The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1883-09-07
A C)PiAH SrlTESMtN is
TI)UBLE)INHIS MIND.

hF. ~ "uV' ". o'so Wo'p wv w
b q K,,y's I ,d-psudsu-, sorehea l.
cd candidates for the Legislature al
& ,pish county, ia very IN nch "tronh.
led in his mind" He is in mort J
trrror lest something should happen
and bis distorted Imagination hrs
conjurrd up some horrible phaut'.
sizes. In his letter, speech. harargm
sxhortstiop, or whatever he my
call it he nnbosoms himself in Tn.
following grsndiloquen, manner:
"Tseason to the people, which Ii
treason t. tho Republican govern.
men., grows by what /; feeds upo':
it kttsus upon agitation aud pol
ical disq,iet; grows great in dissei-
ATOMS; bccomss = leader when there
is want OF unity; iastsns it-s'lf u
on the body p ,liic when principals
ere loose, when discord reigns, VII N
there is ant Of definite policy. o..
mos, assuredly. when there is n fail.
ure a. bodily assert and rigidly OF.
scu,e inst and we'll aseertained laws
for the protection OF the PEOPLE; aud
the pres.n, attitude,pr 'bsly OF m :.
iority OF tue people IN this State now
called Democratic. is quietly bit
surely op, Mug mp the way 10 tn"
formation an environment ~ IN ar
iSt,cr ,tic or .s,iz uiou in nur midst
whose ministers will be the lord y
corp ,rations, and whose sorts IN
filters OF the soil. The announce
opinions Of tho many and tho ea
dorsement by the public press. WA
,ant tue charge. Safety at least for
The people, is in opposition; in an in
deteudeut and bid expression vi
Ger, ain exact and Just principles.
Tnis il q fine specimen OF bombast
aud ba'aos. what the learned call RI
marole, as was ever em5almed in pa.
rs-, ink aud type, and will b. read
snd admired long after the elcqnence
~! Burke. Chatham and Macauley ar
forgotten. Blu, until that melancholy
time Ar ives. we fear that the read,
e-s OF Me-. b idewtl s e'oluens and
,tirripg pages will bO az few and IA
FAR between ~ are certain apocry-
rhal visits at ribu'sd to the angels
We hear tina, Ne. B. hath lean and
hungry look. is Of q disp-p &c habit.
and like Cassius doth not "Sieep o
nights Having satisfied himsel
that treason to the people, which IL
treason to republican government
grows by what it feds upor, and
fat,ens upon agitation and poll lea
disquiet, Ga va GREAT in oisentons.
and becomes A LEApEs when there IL
want II nni'y,' Nr. Bridewell pro.
ceeds to imp the cbasm which has
heretofore separated him from his
present political bedtllows, aud i'm
ngines, that by be ming little fol-
lower Of burly cid Ben King, and
his mo ley crew. that h- Will At once
"fntten upon agitation" grow corpu
lent ION p"li zeal dhqnief." wax
great on discussions" aud "bscomI
n lea Ter when there is wa, I ofuni y"
anil h,nce. he aspir-s TO represent
the good old DHm"crntc c"nn'y 81
Copiah. in tie Leg ls'nr-. We
hardly think Nc b III, We !. will sue
c.od. Be- wren HIM aud the fruit I'm
cf his ambi'i"us horss, the p 'oplc o.
G,piah are staniing Tx. 4 s'one-wall.
The fact is, he b = mis- aiken h voca-
iicn. He il OF too small pa''-r"
o. make "ay 's,ion" epouph o. f"t'en
anything. NJ amount of "disten
SION can, pvrr MAXI him "crrS'.
and all tha 'disc",d' hat can be rails.
ed by Ben Hi z. Chalmers, AMI him
self, will assnrrdl, f,il'o conver' him
into a "h adler" The ,e,ire of Ne.
Bril.wel. for place. has unsettled a
mind never ova- ropg. a'd which,
u,lik. Il a',f V,sc IN V-ru'nm, W g
not "mean. for mankind" g" snm-
cd by a desire tn become one 81 The
law maker, 81 thu lad, Me Bile.
we'll fncies that the entire State of
Mississippi il in tina thr"es nj n
mighty Q nvslsion; that n great NOR
al, mental, ard po'i'ical cyclone is
raging; ,ha, The uird. bl wing from
every quarter oithe compass At on ce,
il ra'tling along at the rate o. q
Thousand miles an h"ur; that al' the
world is & zing be ,thlesslv NJ Bride
well, a. ,ha only man abb. "to ride
mon the wbi'lwind ard direct tie
storm whi'e aconizing cries oi
''s.ve ue! awe us." come M from n
million and a quarter n Mississippi.
ans. in times that drown ev.n the
"sgi'a'iors and disquiet" Of the e's.
merits.
But a,prer;a.ing the position N
which NJ. B-idwell r'aces iimsalf
anil corfessing To high admiration
for that antique spirit of a'ri"tisu
which prompted the R'man Curt.
ue, clad in steel, full armed a. he was
TO ride boldly into the vswnirg abyss
which threatened destruction tc
Rome and the dwellers upon th'
Eoven hills of the eternal ci,v, in or.
der 10 save them from the imp-ndirc
doom. we feel that we should b.
wanting in a proper appreciation az
noble deeds, were We 10 Tail 10 recoc.
r'zs the noble se'f.sarrifics ~ Mr.
Bridewell. Animated by n no lea
EXALTED and nohl" spirit 81 pa'-io'i.u
than that which accom"a'rea Crr'iu'
on his Last fa'sl ride. NJ. Brid.wel'
ia not oplv willing bnt seems shscln'e
yeager "a emulate IA" memorable ex
ample Of the ancien. R,msn patriot
Flo sesa q hand we cannot ace. H.