The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1868-06-25

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nave nave been committed, and when Won win
nave I've no relief from punishment.
Ane southern Conventions have, all heeo
oiected @ In the same manner and by the same
system OF fraudulent voting. Gen NJ
DoWeH could not perform a greater service
' W lne country, than by summonsing Lynch
Eggieston, Mckee, Railsback, and in fact All
S Sne mem Ders OF the late Convention before
niih. and requiring them to- diyuloe the
whole truth about the mode of eIect;5g tbe e
Mlssissippi Convention, and the pre1arae
LIONS now made. to ratify the proposed Con-
seltutlon and elect the Republican ticket
| crime OF this magnitude committed nm
aer the pretended patronage of the Method
ISL Church North, and of the virtuous and
Plous Ben Butler, Ben Wade, and all the
naalcal BenJamites in Congress, will not be
permitted to sleep-it will be too brilliant a
g6Wel In the crown of Impeachment. at
washington and of their vain-glor1ous
nraggarts here, to be lost sight of when
Ihelr glorious deeds are recounted and po-
htIcal prizes awarded. We shall keen it
alive if they do not.
freedmen of Mississippi, your former
owners ana masters have no quarrel with
you: The charge of Lynch and the Leagues
| 1nat we wish to reduce you to slavery or in
any manner infringe your lawful rights of
person, property, education, or enfranchise-
ment, is utterly false. By our present Con-
stltutlon and laws, you are protected in all
tnesei and by the acts of Congress in the
elective franchise We have lands and
MONIES Tor you; we have timber and stock
ana 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 aParadise for
US all,
| Why then take counsel of the strangers
and oath-bound cohspirators 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 I? Have they any
homes, or lands, or stock, or provisions, or
raiment to offer to you OF 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? p ~ lt+.
When the election is over-the Mississip-
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 2! VIII you not be beggars at the
mercy OF the very men sou will have be-
trayed? Will 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 yore2 tayf7s.
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 your 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
plumber and robbery they have inaugurated
by their Convention proceedings can never
be endorsed by any people. The entire pro
ducts of the earth and the industry of the
people cannot support the burthens they
impose. The State and all its interests will
wither in their hands and become as sterile
and denuded as the sands of Sahara.
We herewith append the legal opinion of
Judge Yerger, formerly Judge of the Su-
preme Court of this State, and which carries
with it the authority of law.
By order of the Committee. 1-F1
IS JOHN d. FREEMAN,
u H Gilman.