Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1891-11-26
LET u s,,E lHlsssi

very many Suutiiern towns and
villages celebrate. At this hour. a.
suggested by our Chief Magistrate.
Thanksgiving DAY. II i curious
20 observe, t"o, that they who Oh
serve customs incident tc the DAY
anil occasion, never seem 10 reflect
that, Huguenots and Cavaliers As
they arr, they are yielding 10 alb
surdest Puritan habits and tradi.
tons Very ccrtsInly, these
southern States baptized in taxa
tlon the most enormous ever i'm
posed have the least possible for
which 10 b. grateful 10 providence,
always assumed 10 shape the desti-
nies 81 States aud nations Aud
yet people are expected. IL seems,
10 thank God Tor poverty and even
Tot absolute want produced and
enforced by law IL j. hard "a
make the masses grateful that they
must sell at less than the ccet ID
production and that they are com.
PEELED by laws 81 men 10 pay four
prices Tor all that they must buy
We cant discover why 90 10 whom
We should h. grateful. though
Governor Stone seems 10 think
we should wade IN With the trusts
aud with blessed Boston and thank
God perhaps On general princi-
plcs that things are no worse.
We may thank God. and very
properly, that this, about 30 h.
convened, j. a Democratic and no,
a BIllinuaire Congress We may
thank du.l perhaps that all dhft-
wo,sd Of the Alliance has been
showed out into the great stream
II Democracy ant nobody bot
farmers can ~ into the new Ali
ance aud this, we supbuse, is 10
constitute q nucleus for a third
party. Does Governor Stone pro-
pass that We shall thank God Cor
this
In yery Truth il ~ermcth me,
foT us 70 20 little slow just nov
IN the Thanksgiving business We
need not however ascril,e 10 pruyi-
dencr Calamitics wrought by
designing selfish men. The very
Yankees, whose day we celebrate -
have habitually scared our lralers
aud lawgivers out o. their senses
and then, still swinging the bloody
shir; above their cunning hoads,
procecded to fetter us band aud
foot with tariffs aud pick our peck
It's Politicians suffered in moth
INK aud the many and poor are
still expected 20 h. grateful aud
celebrate Thanksgiving Day With
much emotion because they were
not under the negroes heel or
Reeds Force ball. Let us, IN auy
event, give thanks that our condi-
tloi. Is No worse aud that the pros
pects IT improvement when we
may have a third party Ia scare
Blaine and Cleveland III the track
and compel the nomination q a
Western candidate all these are
subjects and causes a popular
gratitude 90
Perhaps Il were we'll not 10 in .
quirc iuso causes for popular
Thanksgiving and that we should
rather contemplate social and do
nestle comforts and pleasures. few
enough, God knows. left ne by the
ravenous grasping greed Of those
who conspire with Quay aud Nc
Kinley and Tom Red 10 rob the
cotton and wheat States 10 destitu-
tion. till blaine, coming to the ~
Lief Of the West with reciprocity
treaties. might buy them up and
ave the South 10 deso.a!ion and
10 McKinley's and shermans
tender mersics.
Under all the circumstances We
should surely be- thankful that we
still live. aud that in many house
hold even Ia these remote provincss
VI the gorgeous empire. there arr
Turkeys fat and toothsome aud
po~sam and I,otatocs In the hum
blest cabins - all these Southern
States % ble& u heaven. ~ accsr-
sd u Government
WHAT WILL zee NO Au0lT rf
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