The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-07
CITIZEN AGAIN.

r.r.zpN AGAIN.
Edaor bfoo@n"oe" LeusoI
In your issue Of the 22nd nnt'ce
that I have raised the ambition OF that
spirited animal that Shocco speaks OF
in his second epistle Shocco, you nav
been reading the Chicago Express no
al yon have injured your mind 1t fhe
lies published in that paper won'd
make soap. all the soap Manufacturers
would be compelled to bow at the edi-
tor. feet aud plead for mercy. becHnse
,he editor conid make his own ,ngred'
.uts with the help oil Il few OF ms
agents without aoy expense. Shocc'
resorts So P. Henry's linimeut t" help
him ct the news from Caseyvi'ie.
T nave committed a physician ana ex-
oiain4d your COZ iitinu, about the large
tape worm that was gna~ing on your
system. and he recommended far's
green or the Luuatic Asylum. Shocco
brings some grave charges against me
as he thinks. After surveying this
oeichborhood trying to fluid something
to Islander it and Citizen with. and
failing. goes down in Franklin county,
eight miles from Caeeyville, jumps on
moor Brnut Smith. and charges Citizen
with heeomiue a swift witness against
him. Isn't it an awful crime to be-
summoned into court? Shocco, /
thonpbt o would have been opposed
m bnlldozing. since some one shot at
you one night and came very near
shooting your noddle off. Shocco say 8
that [ was at one time counted q bull.
dozer. Buildozers we're like the Green
backers-tbey counted two-thirds of
the county: bnt the result was, they had
n united too fast. Shocco said that
,yh.n that everlasting military company
WIS organized I went over. l was the
frat man on the ground the day they
orgauized, and feel that it was an hon.
or: and I will further state that the
whole were Democrats. Not
a Radical or Greenbacker could be
found to assist in putting down those
uiaast.kangasoas. CoIored people should
recollect that it was the
that protected them in time OF trouble
Shocco says, "honor among thieves.
Perhaps there is honor among thieves
| will take his word for 1t, as he may
have more experience in stealing than
myself. Snocco's mother-in~iaw didnt
think there was any honor among
thieves. when they stole her gold. Some
Of the old citizens told me to ask you
TO give us some information about 1t.
AZ ynu were staying in tins ne'ghb"r
hood at that time. ami state who tnr
accused person was. H. is grueraIiv
known thu reason Won are 40 prflndic'd
,gainst this neighborhood. and II Won
don't crawl into your hcle yon viii o"
exposed. guess he will pull IN since
h. failed to get the Elimination at the
Greenback ConVeftioc- Sh'cco sets
himself up as a target to shield tn'
:Ir-enback party d. says that l G
named a gentleman rs an epithet used
against an argument which had not
he abb itv to meet. L called h'm a
stump pu'ier because 1t was appr"pr'
ate for tn, purpose that we wanted MN
IN the argument nave never MAJ
timA IT, wait unt!ll he gets ready for IN
ml,n charge l listened to nun Tor
annrs preparing for action. hedging
rm,l with p'a'itui-s, and sk'rm'shln2
rpou the outskirts weaving his AMIN
~.,de. and throwing up his intre'ch
u.nts frr the nam charge. be hr"s
- nv volumes ri statistics, that '
q "''ried VIZ W. kc. ""' us"'
Sl,Nco cnmpisi"s about the qnotatl""
marks. Ell set them mp for his hen"h'-
quotations of the different political pr
Of M,s~issippi
r iicnlism, dead and huried. Amen!
Greahbsckism born dead, grave aug.
G ,fiu-ves, Lord! Ready Democrats
,iealthily growing over their drcomp''s~
ing carcasses! ha'lelnyah: Sh"ce"
wants to know the color or the Demo
Gratis aud Greenbackers TINS c"mm'i.
nifty. The Democrats are composer oI
bnth white and black men. the Greens
hackers the color OF Shocco when ne
reads my letters-red. Stocco said
tnat / have acted the Dat! Ii he mas" {,
who has? He jumps in'o every new
thing gotten up; he has belonged TO
every political party Known; his a
cial occupations are too numerous TO
mention. and, like the man VINO mai so
many ircns in the lire. made = complete
failuie. The fact IS clear that the omi
he speaks of Is not where he SAID ~
was, bnt where he ia ashamed 70 " II
is. Shocco harps on that word evahe!
He has evaded every qnestion ! nave
pnt to HIM.
Shncco thinks that the proceed,nRs
# = meeting held at C~aseyvilie. May
22d. 1880, conflicts with my statement
in August. 1880 l am happy to say
those that were disturbing the peace 81
the hme are ~peaceab'e now; our neigh
borllood was trespassed upon 6y men
from other neighborhonds. with the
help of a few Of Shocco's sort. What
mean by Shocco's sort is, men That have
no business Of their own to attend tto.
and are trying to attend to other peo-
ple's. Shocco hollows murder; ne
can't see for the lie OF MN tne aec Sssa