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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-04-22
THE RAILROAD MEETING

This meeting on Saturday was not
all that could have been wished, and
reasonably anticipated, in view OF the
important interest with reference to
which it assembled; still it was a good
meeting and it inaugurated an I'M
portant movement The attendance
was not large, but every profession
and occupation were represented oy
active, earnest men, who have com
menced the work in the true spirit OF
success.
Words spent in describing the utili-
tv of railroads at this late day, are
idle. Il was once the custom to per-
suade people that railroads would
benefit them, but :hat was the day
before telegraphs were invented, ana
when fields were cultivated with wood
en- mold-board plows. As well argue
that food and air are necessary to AMI
NAL existence as that railways are es-
sential to the material development
and prosperity Of communities.
Nor is it worth while TO argue that
these particular roads ought to be built.
They WILL be built. The real ques-
ton to be decided is, shall they term
mate at this point? There are other
competing interests, but the advanta-
ges Of location are here, if our citizens
and those along the contemplated routes
will arouse themselves from their
sluggishness and turn them to good
account.
The spirit of the meeting is cxhibi-
ted by the resolutions which were
adopted. 1t is believed that they ac-
cord with the wishes of every person
within the corporate limits of this
town. The Committee of Arrange
ments are expected to take the mat
tiers intrustcd to them in hand at
once. 1t is proposed that meeting
with reference to the Natchez and
Jackson Road shall be held at Ray
mond,at an early day. And another IN
the interest of the Valley Road at Yer
non or Livingston. OF these meetings
notice will be given by the Commit
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The Okolona News proposes a new
man as the Radical candidate for Gov
ernor. What's the matter with Eg.
gleston? lie has committed no great.
er offence than the rest Of the less
ethan one thousand" Radicals who are
described by the Pilot as qualified tor
office. is there to be new deal all
around? Are the Conventioners all
to be thrown overheard? If not, why
banish him, and run the old candidates
of the Proscriptionists for the other
offices, State, Legislative and Congress
sional? If this is the game, the ostra-
cism of Eggleston Individually, will
satisfy nobody, and amount to nothing.
If Prescription is to be made obi
GUS" public justice claims more than
the immolation of Eggleston. 1t is
true, he was the head of Committee of
Sixteen who lowered around Congress
for four months to carry out the pro-
gramme of the Committee of Five
and it is true, that he was the presi-
ding officer and fgure-head of the
Mongrel Convention, but what could
he have done without the others p
They are all equally guilty and must
go under, according to the logic of the
News.
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We do not suppose that any opinion
we may advance in regard to the time
of holding the election will affect the
decision of the matter, one way or the
other. and we are not inclined to hold
a profitless controversy with the Pilot
on the subject. But we insist that if
the agricultural interests of the State
are consulted, the election will be or
dcred in the interval Of the laying by
and gathering of the crops, between
the 18th of July and the 10th Of Au-
gust and that this accords with the
plan recommended by Gen. Grant
The Pilot argues that the true mean
inc of his recommendation is to have
the election held and the result report
ed to Congress sometime during the
session (which commences on the first
Monday of December" But this is
contradicted by the language of the
message, which advises the holding of
the election "during the month of May
or June next" in order that "such
= constitution, or.parts thereof, as shall
shave been adopted by tie people, be
submitted to Congress ON THE FIRST
MONDAY OF DECEMBER" This Ian
guage does not admit Of doubt as to
its meaning. Now, how is the consti-
tuition to be submitted ION the first
Monday" if the election is not order
ed before the last of the month?
1t will require several months after
| the election to assemble the Legisla-
ture and to obtain action by that body
upon the measures that will require
consideration preliminary to the adj
mission of the State. Gen. Grants
recommendation for prompt action
was based upon his desire to restore
the said States IS to their proper rela-
ton to the government" as early as
practicable at is desirable Che said)
to remove all causes Of irritation" by
renting to the people the right of
self government, ''as promptly as pos
sible"
The suspicion that the suggestion of
The CLARION is based on the idea that
the planters will have greater power
of influencing the votes of freedmen
at the time mentioned than any other,
is too paltry to merit notice. Their
influence, if they attempt to exercise
it, is due TO general causes which will
operate az cffectually at one season as
another. As for that matter, the lon
ger the election is postponed, the
stronger these influences will grow,
and the more time will be left to re-
move the preiudices and false impress
sions created on the credulous minds
of the uniformed. If there IS any
thing in the time, reasons are not
wanting to show that the season named
by the Pilot is the one most favorable
Of all others for the exercise of the
influence which the carpet-bag frater-
nifty seem so much to dread.
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The Elections I'm Tlrginfa and BHfS-
alNAlppE.

The Washington Chro nicIe, t G Ad-
ministration organ makes the follow
ing important statement, which is pre-
sumed to be by authority:
1t is understood that the President will
order the election in Virginia, under the au-
thority conferred upon him by the recent act
of Congress, on the fourth Thursday OF May.
There will be new registration The clauses
of the Constitution, which viii be submit
ted to a separate vote, are: First, the test
oath second, Acknowledgement; third, coun-
ty organization. Other clauses OF the Con-
stitution may be submitted TO separate
vote, provided good reason therefor is
shown.
Inasmuch as the; President has made
precisely the same recommendation IN
the case Of Mississippi, as to Virginia.
we infer that he will apply the same
rule to both in conducting the election
the first and most important feature oil
which is the submission of the test
oath clause to separate vote, so as to
give the people an opportunity to
strike it out.
There are other features that ought
to be submitted separately for like
purpose; and chief among them, The
Militia clause and the clause which
confers upon the Governor the power
to appoint the Judges in violation o
the rights of the people to elect them
The whole thing is crude and in
digested tumble of contradictions ant
absurdities; but by skillful manipula
ton can be made tolerable until op
portunity is offered thoroughly to per
feet it. But to avoid misconstruction
it is we'll to state with emphasis that
if it be so modified at the coming cleo
ton as to embrace the principle o.
'the civil and political rights of al
citizens" we shall be opposed tt
changing it in that essential feature
1t is our rock and strong defence.
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The Pilot, organ of the Convention
lists, continues its filings at Messrs j eff
fords, Tindall and others, and says
that they are the tail Of the Demo
cratic kite" We would not be sur
prised if the Pilot party yet seeks by
their assistance, to be lifted out of the
mire into which their advocacy of obi
GUS measures has plunged them. This
may be an agreeable arrangement for
the Proscriptionists, but it will be bad
for the "tail"
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Such Constitution and Laws as will etfec-
tually secure tbs civil and political rights OF
ALL persons.-Gen. Grants Message, April
9TH, 1869.
Which means restoration ofcivil govern
ment; no prescription; universal amnesty
and Equal Rights before the law to all, de-
NAL of Justice to none; no exclusive emol-
uments or privileges to any class taxation
with representation.
And 20 the end that all persons, white and
black, rich and poor, may enjoy the full
benefits of free government, and the fruits
of their toll, we Will add Low Taxes and
an economical government
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STATE CoNvENTION.-Seve of our
contemporaries have declared for Con
vention in which the conservative De
mocracy and liberal Republicans may
meet on the common ground of recon
struction on the basis Of opposition to
Acknowledgement and in favor of a
constitution that will secure the civil
and political rights of all citizens with
in the borders of the State. The move
ment is timely; but the day cannot be
named until the issuance of the Presi-
dents proclamation. Only ''let us have
peace" and no more fre-cracker ex
plosions,
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Only "One Thousand.-

The Pilot is abusing Congress be
cause it did not pass tho bill removing
civil disabilities, and to make its poin
as strong as possible against that body,
il saws that there are "three thousand
"offices to Gil in Mississippi, and not
zone thousand to fill them with. Not
one thousand" out of sixty or seventy
thousand who are claimed to be truly
loyal Here we have an honest dee
laration at last. The number estima-
ted at less than zone thousand Is de
signed to embrace for the most part
the carpet-bag Adventures who advo-
cate Acknowledgement. The others,
who are considered by the Convention
organ as not fit to hold office, are the
colored citizens. They are the rank
and file whose business it is to do the
voting, and on whose shoulders the
less than one thousand are to ride into
office.
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If the people we're right in defeat
ing the Eggleston party last summer
because they attempted to force pro-
scriptive constitution upon them, are
the Eggleston party any more worthy
of consideration or support since the
President and Congress passed sentence
against them?
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The state Fair.

By the proceedings of the Commit
tee of Arrangements inserted else
where, it will be seen that they have
gone to work in earnest with a view
to holding State Fair in this City ia
October next. To carry out this OBJ
iect, considerable means will be re-
quired and the committee have
set the example themselves by
subscribing literally. We are sure
that it will be followed by all classes
and professions of our citizens. With
the spirit displayed 10y the Committee,
there can be no such word as fail.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-04-22

A meeting was held at Vicksburg,
on Saturday last, of citizens of Yazoo
and the City of Vicksburg to consider
the project of a Railway from the lat
ter city, connecting with the Central
Road and passing through Yazoo City.
We can well understand how Yazoo
City would be benefited by being
made the terminus Of Railway con-
Meeting with the Central, but having
excellent facilities tor transportation
by water with Vicksburg, 1t is not 30
clear how she is to be proftted by the
proposed enterprise. Its projectors,
however, have undertaken it with a
zeal which promises success.
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REMOVAL OF DR. r. H. WINTER
The removal of this excellent, upright
and competent officer from the {. s.
Marshalship, is a cause Of regret to
The entire public of this State. A true
gentleman, honest, conscientious, and
scrupulously exact in all his dealings,
public and private, it is to be lamented
that he has fallen victim to the spirit
of partisan prescription which is rite
in the land.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-04-22

VIRGISIA.-It is telegraphed that
the Virginia press with great unanim-
ity accept the reconstruction law re-
garding their State, and call on the
President to submit the obnoxious
features of the new constitutional
amendment to the people, declaring
at the same time that the disfranchise-
meat section viii be voted down.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-04-22

From the information we have re-
ceived, our opinion is that about the
same acreage has been applied to the
culture of cotton the present year as
last. The growth Of the plant is not
80 forward owing to the unfavorable-
ness of the season. But refreshing
rains have fallen, and if they are not
excessive, and the weather continue IA
vorable the seed which have fingered
in the soil will terminate and grow off
rapidly. Corn being a plant OF harder
nature, is more promising.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-04-22

The Okolona News, Republican)
calls for a change of ticket. 1t is
down on the Eggleston arrangement.
1t virtually admits that it is not the
winning card and comedies that the
man who was defeated and afterwards
appealed to Congress against the ver-
dict of the people, is not fic to be run
for the Office. This is a fifth-ribber.-
Will Eggleston and his friends rest
under this sentence?
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THE CANVAss OPENED::
THE FIRST CUNT
Spirit of the People and the rress'


The people of Rankin have opened
the ball in earnest. The following in
itial movement is announced in the
Brandon Republican Of the 10Th /:
Peoples Convention.
At the solicitation OF a number O our most
prominent citizens, we call a meeting of the
people of Rankin, irrespective of color, or
former political associations. to meet at the
Court House, in Brandon, on Saturday next.
the 18th inst, to take counsel together, and
TO determine upon our future action in ref
erence to the reconstruction OF Mississippi
under the new reconstruction bill. Let eN-
ery man tome who can come and let the old
banner county of Rankin be the first 10 put
the ball in motion. Our salvation depends
upon prompt and speedy action. The white
and the black man is alike interested in the
result, and we therefore call upon all 10 at
tend this preliminary meeting,
The Republican accompanies this
call with a forcible appeal to all who
arc opposed to the proscriptive policy
of the Eggleston party, to be up and
doing. 1t also proposes State Con
vention for organization and in token
or its good faith in the advocacy OF
reconstruction on a liberal basis, and
Of genuine peace it says
| We do not care iig Is to who shall hold
the offices-whether they are old Wings
old Democrats, or moderate Republicans, SO
they are honest and capable, and opposed
/ to placing the government OF the State ~
the hands of worthless vagabonds who have
no home or interest in our midst. We are
willing TO trust such men rs Judge Field, on
Judge Jetiords in the Gubernatorial chair
and Will gladly support either of them il
nominated by the Conservatives, on con-
! servative platform. We owe them a debt OF
gratitude for their untiring and successful
efforts to defeat the schemes of Egglcston
! Gibbs Il Co, and we wish to see them re-
warded with an honorable position 10y the
Conservative voters OF the State.
In these sentiments, we entirely con
cur.
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by large majority the voters of the
State defeated what the n. Y. Tribune
STYLES the "odious policy of disfran-
ement' embodied in the rejected
tuition, and the candidates who
r. I'd rs proscriptiye spirit. Their
aetie mas been recognized and tri-
umphantly endorsed by a Republican
President and Republican Congress.
Now we are anxious to see if the
baified Proscriptionists will presume
again to urge their pet scheme. and
the election of the men to Office who
concocted it and who represented the
diabolical spirit which it breathed.
To abandon the one, and yet insist upon
the other, will be a shallow artifce.
We note that the head of the defeated
ticket the chief representative of the
"odious policy" has snuffed the danger
afar off and has taken refuge in the
office of Assessor of the End District.
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kilograms from Alabama and Geor-
gia say that material damage was done
by frost to the cotton crop, and that
replanting will be necessary.
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~ desire also, to ask the consideration OF
Congress to the question whether there
is not just ground for believing that the
constitution framed by convention of the
people of Mississippi for that State, and once
REJECLED, ISc."-Gen. Grants Message
April 9TH, 1869.
Once rejected" says Gen. Grant,
and that's just what Gen. Gillem re-
ported, and precisely the reverse of
what the Committee of Five swore to.
The President with all the facts before
him, including the afidavits of Gibbs
& Co., decides, that Gillem's report
was correct. He says the proposed
constitution was rejected" and more
over that it ought to have been, be-
cause it did NOT secure the civil and
political equality of all men," 1t de-
MED to such original, consistent and
lifelong opposers of secession as Judge
VIM. Yerger, Judge Amos R. John
ston, Judge 81. F. Simrall ct al, even
their inalienable rights to vote, much
less to hold officel
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The Bogus Testimony.

We will resume the publication of
this testimony by which the carpet
baggers relied to foist themselves on
the people as their rulers, through
Congressional interference, contrary
to the will Of the registered voters.
1t is true the iniquitious scheme was
defeated, but its authors are bent upon
accomplishing itindirectly ifnoi openly;
and by the light of these documents
the spirit in which they will rule the
State is revealed, should they succeed.
1t will avail nothing to expel the
DISTINGUISHING clauses from the consti-
tuition, if its authors with their con-
fessed rancor towards the great mass
of our white population be chosen to
administer the State government.
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CARPET-BAG PLAT
FORM.

PRoscRIPTIoN.-In proof of which, see
Franchise clause, No. z, of the Eggleston
Constitution, permanently establishing test
oath excluding from suffrage and holding
Office large class of capable and meritori-
GUS citizens irrespective of party, who are
nevertheless saddIed with the burthens OF
government, Consequently it means:
Disfranchisement;
Class Legislation;
Exclusive privileges;
Taxation WITHOUT Representation.
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If the Pilot and the rest of the car
pet-baggers don't think the Conserva-
tives are in earnest in planting them
selves on the Grant platform of the
civil and political rights of all" in
contradistinction to the Radical
policy of Prescription as embodied in
the franchise clause of the Eggleston
constitution, let them wait until the
election and they will see.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-04-22

The richest part of the bogus evil
denee of the Committee of Five before
the Congressional Committee, is yet
to come.
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Our advice to our friends is inyari

Our advice to our friends is inyari-
ably to select capable men to office If
they have opportunity, but as between
a carpet-bagger who is imbued with
hate towards them and advocates pro-
scription, and a colored man, however
illiterate, who is opposed to the dis
Establishment of whites as proposed
in the Eggleston Constitution, make
choice of the latter. Doubtless III
some localities these alternatives will
be presented.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-04-22

An important military Order, modi-
flying certain of the Revenue laws of
this State, is published elsewhere. As
no Legislature has been permitted by
our rulers to meet for moro than two
years in this State, these laws passed
under wholly different condition Of
affairs from the present, have not re-
ceiyed the attention which the public
interests required. The present reduc-
ton of taxes will be generally APP
proved. At all events, we are sure,
there will he no formidable opposition
to the execution of the Orderl
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The declaration of the Okalona
News against the nomination of Egg
gleston who is to be made the scape-
goat of the Convention, is significant.
1t is confession by his own party of
the Judgment recorded against him
and his associates by the registered
VOtpr9
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From the lag Woud 1d@ellc.
The people Of the State know what IS
before them. Let them organize 40 once for
the conflict The DISTINGUISHED clasr-cou-
posed mainly Of our oldest, most substantial
prominent and influential citiIeu--mu-t
lose no time. Northern hate and carpet-blg
cupidity have " di-trauehi-ed ~ thom-but
each one thus d-franchiscd has the power
to influence. 10 control, from three 20 thirty
votes. This influence, &C the proper time,
must be kindly, wisely and lawfully cNer-
cised in behalf Of the white people of the
State-in behalf of law. order honesty, and
our common civilization and christianity
Money and time must be freely spent, and
especially by those whom Congress has
kindly deprived of the privilege OF voting.
IL should be the delight OF ADJ such 90 de-
vote their energies % the work Of self pro-
lection now before Us.
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There is but one course loft his. Refusing
to be reconstructed under the Constitution
prepared by the Black Crook Convention
last summer brought good fruit We real
lied the wisdom Of our course. But &c is
questionable if this policy Will DO to adhere
TO any longer We cannot remain ont of
the Union, and we must seek the tide when
it is most favorable for us To 90 back. Now
is the time TO DO it, We have fought Radical
ism in this State over every inch ofgrouud OF
its advance We have disputed point after
point, battlcd with it upon field after field.
We have refused every degrading PROPOSE
ton, all base terms offered from the first
Manassas OF the struggle against Radical
tyranny until We find ourselves at last al
AppomattoN, with 10 chance for further re-
treat. There is only one thing lef. ns-.to
take the bone from the dogs mouth.
We viii soon be called upon to arm for
another contest. This viii De the grand
Waterloo that shall decide finally 90 whose
hands our state snali b. .sn. But we can
enter into the struggle with confidence.
The Copiahan publishes a call for a
public meeting on Saturday, the Ut Of
May, accompanied with a stirring APP
peal by q "rcconstructionist' on
Democrats and liberal Republicans
"(wEite and colorcd,) be up and at
work away Says the writer
"with narrow minded, selfish, one idea
men who would destroy their coun.
:" try to carry out their radical schemes
Vote down the Objectionable clauses
" in the constitution and adopt the bal.
ance, and let the State take her place
" among the family of States
With the lights before it, the Cen
trail Star advises the hearty cooper
"ation of our people with this attempt
" (the new law to settle the status of
"our people,
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Ex-President Jefferson Davis intends to
return home this Spring.