The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-09-11

Union, 10 look with pleasure, rathc
than anger, TO section whose pcopl,
have not been corrupted by wealth
and upon whose alter the fires of lib
crty have been kept burning.
Let as he frank with the North.
Come at last to ack knoWlcdge--as al
thinking men Of the South do acknowl
cdgc--thal secession was revolution
and folly, we yet cling to the belle
that it. is necessary to the maintain
ance of free institutions that the
autonomy Of the States should he pre-
served; That whilst the Federal Gov
crnmcnt should be accorded the pow
crs granted by the Constitution, YET
that the States are sovereign as to al
matters pertaining to their internal
and exclusive interests; that c0nccd.
ing the Constitution and its amend.
mcnts TO be the supreme law, yet that
the Federal Government Is the crcl-
turc of the States and derives all its
powers from the Constitution, without
which it had never existed. Clinging
| say, to these great principles as
essential to the perpetuation of liberty,
the people of the South claim their
full share in the administration of that
Federal Government and insist that
they are its true friends, and that their
hopes and their destiny are indissOIu-
bly, connected with the Union. The
men who charge that we are not sim
Ger" in our professions are slandcrcrs.
We feel no shame in the memories of
the late war we shall ever point with
pride to the Valor and endurance of
those who wore the grey, and we shall
always revere the memory of those
who gave their lives to the cause of
the South, and repcl with scorn the
insults Offered by success to defeat; but
we live not in the past-wc forget all
its bitterness and look to the future
and want to he partakcrs in the glory
of Il common Union Under the Con-
and laws we desire to build
up our fallen fortunes and to transmit
to our children, not II heritage of hate,
but the blessings Of liberty and free
God grant that the time may soon
come it surely will-When
political parties may be divided by
principle, and not by sections; when
good feeling and good will may bind
all portions Of our country together
with ties of affection and tolerance,
and when the dcscendents of those
who fought at bunker Hill and Buena
Vista may find II common glory in
the achievements of Manassas and
Then, indeed, the
people Of America, pressing their
shoulders together in the line of
Progress and keeping step to the
music of the Union, shall shout the
oud Hozannas of Liberty and Pros
Drrity, and the steady tramp Of their
mighty power shall 60 sounding down
20 coming ages, animating all the peo-
ple of all time to mighty deeds of good
10 mankind.
Animated by these sentiments, the
oout hern people are solid for that
uperb man whose name is at the
lcad of our ticket. They find no
ault with Gen. Hancock, because of
lis war record. Recognizing fully his |
light to his own convictions, we ad-
nire him because he had the manhood |
o battle for what he regarded rs the
light. The breast that was barred to
ur bullets contains heart Of courage |
and true courage never failed to re-
Give the plaudts of Southern men.
1ut Gen. Hancock was not only Il |
rue soldier; he had not only the
Ourage to face us on the battlefield;
Ic was true patriot--hc had the
loral courage to do right, when self
interest, ambition, promotion, place
II, apparently, invited and tempted
i'm to do wrong. When the soldiers
II 4 |,
nd returned to their dcsOlate homes
nd desperate fortunes, Gen. Hancock
vas sent by Radical administration
o take command of three of the
southern States. The splendid order
ssurd by him when he assumed com
land Of these States was the first
oicc friendly to liberty that had been
card by our poor people. When he
aid "the great principles of Amcri-
an liberty are still the inheritance Of
his people, and ever should he; the
ight of trial by jury, habeas corpus,
he liberty of the press, freedom OF
pcrch and the natural rights of per-
Dns and the rights of property must
e preserved, " the sublime words
INK deep in the hearts of our people
nd Il 'glcam of hope bcamcd upon
leir vision. Men said, che is a sol
Ter who rose to high distinction
rough the appointment of II party
ent on oppression and wrong-who
as wounded by Southern bullets
hO was sent here to assume absolute
over PROSTATE people
ho, Notwithstanding all the circum-
anccs of his training and his sur
has kept in his heart, and
as the boldncss 10 proclaim the sub
of the military to the civil I
over, and who, in a few words, can
We to Il hopeless and oppressed peO-
G, those sublime truths that lie at
e foundation Of free government
A man who trained in
ch Il school and educated as Gen. .
ancock was, could conquer love Of
,wer and of self as he did in this
amer, is indeed II patriot. All his I
terances prove him Il statesman. !
Jr such Il man the South can find
Ory in being solid. ,
! point you with pride TO his admira-
e letter of acceptance, and to that, |
so, of Mr.. English your candidate q
{ Vice President. They present with 4
tdb lplNt lllN lltANNN VI lllt AlpAti anu .
G reasons for the faith that is i'm us.
The platform of the party is above I
ticism-filled, as il is with the doe a
mes of the fathers and founders Of !,
e Republic. !,
The Democratic party has, through l
representatives i'm Congress, accom- q
shed everything that could he cX- il
rted of il. Hampercd and retarded ,
it has been, 10y a corrupt appointing
d veto power, the Democracy of the =
nate and House have, nevertheless, n
ne much towards the reformation Il
abuses and the curtailmeDt Of eX- 1,
nscs. A saving TO the people of -
ty millions Of dollars per annum is a
elf great work. II
The Democratic party Of Mississippi r,
ints with pride to the history of it, o
81 the State Govern .
mt for the last four years. When "
rame into power it found the Gov 81
lmcnt in the hands Of party Of W
Ieves, headed by a military upstart; +.
TOund large State debt; il found a
ak and partizan judiciary, an igno- "
nj and corrupt Legislature, and a "a
and pcurile Executive. In 81
e four years, the Democratic party &.
: given the people an abe, honest