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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-06-17
A Very Important Paper.

To satisfy general inquiry, we have pub
ished elsewhere the opinion of Attorney
General Hoar, in the case of Weaver a
citizen of Texas, who was tried and SEN
fenced by military commission. The
opinion defines the policy of the Admin
istration in reference to the enforcement
of the reconstruction laws establishing
military governments in the South, and
demonstrates the necessity of accepting
the situation and restoring civil govern
ments in the unreconstructed States as
speedily as possible.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-06-17
The Wll.dfcEEve Policy Of the Fad
fcaI EmcGi0a.
The schemers of the Radical faction

The schemers of the Radical faction
who give shape to its policy notwithstand-
ing their denial of their fayorite doc
trine of disfranchisement, are in truth
progressing in the spirit and practice OF
the heresy of political prescription. Con-
trasting their present acts with their pro-
LESSONS in 1868, they are more imbued
with the spirit of intolerance now than
when they framed the constitution
which went down beneath the contempt
of the people and Congress. aa
According to high Republican authori-
ty, it was through the mstrumentality OF
the Committee of Sixteen that the bill re-
moving political disabilities was defeated
at the last session of Congress, and this,
too. in view of their belief that there were
in Mississippi when that measure was
pending, 'less than one thousand men in
the State" to fill the vacancies which they
intended should be created in the public
officers. And VIGOROUSLY that Com
mittee made it part of their business to
urge the application to Mississippi of the
| resolution requiring all incumbents of
Office in the State to take the iron-clad
oath or to vacate their places.
Therefore, the sweeping Order of the
Military Commander producing all this
confusion in the administration of the
laws of the State, and Infringing the ma
chinery of its government, is directly
traceable to the Vaccinations of that
Committee And they even have advanc-
ed long way beyond the rule of proscrip-
ton applied by that Order. When it
was issued it was announced th@ all in
cumbents of office who could qualify I'M
der the resolution of Congress should re-
tain their places. No10 it is not sufficient
to be ''truly loyal" iron-clad Southern
man. 1t is not sufficient to have been a
straight forward advocate of Congression-
al reconstruction. 1t is not sufficient to
be Northern man who fought ''for the
flag" and supports Gen. Grants doctrine
of reconstruction undera constitution that
will ''secure the civil and political rights
of all men" Witness the removals of
'1oyaF Southern men who have taken
the oath. Witness the removal of Capt
Rogers who fought in the Union army
from the beginning to the ending of the
war. These men have expelled greatly
to the detriment of the public interest, at
the instance of the Eggleston clique.
The doctrine of that organization as
embodied in their constitution, was that
no man who had sided with the Confed-
eracy except a private Confederate sol
der who had not taken an oath to support
the constitution of the United States pre-
vious to entering the army, should hold
Office. The present doctrine is, that no
person is qualified who does not belong to
the DISTINGUISHING Clique ''and work, as
Capt. Rogers says, Gin the interest of
the Radical extremists" There are some
few cases in when they have not applied
this proscriptive test, from fear of the
consequences, but they are exceptions
which serve only to prove the rule.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-06-17

The leading Republican papers of the
North, are beginning thoroughly to under
stand the game of the sensation mongers
who get up stories of murders for opin-
ions sake" in the South. The New York
Times thus refers to Bullock, the unwor-
thy Governor of Georgia, and the calum-
MES he is circulating to the prejudice of
the people of that State:
1--WE suspect that Governor Bullock is not
wholly unconnected with the effort for slam
dering the State of which he is the unwor-
thy head. He is devOut worshipper ofthe
loaves and fishes, which are fast slipping
from his grasp. He wants the Government
to go to his relief and has tried to find ex-
cuses for its going. The defeat OF the Fiji
teenth Amendment was the work of his
tools and was then paraded by him as good
ground for Congressional interference. Ex-
posed and frustrated in that trick, he now
seeks to invest every violation of law with
a political complexion, that danger to loyal
life' may influence the President, The
fraud is too palpable to be successful.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-06-17

q Ia vout ,o,y ..-..
tho dcath al Coi o., ~ s''lla.Ifs.
A. Ieawnn oitor@.ti By '9.ts...
and Mr. Ycrcor op ~ n pstHttr
tIoned 1 was sfttt,., Wy Illf M
,rritiuV. anduv att.,. w llHt
@ry vordg or ~ =, y '.,,.l a..1..
Sgcnt 10 Tie door. b.tor.,.' all 81.
/ remarked to MI Bark.g.i.i.tf.
me. THAI I thought fhrra ..
Out on the street. recon-. ~.
voice Of Col. lorgcr before I ..
the remark thai J heard wh 81
damned puppy when ou u.I..
cognizcd the lhftics. lmmtI...
! heard Col 'mnc say "a u.....
ing 10 do with son carep. 0Er.
and LEI me alone lh.H r.
conversation which ln U.
hand ot each parts va. lDHg...
others face ana ! heard MU l....
put your hand oh mn. i.rIr 81.
exchanged when Col Gran.
up the street when Boz
nearly. hair round Dos g..
the collar hy DIT. ltrRer and ur-.
back ana When ne was turned b-..
Mr.. ierger elmer around Che ufsI
head can ! De certain which. W.E.
be had m hll haha The paHits y.
closed. JUST ~ soon as they t....-
knife IN Mf' ergel hand RAW
knife aho ~ ne Isissd DO bad
DAoh ~ az -. y, We once ua.
see the ui' -. 'thet' eul when
out again tuey 80 paeAed into p.
store VEN " nc store and tul
! lying on the nooi ne was DieaillfI
! "a" NM .....
SA07n LAANlNtD.
Be- Persecution. When Col d..
Yerger we're talking. Nh. Ysr... g.
not 10 nut his hand "a him. bI.
Crane and could not tell gb.ii. o..
cant say that either of MI r-... --'.
ing 40 avoid a difficulty. non
used il looked very much lkest
Col. Crane said - wish 90 haysr..
with you except oihcially De- iau.
don { know his object in tufu.Hg M
IL was 10 leave. All the abusiveIt.
/ recOllect distinctly was before Il.
There were words irom both pan..
continually the substance 1f gd.'
rceollcct. The parties were facing
during the conversation. My tr..
attracted 90 the manner Boo WNt...
stood. Col. lerger wore lIum
his right hand was under the 'af
did not see the knife drawn laa...
his hand. The knife was abH.
| inches long; blade aa WIdoaf mfl.
| horn handle. when ! SAW thu LII.
floor "a was bloody. ~ was picked
John X. ierger. ! would u0t mu
" / saw again, The par.a
knife was drawn and when ,laf
stepped back.
BY Defense
! stood with one foot Ou ODE ItlH
Of the time my left foot was OH n.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-06-17

Senator Sprague, who has just return
ed from the South, estimates the next cot
ton crop at two millions or two millions
and quarter of bales. Owing to the
uncertainty of labor, he reports that it
has become Improbable to carry on large
plantations, and most of the crop is now
furnished by farms that yield from one to
five, and SO on up to fifty bales. He re-
commends reduction of the tariff on
imports, and that the government take
the business of banking into its own
hands, and lend out money accumulated
in the Treasury in such manner as to
afford capital for new enterprises and set
the people everywhere to work.
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From the Richmond Dispatch.
GEN. Lees Views of She Virginia
Election.

There is the best authority for stating
that General Robert E. Lee, whose usual
reticence on political subjects is well
known throughout the country, has sew
eral times of late given, without reserve,
his opinion about the present situation in
Virginia. He expressed himself as un-
qualitedly opposed to. the test-oath and
DISTINGUISHING clauses of the constitution,
but says that if he had vote it should
be given for that instrument as expurga-
ted, as the only means Of averting the
serious dangers that threaten the Com
monwealth In case of continuance of
military rule, with Wells in the Guber-
material chair. The election of Colonel
Walker, the conservative Republican can
didate, and of sound candidates for the
Legislature, he deems Of vital importance
to the interests of Virginia-as step to-
wards relieving the new constitution in
the future Of an minor obnoxious features
that it may retain after it shall have been
expurgated.
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If il be decided to be necessary to hold
a general Convention of the Conservative
or Democratic party of the State, we
would repeat again the wisdom, in APP
pointing delegates, of selecting in each
county proportional number of leading
and intelligent colored members, who will
attend. No better method can be adop-
ted to remove from the minds of the col
ored voters the erroneous impressions
which the self-seeking partizans Of the
carpet-bag faction numbering as they adj
NIT, ssless than one thousand In the State,
have created to the prejudice of the white
population, and to the detriments of both
races. Let intelligent men of the Afri-
can race, be appointed to the Convention
where they can make known the views
and wishes of their people, and participate
in the framing of the platform and the
selection of candidates. They can thus
bear testimony of what they have seen,
and armed with the truth they viii 60
forth to enhghten the mlslnformed OF
their race and direct them in the way
they should go.
We have observed, with pleasure, that
steps already have been taken in several
counties, to secure the attendance of col
ored delegations, should Convention be
called. The carpet-bag fraternity, repre-
sented by the Eggleston clique who have
organized the Loyal League conspiracies
to WELD the colored element for the dis
reimbursement of the white population,
will find that their game has been efec-
tually played out before the canvass is
over. Every consideration of patriotism.
and the instinct of self-preservation itself
demand that we should combine with any
and every other element of opposition to
their atrocious designs. To the main OBJ
ject of defeating them, all partizan pref
udice should by subOrdinated, and the
demands of personal ambition postponed.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-06-17

The San Francisco Bulletin says /:

During the year 1868 China and Japar
sent us over 10000 people, against $500 il
1867, and 1890 in 1866. During the first -four
months of the current year we received
from that country $500 people. The arrival:
this year from Asia will probably exceed
those of any previous year.
We have heard that house in Chicago
has sent out an agent to China 70 contract
for $4,000 Chinese, to be sent East by the
Railroad. They are needed to work the
Southern plantations. 1t is quite probable
that, for the next three years. the increase
of the Chinese population will be limited
only by the means of transportation. The
Lower California Company, the agent OF
which in China is A. ID. Poston, is simply an
association of Pleading politicians in the East,
such as Butler and Logan, to encourage
Chinese emigration to the United States.
Unquestionably the Chinaman will
soon become part of the labonng ele-
ment of the South, not to crowd out the
negro, but to fill the vacant places which
neither he nor our present white popula-
ton are sufficiently numerous to occupy.
The necessities of the country absolutely
demand that an experiment be made with
him, and it will be done promptly. He
will be induced to come here by immigra-
ton agents who are seeking gain, and our
planters will rejoice in the opportunity to
employ him. One hundred thousand coolies
would find ready employment for the next
year. We believe they will answer all
the requirements of our agricultural sys-
tenn. With many vices, they are never
theless patient, industrious, quick to
learn, and moderate in their demands.
They work for low wages and require but
little food.
In reference to the proposed immigra-
ton of these people, the N. o. Picayune
says:
The Chinaman has many points of char
acter which we would do well to initiate.
He is patient, quiet and persevering. He
loses no time in demonstrations, nor strength
in vociferation or gesticulation.
he is not good party man, and is there
fore not likely to be politician. This is
against him with some who want voters
whom they can use; but to us it is something
to admire.
might take back to China his accumulations.
But If he did so his success would probably
return to us ten more OF his countrymen in
the hope ofdoing as well, and thus we would
have tenfold his labor, which would be more
valuable than to retain his savings.
But the probability is that he would re-
main flour liberty-loving people would only
let him alone.
Yet. as the Chinaman has shown himself
in California, to be better Railroad build
ing laborer than any other, and as we want
ten times the laborers we now have, we are
in hopes that he may be introduced here
also, and if he is, that he may be protected.
He is natural rice producer and ought to
make sugar well. Ramie and cotton are
natives of his country, and if we cannot
give him employment the world must have
turned round backwards. Let the China
man Gonna
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-06-17
Another case of Radical PrOscrip-
ton.

WAOMs
The best commentary that can be writ
ten on the professions of the Eggleston
faction who are striving by the most des-
perate expedients to lodge themselves
permanently in authority in this State,
and thus under the @gis of State gov
eminent to practice their doctrine of po-
litical ostracism against the resident white
population, is contained in the letter of
Mr.. Leeman Halle, who has been expell-
ed from Office in Yalobusha county.
Mr.. Halle was consistent Union man
before the war, and member of the old
line Wing party for which the Eggleston
schemers, until their hypocrisy was ex-
posed, were wont to express such rever-
entail remembrance. He has nearly attain
ed the age allotted by the Psalmist to pill
5rims on earth, end has raised family
in Mississippi, and dedicated them to the
protection of the honor and the welfare
of their State. His honesty and capacity
were not impeached. But he has fallen
undo the ban of the Proscriptionists. -
True he could not take the iron-elad OATH
But it must be remembered that this rule
would not have been applied to the peo-
pie of our State, but for the Vaccinations
of the Committee of Sixteen.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-06-17

Gov. Senter, the standard-bearer of
the moderate Republicans in Tennessee,
who is receiving the cordial support of
the Conservative party, against Stokes,
the candidate of the Bitter-End Radicals,
is removing all county registers who are
in favor of disfranchisement and appoint
ing men in their places who viii issue GER
tifcates to all who are entitled to them
under the late decision Of the Supreme
Courts, and young men who have come of
age since the war.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-06-17
OUR PLATFORM.

"Such Constitution and Laws as will effec-
tually secure tbs civil and political rights of
ALL persons-Gen. Grants Message, April
9TH. 1869.
Which means restoration of civil 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. ~
i And 70 the end that all persons, white anil
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.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-06-17

1t has been demonstrated u
again that the cheapest, mos, ra
and most direct line of travel b.r
great oceans, is the Southern
which our Nicksburg d Merida
way is a link. In reference to OBI.
the Louisville Courier-JouruaI
For the travel 10 the South At.a
number OF the Gulf cities. tbc r
Marshall, Shreveport, VicksburE !.
etc, etc, Is necessarily THE route
deed, II the reader win take fha M
look at the map he will see thatu
across the continent from San UI
nearest Atlantic city will run fr
over the line spoken Of rcqur
forty or fifty miles of road 90 ba 'U
Selma 10 Montgomery and ninety
tween Vicksburg and Shreveport
line OF rail between the 32l aHd
he entire distance from san Diego. .
ton or Savannah. To this fact a.0
fact, that while New York lics IH WOO.
and San Francisco in i22ig 1i .W
the Southern Pacific railroad trm.
Diego and Sayaunah) would liC 0r.
grees, and ll7la respectively a d.hr
II degrees IN longitude in favor
Southern route, actual difference u.r.
dred miles. 10 Is true there o. D0u
difference la the length Ola degree a
tude between the ATTITUDES OF N0
and Savannah, yet not enough bH
with the nearly air-linc of Chs
route, against the circuitous route
present Pacific road. saving of tHH
cent. (probably more) would ba obj.
distance between the two oceans. l
add the advantage which San DiDN
the trade winds over San tnu..
climatic advantages, and easier grade
Southern route.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-06-17
Fruit Growers, Association.

1t must not be forgotten that the South
Western Fruit Growers Association will
have its next annual meeting, in jackson,
on the I'd Wednesday, in July. Com
mittees were appointed to report on sew
eral important topics in promotion of the
objects of the Association 1t is an i'm.
portant movement, and general attend
ance is desired.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-06-17
CARPET.BAGGERS PLAT
PORN.

PRosoRIPT1oS.-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 saddled with the burthens of
government. Consequently 1t means:
= Disfranchisement;
Class Legislation;
Exclusive privileges;
Taxation WITHOUT Representation.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-06-17

THE PROJECTED NATCHEz AND JACK
SON RAILWAYS before announced a
party of engineers under Maj. Green, is
now engaged in the survey of the line of
this projected enterprise. An article in
the Kinds County Gazette on the subject
of the route, will be found in another
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-06-17

A speech of Mr. Walker, the Conser-
vative Republican candidate for Cover
nor of Virginia, and formally accepted
by the Conservatives, as their candidate
also-will be found in another column.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-06-17
Henry NlayaOn's llnrnns-'
Mlrmmd0m.

II, as the Brandon Republican ,l.
MaysOn was sent 20 It's town Co uft.
those who sent him must be diaapl
not once only, but every time. lN.
be no doubt that the riot In this cry
was the cause Of the exactlOns OF
which followed Il. IL was proyokel /.
Radicals, and they suffered in ~ ~
degree, but their party pr0hted bl y
We cannot forbear 10 here say
people who are 80 violent now ln
Southern rights, whose Vchcmencl
" have been exhibited only since 4
who seem 20 be anxious now %
negro and the Radical Oiiice-hllnl...' 7.
they would exhibit q far better spI.
would be as fond Of peace and UNION
they were when JET. Davis was
mond and Leo In his saddle mo'iNs
Gettysburg. a..s 81
The lighting was then 70 be og
powder and bail, sV1rd and gayo.Ii.-t .
now 10 be done by ballots and ,s.-
severance, and the man who Waa
posed 30 war was no less the en..
South than the one who would noe y
back the railing Of n crazy neg.o. az
a FIGHT 10 avenge HIS insules-Ni"
Picayune.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-06-17

GEN. lea special from Richmond
announces that Gen. Lee has expressed
himself in favor of the adoption of the
expurgated constitution, and the election
of Walker, the conservative Republican,
who has been taken up by the Democra-
cy as their candidate. The Richmond
Wing, announcing the fact, says: "Vir-
ginians can afford to follow where Robert
E. Lee leadsi"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-06-17

"SEEEx. The communication Csc
Mex" in another column, is written by an
old and well known citizen of South Mis-
sissippi, and member of the Conservative
party.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-06-17

BoGus.-We repeat that the call for a
Convention of the EggIestOn party, pub
lished in the Pilot; over the signature of
MIR. Jason Niles, is bogus. His name
was used as Chairman of the Executive
State Committee without his knowledge
or consent" and against his wishes"
and he did not sign the call nor au-
thorize it to be signed in his name.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-06-17

We continue our extracts from the
Democratic press on the subject of hold
ing State Convention The expression
thus far is decidedly in favor of making
haste slowly.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-06-17

In copying the circular of the Moder
ate Republicans, the name of Mr..
CHARLES MANN, of Sunfower county,
was misprinted Barber
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-06-17

THE MARKETS. Cotton is now quoted
in the New Orleans market at 293 and
80 cents, for low middling to middling.
Prices of all kinds of Western produce
are advancing.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-06-17

The Hot Springs (Ark.) Gazette is a
new paper, gotten up in good style, and
edited with ability, by j. ID. Houston,
Esq, late of the Lexington Advertiser.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-06-17

The Pilot insists that the Executive
Committee of the Eggleston faction, has
made no unauthorized use of Mr.. Niles
name in placing it at the head of the Com
mittse. According to Mr.. Niles himself,
they simply used his name without his
knowledge or consent and against his
wishes"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-06-17

The most remarkable development yet
of the recklessness Of the leaders of the
Eggleston clique, was the surreptitious
use Of Mr.. Niles name as Chairman of
their so-called Estate Executive Commit
tee"
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CROPS IN TWTAH An csic.l.
respondent, writing as from Cotton w
on the Sd inst, says
tOur crops are very unprOmls.rN
has died out until we have not n..
half n stand In the southern portion
county--caused, think, by cold. va.
err
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-06-17

The ST. Louis Republican, a staunch
Democratic paper notwithstanding its
name, hopes that the report is true that
the people of Virginia have made up
their minds to accept the expurgated con-
stitution, Objectionable though it be, and
truly says that "the advantages to the
State of Virginia in returning to civil
selfgovenment and to at least something
like legal status in the Union, are SO
palpable, that spite and even otherwise
Unstable apprehensions against the tenor
and origin of the new constitution should
not prevent good and sensible men from
voting for it."
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-06-17

TUESDAY, June Is, 1869.
TESTIMONY OF GEORGE o. GREEN.
BY the Prosecution
@. Do you recOlleot the day Of the death Of
Col. Crane2
A. Tuesday the 9Th day Of June.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-06-17

A despatch from Washington states
that's the instance of Georgia Republi-
cans, the President has Withdrawn the
appointment of Turner (coloreD as Post
master at Macon,