The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-06-25
ROC.Us SCHOOL LAWS AND
nOGUS BUTTER


Washington to the Natchez Demo
cyat under the nom dc pinme OF
"Pap," gives plain reasons Why Mr..
Van Eaton voted against the Blair
bill. For the benefit of those who
never read the bogus butter bill we
give the following extract:
The rumors l refer to, and
which | learn are being brought to
bear. detrimental TO Mr.. Van Eaton
in the coming congressional cam
paien, in which he is Il Candidate
for reelection, are these He voted
against the "Blair educational BILL"
Now | wish to ask all those, or at
least l would like TO ask those who
find fault with Mr.. Van Eaton's
vote on that bill if they ever read
the bill And if so, did they give
it any study beyond the thought
that he opposed the poor aud
i~lIlterate people of the South from
receiving "a large share OF the
seventy odd million dollars which
benefceut old granny from New
Hampshire was willing to donate to
the. poor from out the plethorlc
treasury of The country Task, did
the people who censure Van Eaton,
ever read the bill which he properly
voted agaiust2 lfnot, they should
do so and Inform themselves, and
| by doug so, instead of blame, they
would all rejoice at the sagaclty
aud honesty of their congressman,
who dared stand brayely and vote
f~earlessly Tor the right aud the true
interest Of his people.
In the first place, the bill was a
fraud Of the first water, emanatlhG
from the brain of the worst enemy
Of the South has known since the
war, and calculated by its "tatfy"
character to mislead from the first,
to draw within its spacious provl-
sions the reins of radical rule, cloS.
err aud closer about us, until every
school district in the South should
teel it's burthens aud groan under
the weary load it imposed, under
the p%retence of justice aud good
will. For every dollar promised,
it asked one to match it before 1t
came, and both were to be wrune
from the very people it proposed to
benefit. Or, to make it palmer,
said MI. Blair; "We will agree to
give YOU q dollar to educate YOU
children, provided you will submit
to be taxed for that dollar and
then donate another dollar to &C
with 1t. Only do this, and see The
result. W. from my STATE, vii
j., send YOU school "marms" wei
velsed in abolition Sunday schoo
lore, who can not only teach YOU
children that IL negro is much bet
t ter than the whites OF the South
q but that he should, when h'
+, becomes of age, vote the republican
ticket, because the republican
freed the co!orrd people, whom you
s your fathers and mothers, kept Ii
slavery"
Thai Is all true to the letter, TO
: the republican party well kuoA
y they must revolutiOnlze matters o
they are gone, aud Blair spruni
this bill in Il hypocritical fancy
peculiarly his own, aud the bal
took with many but thank Goo
n enough democrats saw through TIL
subtertuge to defeat it, and Hol
! ii. S. Van Eaton vas II OF then
Now / expect to hear a how
:, about his negative vote on III
&. "Boeus Butter Bill" WHICH tim
# will tell, or rather show, bis wlsdot
!, in voting against that bill. tor
. have very serious doubts about
= ever becoming Il law even II
lie passes the senate, which is extreme
re Iy doubtful, from the tact OF 1t
=, uuconstitutionaIity The bill pr'
: vides a tax-(more internal rev
o. nue) ture, and arrays one America
industry against another VII
ut extraordinary Inducements Il
~ informers, and persons OF unprl
: cipled character, compared
VI which, the excise laws OF EnSlai
or are mild in extreme. Now wheth'
er Van Eaton's curse was wise
ke otherwise, time will tell, but til
A. he voted according to his convl
~ lions and in the interest OF l
mp constituents aud party, there IS n
ito nor can there be any doubt ana
he one who will commend him tor
~ and all true democrats shou
support him for denomination. l
se' is the man for your interests, |
es. man for his party aud the only IN
81 YOU can select to represent you
the 5Oth congress who a so 81
ne cessfully subserve the interest
nd. the district he now so ably rep
IN. SCENTS, and | hope he VIII
at returned.
To one away from here 1t see
an easy task to be a congressm'
IL and so it is in que sense, but II }
led want to see the difference betw'
all new and old member, aud the re
tive influence they have III
S"' house and committee rooms,
lrO' needs to stay here through
eep session to become convinced OF
my truth. Judge Van Eaton is V
lot. popular here with both parties, !
is a leading character in two '
''o important committees, yizi tn
ven on pnblic lands and the Mlsslssl
use river improvement, aud should
zeal returned here for D heAe 0ou9,
at least, since in those commit