American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-11-29


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SATURDAY, NOV. %, 1879.
II. c. Bosw ceTH............... ..EDtToR
Below we-sa1y an. article from
the New York San, a recognized
Tilden Democratic organ-;l WHICH,
for Pharisaical audacity aud cool
Yankee impudence, exceeds any
thing We have ever seen or heard
~ coming Iromssthe most stalwart
xdvocatesi OF imperialism. The
sp, ech alluded to was made by o
representative South Carolinian,
to q South Carolina audience. 1t
was an honest and candid express
aion of the views Ut an able South.
~rn statesman to his own constitu
EMS, and wherein, We ask, lies the
immOdest assumption to com nand
the party, aud to instruct the peo-
pie of the North how to vote! The
mere infimation that the mouths OF
prominent Southern men should be
'spadlocketl7 is an utterance so
full of damnable insolence, that il
makes one shudder at the despera-
lion of political partizans, who
Would burden the patient South
with the yoke of silence. while in
freuzied hate they stabbed liberty
10 death. The only desire aud hope
If the South is. that the Democrats
ic party will nominate candidate
whose life aud character will com.
mand the confidence of the whole
country. sGenl's. Hampton and
Hutler, are considered by Repub-
'licans rs we'll as Democrats of the
South, as Conservative men in pol
itics, and Of as high a standard
al pati iotisn az can be found any
where In the North. aud therefore
the charge of the Ssn is as unfair
~ it ia unjust. The same article
whiis it processes 40 hostility to-
~ards the South, says: sBut it is
we'll the South should understand.
once TOR an, that the great majors
~ 0f The Northern people, without
aistincsion OF party, do not believe
the time has come, when the admin
istraeion Vt this goyernmeutsss should
he given over to those who sought
10 destroy II" IT such expressions
J.s0t emanate from . feeling of
or distrust, ( they certainly
rmaaate frome.A .venomous hate.
ban .ot jealous rivalry. Tho Sun
may citing itself to death In It's
proud wrath, land ssact the indis>
Greet fool which will undo the lepg-
Thy labor Of many patriotic states-
men," but the solid South will still
adhere to peace, patriotism and
party principles, where all the hons
", If not success, will lie.
WADE HAMPTON & co.
"One indiscreet fool. South, can
In minute undo the lengthy labor
VI statesmen"
This is the language of Wade
Hampton. uttered at . recent meet
ing in Abbeville, South Caroliua,
which, he was addressing in favor
OF the nomination. of Mr.. Bayard as
the next Democratic candidate for
President. 1t did not occur to him
that the imdiscreet folly which he
thus pruslently reisuked might como
l.ume to roost. He, his colleague
Mr.. Butler, Gen. Gnidon, and otIl-
IRA nf ilIaC stamp, elated by the be-
lief that New York was surc for the
Ssem.cr;sts next year, have made
.injndiciously conspicu-
DDS Vi late by speeches prOclaiming
their candidate for 1880.
They appear 10 have learned no
wisdom from the costly lessons of
the extra session. They seem anx-
iOus IN assume com mand of the par
~. aud to instruct the people of the |
North ilow e. yote. One thing NAV
he pat down as certain. Any cans
pur forward by this foolish
lotion, whatever his personal mer>
its may be, is doomed in advance
TO defeat. Norman is strong enough
to carry that load. The mere sus~
Iicion of the favor OF these briga. ,,
liers would have been sufficient In
itself tn excite prejudice. Bot when /,
hey throw of gil restraint, in>
rusii to the front. and have
The effroniery to tell Us who must !
be nominated aud supported be-
cause he is their choice, this preju-
lice il converted into . sentim ent |
ttjll more animated.
II, after all the experience of the
hast ten sears, they have not acquir-
ed common sense enough to take
back seats, aud to keep their
eIui, then the real and dis
erect friends of Mr.. Bayard, il he
kas any. should teach them the val !:
no ofa paddock, and pray early and t
late to be saved from the hot zeal
4 puch indiscreet allies. Mr.. Bay
sr.l is 81 highly respectable man, of
EXCELLENT imtentioks and moderate
But he is not, in any
proper sense, . statesman, and he
has never originated. or even pros
posed, any measure of pablic i'm
pnrfance during his whole career in
he Senate.
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