Rensselaer Union, Volume 12, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1879 — HON. ETHEL BARKSDALE. [ARTICLE]

HON. ETHEL BARKSDALE.

TH* MINTING KBIT THT7RBDAT.— LRT U» - MiU IT A FIB L D-D AT. •• Citizen l l Hon. Etltel Barksdale will speak in this city on the 11th inst. Bear the date in mind, and be on hand without fail to see, hear and honor the distinguished .statesman whoso words have done so much to disenthrall oar proud, old Commonwealth. Barksdale is the man of men whoso keen intellect, untiring seal and an compromising attitude led to the downfall of the despotic Ames and his alien followers. s' Let the people of Old Chickasaw join together atone man,and giveth is graud, heroic statesman, Ten Thousand Welcomes to onr city. 0 A HAPPY OLD SCGOK3T. [Cleveland (O.) Daily Herald.] It would make life in America much more agreeable if the talented Mr. Km - nan, of the Okolona "States," and the able editor of the Leman Sentinel would travel around the country holding public discussions on the subjects of Secession and Centralisation. Doubtless some arrangement in the way of breastworks could be made that the audience might look on with comparative safety. THAT CAP WOJTT CRACK. [St. Paris (O.) New Era.] The Okolona man is a little like wturjM the Texas said about Nasbyj "He was •ad—d good Democrat, but he would keep giving the party away F «, [lf we have given the party away, so' have the Southern Brigadiers and their Northern backers. Bet the fact is, the Democratic party, (with the exceptions of the sneaks, quacks, poltroons and bastards in its ranks.) has no plans and a# principle* of which it is eithor afraid or ashamed.— Okoioßa Bte lot.]