The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-10-22
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hetiih whb tbe cgunty canvass,
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speakers owh pafiy lead.
inF Ontnhaftr NJ express
I'd himself ~ us Nh Harmon
endesvmed ~ array Labor igaibsi
capital by declaring u was The pol.
hey n both NE Democratic and
Republican parties 10 NJ legislaie
~ to make The poof poorer and the
rich hclef, lie earnestly address.
ed himself 10 The task " exciting
the prejudice u the tolofcd people
against The whites with bot little
success, ~ we noticed u majority
OF The colored people present re-.
ccivcd such remarks coldly and 81.
Icutly and %applaudcd his opponent.
The speaker claimed to thorough
~ understand the financial qucs.
ton. stating he had made It a
special subject Of study. lie rails.
ed the stale cry Of persecution, and
said that more lies had been circu-
lated against him than any other
man who had ever offered for Of.
fee in this county. lie did not
forget to harp on the stcrcotyped
cry Of "a free ballot, a full vote
and a fair count"-a motto stol-
en- by the Greenbackers from Gen.
lIancock's letter Of acceptance.
As there was little or nothing in
this speech pertinent to the pres
ent canvass, we have already
squandered too much valuable
space on it, Tor which our readers
will please pardon us, and we
promise to do so no more.
Although quite hoarse from
speaking daily and nightly, Mr..
Kyle made a telling and practica'
speech, addressing himself to the
living issues Of the day and the
good and welfare Of the people o
The county, such as the agriculMr'
al and mechanical interests ant
questions Of State politica
economy. He reviewed the re
cord OF the Greenback member
of the last legislature, from thii
county, two of whom are agar
running for the same offices, show
ing clearly and conclusively tina
they had deliberately shirked thei
duty and responsibility by absent
ing themselves while the legisla
ture was voting on the adoption O
Campbell's code. Mr.. Kyle mar
veled that Harmon's small hca,
contained so much knowledge, an,
charged him with being a chroni
ofice-seeker and playing the rol
Of the demagogue. lie read sev
eral red-hot Democratic editorial
from the Batesville Blade Of 1876
n when that paper was edited an,
published by Harmon, in one O
which the writer contemplate,
alluded to the colored voters a
"poor, disappointed devils" Tn
reading Of these extracts mad,
Harmon vince and brought dow
the house. About that time tn
quondam editor presented a pitia
BILE appearance. Mr.. Harmon
feeble attempt at a rejoinder is no
deserving Of comment--it was
fiat failure and made scarcely an,
impression. The discussion re
suited in a triumph for Mr.. Kyle
whose speech convinced at leas
three-fourths of the crowd that h
would make the county a worthy
faithful and competent representa-
tive In the State Senate. II tn,
audience assembled in the court
house that day may be considere,
fairly representative Of public sen
tment, and we have a right to as
sumo that il was, the election O
Mr.. Kyle and his associates is a
well assured as any future even
could be. OF those present W
can safely say a large majorit,
are cheerful and earnest support
ers of the Fusion ticket.
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