The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1868-06-03


and designing men M ght direct their votes
TO accomplish any selfish and corrupt pur-
yose Of their ownq
IL Is known that the members of the late
Convention were elected in this manner nv
the negro vote. and This alone should con.
denim their work.
VIII the Commanding General allow the
same wicked farce to be enacted at the com
ing electiOnl Will the President of the
United States aud the Congress Of the
United States, wink at an enormous fraud
OF this character, persesreted On the wards
and proteges Of the RpvsrnEeuti Was not
the standing army placed over this South to
protect freedmen in the freedom OF the cleo
tive franchissl Have net unnumbered mil
ii"iis neen spsslt gndsf this pretenss On the
PAR % Congress the negro vote can be
cast by the Loyal lie lgue. with the appro-
baton Of the civil AMI military departments.
then 10 would seem that governments were
inaugurated that corruption may thrive ;
that the negroes wers emaneipated that the
ballot box might be stuffed with their votes
by any combination Of Adventures, who are
wicked enough TO reek offices by corrupt
means, and To inaugurate reign Of terror
and crime, which has no example in the po-
litical infamy of past ages. VIII the people
of the Northern States gaze with stolid in
difference at this, the most appalling spec
tacle of the agel Are they deaf, dumb and
blindl Are their hearts made of stone and
their heads of lee Will they continue to
support the majority in Congress, who are
the Legitimate authors, the putative fathers
of this marvellous wickedness Will they
allow their standing army 20 be used in
support of such a monstrOus tyranny How
long are we to be su jected to this dupli-
cate despotism Of tie civil and military
power2 Are we to b. relieved of this I'M
natural and barbarous punishment, only to
be enslaved and crushed out Of civil and
political existence by the Inauguration of a
negro despotism for the next twenty-seven
years. under the Radical constitution now
proposed and about 10 be fraudulently en-
forced upon us by criminal conspiracy
What has become Of she National Democ-
racy Have they too disappeared before the
political Goths and vandals of the day
Have they lost their power over the heart
of the country Can they no longer rally
the people when the life of the nation is in
dan 5r} Will not the old Democratic lion
arouse from his lair2 Will he not assert
his ancient title to the dominion of the coun-
try-will he not enter the great arena of
battle and drive into the depths of the
wilderness the swarming armies of wolves
and hyenas who now cover and dispOil the
land2 That this will be done in the ap-
preaching Presidential contest with all the
sublime power of an outraged and indignant
people is now plainly written in the distor-
| ted eyes and melancholy visages of Ben
Bntler g. Co. That the impeachers will be
| impeached before the august tribunal of the
| American people and exiled forever from the
control of the government, is now foretold
! in every local expression of the public voice
and is daily gathering the volume and pow
or of tempest that will sweep the Radical
party with the bosom of destruction.
The Democracy of Mississippi now see and
feel the exciting influence of this popular
power aud have resolved to fight their share
of the great battle. Then
Saddle whits Starry for the field tO-mor
raw."
Our riders arg np-our men in the ranks
and eogar for the fray. Let us on to the
enemy 81 1uta. Lee us storm and capture
the stronghold Of the Loyal Leagues in ev
cry county in the State-let us release anC
restore to the freedom of the elective fran
chise their armies of oath-bound prisoners
drive the Convention conspirators and thei
candidates to the obscure dens of the Nortl
whence they come-vote down their Bill o
denominations and assert the supremacy o
the State of Mississippi under our own Con
= | opd laws