therefore, are Legitimate subjects oi
criticism by the humblcst citizen
thereof But in some respects we
are alike; for instance, we are both
aspirants for place, with this differ
encc; YOU aim to be the next Pre.i-
dent, with every assurance of sue
cess, except in the opinion of the
people; while | seek an humber
place, with my hopes in disastrou.
eclipse, except in the Judgment oI
+ Mississippi So, in the probable re,
suits of the future, we both stand
F; adverse to the Judgment Of tn,
i country.
> ain the pursuit of your ambition
l you are INSCRIPTIONS as to tn,
: means of your success. Your organ
. the New York S,m, in the sam,
breath ridiculcs the capacity of you,
r. master, and dwclls with emphasis OF
your peculiar fitness for his office.
"Iour excellent tool, Mr.. Tullock
Z became so reckless in the manipula
tion of your department in the in
tcrest of your ambition, and so de
l. fant of the wishes of the Presiden
. and the country, that to save your
) self from an explosion of popula
Indignation you found it convenien
Il to transfer him to another sphere c
scandalous activity, where his talent
. might be exerted with equal etfeC
u and less etfrontcry.
9 "Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi
;. ;. and Texas, not to mention anythin
so humble as myself, were obstru'
'i tons in the way of your success
), because, through President Grant
III intervention in excluding the pr
9 scriptivc clauses from their organ
laws, these States are brought I'M
''' the Union firmly welded to his SUI
It port. Now, this is in direct conAi
with your systematized plans; f'
" " what General Grant gets in the ne,
% election, clearly Mr.. Boutwell, W,
u, not get; and therefore you have d.
u nounced the Conservative Republ
IL cans who are for Grant, that yo
q may obtain the proscriptive Repu|
hcans, who are for Boutwell,; al
= by some strange dexterous manag
y ment, an occult political stratcg
=, you have so worked upon the COZ
% fidence of the President as to eau
n him to flourish the club with whic
% you intend to break his head,
,o inducing him to join you in denu
Il citation of the Conservative Repu
40 licans, party created by his ma
= nanimity, and triumphant throus
,e his management.
,;s "But, sir, your purpose is easi
! discerned, and has a twofold obje'
namely: to destroy the Nation
On Republican party in the South, al
IN then to reconstruct from its shattc
a ed fragments Boutwell, party, WI
". no Richmond in the field to stri
II for your crown. But if you cam
700 succeed in this scheme of despert
We enterprise, you mean to ruin--a
N; suit, from present appearances, mu
TO more likely reached.
ro "Your official Intervention
| Wells, for instance, gave thil
"a thousand majority for Walk
nit Your letter to Stokes gave Tenn
nd see to Senter by an overwhelmi
~ vote of seventy thousand. Yt
marvellous political sagacity, II
ION active in Mississippi and Texas, v
we repeat your calamity, and ag
or overwhelm you with discomft
re. and defeat. Superadd to these
on suits of your unapproachable 70
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