The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-08-03

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lDeason.l No sorrow for poor Ames'
We'll, yousare very nngratefui.
Again, fellow-citizens. The cost OF
assessing the little remnant Of property
left to you after the war, amounted to
$4,000 per year. The Legislature
which convened this year appropriated
;S3l, 900 for the same purpose. Tell me,
now, if you prefer Radical profigacy to
Democratic economy and reform?
Tten again, fellow-citizcns, IN the
matter of public schools. You paid
for them before the late election $lS,-
$40. The last Legislature appropriated
$40, 9o5. Now, nswer me, if you
please, tell this people openly, Or if you
want to, tell it coniidentiaiiy whether
you prefer Radical plundering to Dem
ocratic reform? 1t you do not tell it,
hen hold your peace forever afterward.
Then the penltentlary, The annual
cost Of it was-how much? ST., 900.
Now the penitentiary, which has been
flied by the victims OF justice, will be
self-supporting institution. Thus
you save $4,000 iii that single institu-
tion. $1,000! Now, | ask you again
would you prefer Radical expenditure
to Democratic economy? / am afraid
NV friend fears thai some OF his fr,enus
will get into thai institution.
| have spoken Of the public debt.
Musglove, who served my friend like
David did Uriah, the Hittite-sent him
in the forefront of the battle to be
killad-stated that the public debt
when the Radical party went intopower
was $500, 0'0. The public debt then had
swollen to 81, 000, 900. Can you tell me
what was the cause of that? they had
nothing to show, but the high living
of the ofice-holders and the. pOv6i-
ty of the people. Will you, to Col.
Deason] when you rise before tins PEG
pie. tell them how this 81, 000, 000 OF
debt accunu lated? 1t will, IN time, be
wiped ont by the earnings of the PEG
pie of Mississippi; but 1t should never
have existed.
And now, my fellow>citizcns, you
will agree with me, that the state
was going down; the property had
decreased in value. showing a falling
off of $25, 900, 000; taxation had
reached the point OF c~oniscation.
You viii agree with me that the time
had come that the people should rise
rp everywhere, to rally for the defers Sc
of the glorious old common wealth.
Thank God! the people responded ss
materially as rature in spring, when the
showers and breezes call to the sleeping
vegetation. 1t came like a storm. The
elements had lorg been gathering; the
thunder rolled; the Tightening struck
alas! it s~trnck-my friend. 1t was glo~
! rious to witness the effect of this expires
sion of the determined viii of a free
people; it WAS glorious to witness the
| effect upon those adventures who had
ruled 50 long. Some, like Arabs, fold
ed their tents and silently stole away
to steal s mewhere else; some went
abroad CRYING .'Mrrder!' ''R;ot!' then
sneaked to Washington asking to be
fed from the public purse. Ny friead,
| am happy to say, did not go with
these. There are some Of them still
lingering, like a procession OF spectres,
around green pastures, J. don't know
but hat my friend can he rtckoned in
this class. He will make Il miserable
noise abont it. These great results
were brought about by the election of
last year, when the Democratic hosts
marched to the fight with just gov
eminent and equal right to ali" inscrlb
| ed on their banner, and, thank God.
they won! This Republican party il
RESPONSIBLE for all the acts which they
performed and which the Democrats
hal TO correct. I know thew had - DIFF
f"ult task TO perform: hut | say they
did it well, my fellow>citiznns; that
the pcorie have cause To congratulate
themselves mon the fact that the Leg
~islaturn which they elected last fall hos
| 40 Thoroughly carried ont the work OF
FORM. and that those who proved
faitl,fn, in tf,e long night of darkness
have a right to congratulate themselves
that victory has Mt last been won,
rProinngpd cheers
Now. fnllow-cit'zens. go with me fur,
thor into tho acts of the reform Leois-
Iatrrn: 90 further int. some of their in
vn.tigations Of fraud. As I have said.
they repealed the Infamous Gatling Gun
hill which vas PASSED to have a staud-
ing army moug the people. Fellow
citizens. to support that military organi
zat;on tha Radical Legislature appro
pirate $50 900. 5000 of which was
onuandered. The rest was saved bv
+hn promnt measures taken by the Dem
onratic Legislature and nv the exertions
Of Chancellor pevton. ITO Col Dea>
sor ! Now. s'r. do Won come here 70
make ~vorrself champion Of the Cutting
Gun bill?
Again. fpllow-citizans, the reform or
Dnrorratic- Legislature, also accom-
plished what this gentleman's portv had
long promised to do-to have sessions
of the Legislature every two years
They never fulfilled their promise. Oh!
nv friend. whv 10 o appear here as a
champion of Radicalism? That Legis-
latnre did more. 1t fals'fpd the pred1c-
tions made hv the Republ'cnns-'hat if
the Democrats carried the election they
wnnld strike ont the public schools
On the contrary, they have given five
instead of fonr months OF school per
vear. Then. fellow-citizens-and | call
mon white and black-thev f~alsified
the prediction that if the Democrats
wer., successful thew would infringn the
rights of the rolored people. That
Legislature had no discrimination be
tween white and black. There is not q
singh. bit of evidence showing that the
Democrats did not fulfil their pledge
of eoual rights to all men. The color
ed men who threw aside the advice OF
the carpet-baggers will say the same
thing. NV friend knows that the col
cred people got justice. and you pre-
, dic.el that there would be trouble
among things generally. IT YOU did
not Won ore in the wrong crowd. You
are like Blanche or Tray or whatever
the dogs name was, who had to take
q beating because he was with the other
dogs. I want to say this to you, and j
say it in the presence of white and
black. there is no living man in the
I, 'mits of the State who has a cause o!
con ,plaint against the last Democratic
r .eo;, latnre. Yes, there are some who
hovs "a. use Of complaint-those who have
been turn cd ont of the green fields and
fresh pastn, 'es; but none of these are
the good citizens Of the State.
ooh! WE'LL my friend tells me,
..don't talk abont' those things. 1t was
all a State matter. Well, Radicalism
is the same. l don't care where Won
find it. But he a y the Presidential
election is coming on ana We must think
IS th,+ Indea1 We can mt forget 10.