. Editors I have known since the civil war (rewritten and reprinted from letters in the Clarion-ledger) . eKu Klux Klan, before referred to. They could not forgetSwann, Harvey, Howard and other carpet-baggers who hadcome South to feather their nests, and who had given thewhite people no end of trouble. So the Democrats held amass convention at Decatur, just about the time the Ledgerwas born, and nominated a full county ticket, and passingHiome stringent resolutions in which they declared their inten-tion to elect the ticket, from top to bottom. ^r The Ledger espoused the cause of the white-lin
. Editors I have known since the civil war (rewritten and reprinted from letters in the Clarion-ledger) . eKu Klux Klan, before referred to. They could not forgetSwann, Harvey, Howard and other carpet-baggers who hadcome South to feather their nests, and who had given thewhite people no end of trouble. So the Democrats held amass convention at Decatur, just about the time the Ledgerwas born, and nominated a full county ticket, and passingHiome stringent resolutions in which they declared their inten-tion to elect the ticket, from top to bottom. ^r The Ledger espoused the cause of the white-line^ Democrats of New^ton, ran up the county ticket at itsmast-head and battled for its election. All of the nomineeswon, notwithstanding the efforts of Swann, Howard andHarvey to steal the ballots and falsify the election, themanagement of which was in their hands. in. After working several days with the assistance of oneprinter and two boys trying to learn the printing business, Imanaged to get the office together, making the stands myself,assisted by Mr. Seth Selby, grandfather of Rev. Robert Selby,. Col. J. L. Power f EDITORS I HAVE KNOWN 50 now filling the pulpit of the First Methodist Church ofVicksburg, and got out the first issue on the morning ofSeptember 14, 1871. In that issue I laid down my platform,gave my idea of the kind of paper I expected to publish, andthose who have followed the course of my paper for the lasthalf century, will judge if the promise and pledges made inthat first issue have been kept. The salutatory is printedin full below: To the Public: In appearing before the public as an editor, it is expected thatwe should indicate the course we shall pursue in conducting ourpaper. We know it is so often the case in all vocations that menpromise more than they perform, that the world hardly expects ofanyone the exact performance of what he promises. It should bethe aim of all men to respect their obligations, and discharge themto the letter. We have had but
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