American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-11-08
RADICALISM TRIUMPHANT.

The vote Of Mississippi has evi
IDENTITY been cast in favor of General
Ames, and our people doomed to
wear still longer the opm essor's
woke. The means by which this
unhappy result was mainly effected
throw over the contemplation the
hue of sable melancholy. Had
our people but remained true to
themselves and their party, and sup
lnI ted the patriot, HUMPHREYS, in
stead Of the traitor, Alcorn, We
would not now be mourning over
our folly, and weeping at the loss OF
our liberty. Could we, in this sad
hour of defeat aud disaster, proud :
!, excl;lm. in the burning words OF
the heroic old Regulus, ''Our honor
is our own" we might look our con
ing eye, aud with no blush OF shame
n'intling our check but when we
reflect that his triumph is the result
OF an effort OIL our part TO fOist into
power Southern renegade, who had
no claim whatever to the sutf,rages
of Il people whom he had abandoned
ard degraded in order to eXalt the
negro and build up his own private
fortunes, we should bow ouI selves
in the dust of humility. and, in
'ss;ack- cloth and ashes" repent US of
tire grea. sin committed against the
peace, the dignity and the welfare
of the State. Thank God our skirts
are clear of this disgraceful achieve
ment /; and though, in common with
them, we must suffer the evils which
will inevitably follow their impul-
sive and misguided action, yet We
can proudly look our people in the
face and exclaim, ''this is none OF
our work ~
Without arrogating to ourself pro
phetic foresight, we, nevertheless,
raw plainly enough that Alcorn's
defeat was a fOregOne conclusion,
without the united support of the
Democi acy, and which We well knew
he could not command. We also
raw, with equal clearness, that with
the split in the Radical party, a
Democratic ticket, headed by Gen1
HumphIies, would have trlumphe.l
over Ames, and secured1peace and
prosperity for our people. But no
the arisdOns of the Meridian Conven-
zion declared the party 'dead," and
turned over the State to the tender
mefcirs ola Il; dical Governor. Were
it not for the evils which their &C.
ton will entail upon the masses, we
should rejoice at the defeat of their
ambitious designs.
The cause of Democracy is the
cause of liberty, and can never die
NJ long as that principle lives in
the hearts of free people. The
cause of Democracy is the cause of
evil and religious freedom. ard it
in intended, in the providence of
God, yet to sway the destinies of
this great American nation. Dem
Ocracy is the natural antagonist of
tyranny and oppression, and the
war it wages is c+as-less and eter~
nal. Its great purpose is to exalt
Intelligence above ignorance-en
Iightened patriotism above frenzied
hate-and to maintain our honor
and our rights against the assaults
of the enemies of liberty and the
would be destrOyers of our country.
Radicalism is All enemy to the
Southern whites. 1t has placed lg-
ORANGE and vice above intelligence
and virtue, and degraded the for
nier by subjecting them to the rule
of the latter. The GOths and Van.
dals established the principles of
their own government in all their
conquered provinces, as did other
barbarOGs nations, but it was done
III order to secure the fruits of the !
their conqnests, and not to degrade !
those who had fallen vic,im to their |
superior prOwess. The proud Ans .
erican Republic has the Distinguish
al honor Of being the only enlisht-
eDed nation on the globe that ever
punished a subjngated people by
forcing upon them system of gov
ernment repugnant to every princi-
PIE of right and justice, and which
VAS specially designed to humiIia,c,
degrade and demoralize. From the .
day of our surrender to the present .
1t has been the policy of the Radical
leaders to fOment strife; to foster a
spirit of opposition between the two
races, and to bring the intelligent
" hites under base subsection to the
passions and prejadices of their for
mer slaves. Their whole course
towards Our people has proved the
bitterness of their hostility, and vet
If we advert To if thrOu OH the nrcss