American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-05-10

&" For the past year two We have been
pleased with the manner and tone OF the edi-
Tor of the Pilot While differing from him in
principles and politics, we could not but adj
miro the fairness with which he argued, and
the conciliatory tone of his articles. Hence
our surprise At = recent paragraph giving an
account Of the attempted assassination OF
Bentonvills Taylor. in which the idea is
sought TO be conveyed, not in direct terms.
bur by inuendo, that Taylor was shot because
he was Republican. Now. every body who
ever heard Of Taylor. knows that no one
cared straw about his politics. and the author
of that paragraph knowingly attempted to
create false impression. Writers on moral
philosophy call this lying. Friend Whipple
was either nodding on or absent from his
post"
The editor of the PilOt-whether
Wbipple or Raymond-wasn neither
absent nor asleep on his post, but
on hand, wide awake and keenly
alive to the requirements of his high
Office As editor of . Radical jour.
nal, it is his business to misrepre.
sent and dist0rt every case of viO-
lent killing or attempted assassina-
ton, like that made upon Benton
vile Taylor, so as to create the in
precision that politics was at the
bottom of the affair-tbat q meek,
quiet, peaceable and God-fearing
Radical had been waylaid aud MUIR
dered by some diabolical Ku-Klux
or bloody-mInded Democrat, and
tlrus make political capital for his
party, and at the same time bring
grist to the Pilots mill. This is the
editors mission, and he fulfllls it,
no doubt, to the entire satisfaction
of his employers and his party.
The Pilot never has failed. in q
single instance. where a difficulty
has occurred between white men
and negroes. to take sides with the
negroes, and do all in his power to
make it appear that the whites were
the aggressors' The "man and
brother" is his especial pet, and he
champions him on all occasions. in
season and out of season. So, also,
if an assassination is perpetrated,
or attempted. if the victim happens
to DO . Republican, Immediately
the candid and very veracious edit
or of the Pilot whips ont his pencil
and proceeds to write an article
which, if it does not positively i'm.
pute the crime to q Democrat, on
political grounds, contains the iDev.
liable inuendo- and more
contemplate than the direct charge
-as in the instance complained Of
by the Liberty Herald.
While differing from him in
principles and politics." says the
Herald, 1--WE could not bat admire
the fairness with which he argued,
and the esnciliatsyy tone Of his ar
ticles.' Forsooth! This sentence
is as good an index to the character
Of the editor Of the HerslA a. We
could desire. He is one of those
smiable. clever. unsuspeeting, un-
sophisticated young gentlemen I've
know he 10 young by remark he
made,) who 10 full Of charity and
good will towards men, and will not
see a fault, or suspect dishonesty in
another until it is thrust, in paipa-
BILE shape, into HE very face. Now,
We arc . close sesAer Of the Pilot,
and We have no hesitation in saying
that it il the most unfair, uneoncil.
iat0ry, interruptions Radical sheet
in the State; sad. In concluding
this article 70 wsuld sdvise eur
friend Of tie XerslA net to be 20
c0nfiding: look deeper. In references
to the P;9ot, especially; view things
moro with . critics eye. 1t 10 ous
most dangerous enemy, this Pilot,
with its /" eoneiliatcry articles, !" and
keeping tho promise Of hope to
the ear, while 1t breaks it to the
sense" Beware Of that sPeciOus,
smiling devil that always meets yoa
with . plsusible and agreeable ex.
terror, and remember what Shak.
spere says: He can smile, end
smile, and yet be . william" The
Pilot is q snake in the grass if We
are any judge Of reptiles.
Pinchback has sailed for New
York, and will 60 to Vienna to see