American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-10-02
POLITICAL POINTS.

| The Republican papers are ex-
ulting over the Vermont returns as il
they brought something more than the
old story of the Dutch taking Holland.
1t is now in order for them to explain
how much more significance there is in
10000 Republican majority in Vermont
than there is in 500 Democratic ma
jority in Arkansas.
item. Grants affected zeal for a
fair count of votes will not pass for an
honest expression of feeling. Presi-
dent Grant aided and Allotted the false
count of 1876, and prepared to enforce
1t with the army. He should get j.
Madison Wells to iDdorse his present
utterance and have it countersigned by
Casanave and Agnes jerks ashing-
ton Post.
Reducing section of Mr.. Sher-
mans Cincinnati speech to compre-
hensible English it reads: when
denounced Collector Arthur for official
rascality, including bribery, corruption
and fraudulent payments in his office,
did not mean to intimate that he was
not a man of honor and a gentleman"
What Mr.. Sherman was trying to ex-
press was that, although the collector
was dishonest fellow. the General was
all right!-Cimcinnnti Enquirer.
1t is dogma of the Republican
party that wealth must rule, whether
intelligent or not. That is the posi-
ton of the leaders and organs of the
party. That such doctrines are anti
Republican and inimical to popular
freedom is evident even to people who
are unacquainted with the history of
the Greek and Italian Republics. The
fully the plhtocratic system of govern
ment here is reasonable, and it should
defeat the Republican party overwhelm-
ingly in Observation-Disclosures.
Some Republican papers find it
impossible to distinguish between what
the North did and what the Republican
party did. The North, in opposition
to the Republican party, insisted that
the pledges given to Lee at Appomat-
tox be respected. The North was gen.
erous the Republican party was vim
dictive. The North abhorret the ac-
tions of the carpet-baggerss the Re-
publican party approved. The North
Credit-Mobilier statesmen me Repub-
lican party indorsed them The Re-
publican party stole the Presidency in
1876, and the North will cndemn the
theft in l88O.-LouisuiIe OurieT-Jour-
nal.
Since the political slaue liter of
Grant at Chicago, Democgts generally
have been disposed to let him pass I'M
noticed, SO far as criticisms concerned.
They were willing to conider the crush
ing punishment received from his own
party as sufficient atoement for -
sins and Shortcomings. They had
neither the intention mr. the desire to
rake up the record which brought upon
him that punishment or to aggrava.e
still bleeding wounds BY recalling the
misdeeds which provoked the lash of
retributive justice. Tut now that he
has deliberately and .voluntarily re-
entered the arena, aid signalized his
re-entrance by an accusation emphat-
ically contrad;cted By his own words,
the party thus vilifieemay be under the
disagreeable necessiy Of adopting
different treatment. Democrats have
nothing to fear from Grants efforts for
'.the success of tie ticket headed by
Garfield and Arthur" but before he
gets through with these efforts he may
have occasion to regret that he had not
remained in the dignified obscurity of
Galena, to whicI his collapse in Chica-
go consigned him. -Erchange.
in his reefft letter to my Dear
General Loga," ex-President Grant
says: 1--WE slnuld never be beaten un-
til every man Who counts, or represents
those who count, in the enumeration to
give represekation in the Electoral
College can cast his vote just as he
pleases, and ave it counted just as he =
cast it," Tb ex President is little
confused I'M Us ideas. A great map
persons coult in the enun,sfation of 9e
basis, who have no rishS
to vote. Wat be means, we presume
is. that eyfy qualified voter must0e al
lowed to least his vote just as he
nleases. "a have it counted jvt as he
casts IT, " This is very sound doctrine,
and QUITO be vigorously enforced in
nractiS But what does me ex-presi-
dent tlhk of the Republican villainy
,yh ;oHhrew out 8, 200 votes in Louis
1876, and refusod tn eoupt, i 8 S1sIss--
mas they were castP He hi pso;
lust essorv in that wretchsd business,
f1.de sent his friends; MI Orleans to
n Mr.. Garfield, to New ;to Tho Re.
eborate the fraud and I;ac, .e i - HIS HIS
s,a dew-dd to have every
etenti oots est "just as he .pleases;
ter voe .s inst as he casts it," would
a c93.nied to more respect if it were
/ impaired by this shameful TRANSACT
n.-,St. Louis Republican.