The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-09-08

having seen the auVaDce PROOF >Sneet
of Judge Stafford's letter. We concur in
the conclusions at which he has arrived
to support the ticket headed by Gen
Lowry. There are some reasons not
given by Judge S., oil not fully elabora'
ted by him which impels us to the
same course of action in the present
campaign.
We have been and are still Republic
cans. We have been active members OF
that party since its first organization in
this State. Whenever the Republican
banner has been raised we have been
found doing battle as best we could un-
der its folds. We have rejoiced with
the party in its victories and condoled
with our brethren in the hour of ad-
versity and defeat.
We have been taught to believe that
the Republican party was n party of
principle. We had believed it true to
it's teachings aud firm in its adherence
to the policy marked out by its most
trusted leaders. Like the illustrious
Henry Clay who said that abe would
sooner be right than to be President,
we supposed that the Republican party
had sooner suffer defeat than abandon
its principles. That idea has been dis
PEELED like the mists of the morning
before the summer sun by the action of
the Convention assembled here on the
'25th ult.
With deliberate generalization it has
abandoned principle and policy and
made au unholy alliance with its most
determ med enemies. It has joined
hands and made common cause with a
party whose doctrines and teachings
are wholly ut variance with the record
and most cherished achievements of
the Republican party of the State and
Nation.
President Garfield was elected by
Republicans on a platform whose chief
plank was the payment OF honest
debts in honest money"
His election was hailed by his sup
portars with delight, and was most
cheerfully acquiesced in by a large ma
jority of his political opponents.
When he was stricken down on the
threshold of his administration, by the
hand of a cowardly assassin. from no
portion of our country came a more
promp condemnation of the act, or
more spontaneous and heartfelt sympa-
thy with the sufferer than from the PEG
pie of Mississippi. More especially ia
this true of our own community and
of several whose names we iod upon
the Democratic ticket. And yet. in the
face of these facts of such recent os,
currences as to be fresh on the minds
of every one, a convention composed
largely of self>constituted and self ap
pointed delegates claiming to represent
the Republicans of this State, hss met
and deliberately set its seal of copdem-
nation upon snch men by denouncing
them as Bourbans, ballot box suffers
and men unworthy to be trusted as
American citizens.
A few so.calied leaders here, aided
and abetted by a few pensioners, on the
bounty of the nation in Washington
City men who. when the crisis came
and the Republican party OF the State
went down II defeat and revolution,
shook the dust of the State from their
feet, and sought places of refuge else-
where, with the solid intention of eve
"a resolution which most of
them have religiousIy kept would have
those who have weathered the political
here ct home. Join them and oil
other political bangrnpts in q general
aud unholy crusade for the spoils Of Of
Ace, simply and alone. We shall sub
nit to no such dictation, and will down
at no bidding.
II we are compelled to choose Cur
own rulers from political opponents. We
prefer to make our own choice, and
endeavor to do SO from the intellisl
gence and integrity Of those WHO may
be candidates. We prefer to support
those who are able to make good their