American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-12-09

public mindis wholly turned toward
fn are, 10 SAY one word iii 1, len. &c
to our own connection with the
melancholy events of the last tour
months.
When we read Mr.. Hayes lettt 1
aud the Cincinnati platform, aud
doctrines in their new suit of party
English, we experienced feeling
ton" running through our political
frame, to which we had been long Il
stranger. We seemed to be once
more in good and regular standing
in the church. The members were
I'll around us with grave and rev.
rent air, and !honah we perceived
several suspicious characters among
the assistant pastors and deacOns.
We thought we could well afford to
keep silent about them. as they
would be sure to withdraw when
hey saw that 'reform within the
party" had actually begun.
Now comes u part of the story
hich our pen almost refuses to
write This was the last We Siw at
Nr. Hayes, or the last we heard Of
the platform or the letter, from any
authoritative source, until few
days before the election. The pro
ceelings which took place in the
church simply filed us With amaze
nent. Liz tie was said about Reform
" auybody, and the suspicious
looking deacons and assistant pas
ors, instead OF Withdrawing, got
out packs of >oi.ed cards and began
playing "seven mr. and offering 1"
hrash an, body that interfered with
: hem. Percciving Mr.. Zach
Chandler in the pulpit, 'trlline
Stories' AMI chewing tobacco, and
ext rcising the funcri.nS of chair
man, We asked the bystan.ltr>
whether they-really meant to say
that ZACH was refOrmrr, and
learned that he wasn't much of
reformer, but was good fellow.
nad plenty of money and knew how
to "run the machine" and then the.
aughed and punched us in the ribs.
IS if we, too, must enjoy the jrke.
Turning to Mr.. Wheeler. tn.
for the Vice Pres Idency.
we asked him when the exposition
Of Republican doctrine was to begin.
md he said he would begin it now
himself. and Il ,ch" thereupOn rap
Ell for silence, and we heard, to
ur amaZempnt, that the campaign
vas not about civil service reform.
" currency, or pacifi..aIi"n at all
hat it was a continuation of { e
civil war, and that we had all To
rote as if we were actually on The.
lattlc field. Seeing Mr.. Blaine,
Who appeared looking vigorous and
'ctive, we asked h m what he cam
paign was abOnt, AID he said entire
y about "outrage>" on negroes, on
which subject he had realms of evil
lence. Inquiring of Mr.. Boutwell, |
this was true, he said, yer. |
!, oomiIy, that it was not true.
Here the editor OF the
Iew York T IN . came up, and de-
Jared that the whole thing really
urn Il on T.l.len's income AMI The
OF the once smiling village
f Brad,'s Bend, and became yer,
iulent and abusive. Mr.. Blaine
hen added thai now that b.. thought
ir, he must say the campaign was
eally about Southern claims tor
amages during the war. which he
ut down at $4,000, O00, 900, aud
hich we should have to pay at
nee if Tildea was elected. This
clighted the whole company great
:, aud they all shOu Ell 'Claims,
aims |" u, the top of their voices. {
When silence was re torrd, MIR.
'urat Halstead. whom We last saw
, the Greeley convention ut Gin a
matt trying to pacify the South, !
'osr, drew larg- manuscript :
nm his packet, and sail he should /
, happy to read an essay on claims.
owing that they were almost i'm @
in amount, and that no j
rti,ly power couli prevent them
IN being paid if Til.ien was elect l
President. During The rea'linr, Il
'wever, we were sorry to see much I
mixing between Chandler and i
line. AT this point the editor of Z
= Evening Post arose and declared I
ut the real reason for elpcting II
ayes, after AL. was that if we did 4"
t the conversion of The SIX per II
Mt. bonds in London would Cease. !!
lis he knew WAS true, because c
in Washington had read "
in "a letter from somebody III Lon :,
n. and that he would advise an d
Uprising" of bankers and mer- y
ants. Mr.. Chandler thrreupon Il
He'd upo the blnkerS and mer 5
ans to uprise abOat the public 81
.;!it, and ask Mr.. Evarts for Ii
eech on it. This gentleman de y
cred speech accordingly, but %
i'll nothing in it about the pubic
.dit, which made the company Ii
ain laugh, and they said the. U
l,pOSed it was just as well, and h
~ would get the Secretary of The al
easury to say when and how The a.
publican party would resume I'll
ecie payments The Secretary hi
peared accordingly, land said that kl
could not Say exactly VIII, n II +;
'uld resume, but that 1t would
Oh b., be in the nigh that they q
,uld wake mp and find resumption hl
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