The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1872-02-24

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ssisl sn'i slass. 10 represent ,ha
vel o. zoe u Che people, ~ ~
ssrf him A. q isH iafss, n efiti.
clsn sad we refrain from going
inio tbs private relations u J. n.
I Pfsres, whils ~s win a.k the public
" ssamlhe with ne blspsblIc course.
" w. Fierce came 10 Psnola
county ~ 1888 as q Freedman.
Bureau Agent, aud scte ! in that ca.
iaeiiy Until he was appointed In
1850 90 the ofEce Of Chancsry
CLERK, holding that cnite until In
The fummef Of 1870, IN The mean
time hasing been elected State sen.
aist from this snd Tallahntchie
,eotinties, and also having received
the appointment Of q. y Marshal
for tb4 Nerticrn district 81 dis
State. and either under pressure
tfom his party or otherwise, ho r.l
'iyscd the Office Of g hanccry clerk
~ favor OF Capt. q. G. Harrison,
and the other two Offices be has still
hold on TO with q firm grasp. The
! duties OF u. s, Marshal. ~ all know,
require that officer TO spend the
greater portion, II not all Of his
time when not absent OIL business
Of the Office, A. Oxford. And we
charge upon J. II. Pierce that he
has resided IN Oxford, aud for proof
Of il we know that he owns a resi-.
tlence IN Oxford, in his own name,
which he bought from MI. Chas. b.
Howry, and that his wife, having
no children, with His father.in
law, mother and his brothers.
live in this house, and have done 50
for months, and that hethas no resi-.
dcnce IN this county Or Thllahatchic.I
and the records show that he owns
ITO Prcrcrtyin titherIof these coun>
tics, Iii fact, he does not spend ono
month, we might even Emit h toI
two weeks, Of his time in a yoar
IN the district he claims ID represent.
Yet With all these facts, tbisitypc Of
Radical adventures in. our State, has
the impudence and unblntliihg aus
to claim that no resides ri
this county. A more contemplated
snbterfuge and wilfull fraud was
never perpotratod by any politician
han this trick to hold two Offices.
suppose that as he is a long,
,angllng specimen of humanity, that
10 thinks he can spread his out.
'troched feet at an angle Of forty
i've degrees and hold tho two places, {
and Sardis, at the same
me.
The question comes up, why is il +;
hat this venimble type of the ,
injured man, who by the !,
'icissitudes Of the war was compell- .
y to take part on the side of tho :,
ebelion, as a hospital steward, at !,
'olumbus, Mics, and al the close !,
t the war took the iron clad oath !
secure an agency of the freed. Il
1en's bureau, and other offices, ],
ndcr the srecious plea, that " he !,
id not give his aid to the rebellion {
o~lantarily," will hold on to a sena. :;
that will not support an hon. !,
u man decently, whom he knows !,
las BY his conduct the opposition
nstY gather strength against his b,
party We cannot answer pos, 4,
rely this question, but can oalst -
oppose there must be psrqaisites to 70
y Office that is too tat a thing to h
sc up. -
We ask the press Of the State and y,
. citizeps Of Pamela coanty to join ",
us IN forcing this lnterloper to !.
cid the seat he now fills to right. "
VI claimant, and let the clamor be i,
ep and wide against him, aud the 10
natc will and must net ID busting G.,
from the position. y,
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