Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-01-07
Our Candidates for Congress Again.

IN thIs STanu, pioTious, lIcc '"""
TRY of ours" every citizen however
humble and Young, has the right t.
| canvas the claims of those wm seek
his suile r~age-weigh them In the bal
ancc, and and see if they are found
wanting hence, we gladly welcome
young Mr.. Williams contribution and
congratulate him on his rapid i'm
provemcnt in literary composition.
Those who have noticed his crude and
undigested illusions in the pas will
be surprised at the great change. His
style now has the dignity, finisl and
crattiness OF mature manhood. If he
should continue to improve, AID his
literary life does not culminatt with
This canvass, his fame q q writer is
assured. lie is unfortunate, however,
in associating his candidate with S. S.
Prcntiss. The likeness is ~ce;tainly
not very striking. 1t is like cYnpar.
ing the sickly CLEAN from . lightning
bng's tail to the MONDAY SUM-
"Our candidate" stap be
Jeffcrsonian platform of sliono,,y and'
~capgciiy," and invites the s,rictest
scrutiny into his business relations
with his neighbors.
will not take advantage OF the
writer's youthful indiscrclion for fear
of unpleasant disclosures. Informa-
ton on this point is easily accessible
to the morbidly curious.
"Ilc is not 4 chronic office seeker"
Oh, no The people of Tennessee
KEEP! him in Office against his earnest
wishes and entreatics, Worried by
their opportunities, he skipped oyer
to Mississippi, and had scarcely
touched her soil when the persecution
again commenced.
"The peoples Office is a public trust
and no one is Trustworthy but j. ii.
Jamison, so he again very reluctantly
resolves to offer himself living sacri-
ficc-not holy and acceptable-upon
the altar of his country, oven antago-
nizing a near ncighbor, a brother in
the same church, and belonging to the
same Democratic club. Nothing
chronic here, but very acute attack.
"Bcware of the leyaen of the Plarlsees'
! greatly fear the people Of NoXubee ARE
not as proud of young JamisOn'' us Was
Gen. r. Il. Lee. The noble old General
has been dead for many years and we are
left in darkness on this vital point.
Twill make a quotation from Mr.. Will
liams' article
"When not q candidate he does not spend
his time in bemcaning his neighb0rs and
fellOwmen, and when u candidate, apollo
giving, making up and explaining, in order
to get them to vote for him"
II this assertion Of Mr.. Jamison's exalted
mode of canvassing was intended to convey
the impression that Mr.. Lewis stopped to
the contemplate level of boot.licking his
enemies for their votes, the people of NoX-
ubee county will, at once, notice the con-
spicious absence of truth which marks the
intimation. Such conduct is entirely at
variance with his well known reputation.
He would suorn to sell his manhood for the
accumulated riches of the world! The
most prominent trait for which Mr.. Lewis
is distinguished, is Il lofty independence Of
character, and Il supreme contempt for any
harm his enemies may do him.
When their resentment is buried in
their shrinking hearts, too deep to be seen
by the eye OF courage, he becomes obliy-
iOus to their eXis tnce. He asks no kind.
ness at the hands of his enemies. His en-
sign bears this Inscriptions
"My foot is on my native heath,
And my name is McGregor."
Men of Noxubee. Let us do our duty on
Tuesday next, Let not Indifference, bad
weather, or any other cause keep us from
the polls. Rally to the standard of Clark
Lewis, the noble, the gifted, true and tried
Democrat man who knows nothing OF
the 'ways that are dark and tricks that are
vain," who is neither clothed with the
humility of Uriah Heap, nor the high NOR
al character OF a Pecksniff, but a plain,
blunt, straightforward man, always true to
his friends and ever ready to face his foes.
G. NJ. RoBERTsoy.
Dearbrook, Miss.