The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-04-29
a REsIAEKABLE DEPOsTrION:
A HdlaViI of the Chairman OF the
Republican State Exec
utiVe Committee.

utiVe Committee.
/ We resume to-day the publication
of the evidence given under oath b.
the leaders Of the Radical faction il
this State in regard to the last election
and to the conduct and sentiments o
the people whom they stigrnatize by
the epithet, rebel"
The extraordinary statements of III
/. Fisher, who was a prominent mem
Der OF the Committee of Sixteen
Chairman of the Republican State
Ex. Committee and an editor of the
Convention organ, and therefore more
properly than any other person, the
representative man of the carpet-bag
ger fraternity-will attract attention.
Its general tone represents the vio-
lcnce Of the feelings Of his class
against the white population Of the
State, all Of whom he Classics as
rebels" Except the "leSs than one
thousand" carpet-baggers mentioned
by his newspaper and shows the vim
dicliveness Of the rule they will pass
under if debated in the coming
election
The recklessness OF the statements
contained in this affidavit, is renarka-
BILE. 1t is charged that even at these
Military Headquarters here in Jack
son, the pressure was so great
against the friends of the constitution
that many Of them were deferred from
voting for it, though it is known that a
crowd Of unarmed Democratic freed
men were violently assailed by Loyal
Leaguers, and one Of them beaten
nearly to death. Our late State Treas
urer, one Of the most peaceablc and
orderly men in this or any other com
munity, is accused before this Con
gressional Committee upon mere hear
say or pretended testimony Of resort
ing to threats to effect a political pur-
pose. A wholesale accusation Of
"ecery species Of outroge' is charged
against the party whom he calls "reb-
els" in Rankin county, consisting of
erery white citizen Of the county, old
and young. Wing and Democrat,
Union and Secession and the same
accusation is virtually brought against
the entire body Of the white citizens
Of the State always excepting, of
course, the ''less than one thousand."J
But these are not all the noteworthy
features of this deposition. This
Chairman of the Republican State
Executive Committee" swears posi-
tively-slcears, mind you, that sit was
the unanimous voice of the entire Re
publiean) party" to have the Eggles-
ton constitution after its rejection,
forced upon the people by federal
power as the supreme law of the State;
and that consequently Messrs. JEFF
fords, TindalI, Field, Wotiord, Hodges,
ct. al, were ''tactious meE" not to be
classed as Republicans ; that the ''loy-
al people Of the State have no conf
dence in military government and
that it was doubtful if the State could
be induced to elect Radical carpet-bag-
gers to rule over her, even in an
election engineered by such partisan
Generals as Sheridan or Sickles.
Taken as a whole this deposition
coming from the head Of the so-called
Republican party of the State, in its ac-
cusations; declarations ; disclosures !;
and admissions. is one ot the most re-
markable documents of the times 1t
throws light so broad and bright
over the animating spirit and the de-
signs of the Radical leaders, that he
who runs may read. And there is
much more of the same sort-all ap-
pealing in trumpet tones to the people
to re-double their efforts in the coming
canvass.