The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1882-03-10
A Private letter.

express my afproVai VI is 'ohe ai'u
character. II supplies want loae
felt, and bears evidepc, OF thought
,nd tast', in its editorial depart
nent, AZ well ~, an appreciation OF
the public rwd in the selection OF its
miscellany. This much I have fcl'
At liberty to say to sou, thinking II
not rmiss to congratulate my CD
friend upon embark.ng into u new
field, in which brain aud energy are
lraftcd to their utmost depth.
Another feature Of your paper, and
by far The most Pleasing TO ne, If
,he M .nliness with which you asser,
your opinions. You will doubtless
be "iaken to task" in tho press and
elsewhere, and will probably DO oyer.
matched, at times; from tho bold
stand taken by you, Of ronrso You
cau only expect to be held to account
for yonr views, but, your strongest
opponent will respco. Your manli-
ness aud think more Of you for the
outspokcn expression Of your views
These features Of your journal ]
admire; but tho climatic point Of i's
virtues consists in it's utter disregard
Tor villa; seems to DO the hane ct
some Of orr leading :. urnal', PAN
lering to every sh;h of opinion, and
constant dennnc;ation OF every
thing calculated to bnild mp onr
5 ate as monoroliao. The cry Of La
Dor VS. Capital is a good hobby upon
which to ride into ofiicc perhaps, bu!
every man of ren.c is bound to sc'
hat there IL more "fuss than wool
in these charges, and that il is i'm
possible TO Cypress q people, clothed
with the unlimited suffrage e,jnyed
in this country, ty any amount o.
capital ever likely to be invested
here. Lobor AMI Capita! gro M in
soperatle nud muiual dercrdcnt up
on each other "a the Sinrze twins.
While commencing those virtues it
may not DO nmiss 10 remind you OF
YOUR wcakGesscs. ] have heard com.
plants Of yonr Journal; (ba.e your
breath, have heard that You had
be, n hold 20 task ior being n BrrR
Bon! A Bourbon! These gents for
Get, if a man my be said TO forge,
what hc never knew, that they are
bomoanirg you by calling YOU pct
names. They forget, il they ever
knew il, that the Bourbons were Ole
" the most illustrious fami!ies Of
France, who traced their origin from
long line of i!lustrious ancestors,
AID that to be csllod Bourbon
where men have sense enough to nm
dcrstand is Specification, il the high
cs. need OF praise that can possibly
be bretowod upon aay one.
/ always think OF the men dOecrib'
ed 10y tho Amo ,ican Rcs'pter, when
| hear these cpi,hcts Of Bonlhor
poured upon y man who has Tie CON
mon honesty 10 "cell II fpadc, spade.
In ipcahipg of The men who ar
to rcnd tie Slid South" tho Regis
tor ii!ly soys:
"Thcre nro clcap heroes TO b,
found perhaps il eli the Scn:her
States Of the Union, Who arc moi on
" willing TO share the uncuyiabl'
'cme o! Gen. Malone, but who are
constantly prcclsin,ilg their pnrposs
10 rcvolntiun.za divers aud snndry
States by the overthrow of what
they facetioualy call tho Bourbon
Democracy These puny priIio's
are loud in their prc.Ol,Glions OF de-
votion to "a full vote, 3 free ballot,
aud q fair COUNT and to attain these
desirable and prsisoworthy results
they arr jointly aud sovcrally ready
to undergo all sorts OF Affections; 10
endure Al tie privationa, sccurgings
sripcs, IMPROVEMENTS, hunger
thirst. nakedrsss, aud dangers by
sea- aud land, that fell to the 10! o.
that great christian hero, the Apos
lie Paul. The last one OF these lei.
lows is ready to meet con.nr,ely, Oh
loouy, and Insnll; to encounter oil
the ills that fish is heir to; and, IN
addition, add to their sorrows
ard eufferings hy accepting an
of;ce at the hand, of President
Arthur, as evidence at once OF devo,
ton to the CID 4 &, and their con,
stancy 10 prirc'pl7--the principle ol
taking everything in sigh,--and
with heroic courage refusing Moth
that will pay! Patriotism, which Sur'
ly old Sam johnson declared w.s
'',he last refuge OF scoundre!a,' If
still potent factor in the at!'irs OF
this world, and TO nse slang phrase
current among tho boys, the woods
arc full of gentle bu, hungry patri-
ots, who are ready TO do anything
in the world but die. for 'Pay and
provant.' Large numbers Of these
on'erprising fellows have been in
this city lately, and more o. them
NIL, soun Ia honujnO around the