American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-11-02

The late electiOnsi in the North
r.vet upon our mind the conviction
of what we have all along believed,
to wit: that the Northern people,
as a mass, yet have gall and worm
wood in their gizzards against the
Southern people-that, with the
wickedness of ffends and the spirit
of devils, they still hate us with q
cordial hatred; and they "nurse
their wrath to keep it warm, and
spit out their spleen and venom
upon us at every general election.
Upon no other hypothesis what
ever can we account for the heavy
majorities they roll up against the
men who would defend us, the men
who represent the idea of reconcil-
iation and peace, in their section.
Look at the Radical majority in
the city of Philadelphia-once call
ed the ." cradle of liberty "-heaven
save the mark =" the city of bro
therly love 1.-THE home of the
peace society the home of our
g Friends God help us!--the
Quakers of the psalm singing,
uasal.twanged Methodists, and other
" Puritans "-hell is full Of such
Puritans and hypocrites-in this
" city of brotherly love- of church
es and spices aud steeples; of char
liable installations, colleges, and all
the marks of civi!ization-in this
single city Of Philadelphia there is
hatred, malice, spleen and venom
enough in the hearts Of her people
aginst the people of the South to
inevitably damn the whole city, if
it pleased the Almighty to rain jus
tice upon her, as he reigned fire and
birthstone upon the "cities of the
plain and at as short notice
How else are we to account for the
immense majorities this city casts
against every man who favors peace
and reconciliation-the " clasping
of hands across the bloody chasm "
with the South Z In the late cleo
tons, Hartranft, the Radical candi-
date for Governor-althOug he
was denounced by prominent men
of his own party as corrupt fellow
and a rogue-received a majority of
twenty six thousand votes, over
Buckalew. the Democratic candi-
date, though the latter was acknO w
edged by all men, of all parties, to
be au ADLER man, and one whose in
tegrity and honor was without
blemish or rcproach. 1t was only
because Buckalew represented the
of Peace. Philadelphia,
as city, nurses aud cherishes the
and hatreds engendered
by the war, and we have no doubt
will do so until the present genera
ton dies out.
The South pours her millions an
uually into the Golfers of the 4" Mer-
hant Princes of Philadelphia,
:, return what does she receiver
w. ,ost unmitigated and relent-
"o " Il hostility. Is there
10 remedy for this nie oe,'a,"
= is, if our peop,,e o.' nau .ne
nanliness and Independent. " w
/. In matters of comme-re
nerchants could ignore Phila'iel-
hia utterly, and spend their money
New York has always
howed us friendship instead of ha-
red. She gave Mcclellan. who
the sentiments of Peace,
n 1864, over Lincoln, a majority OF
orty thousand votes. She gave
seymour, in 1868, majority OF six
Y thousand. She has always voted
vith the South and for Peace. Let
he South, then, show her apprecia-
ion of her friendship by trading
With her and our own Southern
tiles, to the exclusion of Philadel-
,hia, the vile city of hate and per
ecutiOn.
A little resentment and retalia-
ion is sometimes a good thing.