The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1885-07-17
LETTER FROM MOBILE.


people feel rejoiced thereat. W,
have had cleaning mp at the hons,
of customs; both upper and lowel
floor. The majority of our people
are much pleased at the appoint.
ment, not SO much at the downfall
of Messrs. Burke and Slaughter,
as at the DOWNFALL of the Republic
can party, and the evidence of a
change throughout the country.
Gen. Burke is a good man for any
community to have in it, as he en-.
bodies energy, liberalitS, and adj
minIstrative ability, and has done
very much more to advance the
State of Alabama than many OF
her own sons, aud although he has
thousands of dollars invested in
the State, is, and has been, denoun.
ced as a carpet-bagger, while many
others who came here IRON foreign
sectiOus of this country with much
less than he brought by quietly
dropping into office in the demo
cratic ranks, have hung on to the
public teat, and still hang on, and
= never alluded to as G. BIS al
though they are, and much inferior
in their grade TO Gen. Burke. Still
! am glad he is removed tor politi-
cal reasons, but submit that there
is II limit in politics that decen-
cy should respect. Mr.. Willis
Clarke, the appOintee, is one oil
our best men, and iC is u wonder
almost that some old deeayed poIit.
ical hack did not get the place.
He has ability of a high order, and
no doubt will I'LL his subordinate
well, and conduct bis Office
well in fact, zone who know him
expect anything else.
Slaushter'S removal is very graf.
to the old soldier element, !
who cannot look with kindness on
my man who was hOnored by the
of the Southern cause and 4
.urned his back on his people for
Office. Between him and \
}. Ii. of the Republicans, or even IA :
one, with II teat still in
lis mouth, there Is a marked diff. a
erence, All uneXplainable one per
APPS, but still, an inward feeling, n
hat such an One is Il traitor TO the
Memories we all love. Ta-ta, We
at your going, and beg you !,
stay IN the company you are in.
et the political door be closed. -
lis successor is Leslie i. Brooks,
gentleman by nature and educa. -
on, yet we don't regard the ~.
ointment as an able one. There
'e many in Mobile whose admin
trative ability is of Il much hiuh vs.
order than is his. But from n
standpoint the appoint. ",
ent is a ucceSS No man who ca,
Duld not swallow any scheme that II
rs labelled Democratic" need :.
.pect any show ut his hands, and sJs
deed his Democracy, right or ST.,
rOng, has been, we think, the only tur
nj succeSs OF his lite. Bet we
lcerely hope his administration i
be successful, for while he has -
element of greatness about him.
who know him believe him 10 be-
gentleman.
Dur new Marshal has given us 'Jar
ne capital appointments in his hou
HIS chief deputy in the Sal
'bile office, II. Fielder, Is the right g.
n in the tight place. Sensible, IL
l MS gentle hearted as 81 woman GOO
but if he taps you on the
'ulder and says, ~ want you,p 90;
easiest way is to go right along, =
that's what you'll do, anyway.
Ike a little note OF this, .sye mis-.
Die sinners in the eve of The n,
F., aud 1t may save YOU trouble. mon
} gu see, politically, we are get. in h
: along very nicely, thank YOU; SIP
while many are on the anxious RniI
awaiting the verdict of the ever
olnting power for subs places. 30
pie generally, who don't live by
tics, are pretty well satisfied bv "S sn'
changes made.
he LOmax Rifles have returned
! Philadelphia, but nobody en-.
'ed over1t. After the row some Unit.
ne Republican raised about the Dis
ers. people generally thought VS.
1onld be better taste for the I'm
.hern boys TO stay at home in. s seIne'
i OF making a show of them. and Fl
IS among people who hated tine,
aud polluted them out to their tom Il
Iren as "rebel." In fact | am I Hsna =
ming to think that when YOU persof
Mason aud Dixonfs line. hos in sal
lty, generosity, charity aud tarnit
rule, gradually diminishes 6 I1strS
lrther north you go, and if, in- Court,
OF crawling for the favor of the u
people, u people would stay day o.
me, go to real earnest work. t t"s : /;
Sc their own purse strings,
Ievelop the gTandest country Mars
a good God ever blest man July
these same rebel shriekers zwm.
down on their bellies and w
s~nake-like, for the favor of
ones they now affect to q
But perhaps I'm preiudi-
Who knows! Echo. Nnl