American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-01-27
Judge C. c. Shackleford.

When we composed our fey
remarks last week Introductory {,
the Reply &C Judge Shacklcfor'
to the Bur OF Gr29nville, MiSg.," o
course we had not seen the Cantor
Mail Of jim. 20. 1t was not unit
Monday we read the Mail, and thel
we were panied to see that on
neighbor, in publishing Judge 81
reply. joins in the prosecuting cry
against him. This comes with III
grace from the editor Of the Mail
When We came to Canton, twenty
three years agN, G. c. Shacklrtord
and L. Mnury Garrett were among
the first arquaintances we made
We were all old line Wings, and as
we were in the Office Of the only pa.
per printed hcrc-a Wing paper
we were much thrown together
Shackleford, and Garrett, and Law.
son, and Luckett, ana Upper, and
Mcbride !! All how we love to
think of those good old Wing times,
and the noble Old Line Wings
Shackleford and Maury Garrett,
were members of the Bar of Canton,
warm personal and political friends,
and near neighbors, and we have
no doubt when it pleased Heaven to
\" call from labor 70 rest" Maury
Garrett, he had no warmer friend
than Charley Shack!eford. nor one
who, outside Of his own family, la
mented more his untimely death.
And now comes Singleton Gar.
rett,-the oldest son of Manry Gar
rett.-himself, all his life, not only a
fellow citizen, but a near neighbor,
and joins set of partsans in their
assaults upon his fathers old
friend ! CHI bon09 For what pur.
pose, or to what end A.? 1t seems to
us that it is uncharitable, ungener.
Gus, unjust, and not magnanimous.
From Il former article in the Mail,
in connection with this matter, we
were led to believe that if our neigh
Dor took sides at all, he would be
able to rise above party, and espouse
HE cause Of his felIow-citizen But.
llas. for poor human nature! he
has not been able to do it, but his
few comments clearly indicate that
he is rather inclined to Join the pack
N prosecuting and hunting down
his fellow-citizen and neighbor.
We do not know what all this as
'ailment of Judge Shackleford is
or, except that he suspended an
,ttorney from practlcing at the bar
II Greenville, for contempt, as he
construed the conduct Of the gen.
leman. Had Judge S. been Dem.
,crat, instead Of a Republican, we
'enture to say he never would have
,een requested to resign for this ju-
licial act, although it might have
,een regarded as harsh and some.
What tyrannical.
We are not the apologist for Jud &c
'hackletord for anything he may
ave done wrong. Doubtless he
las erred in judgment and done
wrong sometimes. Who is there
hat has not! Let him who is with
ut fault cast the first stone.
Judge Shacklcford is an old citi-
en- Of MissiSsippi-he has been a
esidcnt Of Canton for more than /
alf ccntury-and all his fellow
itizenS are interested in his reputa- |
ion at least we are, and instead |
f joining his partisan and personal |
ncmies in aSsailing him, and crying |
i'm down in his old age, we will say
word in his favor, though we diff
n from him in politics as widely as
ne poles. lie is a man of most affirm.
tive characterised decided opinions
II all questions, Church and State,
nd expresses his views independ.
1tly and abOve-board. Being this
,rt Of a Notwithstanding like |
OhD Randolph, of ROanoke,-he
rs made many enemies; but he has
ade many warm friends, too, and |,
c numbers them in this community
the hundreds. He is generous, /
10, truly generous, and liberal. In
he dnte-JaIlum times, when men
ere able to be hospitable, whose .
diningS- compared
it'll Charley Shacklefords At
IeSc reunions at his hospitable
ansi0n, his board groancd undcr
e richest and costliest viands, and
Re finest wines and liquors sparkled I
nd flowed like water. In those
iys, did a worthy friend ever ,
,ply to Charley Shackleford for ,
'cuniary assistance, aud meet '
it'll refusal ? Never. His deeds !
charity may not have been
azOned to the world, but his init =
ate friends know that he has per f
rmcd many of them, nevertheless.
But We did not start out TO eu-