The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-05-17
AN oBsTRUcTIONIsr.

Il
kit is nothing ifnot an obstruc-
tionist."
Yes! an obstructionist 10 extrav-
agares and corruption in high
places; an obstructionist TO monop-
olies Of al kinds, grades, shades
and opinions; an obstructionist in
the way Of high taxes for the peo-
pie and exemptions TO corporations
and money kings; an obstruction
ist, who though unsuccessful in his
attempts to save to the common
school fund, the public lands Of
the State, has nevertheless been
earnestly and consistently opposed
to all the schemes of the land
sharks; an obstructionist, who be-
Iieves that railroad and other cor
porations should pay taxes al
Udl0rum as the average citizens is
required by law TO do; an Obstruc-
ZIONIST, because he believes il is
outrageously unjust, that ninety
Thousand dollars Of the peoples
money should be appropriated to
support three high schools, aver
aging less than two hundred and
fifty students each, when the State
is too poor to give more than three
hundred thousand dollars TO pay
the tuition of All ,622 pupils in the
common schools; an Obstructionist,
who refused TO recognize the right
Of public officials enjoying good
salaries, to feed their families, hire
their servants and pay their laund-
~ bills out of monies appropriated
for the support Of the States un-
fortunates in her benesolent insti-
tutions; an obstruetionist, who does
not want European paupers, or
the warf-rats from the slums of our
great cities north. to immigrate to
Mississippi; an obs;ructiOnist, who
would throw every possible OBJ
stacle in the way Of such immigra-
ton instead of voting taxes on the
people to pay the expense of trans
porting such immigrants to our
State. but a citizen, who would
welcome with open arms any hon
est man from any country, who is
attracted to Mississippi, by our feI-
tile soil and genial climate, and
comes among us of his own accord
with the laudable purpose of be-
coming peaceful and industrious
citizen.
Yes! Frank Burkitt is an obstruc'
ZIONIST, whenever any scheme de-
signed to promote the interest Of
the few at the expense of the many
is proposed and advocated. He
obstructs TO the best of his ability
any movement intended to make
the rich richer and the poor poorer,
and he has no apologies to make
/ for his conduct III this behalf He
has no respect for the modern ap-
plication Of the term progress"
which invariably increases the
burdens ofthe masses only to give
few sharpers a soft place. Frank
Burkitt believes in measuring pub
lie acts and official conduct by the
rule governing private transac-
tions and personal honesty, and he
has no more confidence in the man,
who under the guiso of law, en-
bodied in legislative charter, robs
the public, than he would have in
the highwayman, who presents his
pistol to your head aud commands
you to stand and deliver. We
don't believe in class legislation,
we never advocated the giving of
privileges to favored individuals,
which were denied the common
people, VIC have no sympathy with
hollow booms, which are always
gotten up to beat somebody out of
what they earned by honest toll
and we never had. Frank Burkitt
had rather be an old fOgy than "a
bounty hummer" an enemy to
progress with a big P, than a
shystering lobbyist, an obstrue-
ZIONIST, than a public robber.
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