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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-03-11
The Texas Convention.

In Texas, as in the other South
thern States, under the influence
of ill.judged reliance on relief
through agencies wholly insufh'
cient, the white people though
largely in the ascendant, Sullenly
refused to participate generally
in the election, and devolved the
choice of members to that import
ant assemblage, on freedmen
and political adventures.
Not to the wisdom Of the resi-
dent whites, therefore, but to the
good sense of majority of the
class to whom they foolishly re-
signed the leadership Of the black S
is due the adoption by the Con-
vention OF a Constitution which
imposes no restriction whatever
on suffrage and no disqualified.
ton for Office beyond the require
ments of the 14th amendment
The provision relating to suffrage,
is in these words. 1t was sub
stituted for the scheme of the
Radical proscriptionists on the
motion of Ex-Gov. Hamilton:
Sec. l. Every male citizen of the
United States of the age of twenty-one
years and upward, not laboring under
the disabilities named in this Constitu-
ton, without distinction of race, col
or, or former condition, who shall be
a resident of this State at the time of
the adoption of this Constitution, or
who shall thereafter reside in this
State one year, and in the county in
which he offers to vote sixty days
next preceding any election, shall be
entitled 10 vote for all officers that are
now or that hereafter may be elected
by the people, and upon all questions
submitted to the electors at any cleo
ton; Provided, that no person shall
be allowed to vote or hold Office who
is now or hereafter may be disqualified
therefrom by the Constitution of the
United States, until such Disqualified
ton shall be removed by the Congress
of the United States.
We infer from the tone Of the
Galveston News, Austin Tele-
graph and other representative
journals in Texas, that no serious
opposition will be made to the
constitution when submitted to
the vote of the people. 1t is for
tunate for them that final action
on this subject has been postponed
by a train of circumstances ap-
parently accidental, until the
SOLDERING influences Of time had
dispeled the decisions which
tempted their less fortunate breth-
rem of other States to court hard
fortune.
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Practically this amendment
will not effect the reconstructed
States. By the legislation of
Congress which was exercised in
virtue of conquest, whether right
or wrong, it is not worth while
now to discuss, the Southern States
have been required to submit to
negro suffrage. If it is a good
thing, we are not malicious
enough to wish others to be de-
prived of its blessings. If it is a
bad thing, justice demands that it
should return to plague the in
yentor.
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oxronp. MIas. July 1a. -

SIR: Yours OF the 1lth Is at hand,
and 1 am glad that you are still hope
full Of ratifying the constitution. Ar
ter so much fraud being committed iu
so many Of the counties, / do not think
that such counties ought TO be counted.
/ see in the oxford Falcon a reply
made 10 my first report, and under
taking 10 show TO the public that my
report was not founded on the truth.
This reply was made by the registrars.
/ deny saying that any or my Ian
guage was changed, for had not, AZ
that time, seen the letters In the Pilot.
/ did intend TO say In that report that
all but one of the registrars was OPP
posed 20 the ratifying of the constitu-
ton; l meant all except one Of The re-
gistrars. Alex. Duncan. Sir. all you
have TO do is 10 send an investigating
committee, and you viii find every
word OF my report true. Now. 10 you
should send some one 20 inquire Into
the truth Of these reports, you Will
find such outrages and fraud that Il
will make your blood run cold. Let
me know II you have got the reports
sent to you on the 9th OF this month,
the most Of which was written with a
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-03-11

The son of Governor Throckmorton
swallowed poison at Bonham, Texas,
the other day, from the effects of which
he. suffered great deal, but did not
dieM A pretty girl at one of the Bon
ham schools was the cause of it.
CoUGH.-Syrup of peoples, OK
yme, of squills simple oxymel, of
each two ounces. A teaspoonful
when the cough is troublesome.
CHAppED lHANDs.-Wash the
hands with oatmeal instead of
soap. and after each washing, take
little dry oatmeal and rub over
them, SO as to absorb any mois
ture.
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Nor A DRUM, Nor A FUNERAL
NoTE!-The Charleston Mercury,
a miserable paper which did its
utmost to fire the Southern heart
before the war, and to undermine
he government of the Confeder-
acy after it was established and to
foment division and discomfort,
announces that it is forever ex-
tinct. A deserved fate. 1t was
not fit to survive the cause it
helped to build up and then
labored to destroy.
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To THE PEOPLE OF THE SEVEN
CoUNTIEs!"-Are you at work ex-
posing the secret testimony just
brought to light, on which your
votes are proposed to be cast
aside and the verdict of the reg
istered voters of the State annul-
ed?
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The SEAsoN,-We have had an
unusually backward season for
planting. 1t is now the second
week Of March, and very little. If
any corn has been plantod,in con
sequence of cold weather and
successive rains. Little ground,
comparatively, has been prepared
for the seed, but the farmers are
gathering up their energies for
speedy work when the opportu,
nifty offers. Let them not forget
it will avail nothing towards the
requirement of wealth to plant
largely of cotton, to the neglect
of stock and of provision crops.
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Commissioner Of Election, 4. Il.
Mr.. Judge john MCRAE.

We clip the following from the OK
ford Falcon of June 2Sth. which shows
the animus Of the unreconstructed re-
bel democracy, and what colored men
had to Withstand III voting the repub-
lican ticket. These threats were made
before and during the election, and
the Falcon takes this means of making
them:
Radical rOters az College HH.-The
following freedmen voted the radical
ticket at College Hill precinct. They
can no longer claim the protection and
assistance of the white people of Mis-
sissippi; they can no longer expect
their old friends and masters to give
them employment; they can no longer
be regarded as anything but the dead-
iy enemies of the white race, and must
either go to their radical friends for
employment or Stdrue TO death as they
deserve to do:
"John Logan, Allen Logan, Column
bus Hays, Jere Shield, Aaron Parks,
Alex Howard, Aaron Shaw, Monroe
Calhoun, Solomon Matthews, Milton
Cater, Willis Wiley, Billy Hope, Bird
Howard, George Lewis. jefferson Ca
ter, Carroll Buford, Allen Butler, An
drew Murphy, Tom Buford, Pinkney
Shaw, John Sims. Dick Hope. Wesley
Dice Hope, Aaron Lewis, Wash Mitch
ell, Alexander Webb, Joe Webb, Alfred
Washington, Calvin Webb, Stephen
Shields, Henry Shields, Edmond Webb,
Fount Buford, Isom Webb, Jim Pettfs,
Solomon Moore, Bob Isom, Charles
Webb, Armstead Buford, Enoch Lew
is, Jim Wiley, Jack Pettis, Jim Cor
bin. Wash Wilson 7 iggon, Don d.
ford, Lewis Roberts. Josh Wilson, Mat
Hickman, Nat Hope, ROdes Canselor.
Aaron Plummer Pettis, Nero Blakelv.
March Buford, George Richmond,
Gibs Buford, Harry Buford, John Blu
ford, Walker Wiley, George Tankers-
ley, Austen Wiley, George Pettis. King
Wiley, Jefferson Boles. George John
son, and Wood Brice-7l.
At Taylor's Depot, Mississippi Cen
trail Railroad, Mr.. Cook was seen TO
refuse to receive the republican ticket,
and said that you cannot vote that
ticket here, and showed them demo-
cratic tickets and said you can vote
this ticket; and he said 1 do not want
to see any more of the radical tickets
but you may bring as many of the
democratic as you want TO.
Witnesses:
THOMAS u CANAAN.
mark.
his
WILLIAM = GAMER.
mark.
his
JACKSON ~ GREEN.
mark.
his
JERRY = THOMAS.
mark.
Mr.. Watson, near Taylor's Depot
said publicly that any man that voted
the republican ticket cannot In this
country. Andrew Magan, an employe
of Mr.. Watson's, was sick, and he was
compelled to get up and go and vote
the democratic ticketor be turned out.
sick or well.
SOLOMON MITCHELL,
DENNIS JACKSON,
JOHN WILLIAMS,
THOMAS CANAAN,
WILLIAM GAMER,
JACKSON GREEN,
JERRY THOMAS,
JOSEPH WEBB,
CALVIN WEBB.
In the College Hill precinct William
Webb was turned out Of employment
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A dozen or more States, have
already ratified the proposed 18th
amendment-among them Wis
consin, whose Senate by vote of
81 to 6, indefinitely postponed a
bill to submit to vote Of the peo-
pie on the question Of extending
suffrage to women.
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USELESS LABoR-the parting
address of Mr.. Andrew Johson
to the people of the United States,
expounding and vindicating his
policy" Who ever pauSes be-
fore the glories of the rising sun,
to think of the sun that has set?
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OXFORD. Miss, July 10, 1868.

SIR: This is a report that started
to send soon after the election was
over. did not send it then, but as ]
have just heard from the Ku-KluX,
thought | would send the order and
this to keepit company.
ALEX. PHILLIPS.
Hon. JOHN MCRAE.
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pencil. II you have Bot,.
report you must I'D nd H..
II was very important. H.
mems own language fI.t N
fraud was committed rr
prove everything thati",.
by a hundred men ami.
a chance, aud / will U....
outragcs Of this county d.
me lf you got my Lotion .t.
YOU did not ! NlIl rru..t
democrats are going fuu...
at oxford ON thD lGHI.Il
all for the purpose uI ....
colored people. IHuI .r.
their scary language. Hr|
Of the colOred people u..
for voting the rcpulI.u.
come and make aua..u.
their conviction Ofi4FIu..
and pledge them aiiw M.
them the next sine. aUI
right. Excuse bad ur.
me know how many r,U...
received from mc slnu|f..
Your true friend uu...
AiEA. uI.r
Mr.. JANIS NEM
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Hon. JONI MCRAE.
OXFORD, MIssIssIrPI.t

June %, 1865.
SIR: You desired me to make report
of the returns of the elections; we
have had one days ELECTION. and ] am
already satisfied that il is failure on
our part. l have attended to-day. but
the rest of the commissioners have
been driven from their work.
The people are being deferred mt all
the polls by threats of the ku-kluX
and by being turned out of employ
ment; many ofthem go with the hope
of voting, but when they get there
they are deferred. Some say that YOU
shall not work my land; others say
that you shall not eat my bread; and
Doctors say at every poll you shall
not have dose of my medicine; and
others say that you shall not come on
my place although your wife Is there.
Really, il is made a crime, punishable
in all these ways, if they vote the re-
publican ticket. Sir, there Is not one
of the registrars i'm this county but
what is opposed TO reconstruction, and
| believe some of them are doing all
they can to defeat the constitution
some of them are refusing 10 receive
notes from men that have come from
other portions of the State. although
they have been i'm the county six
ton to that thing. When they come
to the polls they are accosted by some
white man, and when he or they can
not cause them to vote their ticket
they try to dive them away from the
polls without voting the radical ticket.
On Sunday night last at Spring Dale,
just above Water Valley, as had gone
there TO be with the other registrars
as commissioner of elections, the house
that | should have stayed in, but being
little too sensible 10 do so, was as
saulted by gang of cut-throats; but
| took my refuge out doors. One of
the men in the house in trying TO es-
cape was fired on by them. The col
ored people dare not come to the polls
in some of the precincts.
The white men that accepted their
commissions were intimidated by the
threats of other white men and turned
their commissions over TO me. and
gave them to TWO coIored men. and
yesterday they were fired into by set
of rutiians, their horses were captured
but the men escaped unhurt. The
white men took their tickets and tore
them TO pieces-yes, 100 of them. /
may well say that this election Il a
failure, yet | shall keep ut work all
the time. | received a telegram to-day
from Major Power, that he would send
me down II men this evening: the
mischief was done about six miles
from town. There has been several
men shot at since the election began.
The only chance to have this thing
fairly done is TO have troops with arms.
and let the whites vote one day and
the blacks the next. We will have TO
have it over again.
ALEX. PHILLIPS.
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A quarrel that has been so.
on for some time between .
Northern and Southern sccta
Of the African Methodist cAuI
in Macon, Ga, eliminated g =
nights since, in the burning Oh
church edifcc, the possession
which was the bone Of c0ntenLt
Now that Sambo has manage.
get into a religious squab'
Is certainly moving tow
lization and cnlightcn
as the shipwrocked mar
graduated himself upon Dlul
a civilized country when d
held o galloWs.-N Y. Ht
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YALoBUsHA AM CHICKAsAw.-
The people of these csunties will
nowhave the opportunity If meet
ing in detail the allegations by
which the attempt has been made
to have their elections declared
void. No time is to be lost.
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OXFORD, MISS, July lG, 1865.
To he Mississippi Pilot.

To The Mississippi PHot:
SIR: There is the most vile aud lnfa-
nous means resorted 10 to iutimidate
and deceive the colored people. They
are told that hopes for the radical party
are gone forever, and that they are
now bevopd = do"bt iu the hands OF
the democratic party, and the only
way for them 10 be protected - ~
come and acknowledge their wrong iu
having voted for the radicals, and 20
promise to act with the democrats
hereafter. Sir, there Is not a week
that passes over my head that some one
is not asking me for advice, saying
that they have found open graves ln
the plantation In which they live; and
the radicals are now coming, seeming
TO act with the South just 10 save them
selves from an untimely grave. Dir,
they thus promise with tears ~ their
eyes and a bleeding heart. On one
mans farm there are three graves al
ready dug for the unrepenting radi-
Gals. It Is on Mr.. Alex. Pegue's farm,
near Oxford, Mississippi. Sir, there Is
no safety here for a loyal man, neither
white nor black. II we stand II Is at
our peril.
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OXFORD, NIrssrssIrrIl

July 8, lSbS.
SIR: You desired me TO make re-
turns of the election. ] am sorry 70
say that the circumstances have beeu
such | cannot make returns IN the
proper manner; but l Will DO the best
that l can, hoping that you account
for the rest. The white men bacheu
out that were appointed as comn ms
toners of election. and 1 turned them
over TO some colored men, that dis
charged their duty gallantlyi one OF
them lost his horse, bride, and saddle
and il has not yet been found. lthink
IL will be a clear loss 10 that commls 10
sioner. as he hired the horse, bridlc'
and saddle.
In that District two of the leaders
had not radical ticket; that was
Duncan's district, on the east side OF
Oxford. In this part Of the work our
cause suffered. The commissioners,
although being driven from that part
of the work, went TO other parts OF the
field; they came TO other parts OF the
work. and continued 10 labor unto the
end, commencing on Monday ~ OF
June-nine days labor.
Sir, We have not had valid election
I'm this county: / cannot recommend
any place for fairness. | was told by
the citizens of this place that they hai
preserved my life, for men had wanted
to kill me. but they said not The sum
tor my life was 500 and Mr.. Dick
Tips told me that lac had protected me,
for he could call the county together
| by the beating of a drum; | suppos,
| that Is a ku-kluN sign.
You will find on the same sheet en-
closed a good deal of deed Of this
county. You will please collect then
up, and sum up the whole matter
nine days labor at six dollars per day
transportation three dollars per day
! You can send our compensation jus
| as you choose. We have lost "A grca
deal in this election.
ALEX. PHILLIPS.
his
JOHN = UPSHAM.
mark.
his
JACKSON = BOSS.
mark.
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THEEXPARTE TESTIMONY
ReIntfng 10 ahe Mississippi
Election
LAFAYETTE COUNTY.

OXFORD, Miss, June II.
DEAR SIR: My appointment OF
commissioner Is at hand, and Ia mott
fving the registrars OF my appoint
ment. they cain 1t TO be Illegal, any,
saw that they claim to nave the riSi'
OalvaS which they showed me in sec
1ion 4 in the Mississippi Pilot.
They are not willing for me to ac5
oonncnv them in this election, ana
SGso they have their commissioners
snnointed. Hoping to hear your de-
remain, yours respectfully;
w. Ii. WILLIAMS.
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Florida proposes to raise cork.
Seeds have been brought from
Portugal.
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OXFORD, Miss, July /, 1868.


SIR: You requested me to make re-
turns of the election as soon as COM
pleted in this county. Now the cleo
ton Is over, and now | shall give the
facts as nigh as l can. On the 2lst of
June l went from Oxford to Spring
Dale with the registrars to begin with
them, so that / could give all Of the re-
publicans fair chance by pressing
the republican ticket in their hands.
On Sunday night there was band of
rebel cut Threats who made an assault
on the house that they supposed me to
be in, and fired on a man that was
making his escape, but missing him.
Myself being aware of such an attack,
/ staid out doors; in this way / believe
that / preserved my life. At Spring
Dale, on the 22d June, at so'clock, the
polls were opened and the orders were
read and voting commenced. / was
offered many insults. but would not
get insulted nor retaliate. At this
place / believe there was about 100
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The Democratic members of the
Indiana Legislaturehave resigned.
thus leaving the body without a
quorum in order to prevent the
ratification q the 18th amend
ent- The Governor has issued
"clamation ordering new
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OxFoRD. MISS. June 30. lSG8.

SIR: The report that made on the
ord is ahnnt to cause me trouble, ana
1t may cost my life, for man of high
renown told me he could call all the
people together that are in the county
by the beating of drum. If yoa
cannot protect me in making these re
ports. shall have to desist from dc :
ing so, for my life is in danger every
day. our servant.