American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-08-10
POLITICAL NOTES.

pressed the opinion that Grant will be nom
mated: The whole gang of disreputable
politicians who used TO hang on to Grant
are shouting for him.-Detroit Free Press.
THE st. Louis Globe Democrat, the
name of which is associated with the frauds
of the Whisky Ring, demands Grant first,
| last, and all the time. The people, it says,
do not want man of straw, but ga man of
| iron." Queery enough, the man of iron
! seems to be demanded almost exclusively by
the men of steal.-Netc York World.
GRANTS old factotum, Babcock, now Mill
tary Superintendent of Light house dis
| trict, is summering at Old Point Comfort,
and looking wistfully over the sea towards
| Ulysses, who he hopes will be reinstated at
The White House in 1881, and then reinstate
the whisky and other once profitable rings.
Babcock may yet be made Minister to Eng
| land.
NoTICE.-Permissio having been granted
| the subscriber to produce his "witnesses"
| before the Fraud Investigating Committee,
notice is hereby given to all persons seeking
easy work at liberal wages that they will hear
| of something to their advantage by address,
ing John Sherman, Treasury Department,
| Washington, D. C.-Nel1 York Sun.
THE next Senate is assured. 1t is to be
Democratic beyond all question and by
| handsome majority. We do not think there
| is any reasonable doubt that the House of
Representatives will be Democratic. Let us
all at the South do our part to make it so. A
| Democratic Congress once In power the
| South may look with some confidence to
|
| fits as well as the burdens of The Govern
ment, by mean of legislation which it sorely
needs.-R Raleigh IN. e. Observer.
| IT is not apprehended that any more diff
Guilty will be experienced in collecting ''vol-
untary" political assessments from the de-
| partmental clerks at Washington since Wad-
| dell, of the Sixth Auditors office, was dis
| missed for refusing to contribute. He was
very efficient clerk but was foolish enough
| to believe that he would be protected in his
| refusal. He found out his mistake, and his
| fate constitutes an example which VIII not De
lost on his fellow clerks. They have no OPP
ion Notwithstanding the promises of the
| shallow and hypocritical Administration. 1t
| is pay or go with them.-DetrOtt Free Press.
THE cry for Grant, come from what quar-
ter or il what form it My, IS imperialism and
| nothing else. There IS not a reason or ar3u-
| ment put forth by tbe c'.quers OF Grar that
does not proceed from .he imperial idea and
port TO life tenure of office. Admit, as
they claim, that Grant is a "necessity'-tbat
he alone can preserve law and order, and
play the Government into the hands OF The
money power as he did before, will he not be
as mucb-Day, more OF NECESSITY" in 1854
Inau in 1897 More OF necessity in 1883
than in 1884? And SO on as long as he lives?
To this complexion Grantism mist iDevita
b'v come at last, according to tbe theory OF
Grants Observation-Disclosures Union and
Adoertiser.
TEN years ago the Republicans appealed
for support precisely on the grounds Mr..
Garfield now puts forward. they have stood
there with the noble firmness of mule ever
since; whenever the country asked them
about policy they only answered "the
solid South" And in those ten years they
have on this platform lost the House, lost
the Senate, and secured the Presidency only
by the use of the army and the perjury Of
creatures Ike Anderson. But, never mind,
cries General Garfield; try it again. He re-
minds us of the crazy fellow who bet he
could jump across the O;iio River; He
jumped once, twice, three times, and went
souse into The mud every time. But only
watt" he cried, "give me another chance
and I'll do it."-Ne,u York Herald.
THERE is no danger of a Communistic re-
volution in this country, no danger OF
" strikers " OverturniDg things and perma-
nently controlling affairs. Domestic violence
is likely to occur at auy time, else the Con-
stitution would not have provided against
it, but its suppression is merely an incident
of government. That can always be done,
and always will be done il General Grant
should rent room in Bismarck's palace and
spend his days in talking to that statesman
about the necessity of killing of uproarfous
people. What is most needed in this country
is administrative reform. General Grant
will not give us that, and Mr.. Hayes can not.
The latter started off with fair promises in
that regard, but he has found it altogether
more difficult to accomplish than suppress
ing domestic violence, as he did last summer.
We chiefly want a President who can do
that. He can not be found in the Republican
party, and he is not very plentiful among
nal.
THE Republican Congressional Commit
tee still continue to send out immense quau-
titles of campaign documents. They keep |
six or eight clerks, employed all the time
forwarding campaign literature favorable to
the Republican cause to all parts OF the
country. The clerks at work at the Repub-
lican congressional headquarters are De- |
forced into the party traces is this: Every |
clerk in department is given months |
leave of absence every year. Those wish
ing to take their month now are called upon
to contribute a week of this time in some |
way to the Republican cause, and If he con-
sents he is at once put to work in the |
Congressional committee room. Ii not, be |
fears the ,h c Gng has bs
entire year, and which he is entitled to by |
the rules of the departments, is cut down TO |
three weeks, and he submits tamely for fear
of removal. This fear is well founded, too, |
rs has already appeared in removals which |
have taken place.-Chtcdg0 Times Wash
ington Special.
No CIvIL-sERvICE REFORM HERE
Louis j. Seuer, lately appointed Appraiser |
of Merchandise at New Orleans, is verita-
BILE carpet Dagger and political hummer in
every sense OF the word, aud was introduced
by member of the Infamous Mechanics
Institute ring that was formed by the mo-
torious DR.. DOst.e, who was killed at the |
Mechanics Institute riot in 1865. "Louie |
Seuer," as he was nicknamed, appeared in |
1868 or 1863, and first attracted attention by |
opening veocpede cink, in which enter
prise he very soon failed financially; but he |
thereby succeeded in insiuuating himself |
into the favor OF some OF the fast young |
sporting men of the city, who, with view OF |
exhibiting tneir friendship toward North |
erner, one who some time would return to |
the North with rue story OF the state of
affairs in the South, cnaperoned rlm around,
giving him opportunities for picking up |
"ponts" for use in politics. In the year |
1863 or 1S70,at the time OF n State electlon,he |
was sent into one of the parishes to super |
intend the voting for the Mechanics Insti- |
tute crowd. Ee remained in the parish |
abou, a week, and the day after the election |
he returned to New Orleans with the ballot |
boxes-and himself elected to the Legisla-
ture. The second year he was again re- |
turned elected. During this whole period |
he boarded in New characterization Herald. |
SIX boys, aged from IA to 16, organ
lied "club" and rented room in
which to meet and-and improve their
minds. They concluded to have a ''libra-
ry' and each member was requested to
bring at least one book on next meeting
night A few days later the nucleus of
the library consisted of the following
works: "The Captive Beauty; or, The
Boy Pirate;'' ''The Fiend of tie For
est; or, the Boy Hero;'' 1.-THE Boy
Chief; or, The Crimes of an Outlaw"
90 Crooked-nose Chris; or, The Boy
Potter Paul and his Pals; or, The