The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-05-24

no All Aii original proposition may have be-
tated TO vote other land or money 10 aid
TO the construction OF such road. But va
EN- amounts in both have been voted wi
ad the entire apparent concurrence of the pc
pie to build a Northern Pacific Railroa,
lie. and don't think we have got to the prop
ty stopping point. If our constitutional scrI
n pies were disregarded when Congress WI
d, voting land and money by the hundreds {
a millions of dollars to build Northern roads
we should not consider it an affront if th
n same thing ID done when it comes to yotin
te like subsidies for Southern road.
st While on the subject of internal improve
y ments, permit me to say that while M,
1t views have been expanded under the new
ID regime, have not got to the point where
p can encourage my representative to vote
n money from the National Treasury ia
st deepen puddle holes, and improve the navi.
:, CATION of spring branches.
r In the days of jackson, Van Buren,, Tom
g Benton, Silas, Wright, and men of that
Q sort, was taught and made to believe that
one national bank could have no constitu-
= tional existence. Now we have upward of
three thousand. Then it was unconstitu-
! tional to improve the the navigation of
river unless, as Mr.. Calhoun expressed it,
1t was great inland sea like the Mississippi.
Now the government is called upon to i'm
prove the navigation of every little stream
where good sized cat fish can swim. We
were then told that protection for the sake
OF protection was unconstitutional and vio-
lative of sound Democratic Republican
principles. Now, we are told that vast
sums of money may be voted to improve
the private property of private individuals.
! This may all be SO. 1 was not so taught
when l sat at the feet of Gamaliel. These
things are not Democracy according to the |
| teachings of the fathers.
am told that times have changed and |
men must change with them. l thought
principles were immutable. But suppose
was wrong in this, who is to declare the
change and who is it that has the right to
declare me traitor to principle'because I
do not follow the changes? l am heartily
tired of caucus dictation.
The country is greatly in need of sound
legislation on many subjects and especially
on the currency question. We have been
told only give the Democrats control in
both houses of Congress and such benef
cial changes will be made as will eloctrify
the whole country. Well they have undis-
puted sway and what are they doing?
Playing brag, the Presidency being the !
stake Has any legislation been proposed, c
Is any promised, looking to the relief of a L
county? No. The politicians a
are preparing for distribution of the C
'poils, and the people are left as usual to v
Jake care of themselves. t
Have you, has the country, looked to the S
oundatlon OF the pretended conflict now
gong on in Congress on the so called army Il
Dill The unweary are told it is a mighty a
vito al oi,,1o r | 4
or party ascendance and that is about all al
here is in it. Take the Presidential cleo 1
ion for 1880 out of the way and the whole IL
uestion could and would be settled in a Sc
ay as well as in century. in
There is in our politics of to day not only
% much partyism but by long odds too IN
lueh sectionalism. 1 never hear of solid g
outh but with feelings of horror. 1t Ell
ngs IN my ears like a fire boil at night.
solid South suggests the idea of q solid pc
orth. In the name of all that is sensible to
aven't we had enough of sectional divis- in
N, sectional strife, sectional war, sectional BIT
isolation? appeal to you as patriots, to tai
vt your faces sternly against this whole bust ha
ess. If you are not moved by the lofter con- Gu
derationof patriotism, then Iappeal to you wa
Southern mon, not to allow yourselves to pc
drawn second time into a sectional CON rec
ct. warn you that you will be beaten pie
cond time just as you were the first ant
Franklin Pierce was not the greatest of by
+ Presidents, but he was among the pu-
st. His solemn invocation was, 'let there sal
no North, no South, no East, no West. off
thing but common country and COM are
on brotherhood Oh, if that advice had
ly been taken and faithfully adhered to, col
lat seas of blood, what rivers of tears, what "a
onizing groans, what desolated homes, De
'uld have been avoided And yet there tut
3 men, both North and South, who, if law
ey do not seek, certainly do not labor to per
old sectional divisions Such divisions rae
, disastrous to the whole country, and
oecially to the South. We have found
rselves unable to defend what we believed
be our rights with bullets we shall be d.
ually unable to defend them with ballots, -"
we array solid South against a solid uh
nth. And yet party men on both sides e,;l
I'm willing to intensity sectional animos- WE WE
IS. If a Northern agitator waves the iiit'
taphorical bloody shirt Southern hot ~
If, like mad bull, feels called on to you
lrge it instantly, This is not patriotism ny
either side. 1t Is simply partyism. f HU'
What is the remedy2 a nUi
RAISE UP A NATIONAL PARTY, III
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