Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-06-10
A New Nan for the New Era.
SIMPSON Co June j, SO.

SIMPSON Go june j, 50.
MEssIs. EnIToRs:-
Many OF the young democracy OF
tue pincy woods are 20 little sur
priSed at the seeming interest man
Tested in the seventh district, III
the contest between Hooker ana
BarkSdalc. Among some the i'm.
preston seemingly is sought To bc
spread that there is 10 soil except
that very near the Capital that
will produce congressional timber;
that the country would really he III
danger nj some sad calamity II the
nomination OF either BllkSdalc or
Hooker was not secured. Among
the harly ycOmany who have
come upon the plains ot political
action and entered the fields OF pos
litIcal thought since the war and
who are striving, uncmharrass, q
10y "antc-bcllum' prrjudiccS ami
theories, To rebuild Mississippi AMI
give her new impetus Oh the march
To material prosperity and political
honor, these two gentlemen are
k looked upon aS hOnnrcl factors OF
past era, relics OF exploded ideas.
representatives ol Il generation that
has passed away.
| They were useful in their day IN
ronirlbuiin. 10 the settlement oi
: the iSSIIrS that then ngitatrd the
country. and that now are rrlrg,
| ted To the pen 0i the hl,t"rdn.
! There is nothing trucr than that
man is the creature ot education,
aud the political school in which
most of tine present leaders III
Southern politics were ,dncatcd,
I taught doctrines that are not 1T all
adapted To the new South. cmCrg.
. ing us she has from Il bloody rcvo.
luton, confronted by miNrd civil.
izatiOn, giving rise to new Problems
I 10 he solved from new and untiicd
political factors. That they may
he solved wisely, the representa-.
| tiVcS of the new South in the na
uonal councils should b. part and
parcel of the new era, Ulrmba'
laSscd 10y the exploded political
theories OF the past and unwarpcd
10y the prcjudiccs of Il political ed
ucatiOn of other days. Both these
gentlemen are hOaOrcd for their
| purity and patriotism, and ior this
they have been repeatedly elevated
10 positions of honor AMI trust 10y
a brave aud gallant constituency.
Each have served in the position
ol congressman for eight years
, Hooker eight years since the war;
Barksdalc, iuNy years Gurin. the
war and four since. quite enough
To satisfy the ambition Of either.
! Neither can hope To add anything
to the fame they have already WON;
neither should desire II monopoly
of the position. Without drtract
ing anything from the merits al
either | venture 10 suggest that
there are many younger men III The
district who are III point Oi ability
the equal of either, and who, by
reason of that divorce from the pc.
litical errors aud failures OF the
past, are better qualified to serve
the material interests at the nrw
generation of the South than either.
Besides, Kinds county has furnish
cd the congressman Tor iully TWEEN
IL wears. There w0Hld bc no oh
lection To this il it were conceded
that she only possessed men OF the
requisite qualifications. Ii seeking
the office is an essential qua!illca'
tiun for the Office, then Il WILL be
admitted that she only is entitled
to consideration.
Ifthc convention VIII look to the
GOOD oi the party AMI people 1t
will leave these two gentlemen
equal in congressional h0norS, each
havin. served cigh, years, and So.
lcct new man ana thus give the
two veterans an opportunity To
show thcil appreciation OF the past
honorS conferred upon each, by
taking The field for the nominee.
The nomination of either Will hc an
undcScrvcd rebukc TO the other,
and they have both served the par.
IL too loug and well to be thus
treated. If both, with al equal
service IN congress, are retired with
the honOrs already won neither
would have cause OF complaint. but
could rest easy under the proud
consciousness that each was 80
highly regarded and honored 10y
the party that it wOuld offend
neither. DEMOCRAT.