American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-10-16

rue Democrat to bow his head III
thame and humiliation. We know
his is a broad assertion, yet We
speak advlsedly and from the rec
,rd. He claims to have been a life
ong Democrat, claims to be one
1t present, in the face of the TACT
hat there is full Democratic
ticket in the field, nominated by a
Democratic primary election, which
was ordered by a Democratic del-
gated Convention. In the face OF
the Taet that he appears beiore the
people without authority or right.
given by any faction, part or parcel
of the Democratic party, to which
he insists he belongs. In the
face of the fact that he alone an
nounces himself as a candi, ate for
Senator in opposition to Il. q.
Smith, Esq, the regular nominee,
aud with an utter disregard of par
ty pride and feeling, openly de-
nounces the Democratic party of
Madison county.
We had the honor of listening to
the speech of General Greaves, re-
Gently made at the Courthouse, on
the 4th day of this month, and it
really would have amused us, had
we not seen beneath the surface OF
his lengthy phillippic, a cause for
serious alarm to the Democratic
party. Like the ostrich, which hides
its head and imagines his body Sc
cure, the speaker talked bloody
shirt, radical Republicanism to one
side, ard gave taffy to the Demo
-rrats on the other; and closed his
speech under the full belief that
both sides were deceived. If Blame
or Conkling, or any other stalwart
at the North ever made more
bitter speech against the South
than this Napoleon. hero OF Mexico,
this Agamemum, Gas he called him
self in his specify made against
the Democracy of Madison, 1t has
never been our good fortune to meet
with a report of 1t. And then,
after all this, he claimed that he
had abused no one; he said within
the Democratic ranks he had been
cheated and defrauded of the office
to which he was elected ; he had
been counted out ; in the primary
election the boxes had been man
aged so as to give Mr.. Smith too
many votes. The party. he might
have as well said in so many words,
were ballot>box suffers. Yet, he
abused no one, and had said moths
ing to offend.
Will the voters of Madison coun
ty review with us the political
course of this Graeco, Corsicana
Mexican General, who has annunced
his readiness to act as color>bearel
for his company, and lead them tt
victOry-or death. When the can
vass of 1879 begun, he aflill te
with the July wing of the Demo-
cratic party; up to the day upon
which his opponent, L. L. Singleton
was nominated, he was an aspIranl
for the nomination for the Senate
and went far enough in the conven
ton to see he would be defeated
and Withdrew his name, on the
principle, we suppose, that he "whC
fights and runs away, may live &c
fight another day." We next see
him in full sympathy with the Au'
gust party, and nominated by them
for the State Senate in opposition t.
Mr.. Slngleton-he ran the race and
was defeated by small majority
He says he was counted out. Sup
pose his theory was correct; what
had his supporters the right to ex.
pect of him at this time ? Either
that he would accept the issue and
wait for an opportunity to vindicate
himself, or to contest the ele C ion
He failed to pursue either course
Ignoring all party presidents and
rules, waited until a vacancy occurs
red, and seized the opportunit,
to offer himself-by himseif-abuse
his party, aud his people-holdiug
them responsible for his defeat
And now, fellow citizens, this pc
litical anomaly representing moth
ing ON Gods green earth" without
y party, a ''nulius .fiius," as MI
Smith very appropriately termed
aim in his late speech comes bet
you, ard asks for your suffrageore
Democrats of Madison, l-t II,
man ride into Office upon your Shout
ders. The time has come for Won
to repudia!e the foul charges that
have been heaped upon you by
General Graves. Let not his claims
to Democracy deceive you. He that
is not for us is against u.s. In the
last number OF Puck, You can see
a caiicatuIe of CohkIing, repre-
sented as beating a large drum
for Grant, and blowing a horn for
Garfield. Gen. Graves is playing