The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1883-10-18
GALA DAY AT wEssoN
J. 8. SEXTON SPEAKS AND WARNS
Ur THE INDEPENDENTS.


j. q. SEXTON SPEAKS AND WARNS
VI THE INDEPENDENTS.
He Discusses Matters, In Mssteriy Way,
and Hits Some Hard Iicks.
EDlroR SIcSlL: n
Last Saturday morning some Of
the energetic friends Of democracy
posted large circulars in Wesson an.
nouncing the fact that that distin-
guished speaker would address the
club at night, and requested the
members to turn ont en- masse. BY
FIVE o'clock in the evening the eI.
element began to grow into enthu.
siasm, and the cannon, that has 90
often struck terror to the hearts Of
the opposition in boat two. was
brought out and made to belch forth
the fact that the time for meeting
was drawing near. BY seven o'clock
the old Baptist church was crowded
and everything in readiness when
Mr.. ] 8. Sexton, who had been in.
vited TO address the club, appeared
upon the ground. In the absence OF
tho chairman Mr.. Chas. Hamilton,
by request. called the club 10 order
whom The regular business was dis
peused with and Mr.. Sexton called
for. Mr.. Hamilton introduced the
speaker in ? few happy remarks, re-
fsrripg to the past services OF tho
gentleman in a very complimentary
style. Mr.. Sexton opened by say
Ing there were no real political is-
sues before the people, md that a
few men were trying to agiia'e the
political waters that they might ride
upon it's waves into offices. He said
the great question was, not how We
should answer the demaeogical APP
peals OF a few Office seekers, but how
we could keep these miserable politi.
cal cormorants of Of us. He spoke
OF the present political excitement ~
q great evil brought on US by politi-
cal ADVENTURES, but said we should
not grow weary, and that he had
entered fer . Lifetime campaign
against demasoguss aud their vile
teachings.
He said We should all love tho
democratic party. not for lis Offices,
but because it had cut the concern
Of radicalism from the body polite
II this state, aud the South at large
stands to-day a monumental rcbuke
to carpet-baggers, scsllawags and
thieves. he divided tho disaffscted
element into sections. and said SO
per ct. Of the Independents were ne
groes. The other s per cent. OF the
party was made up OF an equal mix
ture of original radicals, nom We a
presence all decency shrinks Is u
face to face with . leper, and OF rom
eCads democrats, who having been
spawned and atring-haltsd in their
Efforts to get Office in ths democratic
party, have turned their backs on
M as did Arnold on his country, and
now having no confidence in thcm-
selves aud expecting none from any
body, aud trying to inspire conf
dencs in their now allies they ore
loudsst in their denuncia'ions
Between the two elements no inridi-
GUS distinction need be made, and II
any comparison should be made it
would be safe 10 say any was worse
than the other. NJ. Sexton said the
mere name Of the independent party
was absurd; that the crowd was
more independent Of principle aud
public good than anything else. He
went on to state that there had bsen
but two schools Of politics in this
one promulgated in 1877
by Hamilton. who advocated q strong
formed on the model OF
tho British government, and the 9TH
or Get forth by Thomas Jefferson,
who considered q popular govern
mont of the people and by the PEG.
pie, the highest perfection Of govern
ment. The Jefferson doctrine, that
the blessings Of good government.
like the dsws Of heaven, should fall
equally upon both rich and poor and
that all men ARE created free and
.oual m 10 their ipalienable rights to
life, liberty and property, Is the doc.
h ioss OF the democratic party OF to-
day, while that Of Hamilton, with ali
It's strained and implied powers and
latitudinarisn construction OF the
constitution is the doctrine OF the
republican party. The independent
party, too weak to stand alone, will
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