The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-12
Another Letter from Dousal DnIget,y
HAzLEHURsT Miss, July G, 1879,

Numerous friends" ''many voters,
and other dangerous secret combination
OF that kind have been active in their ne
farious efforts to inhict civil and politica
defeat upon unofending citizens of Co
piah at the pending Democratic Conven,
ton.
To my certain knowledge they have done
it to seven of our very best men, in the
matter of the Office of Treasurer. and more
or less so, in the cases of all our officers.
except that of Sheriff. Canmssing has.
therefore, become labor, and the few who
are not candidates are beginning to cry
/ aloud at tho burden of feeding the crowds
of aspirants. 1t is reported that, in one
neighborhood, where there was a Sunday
School celebration, or something of the
kind the neighbors all supplied themselves
with candidates. each as many as he could
keep, and then left good congregation of
them to bivouac in the church until next
morning. A good many citizens, am told.
have shut up their houses and gone to
Browns Wells, the seacoast, and other
places of summer resort, to remain until
the Convention is over, finding it cheaper,
they say, to pay board for themselves and
families, than to exercise home hospitality
to those whom eve are authorized to an
nounce,n
This redundancy of candidates may be
perhaps, strong party move, deep laid
and effective stroke of Democratic policy
a trick the Radicals and soreheads can't
may be allowed to use fore
ible term from the vocabulary of old sledee
and is full of blooming promise of sue
cess at election time. At the Convention,
pou will observe, each and every candidate
for any office, great or small, stands pledg- |
ed to the support of the entire ticket nom
mated. Thus, by having candidates enough |
% control the election, the whole thing is
settled Don't you see? The only hope
If our friends of the opposition, is
ound in whatever efforts can be made
o promote a feeling of discomfort and
lisapproval of the action of the Con-
'ention, among those who fail to get a
nomination. In making such efforts, of
curse none of the fair and dignifed'means
# effecting success will be spared, but it is
eginning to be understood that in the
olicy of fighting the devil with fire, which
aay or may not mean strict adherence to
rinciple and thorough George Washing {
on incapacity for lying, the great Demo
ratio party is not behind the age.
The opposition is now represented by
undry unknown quantities, consisting of
he closely trimmed Radical remainder, plus
he Greenbackers, the anti Convention
Democrats, etc, comprising soreheads t
nd soaptails. The Radical remainder
in tho condition of joint snake,
hich, on being struck smart blow, y
Ills to pieces, but left alone, soon re- d
mites, and becomes as good a snake as "
'er. When Democratic energy and effort /"
ivered it to pieces some years since, Dem Fl
ratio policy captured the belly annd back t.
ne, and incorporated them into some of d
departments, where they are likely to !,
kept some time The head and tail are "
Il wiggling around, and if the missing Ii
rts can be duplicated by any little bits of o.
satisfied Democracy, that may be lying al
Ound loose after the nominations are h,
lde, the thing may come into coil again Ii
If serpent however, is not as tractable as IL
ne specimens of his race. In some
1ntries instances are known where the
i'd has been manufactured into a first
ality chairman of a Democratic Execu-
9 Committee, and readily grew to its u
ce. Our snake is little crossed with ~
boa constructor stock, and in view of a he
rganization, wouldn't give a cent for riy
plying the missing belly and backbone, ire
ess there was something to squeeze and Al, Al,
wallow. PA
is rumorcd that some entcrprising ku
lies are arranging with the railroad COM |"
les for an excursion train, or rather two m,, ti,
ms, to visit Topeka; starting some time Re
+ the middle of August. Fare for the bee
nd trip, ten dollars. One train will ac- an'
modate such white gentlemen or ladies ,,,L n.I
nay desire to ''try a little travel" The Mr.
II will furnish our colored brethren tic,
l an opportunity of exoding TO the fair, mo nc
lie and flowing land of Kansas. No ,,o
Jt as many as can raise the tin to the was
of ten will avail themselves of such the
vorable opportunity. 'ee'
lr beloved county has been pretty
ly burned up by unmoistened sun
e. If an aspirant for the Office of =,
ger met a falmer IN the road, and at r,,,
,ted to expand his ideas on the subject Mo-
is own peculiar fitness for the delicate ecu
important trust, the guardianship of est, 81,
an cattle, that farmer would give him ba,,
ttention. If you explained to him the vert
Tres of the militaryNinterferen with We
;o,s hill or tall,ad 70 hin, obont civil prea
ce reform, he would not hear you-he ham
1 he listening for distant thunder. they
IN leaves were firing up TO the shoots; by t
my fields young corn was dying from lilg .-...
h; tie water melon crop was threat nno,
: failure, and gard n truck getting tice
Il out Bn; yesterday evening a cloud dcay
,rod in the south~clst, not much larger lgral
a man umbrella say, then it grew no Il
r, and then it came rolling over herr
by three rainbows; and then it rained. 4
. Hosauna, cent
Till then, adieu. wife
DoUGAL DALGETTY. stray