American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-03-20
SPIRIT OF The STATE PRESS.

INtitIIthH TO tue tSErCtipu VI 'hc
negro members OF the Legislature
Who jOiHeG the Democratic caucus
and attcrward declared themselves
in favor OF Grant tor President,
the Granada Sentinel says: s'N @
desire IL call HE attention of the
Democracy to the lesson to be
Cattle, ed from this instance of un-
hlushinC deceptiNu, that 1t may,
while il is vet time, guard agalns;
wolves in sheep's clothing, and adj
init to their councils, andshonor With
their confidence none save those
who have proved that they are
worthy OF it. 1t may as well at once
/ be acknow edged that the an!muS
of the negroes, under evil inhu,
ences, "a n class, is bitterly opposed
/ to the Democratic party, and that
with here and there an honorable
Exception, they are ready and will
ling whenever opportunity Is favor
able TO oppose the best interests OF
! the section whjah feeds, shell ers
| and protects them
Tupeio journal: eve under
stand that tlie new code reduces the
/ ncr diem OF county supervisors 70
three dollars. Such taiiow-candle
economy is con, emrtible, and the
man who f;iyors it does not possess
the first elements of statesman.
W.. are sick and tired of the sys-
tern of squeezing and pinc.iing that
charactcsizcS CROSSROADS politi
clans. We believe i'll employing
good men, and selecting good men,
AMI good men ought to be wen paid
for their services. Tue t'CheGp
John" class of economists are a
curse 10 any county. and we should
like ia see them weeded out root
aud branch. from every department
and walk OF life in Mississippi. We
arc opposed to extravaganza bnt IA
vor iiberality, and believe that
cheaD men are like shoddy clothes
usually worthless and seldom
wear we'll"
Yazoo Sentinel "Soma papers
suggest letting up on Lamar. 1t
seems to us he has been let up on
hy those who condemn his course,
bat from some reasons his friends
continue to defend him. Let them
let up little too, and let certain
papers let up on BaIksdaie. Lets
let up on every body, and let's bold
). pac; ficatjon meeting. and let's
invita- Murray, of the Oxford Falcon,
and Tyler, of the Holly Springs
South, to address said meeting in
the interest of harmony. Let's bury
past personal feeling, hang the
goose high, and prepare to give a
rousing majority this fall! tor the
Democratic nominee. Let's do these
things, and then let's let up"
On the subject of who is respon-
sible for the existence of lien laws,
the Grenada New South fidy says
"Ona thing is certain; that is, man
who proves himself sober, honest,
Industrious and frugal, will be
likely to get all the credit he needs,
even without mortgage, unless in
Il time OF some misfortune. Then the
misfortune should be borne by him
rather than transferred to another,
and he should not, in such case.
hesitate to hypothecate his property
for his accommodation. After all,
III ia for the accommodation Of the
mort gaecr rather than of the mort-
,gagee, chat the arrangement Is ed.
tered upon. Aniitn- "a large major
ity it is the fault as well as the mis-
fortune of the debtor party that he
is under the necessity of such an ar
rangement. Ifthe iaboring class put
IN as much time atWork as do the
business men of the country, they
would have no occasion to be "run"
by any one. But while men who
aim TO live by work, or have no 9th.
er certain reliance tor livelihood.
quit thelr fields and forees, their
harvests and hammers. their plnws
and their planes, to go bunting and
fishing, to go to the village and
spend a day and dollar, to take
twenty-five cents worth of struck"
to market and then get drunk on
the twenty-five cents, starve poor
mule all day and go home OF somes
where else at night. unfit for any
thing for a day or two after; while
this course is followed, such as fol-
low it may expect to be poor and
give "deeds III trust" for supplies,
and pay high prices at that. The
way out is to ,oork ont. Sober and
industrious habits and careful and
economi cal living will soon remedy
the evil. and bring general prosper
ity to the country at large