American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-09-27

all matters that belong to the States
should be fully recognized, the
National Government should secure
to its citizens, from whom it
claims allegiance, complete liberty and
exact equality in the exercise of their
civil and political rights The Demo
cratic party is taken to task for its al
legged "defiant declaration of apurpose
to repeal laws made necessary by the
War and enacted TO secure the re-
suits of the War; The Repub
lican party is congratulated upon
the fulfillment of its promises ito MAIN
tain national honor and TO preserve ma
tional credit President Hayes is
thanked for g his firm and patriotic
course in maintaining the constitutional
prerogative of the Executive" etc, etc.
GENERAL SHERMAN has written 4 let
ter declining to attend n reunion of Con
federate and Federal soldiers at Sails
bury, n. G.. He says: There were a
very few Union soldiers in North Caro-
lima during the War (though we believe
the people generally were opposed to Sc
cession and wary, so that your meeting,
which is confined to the surviving sol
diers of North Carolina, will be, in fact,
u Confederate reunion, where | would
certainly be out of place. All soldiers
in their social reunions glorify their
deeds of heroism, and this reunion will
hardly be an exception, and it would be
a strange sight for General Sherman to
cheer the victories of his enemies and
respond to the claim that, because the
soldiers of North Carolina were brave
and true to their State and section, their
cause was sacred as ours, which finally
triumphed and made our Union more
glorious and more Respondent than be-
fore"
THE Massachusetts Butler Democrats,
so called, held a State Convention at
Worcester on the 18th and nominated
the following ticket of State officers:
For Governor, Benjamin +. Butler;
Lieutenant Governor, A. c. Wood
worth; Secretary of State, Michael j.
Donohue; Treasurer, ID. n. Stallings;
Auditor, ID. S. King; Attorney-General,
William ID. Northend.
TIE British troops have captured King
Cetewayo.
INDIAN AGENT MEEKER, at theNhite
River CColo-) Agency, reports that the
Ute Indians have rcvoltcd, burned the
farm buildings, and declared they will
do no more farming. Mr.. Meeker was
personally assaulted and driven from
his house by Chief johnson.
The Indians are since reported
to be raiding along White and Bear
Rivers. Troops have been ordered to
the Agency. 1t is supposed that the
prospecting and mining in National
Park, which is the hunting ground of
the Utes, has excited the outbreak.
MORE complete returns from the
Fourth Congressional District of Cali
fornia show the elcction-of Berry, Dem
ocrat, instead of McKenna, Republican,
as heretofore reported.
PRESIDENT HAYES made an address
ut Youngstown, o., on the 18th, the oc-
casion being reunion of his old regi-
ment, the Twenty-third Ohio. lie spoke
mainly regarding the political issues de-
termined by the War, chief among
which, he said, was the doctrine of
State rights, which he construed to
mean that each State was sovereign and
supreme and might nullify the laws of
the Union or secedc from the Union mt
pleasure, and the recent Constitutional
amendments. These questions, though
generally regarded as settled, he said,
had been revived by recent events,
and there still remains in some
communities dangerous practical de-
NAL to the colored citizens of the politi-
cal rights guaranteed them by the Con-
stitution as it now is No man. he
said, IS can truthfully claim that he faith
fully accepts the true settlements OF the
War, who sees with indifference the Fiji
teenth Amendment practically nullified."
In conclusion he said: ''All that is
needed for the permanent pacification
of the country is the cordial cooperation
Of all well disposed citizens to secure the
faithful observance of the equal-rights
amendments of the Constitution
THE Massachusetts Independent Con-
vention, held at Worcester on the 18th,
Endorsed the nomination of Gen Butler
for Governor and the remainder of the
State ticket nominated by the Butler
Democratic Convention. Gen. Butler
has now received the Endorsement of
three distinct organizations Green
back-Labor party, the Butler Demo-
Gratis, so called, and the independents
A MEETING of citizens of Memphis,
temporarily resident in st. Louis, has
been held to consider plans for improv-
ing the sanitary condition of the city. a
number of leading taxpayers were
present. A proper system of sewerage,
the substitution of stone for wood pave
ment, and the improvement of the Bayou
Gayoso were the three principal
things considered. A resolution was
adopted that the improvements proposed
are necessary to make the city habitat
BILE, and that they were willing to pay
any tax necessary for that purpose. 1t
was recommended that the Governor be
requested to call n special session of the