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

| JACKSON MISS, Aug. -, -.
To TIE People Of Mississippi:
l have been requested by the EN-
ecutiVe Committee of the Liberia
Republican Party of this State t.
publish an address to you upon thu
political issues of the day. | enter
upon the task in the character O
one who has shared the good ailC
ill fortunes OF the Republican Part J
from the first day of its organization
i'll Mississippi; and | offer The
record Of my services in the dark as
well us bright days of its history as
an earnest of my good faith now.
| l shall be pardoned for not sun
dertaking to review at length the
platforms upon which the two Re
publican candi,lates-Grcelcy and
Grant-have been presented to the
the people of the United States Us
candidates for the Presidency. With
us in Mississippi questions OF
finance, protection, free trade,
foreign policy, and all that sink out
of consideration in presence of the
paramount desire to secure for the
State a relationship with the gener-
al government firmly and Ilnalter-
ably fixed upon a full! and siIbstan-
tai reconciliation. 1t is no compIi-
lnent to the craftsmanship of the
times to be compelled to confess that
after the lapse of more than seven
years since the laying down of Con
federate arms ':the bloody chasm' is
fifInL aud fl,nf Tod
relations still demand our whole at
tentiOn. To the exclusion of mat
I ters leSitimately connected with the
: business of conducting a civil gov
eminent, the eNigencies of our stu
alton still coniille us to a contempla
ton of how we as MiSSiSsippianS
can best work and best agree with
the National Government. In every
emotion and instinct of my nature,
a man Of the South, Immediately
after the surrender of the Conieder-
ate forces-viewing the settlement
of the issues created by the war from
Il Southern stand -point-my judy
ment directed me to Il full and earn
est acceptance of the reconstruction
measures as the proper course to
hasten the return of IL cordial and
genuine peace to the country. My
persistence in these views made me
a Republican; and as the several
amendments to the Constitution Of
the United States were presented
to our people for ratification. | adj
yOcated and voted for their adop-
ton. All along the history of the
party l have been an earnest, CON
siStent member am no less to-
day.
In 1868 | was in favor of the cleo
ton OF General Grant to the presi-
dency.
Standing triumphantly az the
head of the victorious armies of
the United States, and having al
ready exhibited a soldierly bearing
towards the conquered chieftains OF
the South, sounding the keynote of
his campaign and admins tratiOn,
"Let us have Peace ;" and knowing
that his immense popularity would
enable him to take larger liberty
with delicate questions between the
two sectious, to the satisfaction of
all, | advocated his election with all
the zeal of Il devotee.
He has not given peace. Know
ing as he should have known, the
sensitive nature Of men CALLED by
defeat, a wise craftsmanship would
have dictated the appointment to
federal offices III our midst, of men
who, while they would unswerying-
ly perform their duty, would not
haveaggravated the feelings OF hos
tility among the Southern people,
towards the government of the
United Statesmen of known char
acter and integrity i'll the communi-
ty in which they were appointed to
serve.
When the State was restored to
it's place in the Union, and when
the military commander had ceased
to rule in our midst, il does seem
that discreet policy, formed out of
common sense and Il knowledge of
human nature. looking to paciica-
ton, would have dictated the seiec.
ton of officers who would not have
suggested by their very presence,
the idea of bayonets. Instead of this,
what are the facts: In the whole
list Of Federal office holders in the
State of Mississippi. only one office
of Importance is to-day held by
man who ever trod the soil of Mis-
sissippi before the war, and that
man (Judge Hill, of the United
States District Court was appoint
ed by Andrew johnson.
Be it distinctly understood that
make no complaint against men of
Northern birth who have came here
since the war. Many of them | have
tried and found them as patriotic
and true as ever espoused an I'M
popular cause. Many of them have
been forced 10 become active parti-
sans by the ostraciSln of thGs,. in
conslcrate Southern men vino
made such free use of the Stereo-
typed deriSirn expressed il, IN, term
carpet-bagger. But many OF them
are bad meu-men whose very walk
III life mark them as corrupt al
vcnturers. President Grant has
been unfortunate i'll selecting Il
Goodiy number of this class to rep
rcSeut his administration in Mis-
slSslppi, and he pcrsistrutly keeps
them IN Office, circumstances of Re
pUbllcanS to the contrary uotwith-
standing. " lien we ask for bread
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