The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-10-25
LET Us REASON THE CASE,
What Do Greenbackers and Indepen-
dents Hope for in this Election.

In action and effort for their deliver
auce and to secure their rights. Will
the evil isf5eing suffered, and while tn
dSYi ger threatens they realize that i
ONION there is, Strength" they max
common cause against common fo'
and by continuous, united effort, the
work to a common end and u comma
good. But no sooner is the evil averteC
or the danger past, and in fact Yer
often before this end is attained, an
when men only vainly imagine tina
they are safe-then they straight-wa
forget the lessons of the past, and b
their own divisions and dissentions in
vite the perils and calamities, the fea
of which once impelled them to unto
and concert of action.
This truth is forcibly illustrated il
the present division OF political senti
ment to be found in many counties o
our State: In 1S75-1S7G, and in tn
following years, the people OF Missis
sippi were a unit i'll political though
and action. They all then saw an(
realized the danger of divisions an(
chickering's among themselves. They
felt the absolute necessity for perfec
union and vigorous effort, in order tt
throw off the oppressive and crushing
yoke of Radical rule to which thu
necks of the people had been bowed
They groaned beneath load of taxa
ton that no people can bear, and pros
oer In feet, the very idea or hope of
v thing like prosperity, had long
ied from the mind and heart of our
oppressed and suffering people-and it
nad grown to be IA question of bare
eXistence-a hand to mouth struggle,
and hard one too, for daily bread.
The homes of many of our poor and
hard worked farmers were being con-
sumed by taxes, and the titles were
passing to the State. Every acre of
land thus forfeited to the State for non
payment of taxes, ceased in future to
yield anyr eveneu in the way of taxes,
and this only increased the burden
upon others, who had vitality enough
left to pay tribute little longer to a
government that was robbing and i'm
poverishing, instead of projecting and
building up its citizens.
The common and terrible oppression
that was crushing the life and energy
cut of our entire population, both black
and white, for all suffered, welded them
together in one mighty, patriotic, and
grand struggle for deiverance. God
,miled on the effort, and the army of
carpet bag adventures who had been
placed in power by the strong arm of
he Federal Government, and who ha0
10 sympathy or identity RI Interest
With our O03ta ,fde citizens, and WHO ere
My here to grow rich from the enor-
nous taxes unjustly wrung from hon
st tax payers, were hurled from office |
" the united vote of an indignant and |
people.
From theday that glorious and peace
al victory was won, hope sprang again
4 our hearts, and the light of prosperi-
Y began to dawn. No honest man
an truthfully deny that our taxes have
cen reduced as much as was possible
the condition of affairs
hen the Conservative Democratic
arty came into power No honest
ian can truthfully say that the Demo-
attic party has not redeemed and car
ed out every pledge it made to the
eople, so far as it has had time and !
oportunity to dose. No honest man can ;
deny that the advantages of {
lucation and common schools have !
en greatly extended and Increased to '
our children black and white alike; I ]
"a that too, at less than one half the {
rmer cost. No honest man can i
uthfully say to our colored population 9
at they have been denied or deprived i
a single political or civil right. No /
,nest man can or will deny, that the t
blic debt, left to us as an inheritance '
the Radical party has been paid off
fast as possible; and under a rate of /
xation largely reduced below the ?
Gdical standard-nor can he any n
ore deny that State credit has been IL
The man who now works
the State, is not forced to sell his
Irrant to some remorseless Spectator
a ruinous discount. n
IN view of these and many other b
1ilar truths that might be stated, d,
earnestly, and in all seriousness, to
peal to the honest, hard working W,
sses of our people, and ask them: in
here not danger i'll disrupting and
aking up the party that has brought ",
much good to our whole people ? in
IS not our safety in the future, de GA
ID on that unity and concert of ac- Sc,
/ that has wrought for us such de
rance, and so many, and such great we
sings in the past? In all earnest an
) we ask you, and we wish each one Th
'ou to give to your own conscience, an,
'rfectly candid answer-what good me
you possibly hope from the Green two
k party? What earthly hope have age
' of accomplishing any good for ira,
people? Have they any National tim
Myth? Have they the ghost of wou
ace to carry a single Statc.-..!eH in +
to obtain control of the National In
eminent? This new party promises viii
nothing, and is utterly powerless
redeem any pledge it might the
e The only thing it can accom- 81.
is to divide and weaken the Dem ''"'
tic Conservative party, and afford nou
cclsion for the Radical party 10 dasl
.anize next year, preparatory TO VIII,
srest National Contest of 1880 s,,.
e Organization of the Republican
OF limos county two weeks ago ID I"
~ shows that Our old enemy j. r5. jney
hut sleeping, with ,a.c rro q'v froii
10 re .4vani--s T.. 81 u,hs,
Is division in our ranks. Tim. l.