American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-04-12
Truth Will Triumph in the End.
From the Atlanta Sun.

EDITORS SUM- am glad to see
Mr.. Stephens in his serenade speech
at Liberty Hall, has ''earnest hopes
of u grand triumph in 1876. Sew
enty six is a lucky number for a
people whose rights have been tram
pied upon by those who had the
physical power to do so. The doe
trines of true democracy are found
ed upon infallibie principles of
truth. The spirit of true DemOcra-
cy is gaining ground wherever CIV
ilization has made it's footprints,
and as certainly as it serves the
best interests of mankind there will
be a powerful reaction in its favor
in this country. Truth is truth.
whether proclaimed from the por-
tails of Heaven, the confined powers
of darkness, or upon the land or
sea. 1t sprang forth with the first
creative stroke of the Almighty, is
co extensive with its power, eternal
and everlasting. The waves of the
ocean, as they dash in fury against
the shores OF Georgia, echo and re-
echo it. The peaked mountain,
crowned with the SHOWS OF Heaven
and glistening in the sunshine,
shows forth Its beauty. Yet man,
poor, frail, vain morality, hanging
upon single thread, denies it but
to bow and own it in the end.
Truth, beautiful truth, is terror
to tyrants as certainly as it is the
weapon of the generous, the good
and the brave. 1t will prevail over
the errors of all parties, all men and
all things in opposition to it. The
Democratic party is far, very far,
from being dead. 4
"rve seen the oax beneath the storm
Bow down upon the shore:
I've seen it rise its stately fern,
And flourish as before.
II storms assail our earthly bark,
We'll brace the shattered sail
Tho friends be few and prospects dark,
There's no such word as fail.''
We have passed through the fiery
furnace, and from such experience
we ought to have learned some wis
dom. We have been tossed upon
every incOnstant wind, but although
Overpowered, the love of liberty,
the spirit which animates our pa
thOs to cherish true Democracy, is
still alive. Persecution may crush
the weak and timid but it strength
ems the determination, develops the
talents, inspires the zeal, enlivens
the energy, and finally elevates the
noble and the brave-Christiani
has passed safely through the fiery
furnace, Masonry stands triumph
ant, and each are to-day strong
er, greater and more influential
than they would have been but for
the flashing of persecution. If we
bear the cross nobly we will win
the prize and wear the crown.
l am of the opinion that the Rad
ical party will serve it's purpose
and will run it's course with the
present administration. All of it's
revolutionary objects will be accom-
plished, and then will come the re-
action i'm the minds of the American
people, like the rushing of mighty
wind-a furious tornado, that will
sweep away the last vestige of
Radicalism and make way for the
resurrection of the great Democrat
ic party, which has been buried,
but not dead.
'.'Tis when the funing masses meet
The assayer's furnace CLOVIS,
And higher raise the heat
purer metal flows.
II Providence should thus award
Our Efforts to prevail
Then will we shout W tn accord
There's no such word fail"