American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-02

W ucu0vcI NOO W0uU ~, anu uCLO 10 a.
gun to help you take it; make US
senator's, Legislators,
sheriffs, ETC., etc, aud we will give
you forty acres of land, q mule and
two hundred and fifty dollars. And
when that plan is not carried out,
they issue circular to all such peO-
pie, and seud 1t out by men at night,
to be read to the ignorant herd at
their night meetings, secret leagues
and grand army: Elect us this
time and we will put such a tax on
the property of these nabObs and
land holders that they can not pay
it. Then the land will he forfeited
to the State, and You can get it for
forty cents per acre" And suppose
these Southern trash, thus reveling
in the North, have fOwl-yards and
pig pens, and barns for hay and
corn, and peanuts and pumpkins,
and rooms for flax and cotton and
WOODEN yarn, and buy all these arti-
cles that the labOre1 may steal and
bring by night, so that all the geese,
turkies. ducks and chickens, for
miles ronnd, are missing from their
owners, but may he found in the
yards of those vile SOutherners, who
ship off eggs by the box. and fowls
by the hundred to Boston or New
York. And suppose they pass laws
to abolish all systems of education
in those States, and that all school
funds and property shall be turned
over to the superintendent appoint.
ed by them, without bond or secu.
rity for its faithful appropriation,
and that thus the funds, which
would have benefited thousands OF
children, are squandered by irres.
ponsible and corrupt men, who do
not care for education, or the peo-
pie. or anything but their pOck eta.
And suppose that these vile South
erners do all in the North that the
vile NOrtherners have done in the
South, think you they wOuld be
loved, and cherished. and caresseal
by the people of the North Would
they not he hated of all men, women
aud children there
Now, sir, let any NOrtherner in
Office in Mississippi put these supp0.
sItiOns to himself, and see how he
got into Office. and if he has par
ticle of good feeling left, or self res.
pect, he will lOatbe himself for get.
ting Office in such way, and resign,
and go back North, or to tilling the
soil for an honest living. Have
these carpet baggers any selfres
pecti any gentlemanly feeling? any
claim to the titIe-gcstlcman
My own opinion is that these car.
pet baggers glOat over the ruin they
are bringing on the South. Their
envy enables them to rejoice at the
prospect of selling ont every par
ticle of property here to pay the
taxes their wicked and corrupt legis.
latures are imposing on the people
of this country They all grow
rich while the people of the State
grow poorer every year in the strug.
gle to pay taxes and live.
These suppOsitiOns do not cover a
1.-THE of the items that might he
mentioned, vet they bring a few
things to light, and show the kind
of men now in Office in this State.
Sir, if they were patriots they
would now resign every Office they
hold, and get out of the way Of the
citizens born, reared and educated
here. If they had any modesty in
or about them they would retire and
get out of the way.
Such men are terror to modest,
decent, gentlemanly NOrtherrers,
who would like to come here for the
benefit of the country, and to make
a living by honest industry. Do
you wonder that any Southerner
should thank God if he did not
know such men as these cOrpet- bag
O6ice-hOlders are in this State
think he had good cause for thank
ing God. wish there were none
of them here to be known by any
one. They are of 10 benefit to this
State, but a curse-deep aud sore
curse.
May the day soon come when
they will fly from the State, bowling
under the lashings of an awakened
conscience. May the last dime they
have filched from the South be lost
to them. SOUTHERNER.