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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-08-31
NEal.Sh0lsS Sale.

DY virtue of the charter and ord
ID nance of the city of Canton,
i'll such case made and provided, |
will on
Monday the Cd day of september,
1872, expose for sale in front of the
court house door in the city of Can
ton, at public cutlery, to the highest
and best bidder for cash, the follow
ing described property, levied on
to pay the expense of fixing and
paving sidewalks in front of said
property:
1 lot 75x4OO feet on Peace street,
the property of Mrs. Carrie Fulton,
to be sold to pay the charges for
fixing sidewalks in front OF said lot,
SO 90 all costs.
1 lot 6OX20O feet and all the APP
purterances thereon, corner of Uni
on and Centre streets, the property
of the Mitchell heirs, TO be sold to
pay the charges for paving in front
of same, Sill 80 and all costs.
L. BAILEY,
Mars hal.
Aug. IS, 1S72-tds
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-08-31
Liberal Republican Address.

Elsewhere will be found the adj
dress of Judge AlcOrn, chairman OF
the Liberal Republican Committee.
This Documents addressed mainly
to Republicans from Republican
stand point, and presents ably and
fOrcibly the grounds on which he is
presented for their support. To
quote the language of the Washing.
ton Patyi0t-ssOn the Liberal candi.
date and platform there is broad
point fappMi upon which all good
men can unite their forces to save
the Republic and restore honest
government
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-08-31
Anti-Radicai Nominee-First Dis
trict.

From among the good and true
men whose claims were presented to
the Tupclo Convention, the dele
gates have selected Hon. l.. q. q.
Lamar as the standard bearer of the
sppOsers of the Grant Administra-
ton in the First Congressional Dis
rrict. Doubtless the people will
ratify the nomination, but whether
the Radical Congress will remove
his disabilities is another question.
We fear not.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-08-31
For the CIrIz4.;.
The Radical programme.

Dir. Editor: The Radical pro
gramme of hate, tyranny and Sian
der has received no better iilustra-
] ton than is furnished in Il recent
number of the jackson Pilot. A
correspondent from Holly Springs,
giving an account of Grant meet
ing at that place on August 10th,
states that the "Greeley Democra-
cy" attempted to break up the meet
ing, threatened the colored voters
with personal violence, and fire d
pistol shots at the Court House,
where the meeting was being held.
These are malicious falschoods, ut
tered for the sole purpose of infiam-
ing the minds of cOlpred men i'll
other sections, and keeping up the
passions and bitterness of the war
in the North. Neither the ''Grecley
Democracy nor other parties at
tempted to break up the meeting.
The Radicals had the whole day TO
themselves they began early i'll the
morning by firing anyils, hurrahing
and speaking and kept their eXer-
cises going until II O'Clock at night.
That correspondent wilfuIly u.ters a
taiseliood who says that the Demo
Gratis, the people of Holly Springs
or any persons else, disturbed the
meeting, threatened the colored
voters. or fired pistol shots ut the
Court House, or in any direction on
the night i'll question. That the
whole account is taischoou, dclib-
erately told for dcvillsh purposes,
! there is abundant proof. But one
pistol was fired during the evening.
That occurred $50 feet from the
Court House, and the bullet took a
! direction away from said place ;
moreover, the firing of that one PTS
! toll shot had nothing whatever to do
with the Grant meeting. And,
again that one harmless shot, which
has afforded the fertile brain OF a
| lying sianderer material for a dozen
falschoods, was fired by Il colored
man named Smith, who cooks at
Schuyler's hotel. The whole thing
was personal affair, which ended
/ with the parties concerned. it is
true that the United States officials
intended to arrest u number of our
citizens on Monday morning,
charged with IA l<luxing, intimi-
dating and threatening colorcd
voters, etc; but when, Oh Sunday,
they learned one of their own party
| had done all the Ku kluNing, iii
| timidating aud threatening, the ar
rests were dispensed with. and it
was thought best to publish q bunch
of ISLANDERS and lies i'll the fiiot.
Tour correspondent was III Holly
Springs On the evening mentioned,
and lie brands as false, slanderous
aud unioundcd the report gwen by
..!,pp,blican ia the Pilot, of An
oust u. The article is but in per
/ feet harmony with the programme
established for the gtIidanr" OF the
paid tools al Rad!ca'iSln scattered
throughout The South. To sustain
Grants corrupt and eEtravaGant ad-
ninistration, and To secure for IL
I The votes OF the colored men OF the
country. il Is absolutely necessary 10
eJubiftrr the races against each
other. and to teach the colored
man that the white man IS his enc
my.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-08-31

y great evil was this Ku Klux or
ganization. But the men whom
President Grant sent to correct it,
by their wholesale lawlessness, ag-
gravated it: The physician not on,
~ made the patient worse, but ex-
! tended the infection into an cpl
demic. After provoking certain
sections of the State by Illegal ar
rests and most insulting espionage
to Il point but little short OF DIES
peration, they press the disturb
ance which their conduct created
into evidence of the disloyalty OF
Mississippians- Witness the hun
dleds of arrests aud the hundreds OF
| diSmissals ION court without con-
viction and without proof. 1t seems
these officials thought to commend
their activity to the President by
the number landed i'll Jail.
Thus veXed and harraSsed by
men unknown to us except as the
evidence of their corruption is grad
ually brought to the light, we can
but grow weary under that "cry of
peace when there is no peace" In
this matter [ would prefer to see ell
forced the suggestion of Horace
Greeley, "Go back thieves
Recurring to the thought init
mated at the outset Of this address,
in my judgment, the South has lit
tie or no interest in the National
its affairs outside of the great ques-
ton of perfect reconciliation.
Other questions may become i'm.
portant when this one is settled.
We have tried General Grant,
and he has failed. l ere nothing
for his gift-taking. l would not
have complained if he had APP
pointed a thousand of his rela-
tives to Office if they were hon
est and capable. But he has failed
to come up to the work fixed by
himself. Had he gwen us what lie
could have done, Il thorough. peace,
according to civi! law, we may have
overlooked multitude of sins.
Horace Greeley extends the Clire
Branch. Nominated by Republi-
cans as good and true as ever drew
blade for the party, he promises to
accomplish by civil means what the
military President has failed to do.
We accept his proposition with I'M
faltering trust, and confidently be-
lieve that his election to the Presi-
dency will be in deed and in truth
a ''new departure" in the direction
of peace and prosperity to all the
people of the United States.
To the colored people of the State,
many of whom have stood by me i'll
the troublous time of 81. '6S, 800
and II. and for whose welfare and
| shall ever feel n kindly
regard, | will say one word: You
need not fear Horace Greeley. His
past course is guarantee that your
rights will be safe in his hands And
what stronger pledge do you need
than his platform, that the govern
ments i'll its dealings with the peo-
pie should mete out equal and ex-
act justice to all, of whatever na-
ton, race, color or persuasion, reli
gious or political! Under his adj
you will have every
assurance of prosperous future
that can be given you by Il friendly
Very respectfully,
ROBERT j. ALCORN,
Grimm Liberal Rep. State
Executive Committee
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-08-31
DISSOLUTION OF
COPARTkERShiP

THE copartnership heretofore ex-
i listing between Jas. a. Turk and
Il. j. Cunningham, under the style
of Turk & Cunningham is this day
dissolved by mutual consent; they
having this day sold to w. A Car
ter their entire stock of goods. Mr..
r. j. Cunningham is especially
charged with settling the business
of said firm, but either of said part
ners is authorized to sign the name
of same in liquidation.
We take pleasure in recommend
ing Mr.. w. A. Carter, our success
or, to our friends and customers
TURK & CUNNINGUAM.
Aug. 5, 1872.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-08-31
To-Day's Advertisements
Il. q. SMITH
Competitive Examination.
JOHN HANDY.

OFFICE OF SUPT. PUBLIC EDUCATION, J
FOR MADISON CoUSTY MSS
CANTON, Aug. II. 1872.
NJ Office is hereby given that competi-
~ tive examination will be held at this Of
fee on
Saturday. the 21st day Of September
next, In accordance with the requirements OF
law, under the provisions of an Act entitled
= an Act supplemental to an Act to provide
for the immediate establishment of 4 Normal
School," approved January ;, 1872, for the
purpose OF selecting student from this
county for the Normal Department of Tou-
galoo University.
For the guidance of all concerned, the fol-
lowing extract from the Instructions issued
by the State superintendent of Education,
March l, 1872, is appended:
- he law provides that each county in the
State is entitled to the free tuition of two stu
dents for each term of said Normal School,
the bcnesciaries to be appointed by TIE Coun-
ty Superintendent of Education, and selected
from the resident pupils who have been in reg
ular attendance upon the Public Schools of
the county. The scholarship will be deter
mined by competitive examination conduct
ed by the County Superintendent. Each cam
nish certificate from his, or her teacher, that
their standing IN department and scholarship,
was the highest in the school,
Candidates will be examined in Reading
photography. Penmansbip, Arithmetic, and
the rudments of Geography, Grammar, and
American History
JOHN WILLIAMS,
Supt. Pub. Ed. for Madison CO., Miss.
Aug "a lS72-4w,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-08-31
Parton's Life of Greeley.

Now that there is every probable
ity that Mr.. Greeley will be our next
President, truthful history of his
life becomes d matter of highest i'll
terest and importance to every citi-
zen.
1t is, therefore most fortunate
that we have such book from the
able and impartial pen of James
Parton, the we'll known essayist and
biographer. Any life of Mr.. Gree
ley that is likely to be put forward
now. got up under the press OF pres
ent political excitement, viii be liz.
BILE to the charge of partisanship.
1t is the great merit of Mr.. parton's
work that, having been written with
out any intention of making it sub
serve I; political purpose, it presents
an impartial view OF the important
events OF Mr.. Greeley's career.
The work is Il profoundly inter
esting one and aside from the at
tention now devoted to Mr.. Greeley,
arising from his present candidacy,
the mere story of his wonderful and
singular career-his early life, its
poverty, its hardships, and his pre-
cociouS development under it; his
life as :, printers apprentice at East
Poultney, Vt; his journey to West
ern Pennsylvania his arrival III
New York almost penniless and
alone; his steady progress: first as
a journeyman printer, then as editor,
until his establishment Of the NeC
York Tribune; his success i'll build
ing UP the Tribune as it were out of
his own brains, until it became the
most powerful journal in America
his subsequent career as one of the
most active, influential, honest and
best abused men of his timc-;lll
this, as graphically told by Mr.. Par
ton, is valuable reading at amy time !;
and particularly valuable to young
men as an example of what can be
accomplished by integrity and de
votion to honorable pursuits.
The narrative is brought down to
the present time, giving Il history of
Mr.. Grceiey's connection with the
bailing Of Jefferson Davis, his views
on reconstruction, etc, and close;
with an account of his nomination,
and his letter of acceptance.
IL is published by the NATIONAL
Publishing COMPANY, of Memphis,
who want agents i'll every county.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-08-31

and conscientious poverty. To
those of you who are struggling
now as l struggled iii my young life
l repeat, be patient and resolute."
Mr.. Greeley himself is an exam
pie of what industry and integrity,
joined to good natural gifts, will
accomplish. Starting in life as an
humble journeyman printer, with
no support but his trade, he has
risen to be the standard bearer of a
great party in nation of forty mil
lions OF people struggling for the
maintenance of constitutional lib
erty, with every prospect of election
to the highest office within their
Clarion.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-08-31
Greeley for Peace! Grant for Hate

Greeley has always been the
friend and advocate of peace. While
always struggling for universal hui
man freedom, he believed the glory
for whatever WAS accomplished
would be greater if unstained by
blood. In 1861, he hope for Il solu
ton that would render unnecessary
attempted secession on the part of
the South, or coercion Oh the part OF
the North. Either would result i'll
disastrous civil war. The war hay
ing commenced, he did not array
himself against his section, but
espOuscd the cause of the North.
That this was his duty, 10 Southern
man will deny. We honor patriotic
devotion to ones county. A sacred
duty devolved upon every son of
the South to espOusc the course Of
his struggling country; a duty no
less sacred demanded the services
Ofevery Northern man in behalf OF
his country.
But the war is over, and the
Northern man and the Southern
man have the same country; the
same flag floats over both, and each
has at heart the dignity, greatness
and glory of the common country.
Ever since the day Lee surrendered
Horace Greeley, the peoples candi-
date for President, has been the sin
cere and unwavering friend of re-
construction. Grant, the Office
holders candidate, and his minions,
have sought to stir UP strife, and
keep alive and active the passions
and prejudices engendered by Il
terrible war.
Let us contrast their positions.
Grant has surrounded himself with
rings OF unprincipled, bitter men
he has sent paid tools into the South
to SANDER, Cypress and rob us; he
has judged of the capacity of men
for Office in our midst solely by their
willingness and ability to inhame
the passions of the blacks against
the whites; he has caused the ar
rest and Imprisonment OF nrn with
out authority of law: he has sta
toned soldiers among us, and by the
bayOnet controls the ballot box, and
every department. of government
he has derided the idea OF IOca!
State government, and has done all
in his power TO make this an ire
spOnsibIe, military despotism.
Greeley, as We have said, has
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-08-31
Registration Notice.

TINE Board of Registration OF
L Madison county will meet at
the following times and places, in
several Supervisors Districts of the
said county, for the purpose of To
gistration of all persons qualified
therefor, and not previously regis
tered, and to revise and correct er-
rors made in previous registration :
District No. I.
Caution, Sept. ID, Sd, 4th, and 9th.
District No. 2.
Vernon, Sept. 9th and 9TH.
District No. 3.
Madison Station, Sept. 9th and 10th
Calhoun Station, Sept. 18th.
District No. 5.
Breckvllle, Sept. 18th.
Camden, Sept. 18th and 18th.
District No. 1.
Sharon, Sept. 10th and 18th.
District No. 1.
Canton, Oct. Sd, 18th, 9Th and No
vember LIST and 2nd.
OecliOu oOi Ol INC hcNlScu COue
reads as follows:
The Board of Registration, i'll all matters
pertaining to their Registration, shall be
conservators of the peace, and empowered
to arrest and cause to be imprisoned in
the county Jail when necessary, all persons
obstructing or preventing their registra-
tion, illuminating, threatening or fraudu-
lcntly coutriving to prevent any person
entitled thereto from reg istration; creatin &
riots, disturbances or quaTrels at the place
of registration, or otherwise interfering
herewith, to prevent or delay the Regis
trnrs in the discharge of their duty, and
all such offences shall be punished mis-
demeanors under the Criminal Code, and
said Registrars are empowered to call on
ali Sheriifs, Constables and their Deputies
ana all otner Peace officers, and when ne
cessary, other citizens, to aid and assist
them in enforcing the laws and public
peace, and suppress disturbances and pre-
vent the Offences enumerated and this
Section shall be published and posted with
every notice to hold its registration.
II. II. SMITH,
NJ. b. MCMICI<EN,
T. Ii. LUITWIELER,
Registrars.
Canton, Aug. II, 1872.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-08-31

ever been the sincere friend OF
.-peace and good will towards men,
In May, 1861, he wrote as follows to
Il club OF '.narrow minded block
heads who cenSured him for his
efforts i'll behalf OF peace. "lout
attempt to base IL great. enduring
party on the hate and wrath neces-
s,rily engendered by y bloody civil
war. is as though You should plant
q colony on an iceberg which had
somehow drifted into Il tropical
ocean, lie used this further Ian
guagc in the same letter: $50 long
as any man was seeking to over
throw our government, he was my
enemy; from the hour iii which he laid
down his arms, he was my former err
ing countryman.' In accepting the
nomination of the Liberal Repubh-
cans, he says: ''With the distinct
understanding tliatifelected, shall
be the President, not Of q party, bit
Of the whole people, l accept Your
nomination, in the confident trust
that the masses of our coIntrymen,
North and South, are eager to clasp
hands across the bloody chasm
which has too long divided them,
forgetting that they have been enc
mics, i'll joyful consciousness that
they are and must HencefOrth be
brethren" These sentences de-
deserve to be written in letters Of
gold. Grants deeds, since the war
have been written in the embittcred
blood of his cOuntrymen.
Greeley's nomination has been ac-
cepted in all sections as Il ':peace
Offering" Every patriot re-echoes
the sentiment of Sumner: 81 ac-
cept the hand that is offered, and
reach forth my own in friendly
grasp. I am against the policy of
hate. 1 am against tanning ancient
flame into continued hate. l am
against raking i'll the askes of the
past for the Goals. Pile up the ashes,
extinguish the flames, abolish hate;
such is my creed.'' And such is the
creed Of every genuine, unseliish
patriot. Grants party say the time
has MT come for clasping hands
across the bloody chasm :" that war
hates and passions must be kept
alive. The people of the United
States, white and colOrcd, are in
favor of reconciliation, and will re-
buke those who seek to keep in
Office by appealing to the worst pas
sions of human nature.
fthere were no other differences
between them, the single one which
VIC have mentioned is sufficient to
Greeley to every patriot.
Greeley for peace" is the cause of
patriots; g Grant for hate" is the
cause of the 'sbrigade of Office hold
crs.7 No good man in our midst
can hesitate as to his duty.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-08-31
SHERIFF'S SALE.

F. R''h"s s:. S"'r. r.na.
Mrs. Susan Davis.
To October Term, 1872, Madison,
Circuit Court, mississippi.
JudG't, 9th Oct, 1867, for $3.50 %.
DY virtue of the above described
ID writ, tc me directed by the
Clerk of said Court, l will expose to
public sale, to the highest and best
bidder, for cash, before the court
house door of said county of Madi-
son, State of Mississippi, in the city
of Canton, on
1Hondey, the Cd day Of Sept, 1872,
between the hours prescribed by
law, the following described proper
ty, to wit:
SW4 Section 10, Township 10,
Range East.
Levied upon as the property Of
said defendant, Mrs. Susan Davis,
and will be sold to satisfy the above
styled judgment, interest and all
costs.
r. J. ROSS, Shit.
Aug. 10, 1S72-3w.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-08-31
FOR SALE.

A MOST eligible and desirable building
n lot in the town of Canton, situated on
the corner opposite the Methodist Church
and the Female Institute, fronting so feet
Peace street and 200 feet on Academy
street.
Any person wishing to build a residence
will find this the most desirable location in
the city. For price, terms, &c, apply
the premises. at this office.
Aug. II, 1872.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-08-31
scire Facias to Revive Judgment,

The State Of NIi@SiSsiDRli.
In the Circuit Court of Madison county.
Strang, Adriapce & Co. ! Sci. Fa
No. s676 rs. OrgiualN 6203- to Re-
W. 3. Shearer. vive.
WHEREAS, Strang, Adriance Il Co.,
w heretofore TO wit: at the March
Term 1860, of our said Circuit Court, by
the judgment of the same court recovered
against W. B. Shearer, defendant, the sum
OF ten hundred and forty three aud l2-
100 dollars, and also their costs in that
behalf, whereof the said w: B. Shearer was
convicted, as by the record and proceed-
ings thereof remaining in our said court
manifestly appears. You, the sait defend
ant, W. B. Shearer, are therefore notified
that unless you appear on the 9th day of
the next term of our said court, to be held
at the court room, in the city of Canton,
Miss, on the Sd Monday of October, A. D.
1872, and show cause, if any you can, why
said judgment should not be revived against
you, Judgment will be entered against you,
and the cause proceeded in if Fieri Fa>
cias had been. returned executed
DAVID PINGREE, Clerk.
By E. S JEFFREY, D. C.
o. r. T. T. SINGLETON, Pits. Attys;
Aug. 3, 16T24w.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-08-31
LIBERAL REPUBLICANS R1LLY
Everybody Invited to Attend.

All persons. who favor. the cleo
ticn Of Greeley and Brown are earn
estly invited to meet:in the Court
House in this place, on
Saturday, September It'll, 1872,
for the purpose OF Organizing for
tho Campaign. and the transaction
of other important business.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-08-31

EFF the publishers advertising
half interest in newspaper in
this State will confer directly with
the editor of this paper, he may find
a purchaser. Confidence strictly
obs erYed.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-08-31
CLOTHING! CLOTHING /!
Special office.

Special Notice.
WHAT for the new stock of Clothing. Furn
w shing Goods &c. that Campbell, & Coch
ran Will have here by the 18th OF September.
g s. G. Cochran will leave for New YOr,
City, LIST September, and any special orders lett
with him before that time for CLOTHING. &c
will have his personal attention, aud be carefully
attended to-.
CAMPBELL 4 COCHRAN.
Aug. H. 1872 -3w
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-08-31
ELECTORAL TICKET.

STATE, AT LARGE.
j. l.. MORPHIS, of Puntotoc.
Z. JEFFORDS. of Issaqnena.
DISTRICTS.
1-t-DANIEL 3 WRIGHT, OF Tippsh.
2d-E. 4. WALIHAIL. of Grenada.
3d-SAHUEL NJ. MEEK, of Lpwndes.
Arh-J. A. P CAMPBELL, Of Madison.
5sh-w. N. HANCOCK. OF Clarke.
6th-THOS. X. S1OCkDALE, o. Pike.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-08-31

4 DESIRABLE residence with a CO..
II TWO ACRE LOT in the City Eaiiii1
of Canton, well adapted for a Board s-t....A
ing House. For terms apply TO the uuder-
signed.
Z. I. NOONAN,
Agt of Mrs. Catherine Welsh.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-08-31
For Sale.

HVER a thousand acres of rich Texas
~ land, situate in Live Oak and Bee
counties. This land will be sold for one
half cash, the other on credit of twelve
months For further information apply TO
H, S. FOOTE. Agent,
Nav II I9T2-tt Canton, Miss
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-08-31
JACKSON CARDS.
kiasss a ss ID s4AIiA, vi. ke.,

TENDERS his professional! services in the treat
meni OF ali dls.a of the Ely T. and EAR.
Office with DIR. Harrington. Stewart Building.
Jackson. Miss.
April 20, 1872 If