The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1868-06-30

nave Deen committed, and when Won win
nane ' no relief from punishment.
:, Inc southern Conventions have all bean
elecUeo IN the same manner and nv the sa,,a
system OF fraudulent voting Gen. Ne
.ooMeil .0tH could not perform a greater service
Eggleston, Mckee, Railsback and IN 1 9sn. en, ~,
the members of the late Convention before
nlLn, and requiring them to diynloe the
s..ote whote tfuth about the mode of electi1p tbe
" =. mn.ississlppl< Convention, and the prepara-
0iohs now made to ratify the proposed Con
stltutlon and elect the Republican ticket. q
a crime OF this magnitude, committed nm.
@ uer tne pretended patronage of the Method
ISL Church North. and of the virtnons o,,d
plous Ben Butler, Ben Wade. and All the
Radical Benjamites in Congress- will not he
per1nltted to sleep-it will be too brilliant a
geWei IN the crown of Impeachment. at
washington, and of their vain-glor1ous
Draggarts here, to be lost sight of when.
thelr glorons deeds are Fecounted and DO
ntlcai prizes awarded. We shall keep it
alive If they do not 0 ..is
Freedmen of Mississippi, your former
owners and masters have no quarrel with
you. The charge of Lynch and the Leagues
tnat we wish to reduce you to slavery or IL,
any manner infringe your lawful rights of
person, property, education, or enfranehise-
ment. is utterly false. By our present Con
stltutlon and laws, you are protected in all
these and by the acts of Congress in tbe
elective franchise We have lands and
homes for YOU we have timber and stock
and implements of all kinds you have labor
IN abundance-you need employment and
home-we can give you these and make
you comfortable at once, if you accept our
proposed hand of friendship. United, and
as friends, we can hold and enjoy the garden
spot of the earth, and make it a Paradise for
US all.
Why then take counsel of the strangers
and oath-bound conspirators and paupers
who abuse alike your confidence and our
hospitality, and who seek your friendship
only to elevate themselves and to defraud
and ruin both you and us Have they any
homes, or lands, or stock, or provisions, or
raiment to offer to you or your families
Can you live on the impoverished idea that
they are Union men and that we are rebels
is that patent medicine for all the ills
that flesh is heir to
When the election is Over-the NJ ssisSip-
plans beaten by your fraudulent votes-your
imported friends installed in Office and the
Loyal Leagues disbanded until the next
election, what will become of the poor freed
men whose votes have accomplished this
result? VIII yOu not be beggars at the
mercy of the very men yOu will have be-
trayed? VIII you then ask the people of
Mississippi to treat you as prodigal sons
kill for you the fatted calf. and restore you
to the protection and comforts of their fam
lilies as in days of yoTe ?
Freedmen of Mississippi, look before you
leap. There is an awful gulf now yawning
before you. The vote You may cast in this
election may be decisive of ycur fate. If
you abandon the people with whom you
have ever lived and who now invite you to
their protection for the future, you cast
your destiny with an enemy between whom
and us there is eternal war The system of
plunder and robbery they have inaugurated
by their Convention proceedings can never
be endorsed by any people. The entire pro
duets of the Garth and the industry of the
people cannot support the burthens they
pton 4 Ths and al ss sssFe M
ss. SSf; sa5 which of es esrfs ss
with IL the y @s--1E,ority of law
By order of the Com nsittee.
JOHN d. FREEMAN,
Gilman.