The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-09-30
MANNING AT HOMETOWN.
Editor Star.

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This has been a glorious day for De.
mo.racy and honest government In this
part OF the moral vineyard. BY eight
the incoming buggics and horse
showed that Col. Manning and Gen.
Chalmers would not lack an audience.
AT ten o'clock a company Of sixty negroes
headed by drums and singing, and bear
ing n flag with 'Chalmcrs, our choice"
came to swell the throng. At eleven Il
was known that Gen. Chalmers would
not be here, and stilwnrt Democrats
could be heard Ia every direction regret
ting that they were not 10 have the fun Of
hearing Manning make chicken pie Of
the Little Game Cock" The crowd
assembled in the old school-house to hear
the speaking. Mr.. Settle, who is by far
the ablcst stump speaker the Republicans
have in this District, WA repeatedly in.
yited by the Democrats to join in the
discussion, but said he was not authoriz-
cd by Gen. Chalmers.to make a speech
for him. About the time the speaking
got under good Roadway the hoavy crowd
proved too much for the house and the
floor gave way beneath II. "Ahl then,
and there was h%urrying TO and FRO" and
a terrible mixture OF arms and hcalsand
heels WIS seen pouring out Of every door
aud window. Fortunately no one was
hurt, and the crowd moved 10 the adjoiL-
ing grove, apparently In all the better
humor for the episode. A temporary
stand wns soon formed, and Col. Man
ming resumed his speech ut the samc
mouihful he had chi short when ho ca
capped from the house. In a torrent 81
irresistible eloqucncc be showed the folly
Of either Republicans, Democrats, or
Grccnlnckcr wnsting n vote on n nan
whose only principles arc his own private
interests; who, when II suits him. IL
neither hsh, flesh nor fowl, or IL either
fish, flesh or fowl, as the occasion may
demand. lie showed how utterly Inn
possible Il VIA for Chalmers to support
the Administration, as be II pledged TO
do, and at The same time be an anitbark
man, IN anti-tariir man, and In any
degree or nc~irct u Democrat. He also
demonstrated that he could not fulfill his
pledges 10 Arthur anil he u Gccnhackcr,
and NJ Chalmers nays he r. not a Rcpnb-
liran We backwoois people arr left in a
state Of painful doubt ~ TO what he Is
and "alIep he viii die when he goosta"
OF one thing he may feel assured, and
that Is that though there are men here
who followed wherever be led when FIRE
and blood tried the stuff that men ri
made Of, they will never follow him into
the camp Of the enemy till he can show
some cause for dcserting his colors mon
worthy than the fact that he was not
elected to Congress In 1850 Afera few
rmarks Of personal explanation by Mr..
Settle, and a short ojoindcr by Colonel
Manning, the meeting adjourned In gOci
oricr without a single unpleasant feature
to mar the harmony d the day. II was
Observable that the cheers with which,
the Chalmers hammer had lecn e-c~ici
10 town had Ill died away intot The silcnu
81 defeat and doubt when the hanncr was
borne hack to the SQUARE. This visit Of
our Representative In Congress has been
pregnant fw rool Il has cleend the
faithful. strengthened the weak, eonvinc-
ci the doubtful, and str'rk dismay to the
heart d the enemy. When the vie. Of
NOVEMBER soiae hook ont for a'55 rror'
from Loiiriown. Hastily,
Longtown. Miss. sept. 10. 81. X.