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                  <text>DeeDee Baldwin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Assistant Professor, History Research Librarian&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:dbaldwin@library.msstate.edu"&gt;dbaldwin@library.msstate.edu&lt;/a&gt;</text>
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              <text>Republican Politicians.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is an expensive luxury to be a Republican politician. &lt;a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/gilbert-horton--washington-cou"&gt;Gilbert Horton&lt;/a&gt; is a prominent colored Republican at Greenville; he is a supporter of &lt;a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/george-washington-gayles--boli"&gt;Gayles&lt;/a&gt;, and it is reported, he expects to get the post-office at Greenville if &lt;a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/george-washington-gayles--boli"&gt;Gayles&lt;/a&gt; succeeds in securing the Republican nomination for Congress.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Vicksburg preacher politician a short time since accidentally dropped the following memorandum which was picked up by a passer:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"&lt;a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/gilbert-horton--washington-cou"&gt;Gilbert Wherton&lt;/a&gt;, Greenville, Miss.: &lt;br /&gt;"Everythings alright, send me $30.00 to bring things up Wednesday morning. Send at once."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As times are pretty hard, &lt;a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/gilbert-horton--washington-cou"&gt;Gilbert&lt;/a&gt; may not be able to send the $30, and then it may turn out that "everythings" not "alright."</text>
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