American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-10-25
col. W. g. Kea-ney.

of tins county To need ru!Ogy. Phi
or {" the war, he 'e,ri -.n Ell our
people in u" S,a;r l. gi>ratnr.',
" here he showed bins. u tin..'S;, ,
capable aud f'"i.ia ~ ii thin. =.
During the Late r, II .xhib.ir.'
his Ilati iUti>in a:ri devotion to s!nty
by taking up arms in defense of
Southern rights against Northern
invasion. That he held The rank If
Captain OF the Beauregarl Rifles,
and thai Of Lieutenant C"lOnpt Of
the 18th Regimen Mississippi Vol
unteprs, by the suffrages :. t his fell
low soldiers, constitute at them
selves, ample testimonials of his
worth
A man with such ii record, fhu-
brief, exrresse,i-a citizr", VII"
has 81 long dwell among u, "ith"u'
tear and with"ut repr"act. "xhibi'
ing in hi life and character 81 macy
of the rnnObsing qualities aud Ill
tinguishing attributes Of - CHI 'sii..n
g.niIeman-snch an indi> id"ai Ne
imagine, is not likely 20 b'- se,i"u
IN afft-c Ell II, The onslaught of he
Canton Democrat, a fragile ahd rick
| .tx- ihlna- has inst ..come
Int" this breathing world, scarce
half made up" Especially is such
a man not likely to he Injured by
the organ of rebellion against the
glorious old Democracy of Madison,
under whose BANNER he has ever
marched, a true and faithful soldier
1t is easy to vIndicat- Cot. Kearn-
e!'s cUntluct 'ouclins recent party
movements H.. saw uissatIsfac>
ton manifrsting itself i'm certain
qu .rters, and the unity Of The Dem
Ocratir party threatened. A. Il
true and loyal man, l'".l ing 10 the
in rest of the e. uut,, AM hot hi
own, H., went ii.tn thr August c,,n-
vrnti"n, thi king h- c"n,si :r,--,
the progress of INSTRUMENTATION lay
proposing certain terms Of c"mprd-
mise. Az "a member Of The commits
tie on resolutions, he IIes+nt"d his
plan in a minority report, winch the
convection laid en- the table. HIS
mission Of peace being hu. rejected.
his connection with tie August
movement Terminated.
His compromise scheme, which,
he Was fully assured would BE- ac-
ceptable to the Executive Commit
tee of The D-mocrs'ic Conservative
PARTY, was this: Tue August cons
ventiuu was 10 select a. colored man
to br placed Oh the July ticket.
This prop'sal, ofiisrif neg rives The
unjust Insinuatiun of the DEM
ocra'. that Col. K-armr. WAS an
Offic. seeker Lefuie that c.hvru,iO !;
and his withdrawal from that body.
i'm sOOn as his plan was rejected.
puts Ia I.sl nHo e, frck ess .-hargs'
of the Democrat that '.lr permits
ted him-. II 10 i,- voted fnr.7
This rel. ciirn of Col. Krarn.y's
plan Of compromise by rhe Angus
clique proves an"lb-r thing very Ills
tinc'ly.-that their alleged aariety to
keep faith 70 til the negro and right his
,croNgs. Is a miserable sham and false
prefense from beginning to end. Their
"w" petty spites and ambitions are
the moving springs. the controlling
influences with them and all the
hugging, hone, -Tmgg'i"g aud he
sl"bbrring of the near" III which
they have indulgrd I" he disgust If
all d. cent people, whether whi,e 1T
colored-are only mr,n~ :" secure
their selfish euds. ODll this AMI
nothing more"
Col K-arn"y i,d dr>'r,. that the
name of u rOiorrd nam should h..
placed upon the July ticket. tut the
August men, desperately bent ON
mischief, distinctly refused to Co
operate with him; and it is their
cheek and not their Democracy. thar
is shown to be of "sterner stuff
than his. when they charge HIM
with iufidrlity to the Cause of the
negro. Having made an honest ef-
fort to reform the July ticket, accord
ing to his views OF justice to the
cOlOrrtl man, his duty WAS fully dis
charged. To hav. gone further
10 have peIsistentIy refused oiwdi-
ehre to the majority-sO have mai.
n"grO promotion sine qua non of
his parry crecd-wpald have made
him Il full hinun Angu-t man "a
rebel to the Democratic ,.sinSt,. and
traitor TO the best Interests If tn.
South.
Col. Ks principles arr. not So
slack twisted as tn enal,IC him to
play the August role. He cannot
desert his par v because maimi,,
on this. that or the other occasion,
preferred whiuc man to IL negro.
PuILO.