Mississippi Democrat. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1875-1???, 1875-09-01

i pubttcNn parry Of the nation. lndecd
nothing but the passions and prviu.
dicc4 growing ont of civil war could
~ long have blinded the American
people "a the true character Of the
grotcsqnc caricaturcs on govern
mcut which have afflicted these
Southern State. ~
A glance az the condition. Of affairs
ia our own State will serve ~ sam.
pie Of the whole:
" NJ Chief Executive chalr We
have an alien and advcntarcr, whose
only interest IN the State IN the of
flee which hc now holds, aud the 9th
crs which hc l. schcming 60 obtain,
and whose habitual and eontemptu-
ous disregard ~ our Constitution
and lawsis ouly equaled by his igno-
rance of the elementary principles
Of civil government Accusations
of much darkcrnaturc are brought
against him by members of his own
la1y. A prominent ard influential
Republican, hlgh w the councils and
confidence Of hts party, hiss not hcsi-
tatcd % charge him with completely
in the sanguinsry riot which a few
months ago startled the nation. and
dr,nched the streets uf Nicksburg
with blood. Thus gentleman has de
Clarcd in publ, speeches, upon Re
publican authority deemed reliable
~ him, that the Governor Of the
State, 10 defiance ot the earnest pro-
tests " hi' Attorney General, issued
the rccklc~, and wicked orders which
prccipltatcd that unhappy conflict,
and that be- justified hs action al M,
iimc that "thc blood 81 twcnty.fve
ur thirty negroes slain M Wick burg
vou'd hcncfit the Republican party
iu the State" 10 add a darker shade
tp hi- guilt nf guilty be bc) be sub
sequcntlyatlemptcd,in in his testimony
bciorv congressional colamittcc, 20
east upon tie white men ~ Warren
county the responsibility Tor the
blood that was she'd upon that nm
happy OCCASION. No blaehcr or
mOrc damniug crime than this has
been laid NJ tie door of Chirf Mag
i-tratc since Nero fired lmperial
issaIc, aad rhu red the act upon the
early Christians.
The Office Of Licatcnantl Governor
Vt the Stale v occulded BY one
against whom, IN addition % an IN
competency patent q an men, there
ar grave suspicious of bribery IN
the discharge u official duties. The
instruction OF our y1uth is ihtrwsted
to q Superintendent 1T public odaca.
ton, who 60 day stands indicted ~
a Grand jury of numerous ielonics,
and whor, ~ own party neither
have thn courage n imp,Jch nor the
sudacity o. defend. Our indiciai
positions, with some honorable ex..
ocptions, utr fi.led hy men - no rc
pute IN thc.rprotesSion-, and hy those
who first announced themselves as
members ~ the bar w the aSsurtp.
ton a the highest honors " the
bench. Our interior offices arc ocu-
pied in many Instances by men utter
iy illiicntc, aud - ignorant ~ the
Simplest duties II their positions that
their attempts 20 discharge thcm
would De- lu1icrous IL they were not
80 harmful. Our legislative halls
arc controlled by a combination Of
Ignorance and corruption which baf
hcs ell hope Of reformation. The
men who impose our taxes arc en-.
tircly discovered in sympathy and
interest from those by whom they
are paid. The logical and inevitable
consequence has been that the rate Of
taxation, State and local has In.
creased more than fiheen hundred
per cent. in the short space OF six
! years, and set our people each day
growing poorer, and staggering an
der n burden too grvvfSN 90 be
borne, sec with despair the public ex-
penscs each ycarcxcecding tho rcve-
nuc.
No relief from this intolerable
scene fwastefuInese, iInbesiIity and
corruption can be expected at the
I NahW7 VI wv ~ fhoAfN1b I'1fN ~ ~ t"t
State. The same mon who have
wrought these evils are still the con-
trolling spirits Of us Organization
and VIII be Us chosen leaders and
candidates IN thc approaching elee-
4 tion. NHN n
| How, Indeed, can a party be ex-
pcctcd 10 put down corruption which
numbers upon t. state Exccutive
| Committee two convicted thieves,
one of them convicted of petty larco-
ny, has paid the penalty fhis crime,
and the other, convicted Of embez.
Elcment is now an inmate of the
pcnitcntiary. The overthrow Of such
a government and the defeat of such
a party Is the supreme necessity OF
| the hour, and has become The duty
of every honest man. IN this noble
work upon platform of equal
rights TO all we invoke the aid " MI
who prefer inteiligenee rather than
ignorance, purity rather than corr-up
/. / st.s. ..k4.a. So ..saag.kftsl