The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1884-08-30
moRGAs AND c%nALNEss.
From Oxford Falcon, 28td.

sioaal canvass, ~ this district, was
! formally opened bv a joint discus
sion between Judge MergSn aHd
General Chalmers. Judge Morgan
had the opening speech and at once
dispelled all Iears of ais friends that
he would not provo, an equal to
General Chslmers as an ekpericnc;
ed public dsbater. His discussion
Of ths great public Issues nov be-
lore The psepls was clear, logical,
mastery and statesmaniike, and at
snee established his ability aud ft-
ness to Gil the position to which be
aspires, an Appeal correspond
ent, who was present at the dscus.
sion, gives the following aecosRt of
ii:
The little hrixaiier followed in q
stumbling, uncertain vksvi0r one
hour aYd a quarter, AaStS his at
ter astonjshmaat failed 10 raiss tke
enthusiasm that he hal expected
among the cGisrei ralrrs sxceDt
from Qns drunken i=Iieg Ga2 go.
ashamed of u.e concern ta@.e he
speech was aEdsd aai lst; in dis
gust. The little general has Ger
tailiy Leaf his worn g0urd," fer
his arrangement OF the democracy
of his native state was a failure.
BE referred to the Mississippi leg
lslatnFo and criticised their action,
or rather betrayed his ignorance By
saying That the Legislature had do,
mated a large body of hae lands in
the Yazoo Delta 10 a British land
company whose headquarters are
Mt London; sand the laads Tege tax
en- from The widows and erpksHs Of
Mississippi because they we're too
poor to pay taxes and given to ibis
rich company and exempted from
taxation for ten years. His re.
marks on the tariff, in answer TO
Judge Morgan, we're slmplya re-
hash Of his speeehi in congress on the
sauna question.
Judge Morgan, in a reply Of half
an hour. completely crushed the lit.
tie general and showed that instead
Of donating the land and exempiing
it from taxation, tho Legislature had
specially provided for the land 10 be
taxad al the then assessed value far
five years aAd duly chartered com
pany authorizing them to bold the
land BY purchase or otherwise, and
read a letter from the Attorney
general OF the State showing that
the lands SO purchased by the com
pany were now again forfeited to
the State for noa payment of taxes
and that the owRers would gladly
sell his equity ofredemption Tor the
money actually paid by him for the
land.
The eastigation Of the little indie
pendent received at Harmony will
not be easily forgotten by the peo-
pie OF that neighberhood, and we
sArewdly suspect the general him
self will not forget soon that before
an audience composed Of bis cid
friends il the sweet long ago be
was charged by the brilliant Mor-
gan with being the hired and paid
agent Of tho Republicans to disor-
game the Democracy of the Sec.
ond district anG to turn his back
upon his old friends and eonstitu.
eats, and could say never a Werd o
DENIAL. Surely it the general hai
any ofthe proud spirit his race had
he felt badly when he saw the en-
thusiasm and heard the cheers tina
We're given with q will 70 bis oppo
nent when lie told how he rushed
to the telegraph office with The cen
gratplatory message. Fort Pillow
Chalmers to Beast Butler, Both in
Shake whsn the result Of the cleo
ton was ascartained two years ago
The day will long be remembered
by the Democracy Of Iippah, fo
their champion successfully net ev
.