American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-07-19

for the human mlnd TO De In great
travail and the deepest thrOes OF
parturition and still be delivered OF
a very diminutive production Such
an accouch ement, think, took place
lin Canton on last Saturday mnrna
ling, when the banuing "Negrophil-
ism" first saw the light of day, and
was dressed in its swaddling clothes
by the AMERICAN CITIZEN. The first
fling of this newly coined monstros
ity is at chronic Office seekers. The
presumption would be, amongst
men of proper POLITICAL ethics, that
Common Sense" was not an aspir>
ant for office. But is it not barely
possible, Mr.. Editor, that this man
may have a chronic desire to hold
on to some office he already fills, for
lear, il Ire l0s-s that, his cake will be
dough? The tender regard for the
poor negro lie vaunts so freely, had
its origin in the party he claims to
represent, and its honest and oft
repeated pledges have miscaTried
by reason of just such men as lie ct
i'd omne genus. Is there man with
IN the limits of our county with
such uncommon sense as to deny that
the negroes arc disOrganized and
leaderless 1 assert that they are,
and defy proof to the contrary. ]
also assert that the greater part, If
not all. of the negro population in
our midst stand to-day ready and
willing to co operate with our peO-
pie, if accorded proper representa-
lion, in establishing harmonious
political relations that will bring
peace to our distracted country
Only by q division OF races pOliii
cally can extremes be avoided and
any benign auspices impaired to
our political status. Time will vim
l also hold that the negro race
knocked at the door of the Demo-
cratic conventions on the 9Th and
7th of July, for admission to parts
cipate in It's deliberatiOn, through
sgentleman of character and intel~
|, Ct" whose "eagle" can spread its
wings wide enough to embrace some
dusky plumage. This noble Roman,
r. G. Smith, stands to day the bold
est champion Of human rights and
civil liberty within our county. He
only, of all her sons, had the nerve,
in the face OF the rampant bull
doing fraternity, TO rise in the
midst and dare to speak the truth,
however unwholesOme, though the
very heavens should fall to devOur
him. He did not hide his utteranceS
behind a nom de plume, but bearded
the lion in his den.
Tho Democratic conventions al
luded to not only closed their doors
against the negro by resolution
excluding all but dyed in the wool
and not to fade Democrats, but it
dropped the negro like hot potato,
when it set aside Phil Sanders, who |
claims always to have been Demo |
GRAFT, whom they admitted to fellow
ship, and who cauvassed with them. |
a clear race line was drawn by this
deed, at a time, too, which was so
oppOrtune for a better course OF |
action. This proceeding, however,
was "perfectly in keeping with the
fitness of things and party usage"
where men of narrow views cOnsti
tute a party. Though they had the
right to act in this way.
as an independent organization, yet
many men who think that they pos
sess s'common sense" believe that
they acted unwisely. CommOn
sense, however, we must remem
Der, mot unfrequently has very
little to do with sublunary affairs,
and the human intellect is often so
subtle as to sever and divide a hair
'twixt" being in and out!
Query-Is the "tag-rag and bob
taiP clique of Canton and the city
50 riff.raff" any more formidable or
than its counterpart-i.e.
pol!-tax politicians and men OF mar
row political views, as represented
by Common Sense, in the county, to
whom, in all human probability, he
may feel himself indebted, for he
must certainly feel in a more defect
able mood than the /" rnle>or'ruin ;
small fry" at whom he levels his
Bosom of destruction. l
Probably the people of mature !
reason may decide who the malcon