The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1868-06-04
Encouraging statistics.

rying the. election, simply upon vague |
impression that the negroes have al
large majority of the registered vote
of the State, which will be welded at
their will by the carpet baggers There
is ne foundation for this dependency.
In the first place, it has been amply
demonstrated that where proper steps
have been taken to inform the negroes
of the true character of the proposed
Constitution, and the persons who
framed it, and their objects, large &C
cessions have been made to the Con-
sentative party from that class. We
undertake to say that nine out of
every ten of the twenty five thousand
white persons in this State, who have
negroes in their employment, by
explaining to them frankly the real
character of the issues presented, and
the consequences which must flow to
them, as well as to the whites, if they
vote 'for the Constitution" can in
duce at least a portion Of them either
to refrain from voting or to cast their
votes against it. This is a duty to
the negro himself, as well as to our
selves, which must not be neglected.
But look to the statistics of the last
election, and take comfort. The reg
istered vote of Mississippi last fall, as
officially published by Gen Ord, was
1898 OF this number SO, 739 voted
for the Convention and of these votes
say five thousand were cast by Con-
servatives, who were willing to recon
truct the State, if the Congressional
plan had been carried out in good
faith by the Convention, but who are
now opposing the ratification Of the
Constitution because that body, by
its extravaganza expenditures, its mon
strous schemes OF taxation, it's stand
ing army projects, its social equality
denominations, contrary to the law of
Congress not only continued the disa-
bilities which were imposed in the
Convention elections upon the privil-
eye Of suffrage enjoyed by the whites,
but increased them immensely so as to
place in all future elections the entire
control Of the State governm ent into
the hands of the negro voters
Take this estimated vote of 5 900 from
the 69,739 votes, which were cast for
the Convention, and 64,739 votes are
left to be cast for the Constitution.
According to the report of Gen.
Gillem
63,674 failed to vote.
add 5000 Conservative Recon
f structOnists.
add 6,217 who voted against the
Convention
} From which take 64.739
1v,2I2
Ten thousand two hundred and
twelve majority against the Constitu.
ton.
In this calculation, no estimate is
made for the considerable number who
in despair, or disgust, or misplaced
reliance upon Supreme Court decis
ions, or Presidential, or Providentia
intervention, Or mysterious interfer
ence from some unknown agency
refused to register, but who have
since learned that they who "woulc
be free, themselves must strike thu
blow" Nor have we taken into The
estimate the large number of coloreC
weary of the broken promises which
the vagabond rpet-baggers and des
perate scallawags have held befor,
their eyes in order to lead them tC
, their ruin.
These statistics from official reports
are presented in the conviction tina
they approximate the strength of par
ties in this State. They are full o
encouragement to the friends of Con
stitutional freedom; but it must b
known that their strength if not pu
forth will be wholly useless. Bette
not have it, than that the disgrace
should attach to intelligent freemel
that they could have rescued thei
imperiled rights from the jaws o
destruction and neglected to do ii
We have demonstrated that victory i
within our grasp if we will but reacl
forth our hands to seize it. Now
and henceforth, every man to his post
:. No man will acquit himself of his dut.
if he does not vote himself and brin,