The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-08-16
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LAC SsoN. MISS, Aug. Z. 1879.


ENRON INpEpEvpFNT; The last number
of YOUR paper contains an editorial In when
Won have token the liberty to uSe my namo
in n manner so reprohenrible, % to entitle
me to a brief space in your columns for the
purpose of reproof and correct on; you
speak of me as follows
Judge Alcorn, the leading kepuplcanni
OF this city, openly proclaims, tna' no VIII
vote the Democratic ticket, ana SO, 80
MANY others among the stalwarts 80 soon
as It was found out that the Greenback
party was built upon rock, that ONCE
seet no was the least important OF all its
professions, and coalitions with Republicans
could not be entertained for mono III,
Judge Alcorn and lis following, we 1t where
they properly belong over to the Dem0''
racy.'
This language was employed by you in
combating q suggestion by "esteemed cor
respondents" that the Independents OF
Jackson were plotting to bring out as cans
didates for office in this county, men who
have been connected with the Radical party
ever since the war
Now as I am in no respect seefer OF
Office at the hands of the good people OF
Kinds county, preferring the Federal pot
on hold, though not very fat, to any in
their gift; your mention of my name in that
connection, was uncalled for, erd imper!
nent! But the incivility exhibited might be
overlooked, if what you say of me were not
rs unjust rs it is rude. Your fisttery in
characterizng me as ''the leading Republi>
can of this city, is too fulsome to be pleas
ing and is not the less offensive for beng
| followed BY the assert on, that l and many
others among the stalwart Republicans,
openly proclaim, that we will vote the
democratic ticket When, where. and TO
whom was such q proclamato on NADER For
one, protest nv onf're ignorance OF it.
am Republican, and have bee1 since
the party was formed in Miss .ssippi. The
| warmest sympAthies c: my sor. cluster
around the old organization OF EQUAL
RIGHTS, and when the waters of the Mtssis.
sipps river flow up stream, pnd the Devil
becomes saint, the !, and not till then may
you truthfully proclaim to your readers
| that have turned Democrat
| But to resume. Areyo serious IN a5sum-
ing that the Greenback party is built upon
rock2 had innoeontly supposed it to be
so GREEN and SOFT, as to have an inst nctive
ant.phathy to everything HAGp. Don't you
think foundation of PAPER MACE pa
per mash or smash, would BIO more appro-
pirate for papec money party?
Let nae insist that you warn your readers
of all things hard, and especially Of hard
sense, for remember the average brain of
genuine Greenbacker, has n natural affinity
for PULP. That is the pahulum he affects;
| he can digest nothing solid; he homes for
pulp feed him plentltully on pulp at break.
fast, at dinner, at supper; all the time and
you will keep delightful visions OF wealth
and spleIdor con, nually playing before
his bewildered imagination. Let him be
sbuEdantly supplied with pulp, and you will
not only make HIN happy, but he wakes ez-
ceedingly industrious and incontinantly
becomes a mighty laborer in Isteal. With
restless energy he will be at work night and
day in building castles in the air, and thus
vindicate his tie to fri fellowship in the
Greenback and Labor Reform party. Sure
~ 1ch horney-handed toile-s should be
fed to their lii ng; therefore on with the
pulp. cannot but suspect Mr.. Editor, that
you wsT1 ;1d tHss Fo Or F9Bies hqmor when
{ boas 9', ,,artv was built upon rock. De
SaSt as pS' may, yous i bs is 5 Rno
e..ou- .. iNoatioenaEtaQt 2f al the pro
provokes curiosity to know what are tn
various professions" of this wonderful
party, when the least among them is that O.
office-seeB'ng
Your assert on that Conditions with Re
publicans could not be enter! aimed for
moment" by the Greelback party, is .oo
bald joke to be either witty OF wise.
But 1 have written more than l intended
when sat down, and in conclusion, vii
say, that have 20 much respect for your
party as have for the Democratic organi-
Atom, and not pari Gle for either; al
though there are gentlemen in both part es,
for whom, personally cherish high re-
gard, and if ALLOWED to cast a ballot al
thee Isuing election, will vote what is called
in common parlance, a split ticket.
We y Respectfully
RoBr. J. ALoo N.