American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-09-06
Alcorn on AmaS,


Isvered in Jackson on the 29th ult
Is full and complete exposure of the
plans and purposes of the Radicals.
and goes to show to what depths
of infamy men Will descend in their
efforts TO obtain place, power and
emOlument. The revelations made
IN this speech are of the most start
ling character, and should serve to
arouse our people to sense of the
dangers by which they are surroun-
ded, and which threaten their own
peace and happiness, and the rights
and liberties of the State. Senator
Alcorn knows whereof he speaks,
and his warning words should sink
deep in the hearts of the people,
and nerve them to graphic manful
ly with that dread power which is
seeking to crush out the last YES
tige of constitutional freedom in
the land.
We regret our inability to give
this speech entire, as the crowded
state of our columns will only ad-
nit of a few pointed extracts. In
this speech, Ames is charged with
the baseSt designs, and, no Doubt,
truthfully. He is accused of com
plicity with certain influential ne
groes TO elk the State permanent
ly in the hands of the Northern and
cOlored men, to the exclusion of the
natives, for all time to come" and
thus crush out forever all Southern
sentiment and Southern manhood
After a whitening denunciation
of the evil acts and designs of this
interloping usurper, Senator AL
corn sums up the whole in an earn
est and manly appeal to his party.
and to those whose suffrages he So
licits, accompanied with the follow
ing pen-portrait of the Radical
nominee:
The purpose of Ames and his fol-
lowers is to rob the people of the
State. When | was Governor, | was
approached with the proposition to
pay the Union and Planters Bank
bonds. A delegate from the city of
New York visited me. A corrupt
Governor cou!d have made a large
sum of money. 1t was told to me
that the bill could be passed by the
Legislature. l had no doubt of the
fact, but l replied that should the
Legislature be corruptly induced to
pass law providing for the pay
ment of these bonds, that l should
make the effort to transfer the cor
rnpt portion of the Legislature to
the PenitentIary house.
What guarantee have you that
these bonds are not the objective
point of the adventurer who heads
your ticket for Governor! What
interest has he in Mississippi than
to debase Mississippi to his own
use? What weight is to be given
the pledges of political a,iventu-
rer who lives more than a thousand
miles beyond your borders! Will
you risk thirty millions of dollars
on his word? Will you risk so
much on the resolutions of this con
ventiOn? All, my cOuntIymen,
elect this man and TO you L fear
all hope is lost. Let him remoldle
your courts-let him appoint this
man Hill, of Nicksburg, to the Su-
preme Bench Of your State; man
who has brought disgrace on the
name of Chancellor. \ man who
while holding the office of Chan
cellor, that he might serve Ames,
perpetrated a fraud on the people
of Smith county by having himself
certified as a delegate to this Con
vention from a county which lies Il
miles from his home.
= Elect him, my countrymen;
let him remodel yOur courts; let
Wiley Wells and this man Hill have
his commission for your oppression,
for your robbery; the Legislature
will pass the law; the corrupt courts
will eXpound it; Ames' bayonets
will enforce it. Our property will
be contScated. Our liberties,
though guaranteed by the Consti-
tuition, will be usurped 10y the
sword. The calamity will come up
on colored and white men alike
All ensIaved. All impoverished.
All ruined!
Why, cOlored men, will you sup
port Ames for Governor of your
State? What has he done for you
in Congress-? Go and find one
measure in Congress looking to the
relief of the South which had the
of Ames. / declare HIM to
be, in my judgment, the most vim
dictive man i'll Congress against
the Southern whites. God grant
that we may be delivered from his
yrasp-trom the ruin which he has
in store for US all!