The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-01-22
CORRESP NDENGE.
Oklahoma, MISS, Jan. Is, 1876.
Editor Canton Mat:

| EdHOf Canton Adu:
Thinking likely that few lines
from this point might prove of some
interestto few of your many read
ers, shall proceed to give you
some points of local character.
First, the health of this locality is
good. Crops have proved renum-
erative to the husbandman, especial
ly the grain crop, say corn, oats,
etc. Cotton at the present prices is
rather a clog to successful agricul-
ture, in consequence of the protract-
ed labor necessary for Its produc-
lion, thereby curtaiIing the produc
ton of home supplies and the nee
e>sary farm improvements upon n
we'll regulated farm, which is SO
very essential TO the prosperity of
this country, both state and Ma
tional.
Secondly, there has been quite
an Improvement in the way of es-
tablishing new orchards of fruit,
consis ting of the grape, and a full
line of the new varieties of tho APP
pie, peach, pear and plum, which
is certainly a step in the right di-
rection; in fact let us make our
country self sustaining and then
we are Independent of the many
financial and political troubles that
have SO long oppressed us. A self
sustaining agricultural people are
impregnabie To all foes, save the
dispc,lsation of wise Creator who
sees fit at times 10 scourge q people
for there INSTRUMENTATION to the
moral laws which should govern US
in our deeds and doIngs.
Politics here is like a quiet sea
after the pillows of some tempes-
tuous cyclone have just past from its
bosom. The opposite party has
Withdrawn from the contest, though
we have no doubt but what some
would yet, if in their power to do
so, destroy our brightest hopes and
an,icipations, as regards Il quiet and
prosperous future for our state and
people.
Senator Morton's resolutions in
our Federal Congress and Adelbert
Ames' message TO our state Legis-
lature, are documents which we
think are couched in language OF
an exceedingly insulting charac-
ter to the entire people OF the South.
They still propose to hound Oh
the war that has just passed away.
They would again like to see this Ma
ton dcluged with fratricidaI blood
Adelbert Ames would like to make
charnal house of Mississippi, so
for as her anglo-saXons are concern
ed, and establish for himself aud
crew of vampires an African king
dom, in order that he and they
might be enabled to swim in the
Injuries that would be bestowed
upon them as aims from their Loyal
though deluded subjects. We ask
the questions: What nation have
such fanatics ever emancIpated but
by revolution more terrific than
despotism ? What we'll ordered
republic have they ever formed and
maintained single year? What
community have they enlightened
and purified? Where are the schools
and colleges for the sons of the poor
which they have founded with their
own means? What single family
have they blessed with purer atfec-
tons and augmented industry and
domestic peace by there legislation ?
What single heart have they ever
made better by the extinction of
evil passion :? On the other hand
they have been sewers of thistlcs
and thorns all over this Nation,
and to-day they weep that we are
not engaged in tratricidal war i'll
order that they mi light fitch from the
combatants while the struggle
should last. Wanton, rash and dcs-
peratc are they in their experiments;
monomaniacs upon the subject OF
African supremacy in the South
uttcrl y bereft of common sense up
on that subject, and to a greater OK
tent than any other class of men
who ever set up for guides in this
country since the establishment of
American independence; and the
question is left with the American
people at large, will they be delud-
ed by the vile and malicious Sian
ders that are heaped upon us by
such The people of the South
are loyal to the constitution and
laws of the United States: We love
it as our country, because there is
none better-we desire fraternal
friendship with our brethren of the
North. We invite them among us
to help us TO build up our waste
places and join in with us to estab-
lish good government and peace in
our land and to eXpcl from our
borders such men as Adeibert Ames,
who has ever branded us as traitors
and dislnyal to the Federal Govern
mont, for no other purpose than
that he might be sustained in his
position-for nothing more nor
less than that of rapine, plumber
and the enslavement of an enlight-
cncd and honorable people.
With my kindest regards and
wishes for your prosperity in the
cause you have espouscd, L sub
scribe myself,
Your obcdicnt servant,
DpEa (,poVF.