Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-01-13
MISSISSIPPI
SENATOR'S
No State in the Union
Has Ever Beea More
Ably Represented Than
Old Mississippi.


Brznns IBconociast. there vss
an article. TO which our atfen.
ton was called. sent from Jack.
son. Miss. and signed under the
nom de plume -Athagon.- and
headed -Old Mississippi II
was undoubtedly the most Sc
we're inveetive against oai hon
ored United States Senators.
that il has ever been our mis-
fortune TO read And yet il Vas
written by some one in the
State and presumable, some
citizen ofthe State. II reminds
Us most forcib.y of the old sd
age, that it is indeed . filthy
bird that befogls its own nest
IL Is true that while they uesr
the usntles of the illustrious
senator's who preceded them
the eloquent and peerless Lamar.
and that grand old eoraasoae7
Jim George but are not the
equals Of their predecessors. as
statesmen. aud no one knows
that better than the present in
cGmbs MS We can inform the
unworthy contributor aud critic
to Branns. that no State in the
CuiOn was so well represented
as vas Mississippi. when Lamar
and George occupied seats in
that grand body of Statesmen
and demagogues. and million
iares hirelings- IL was the fear
:eSs, eloquent and ehivalroas
Lamar that sent the diplomatic
Blaine. the aggressive Hoar and
the proud. handsome Conklin
TO their ignominioas defeat in
debates. And when odd Trace
Chains shook those great cen
stitutiOnal lawyers. and republi-
can statesmen. Hawley of Ton
neetieut. Evaris of New York
and Edmunds of Vermont until
they acknowledged defeat on
their ground of constitutional
Limitations. and when it was
finally admitted that Senator
George knew more Of the vari-
Gus states constitutions than
any other man IN the United
States Senate, and that further
he had demonstrated to the
world that the suffrage clauses
In the constitution of the State
of Mississippi. a measure that
ne fathered and pressed to an
enactment, while a member of
the Constitutional Convention.
was IN no way unconstitutional.
y measure that has placed on
our stztgte books the limitation
of suffrage and made educa-
tional and property qualiiea-
tons a necessity. Thus ending
the necessity for ballot box
siuffins, shot guns. perjury
and other frightful agents and
repugnant efforts
No we do not claim for our
present senators the abilities OF
their predecessors Nor will
Ne agree that Senator Money
did anything after his return
from Cuba that vas in any way
dishOnorable- As for Senator
Walthsll he Is one of the brav.
est and most noble of mankind
and no true lovers of the State
refuse TO honor this ehiyalrous.
scholar and statesman. No
-Athagon,- only the ignoran,
or the deplorabIy spiteful, will
agree With you. when you be
little yourself in calling our
most worthy soldier and States
man, Senator Walthall. a
-Lilliputian,7 a -matronly. mod
est grandmother or that Sena
tor Money is only an -edueateS
ass That he is pert, gabby
superficial. etc. two much 70
for us TO publish. That il j.
not true. all familiar will
our senator's are fully eonvine
ed. When, Oh, when vii
notoriety seekers cease to in
fiiet, the public and when vii
public journals cease to Civ,
space to unworthy writers owe
NOM DE PLUNEs. to indalg,
in such mud singing eonstribu
J tons. An echo answerS whsn