American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-09

EMR. EDITOR:
81 Some time i'll February last, th
Bcitizens in the vicinity of The lowe
EPanther Greek Bridge, 7. 10. Il. l
East, petitiUned the Board OF Super
'uvisoIS TO build Il bridge over sal,
Greek, which was granted, ans
Esealed proposals, according Il
Sspecilications for its building, al
sv erti>ed in the CITIZEN. Several
Sparties, the writer amongst the
number, put in bids TO do the work
for three hundred dollars; but this
Sseconomic measure did not meet the
eapprobation Of autocrdtic Mr..
sBreck and his automatic black sat
3elites. They rejected all bids; re-
published specifications, it was
! said for IA suspension bridge. One!
month more transpilcd, and We
| were given to under stand that d
member OF the official ring, one j.
II. Boyd, had the contract to buildj
said bridge, for six hundred and
IL w CITY L Ills Gic h'lIi III HIS
pocket for about four months, ieav-s
IIng the people all the time to peril.
life aud limb i'll crossing Il brIdgcs
|iminently dangerous, and vhichs
could have been built in one week'sE
time. Finally, in his own good
time, Boyd comes down, and ing
about four days, sets up ii trap
for it does not contain Il single brace, Z
land the abutm, hts can be carried.
off by the first flood. There is nos
about it, but is Il plaius
bridge with two benches i'll the I
creek, after the plan OF specifica-
tions alluded to in the first aGver-
tisement, only much inferior to thes
one to have been built by parlicsss5
in its vicinity for less than one ha!tE
,he amount paid To Boyd. Eis.;
clear profits on this ransactionff.
could not by a most latii udinouSss,
possibly have been
less than four hundred dollars 8
Think of that, taxpayers. especially B
We cOlOred .'voXpOpuli," VINO setg
Messrs. Brec!1 and Boyd i'll theirs
places. You are accumuIatingS
and taxes will soon fall as
heavily upon you as upon the white s
land holder. MIR. Boyd and his 8
friends will be able to live well ands
flourish at your expense, SO long ass
yOu favor him and his coadjutois. i
with the facilities for procuring Suchs,
jobs as have been put through the i
Board of Supervisors OF late. HowF
is it that YOU, coiored friends OfA
BrecS, Boyd, et id OmRe genus, dog
not get any of those fat contracts
even when you apply for and are I;
capable of executing them! OneS'
of your color, every way capable, g
competed with Boyd for this brdgeE
put in several bids, none of which,.
exceeded three hundred dollars, yet4
he was left out in the cold, until hiSf
party carpet bag masters call uponEt
him this fall for another lease OILS
power, and license for public rlun +
der.
What do you say to having about 4
sixty thousand dollars OF tins kind |.
of jObbing to pay this fall, . ye paE
tient oppressed tillers of the soil "a
We call upon you to be no longerE
oxen driven by these men as partyE
transfers, but to have sone will ofn
your own. and unite with honest menE
of all creeds and cclors, in puttings
better men i'll Office, and let such 1
venal and corrupt officials retire tos
the Obscurity Of their humble origin
never more to bring their pestiiler &
GUS presence into such uumeitedT
trust and prominence, but beconeE
so overgrOwn by the moss OF neg!ectg
and Obscurity as to etface the re-
membrance of them and their evils
deeds forever FROM the minds ofE
honest men. PROGRESS. &