American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-01-06

'o>'SS III WV "pi'''CHilS ieS'
dental canvass. will he narrowed
down, in the end, to "A Contest he
tween Usnrpatioa and COrruptio,
on one side, and Constitutional Lib
eIty on the other.
We commend the Article to thu
careful attention of edrnest Demo
Gratis evcryw here. This is another
ring OF the right metal.
From The Washington City, p trit. Dec 81, 1871
An Earnest Arrangement of the Gull
prits Demanded.
When, in 1888, Edmund Burke
brought in articles of Impeachment
against Warren Hastings, Governor
General of India, for high crimes
and mi>'lemean"rS he meant some
thing. Ii WAS not. for him, an Orca
sion for oi namental display of rhet
Oric or an hiStliOnic exhibition nf
spurious feeling. He WAS above
anything spurious at such a time.
AA'S 'N' So III
his cause, the greatness. even, of
the accused, forbade il. He rose AS
the champion of the outraged rights
OF men, and on the minds OF all, ar-
cnSrrs and accused, he left no doubt
that he was indeed the champion
thar he claimed to be. He had ac.
cnsaIions of the most grave charac-
ter to make, and he made them
made them in u manner worthy of
himself AMI worthy of the occasion;
aud as they Numbered through the.
British Empire, with amazing elO-
qnence AMI power, there was in all
the realm no living sonl that did
nor feel, through al! the crimson of
his blood, that Mr.. Burke was pro-
fonudly in earnest.
Ii is our misfortune in this conn
try to have Il worse than Hastings
to deal villa swarm OF such ii
hydra-headed criminal. compared
with which Warren Hastings was
an exemplary character. We mean
1--WE con'l mean nothing else. for it !
is the worst thing that ever rosa 10 |
em'nenre on American soii.) hat
incarnation of " ickr,'ness, the Rad
zeal party. which is daily and SIS
remarkably trrading under it's trrt
every cardinal prinri he Of a tree.
and daily and 'enaticaliy ry
al ins in'o supremacy every caTrli.
nal mni. lie ot drSpptic Govern
ment. Even the worst that WAS
charged against Warren Hastings
sand which brought around his head
the accusing thunderS OF Burke,
were vrnihI crimes in comparison
with tn" aggravated assaults ruth
lessy made by this, our Destroying
Angel. upon the very life principle.
embedded in our institutions. OF
those great truths of enlightened
Government, evolved from the con
fiirf"t ages, which have TRANSFORMED
barharirint"civIlized l"opl-s. L *.
land had her Hastings, md he Wis
not her w-rst.) but let it moi be for. ,,
gotten, she had her Bun Ike too.
Il Hastings leSer> ed al til" hands l
OF the British people the oI,IrohIium
OF beirg, lis lie was charged, " he l
common enemy and oprrrsSor of :
Az and the punishment due 10
sn h character, how much more !.
do our swarmlny lIaSiingses, who :,
have so FIR "ntIIip,nd him in the u
dirktst political inquiries, deserve u
at The lands OF Tie American I'eu- VI
pie like orprolrium, inmraSula
biy lnttnSiti, Il. and cuinmrnsuI- "
ate punishment Echo auSwrrS: '
But whU-whO are t. be the prose.
rut"rS of the rnvagrrS of the best "
IhaT belongs To the bet examples u
OF evil government, Sc,inerS Ut he u
sacred heritage of political maximS "
which enlightened th"ught, aud u
bloody conflict aud time have won ID
rom !tspOlic systems aud their de. p
endtrss Who are Ia lay bare, III
with manly words, with mo, ing s'
with deep convictions. VI
sithnnt paltrinrss ~ paltering, with W
! stern sense of what it is to tram
de under foot maNiIns SO dearly ~
bought, so dearly priced by any u
,eOple that is free, The iuli measure, ~
with all their darkness aud dpfurn- u
ty, of the crimes comm ted by III
hose combined Radical TyOintiOr- u
SITS? Certainly snGh lroseru ion, ~
uch an exposure AMI the nre,ied Is
efnrm are not 10 be looked for at I'
he hands of their concentrates aud ri
There is mani. 81
estl, no pnssihle hope in that di- I .
rc;iOn. 1t is nOs rominOn for the or
awlcss to reform each other, or for dl
he guilty to hold thu guilty up to wi
0nImon exrcralion. The vuic, Of la
ccusing justice must be heard, if ca
I all, from different direction, la
nd II should not fail 10 be heard 1t,
ike the voice of many waters. Ii th
= TO Democratic and Independent WI
purnals throughout the COUNTY,, re
nj to Democratic ard InlrpeLd- liz
Mt repi e>tntativrs of the people ia th'
9th lnuses of Congress, that We CIR
INST look, therefore. to mud tie ar,
'nrkes To charge, ah,l spare not, Tia
he wOIsp than uLsfi"gSrS of uui -
av. This is their office. THIS - M
lrir duty. Ii is u ,lu V which they Of
annOt shirk AMI whirh they Shnu Il h.
rect manfnlly, and in its full per Ilu
,rmance bring home to the c,,n ~
.inusLeSs aud hearts If the people u ~.
ISt srnSr oi the mnSI grave and va
artling nff..nSps rumililtel an,l br 81
~ committed again,t their liber atf
es, aud Ly whom the Offcnses thu
Ime. iiI'
DisavOwing any disposition 10 Mi