American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-09-17

dress from our di>tin .,uiShrd Sena
tor was ayaIled of by large mum
bcrs of our citizens. The Speecl
was in his happiest VEIN ami bel.
his audience unwcarisl for the,
hours by a combination OF wit ant
humOr, logic and eluquencc never
surpassed in Our:city. His rhetOri,
was brilliant and grand, and hi,
stirring appeal to the manhood and
patriotism of our people will long
be remembered.
The basis Of his argument was
that as the constituency is, 30 will
be the government that If Officers
are chosen by a class easily imposed
upon, and characterized by ignO-
rance. they will speedily become
corrupt, or be driven out by those
who are corrnpt. by the same cleo
tOral agencies, and that thus would
be again imposed on US governing
power whose monstrOus venality
and northumberland shocked the
deceucy of tue civilized world.
He showed by statistics the para.
lying effects Of republican rule,
demonstrating that history gave &C
count of no civilization where such
disastrous results to the wealth, en-
ergies and advancement of a peo.
pie had been exhibited by Official
peculation and public mismanager
ment. he then showed that the
present opposition to the democratic
party was in fact the old republican
organization. From that andS that
only was any tangible support 10 he
expected, aud the sole hope was 20
brguile the negroes by catchwords
Into supporting Ofiice seekers whose
election would re instate system
alike ruinous to blacks and whites:
He pointed out the righteousness
Of the twaddle about a free ballot
and fair count coming from Q par
~ which had com mencetl it's reign
by active scOrn of the right Of suf.
frage, which had surrounded the
with bayOnets, nuxzle.i
free legislation by the Introduction
IF armed men, invented tissue bali
lots, disfranchised huntll eds Of
of American citizens in
the South and made boast OF
under foot all rights, hu-
man and divine. He denied that
here was as much Intimidation or
fraud here upon voters rs at the
He deprecated the use Of
such age cies, declared them un-
necessary, and asserted that the
mere moral force of u thorough
a,nl ',inatiOn OF the intelligence and
worth OF the state, wOu.i carry the
by an enormous majority.
Such a combination would cdpnsti.
lutte force no irresistible in mag
nciic power that it would draw TO it
from the intelligent, the thinking
and upright among the blacks those
whose added influence with their
race would secure over wielmlnE
numbers. At this point his elO
4uent ADMIRATION of our young men
not to be led astray and lose their
worth and beauty OF character in
he ink hOgshead of the opposition,
Was touching and sublime.
The greenbackers,w were summary
lealr with. 1t was uO party ut the
South and never could he. II WAS
4 nn re plaster for sore heads. They
knew not what they wan'ed-tx"ci't
he of1ices-;lnd no one else knew.
" hat utter prPpOsterOusnrss Of III
was it for this OrgiAni-
cation. protesting 20 be hostile 10
he present currency measures, and
10 national banks aud OF her mOuop-
Jl.es, to form u coalition with the
party which WAN the foul
author, and the sole author nusl con.
IIuurd supporter of those very
banks and mOnOI,uIies the
Pronunciation of which cOnstit uteS
the only platform of the green backs
Frs. This sham WAS so transparent
That satire could add nUihing!tO the
lcfOr mity of its own exhibition.
We have not the spacs1tO attempt
to do justice to this great speech.
The audience left with the idea that
Lamar only was able to fill properly
Lamar's place in the seuate, and
perfectly satisfied with his explana>
lion Of his acts ;Is their reprcsenta>
live, which explan nation We In We not
the space to give nor is it nccess;li =
in Madison county.