American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-10-05
CAMPAIGN NOTES.

| -Grant. it is said, counts as conf
| IDENTIFY on Indiana as he did on Maine
| which shows that as an accountant he il
not of much account.
Senator Matt Carpenter, in recent
| speech, boldly announces that the ma
tiOnal muscle and brain are mainly owing
| TO the administration of Gen. Grant y
May we be permitted to inquire whether
Grants administration has anything to dc
with the abundant persimmOn crop. the
high price OF coal, or the prevalence Of
the hog cholera? And when Grant dies
will everything lapse into eternal smash
p. L. Barnum was called out for q
speech at the state convention in Hart
ford the other day. He remarked that he
had been told by Republican that day
for Grant" Mr.. Barnum replied, 81
have property in Bridgeport amounting
to 100000 which l can readily put to-
gether in the shape of ready meney, and
| will put up that sum on wager that
Connecticut votes for Greeley
The Boston Courier feels compelled
to state, as its firm and deliberate opinion,
that Henry Wilson's recent declaration
that Yankees are capable of doing meaner
things than any one else ''i is remarkable
utterance from a ankee-bOrn man to
Yankee-born auditors
With which opinion we fully coincide
but the Courier must remember that Will
son had been studying his own Know
nothing record. which gave him pecu-
liarly forcible idea of meanness.
wendell Phillips blurted out the
whole truth, in his recent speech at Lynn,
Mass, when he said:
1.-The reason why support the Republi-
can party is that, to my utter surprise, to
my unutterable surprise. to my indescri-
bable delight, to my relief, l have at last
the laws that are given them. 1t is for
that reason that say Long live Ulysses
Grant! May he continue to be president
OF the United States until every white
man over 40 years of age who lives south
of Mason and Dixon's line has been for
ever put under the ground.'
The partisan uses to which the
army has been put in the past few years,
and the system of favoritism pursued in
the assignment OF promotions, has con-
tributed much t. lower the discipline and
diminish the old-time honor of the mill
tary service. 1t has been stated that the
assertions annually amount to almost
twenty-five per cent. of the entire force,
at which rate, without constant recruit
ing, the entire army would soon disap-
pear. 1t is not surprising that a service is
which is run altogether in the
interest of a political ring, or that it is
difficult to raise men enough for frontier
defense.
What has become OF Settle, the ia
nous Settle, Judge Thomas Settle of
North Carolina? Nothing has been heard
of him since the election in that state,
and his friends fear he may have been
foully dealt with by the 10000 Ku-
kluX" he SwOre to so willingly.
By the way. if Settle should be found.
why won't Dix s. shoot him on the spOt?''
The ancient and honorable Judge was a
furious rebel, and assisted in the hauling
down of numerous American flags; so
that according to the creed of the Dixites
his shooting would be eminently proper,
though somewhat too long delayed.
Secretary Fish has at last overcome
his scruples and his vertigo sufficiently to
mount the stump, and is now distributing
his eloqucnce in favor Of Grant. Fish, as
our readers are aware, declined the
business long time, and it is
would have kept on declining
if his master had not told him that he
must talk or walk. Consequently the |
Secretary of State converts himself into |
;pect and gaining the contempt of decent |
people. Great is Grant and his cabinet. |
President and ministers are on a par; no |
work is too low for the former to devise |
or the latter to execute.
Down in Maine, the other day, a |
'ich and sensible old Democrat made a
title speech, in which he said:
II think it requires explanation when l |
ind Il man who went to Congress a few
7ears ago as poor as church mouse,
low paying taxes on a property as large
IS [ have been able to accumulate by a
lalf century of enterprise, industry,
hrift and good fortune in a legitimate
BUSINESS of the post profitable Character
The Liberal and curious brother will
ind his ''explanatiOn'' in the fact that
sadicalism is the science of stealing. and
hat Radical Congressman pay heavily to
re elected and then rob the country to get
ven. If the aforesaid brother wants to
ouble his cash capital in two years, let
i'm go for Grant, go to Congress and then
% for the public treasury.