American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-06-14
SPIRIT OK IHE PRESS.

/ ousI4i-Fr.s on the Topics OF the Day
Fi.,ar's Point gazette: Why de moi
Senator's S5.v kind word, at least,
I for the Millions of working men
4 Is there not ore man i'll the Senate
/ bold and brave enough to take the
lead in framing Sonre measure OF
instant relief for the hundreds OF
| thousands of unemployed men and
women throughout the land 2
indianapolis San: The Democrats
have had the whole Congress, Sen
ate and House, in their hands for
many weeks, but the people have
no greenb backs. Will the people OF
this country ever again be foolish
enough to think the Democratic
party "a greerback paItyf
The Louisville Courier Journal has
beeu investigating the condition of
the public schools in Kentucky, and
reaches the startling conclusion that
over half the children of school age
are without instruction of an,T kind,
the schools are IN many cases poor,
and The terms biief, where they are
kept up at all.
The Washington correspondent
of the New York Her.tid intimate
that Hayes Will be "a strong candi-
date for the Republican nomination
next year; aud the Boston Herald,
after IA careful canvass of MasSachu
sttts, asserts that Hayes is the
strongest mau in that State for his
own successor.
New Orleans Times The Ohio
Democracy have done shrewd
thing. They have effectually check
mated the stalwart movement in
that State. By the nomination of
Gen. Thomas Ewing, who was
popular soldier on the Federal side,
against Foster, who never smelt
gunpowder, except in bunting spur
rels on the Western Reserve, the
Grant boom aud the war issues are
taken out of the campaign. The
Ohio Democrats must have felt as
we do, that anything is to be com
that viii. secure the defeat
of Foster, the prince of III odern po.
litical hypocritS.
Columbus (Ga.) Times: We are
not disposed to visit with either
premature or harsh judgment, the
conduct of the Democratic majority
now controlling Congress, however
much we may differ in some respects
from the policy pursued. Alb
solute firmnes5 is essential, and
while this extra session OF Congress
has thus far combined that quality
with extreme moderation and ad>
been waiting some Very slight in
dications of ii disposition to modify
the character of Legislation at the
dictatinn Of Executive will. We
avow our opposition 10
every such movement. No necessi
IVY hich We can toresee, will justify
the slightest concession in the subs
stantial demands of the Democracy,
and every concession made to The
demands OF the Radical minority
will weaken our cause and perhaps
destroy, at last, our party honogen-
city.
Bellrf0nte Pa. Democratic WATCH
u,qn: Ii the Democratic majority in
Congress back down now and pass
he appropriation bills just AZ Hayes
N, hi, advisers want them passed,
ach mar will deserve to- br kicked
II OVER has district by his Indignant
oustit,. 'ency. We have yet to hear
= a sino,e ID, amocrat who approves
# their backing down, and rather
bsa see the elet tons controlled by
he txyouet, md drunken coavicts
n the shape of U. $ marshals over
iding tie laws AID c'-ercing voters,
hey wosA let the IeeI slative. jndi>
.iary and military dep, rtments OF
he Goyernraent star. e. what right
as a Democratic Congress 10 Vote
n .sney to peffetuate the wrongs OF
,a 1icalisms If the De 'nocratIc
,oL FRESHMEN TaMt to retain Tue re.
peel of the Democratic pcop' ana
insure the success Of the Democ. 'ailc
arty. ut them nos vote one dol. III
OF one ,:ent of the fuisic money,
or any purpose, tsnta Federal ,
rooms and marshals and sapel Wis
is are prDhibited interfering at
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