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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-06-10

The Memphish Avalanche says: "Du-
ring a recent speech, in Norfolk, Mr..
Lyons and Col. Boiling quite correctly
stated the political issue in Virginia, Mr..
Lyon defined the question as mot wheth-
er the colored people should enjoy the
same power; the same rights and priv
leges with the the whites, but whether the
white people should be placed on the
same footing with the blacks" Colonel
Boiling said: owe are now CONSIDERING
how to unite and unmanacle the hands of
white men, that they may stand equally
with the blacks" The issue is exactly
the same in Tennessee. The question is
not, ''Shall the colored people have the
BALLOT" for they already have it; but:
"Shall the white men have it?'
We viii add that the issue is precisely
the same in Mississippi. In order to the
recovery of lost rights the Avalanche adj
vises the conservatives who are identified
with the DISTINGUISHED classes, to waive
differences about immaterial issues and
unite with the moderate Republicans in
the pending election, thus following the
example of their political friends in Viz
ginia.
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OUR PLATFORM.

aSuch Constitution and Laws as will effec-
tually secure tbs civil and political rights Of
ALL persons.-Gen. Grants Message, April
7th. 1863. aF
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-
umerts or privileges to any class; taxation
with representation.
And 70 the end that all persons, white and
black, rich and poor, may enjoy the full
benefits of free governments and the fruits
OF their toll, we viii add: Low Taxes and
an economical government.
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The vicksburg Republican does not in
tend that Major Woford shall be read
out of the Republican party, and whis-
tied down the wind by the slurs of the
Eggleston sort of Republicans whom he
has heldsup to the Administration As nm
worthy of consideration or belief It
says that he ttnever was Democrat.
and it has authority for saying that al
though che has fallen out personally
with some of his party, he has no
sympathy with the Democrats"
And therefore it follows that the crush
ing mass of testimony borne by. Major
Woford against the Eggleston CLIQUE, of
which the Pilot is the organ, is not the
testimony Of ''a Democrat" but of a
Republican, as THE CLARION has all the
time insistedsaa i,sidso5 nj afsrs9 ~
y 9stsss szssE a5sssi.ss z19F8 .
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CARPET.RAGGERS' PLAT
FORM.

PRESCRIPTION. 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 it means:
Disfranchisement;
Glass Legislation;
Exclusive privileges;
Taxation WITHOUT Representation.
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The carpet-bag schemers must prove
their faith by their works. They profess
to have renowned the proscriptiye fea-
lures of the Eggleston Constitution, and
thus have confessed that the people
righteously rejected them. Now let
them repudiate the authors Of the scheme
to force them ON the State after their
rejection at the polls. Nothing short Of
a demonstration of this kind will satisfy
THE PEOPLE that they are not Humbug-
gers.
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The Richmond, Va, Wing, in an
nouncing Chief Justice Chase's departure
from atcity for Charleston, says: ''Du-
ring his sojourn here the lawyers were
strongly impressed with the fact that it Is
delightful in their official relations to have
to deal with a gentleman. And socially
the Chief Justice was not less agreeable
than officially as1ff ssge - 20
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The carpet-baggers have abandoned the
policy of DISTINGUISHING two-thirds of the
white people of the State, in the same
way that the wolf abandons its prey when
driven off by superior power.
Who believes that the Eggleston clique
would have retreated from Prescription
if they had not been repulsed first by the
voters of the State, and next by major
ity of Congress, to whom they indecently
appealed for the offices which the people
deemed them unworthy to I'LL? And who
does not know that if by false pledges the
INSCRIPTIONS spoilsmen who appealed
from Mississippi to Washington, should
obtain possession of the citadel, they will
inaugurate the wicked policy defined in
their plan of government which they pre-
tend to have discarded?
Look at the States where carpet-bag
rule Is In the ascendant! Look at Lou
isianai Look at Tennessee! Look at
Arkansas Look at South Carolina =
Look at the Loyal League -conspirator
who fills the office of Governor of Geor-
gia, at this very moment, baffied by a
conservative Legislature, wilfully misrep-
resenting the State which is cursed by his
presence, and seeking to degrade her at
the footstool of federal power in violation
of the plighted faith of the nation. These
States are infested by the same family Of
vipers that are seeking permanently to
lodge themselves In power in Mississippi.
The Pilot absurdly insinuates that Maj
Woford originated the report of General
Ames' partizan maneuvering, at Wash
ington, and the speculatiOns current there
touching his political aspirations. In
view of facts as notorious as the removal
of Capt. Rogers, soldier of the Union
army, and supporter Of Gen. Grants
Administration and especially of his poll
cy of reconstruction, but not partizan Of
the Committee of Sixteen who were re-
PEELED by Congress and the President-it
is amazing that the organ of the clique has
attempted to trace the report to Major
Woford. We can tell the organ Of the
clique that the charge of political manage
ment against the District Commander
rests on his own record, which is known
of all men that it rests upon the state
ments Of the newspapers that have claim
ed to represent his views; and that it rests
upon the unconcealed declarations of per-
sons claiming to be his friends and the
recipients of his patronage! If the Mill
tary Commander has discovered his error
in dabbling in politics and becoming the
reconstructionist of Clique Committees
instead of the impartial executor of the
laws he was appointed to enforce-and
doubtless he has discovered it-let him
change his course
If it were done, when It's done, then 'twere
well
1t were done quickly"
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IMsuGRATIoN.-It is stated that all
the German steamers up to September
have full complement of passengers and
the lines from Liverpool and Queenstown
have stopped booking for one-tenth. AL.
ready the number of arrivals this year is
greater than for the same period any pre-
ceding year. Many of the new corners
viii bend their steps Southwark, if the
radical press viii cease manufacturing and
publishing "raw head and bloody Boness''
stories, for the Northern political market.
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Inasmuch as Mr.. Niles has had ssno
participation in the business of the Egg
gleston Executive Committee, and has not
signed any call nor authorized any to be
made In his name as Chairman" there
Of, We respectfully ask, who is running
the sCommittee7' We were not mistaken
in saying that it was the same old
concern with a slight shuttle Of the cards.
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We observe that Henry Mayson has
published card denying the correctness
of the report of his speech at Brandon.
Well, what did he say? Why did he not
inform the anxious public?
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MATURE SIRENS. Under this title we
publish elsewhere charming essay for
the benefit of our middle aged lady read
ers. Our fair friends of ''sweet sixteen"
may skip it.
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INV bAhf NV AiiAkAE IN I..
"MY DEAR SH: I have yours ofH
It's leading positions have long been
stood, and appreciated IN this quarter.
hear nee.
Every year one thousand of your
die, and one thousand Cor more
sons become Of age. You can't dU1HH.
them. You have now five thousand
~. Six years 40 Grthest VIII c0uT.
into a rebel majority Ofoue thousand
the rebels viii be enfrnuehised Iu
you, and the black VIII be- left under
and yoa underestimate these go tA1 (.
sand.
$50 your own way aud see III fho
don't have you under foot iu ic L.a
years
~ speak from a wide experience W.H
tell you that your house 81 built 0u tHo
10 cannot stand. Every year VIII
passions OF the war cool, and tLc dH
FOR amnesty strengthened. Now you zoo
amnesty the rebels. Soon the que lI0H
De, shall they amnesty youy look a.h
lucky and Maryland and read your I'D
fate In theirs. ~ ours,
TfgHtTF ftTIEI.
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BoGUs.-The call in the Pilot for Con-
vention Of the Eggleston faction, in the
name ofJason Niles Chairman. He says it
was used without his knowledge, or con
sent!
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A State Convention.

Several of our contemporaries have
promptly answered the inquiry whether
the Democratic Cor Conservative party,
shall hold a State Convention-and when?
We will reproduce their responses in our
next paper
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The Carpet-Baggers' Nsfntforma

The following i the carpet baggers
platform as laid down by that body N the
Constitutional Convention of 1868; as
defined by the Committee of Five; as re-
enacted by their Convention Of Novem-
Der last; as urged upon Congress by their
Committee of Sixteen; and as NOW car
ried out in letter and spirit by the Dis
trict Commander on the recommendation
of Stafford, Fisher, Mckee, Mayson, and
other leaders of the Eggleston faction:
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CIRCULAR.

DEAR SIR The undersigned members of
the National Union Republican Party of
Mississippi, cordially invite you to meet with
us in the City of jackson, on the 23d of June
INST, Tor the purpose OF taking steps neces-
sary TO promote the general interests of the
State.
Feeling, as we do, that the organization
represented in this State by the COMMITTEE
of Sixteen" and the Executive Commit
tee" is not in sympathy and accord with
the administration of President Grant, and
the National Union Republican Party, we
earnestly desire your corporation as a Re-
publican in the contemplated movement.
Believing that our State should be recon-
structed in accordance with the Acts of
Congress, and the principles enunciated by
President Grant, and that liberation, liber-
Atty and fOrbearaIce will command respect,
inspire confidence, restore harmony and
bring peace" and prosperity, we ask the
aid OF every patriotic citizen of the State,
be he White or Black, high or low. The
time for prescription has gone by, and as we
trust, forever.
We believe that all discordant feelings.
cngendered by the late war. should be Grad
icated; that the onward ma rch OF our great
party should not be checked in its victorious
career by selfish devotion to personal ends,
or the display of an acrimonious asperity in
the administration of public affairs; and
that, granting to all equal rights and privi-
leges, harmony and fraternal feelings
snouIu NC eHcOuTdgeu ana cemenCed between
men of all sections, races and colors, of our
common country. We desire, in all sinceri-
ty, that the dead pastshoul bury its dead
Feeling deep Interest In the welfare of
our people, we desire to see such a condition
of affairs as will best enhance and promote
the material interest and prosperity of our
Commonwealth. We do not understand that
it is the mission of the Republican party to
stir up strife; but on the contrary, when
truly interpreted, its highest aim, by ac-
cording to every man his due, is to allay dis
sension, disarm prejudice and restore law
and order, by discouraging every useless
and wanton attempt to array one class of
citizens against the other. We con and must
all live together as friends.
Earnestly desiring your co-oferation in
this patriotic movement we invite YOU to be
present on the occasion above named.
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A valuable contribution on the subject
of Education, by Prof. Sullivan, of
Woodville, viii be found in our columns.
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nAmRafmmm uamn@mVortw
tries COlnrnnusIsr---v-., q.
tea nlhe CharRe---ru.s. = ~
closures. ~t11
We have never known
equal the GOODNESS Of the
the organ Of the EgglestoB 4.
rumors in Washington toueg..
Ames' completely IN ea7.
schemes and the suspicion.
cal aspirations originated viii ~
ford, in view Of the fact ms5.
by the politicians and pr.
clique with which he + ua3..
connected that he is eo-opersf
interest. In reply 10 the m
the Pilot duplicating him, M,.
makes the following discIo.,.
the cap ON the heads whore
belongs:
From the CoHnth New. H..
paper)
HYPOCRITEs ENPosEb.-W.
Pilot iusinuates that we SEM ~.
the New Orleans Times. the Az
latiOn 20 General Am s.. We
phatlcally, that we meBfis.
Ames' name % the President ~.
that kindly. That we never ,ss..
name 10 the correspondents af ~.
We further state that the ouiv
ever heard, or heard Of spaaBs
Gen. Ames. tcere the commit. +.
had not left Washington to az.
Of Mississippi, before they pr9i's'
would be a candidate for Cove
Senate. That Stafford. so he
wrote 20 some one OF the C,r-
Washington, that Ames was III.
by both parties, AMI hu p. M...
b. a candidate IN G0rtfHgf ar az,
Brown (uOw judge in one OF tHs
this State) stated that Gen. a..
mere man OF straw" and preI.i.
MOAAAu w ~ AMlAAANNANH RNE NI HH#|
tee OF Sixteen, who was Iu ~.
when we were there. a iCw dar..
that nc learned that Geis Ab.e.
cdndiddt6 fiOr GOUcfH0r W he Semi.
The Collaboration, braIule
imps, first originated the rcpof. ..
Gen. Amcs more than every arsr
State, now attempt 10 shield thr
pretending TO be his friends ana
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Who Prevented tbe Disability b
heimE IsmaseM.

On Republican authority wc statod.
the Committee ofSixtoen Representing
Radical organization, a. controlled hg
so-called Executive ,Cowmiuco, ssh
flies At the masthead Of the Pilot.
which IL rcpudiatcd by the Cou.an
Republicans who co-operated ia thod.
Of the Eggleston programme before G.
gress-are responsible for the defeat
the bill removing political disabIIidc.
a large class of meritorious and wr
citizens Of the State and that their
ject was 10 secure 10 themsclyc aud
partizans Of their clique monopoly
the Offices under the operation of
iron-clad oath, which BY their schem.
was made applicable q Mississippi
attampt has been made 70 dipmfe 3.
statement by letter from one Dr. NlH
more, capet-bag NJ. G. from South Na
lima. This witness, however, isan m
tunate one for the Committee of e2h
Here is an extract from biz letter nI
lished in the Pilot IL T. tho very a.
nation Of the spirit Of hate
Itisin vaiu, however, 10 please tHa a.
conciled, unrepentant and uurec1n.,l.
beggaTs for pardon, who desire tO u.r .
amnesty only 70 be- armed wlthueW WtlI
of warfare against ths very government ..
extends the character Of f0rRiVcue.s
You can saw 70 Aiississipplaus thut lN
ture, none will be relieved 81 their p'l
or legal disabilities by Congress Who CIV.
beyond peradventure, show That th,iI
| tility 10 the Union, union men, anu N.
sentiments has ceased. Their petition.
be packed Ina caTpet-bags and rctuihe'
them, stamped. uHts0ftiH rejected,
BIZ WHiTTEMOBE
Mai. Woford, referring 70 the at.em.
TO relieve the Committee Of Sixteen 90
the odium Of defeating the bin in qa.
ton, says:
We have read q letter written by ODE h.t
William WhlttcmOFe, Of South Carolina
which the writer attempts 20 CXculpa.e
committee Of sixteen, and their Friends y.
being instrumental In preventing the
mOval OF the political disabilities of Mls.
gippians. NJ.
We viii show up this committee On q
question when our space VIII permit q.
prove that they, and they alone, ore
blame for the failure ia having the dlsaD-
ties Of Mississipplans removed.
We know whereof we speak ana q.
prove every assertion We may make wv
are 10 blame for the failure The cay 40 Of ~
sage and powerful representative from sow
Carolina 10 the contrary nOtWithEtanuhh
TbeOmaba RebubIican saws that q gen
tleman from the Far West lately me.
tall and graceful lady in q transfer coll. .
at that place, proposed b her on s'gl,
was accepted, and the two united in nil.
FimOnial bonds BY the Probate Judg,, - ~
the evening Of the following day. ~.
groom is a wealthy man, while bis ll-
bride is but feebly provided with la'i"
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Two romantic girls in London recently
sought death ia company by stabbina them
selves with their. scissors, s7 I'LL .
.F1-7nfsssf4s.4 atfH
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iii, IEhI. IEkEL, URHARSII'

Ihe nelEsfap ers anu kehemers OF the
ErgIest0n faction are agitated over the
Circular Of the liberal Republicans, which
we have copied below. Belshassar was
not more troubled when, drinking to the
gods of gold and brass in the vessels
which belonged to the holy temple at
Jerusalem, the mysterious writing appear
ed on the wall, than have been the car
pet-bag and scallawag jewellers of the
Jacobin faction by the unmistakable ut
terances contained in this writing of the
conservative Republicans. Its interpre-
tation is that the DISTINGUISHING fraternity
have carried matters with too high a
hand-that their cup of iniquity is full
and that they have been weighed and
found wanting.
The circular is formal reputation of
the. clique whose Executive Commit
tee" with its unauthorized use of the name
of Mr.. Jason Niles, and its inspirations
from Fisher, Gibbs, Aaron Moore, String
er & Co., is the lineal representative of
the Convention of November last, which,
acting under the orders of the Committee
of Five, dictated the outrageous measure
of forcing by Congressional intervention
and the bayonet the rejected constitution
on the people of the State.
And il is more than this 1t is strong
protest against the vindictive policy of
the DISTINGUISHES, and an eloquent APP
peal for EQUALITY OF PRIVILEGE, AND
PEACE.
1t is a bold denunciation of 'tselfsh
devotion to personal ends, which 'stirs up
strife and arrays one class of citizens
against another" and an appeal for the
restoration of harmony and good feeling,
by Observation-Disclosures prescription
and class legislation, and enthroning as
the great ruling principle of action, the
doctrine that governments derive their
Just powers from the consent of the gov
erned.
Among the signers, we note the names
VI BChlACAAAC1i VIZ " CT GCtihG III
the scheme of the Committee of Sixteen
before Congress, when nothing less than
the efforts which they made in concert
with conservatives, would have saved our
people from the accumulated wrongs med
itated by the Jacobin schemers. Their
services on that trying occasion are not
forgotten. And valuing above all other
achievements the restoration of peace and
harmony, and the establishment of civil
rnle on just principles, upon the over
throw of anarchy and military despotism,
though we will fight under a different DO
litical designation, We do not behold their
entrance into the arena with the emotions
of dismay which have evidently seized the
leaders of the Eggleston clique, the
agents Of strife, and the cormorants who
hope to live, move and have their being on
the wrecked fortunes and miseries Of
down-trodden and plundered people:
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CARPET Il AGGERs TESTIMONY IN FAVOR OF
THE ABOVE DISTINGUISHING CLAUSES.
GIBBS.
81 believe from the expressions of prom
inent men in various portions of the State
that the constitution containing the fore
going clauses has received a majority of
the registered legal voters of the State, and
that they ,ooutd prefer to see it to-day adopted to
any other plan that zee can suggest. III.
Gibbs evidence before the Congressional
Committee.
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- MI 4NIIOo WLIIIIS W DC UooVDI"tVI VL
a Committee composed of these agents of
Disfranchisement? His friends who CO.
operated with him originally in the re-
construction policy on which he was elect
ed to the Convention, and his former po-
litical associates of the old line Union
Wing school, would feign hope that he is
not
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TAXES! TAXES!

FNHE OFFICE of the County Treasurer will
Il be opened from JUNE 9th to JULY IST..
TO receive the Taxes for the year 1868.
The STATE TAX is 75 cents on the 500
valuation.
COUNTY TAX 80 cents on the SloO.
FOIL Tax one Dollar.
lax payers VIII please notice that all Taxes
mus Oe paid al the EsEASUSR;R,S
price, TWENTY-FIVE per cent, will
be added TO all Taxes unpaid n The 9Th dov of
JULY, when the delinquest list will be return
eG 10 the COUNTY AUDITOR, to be disposed
TO give all nn opportunity for payment, tho
Collector (Dr. A. W. Cummingsj will he in
his othce from o'clock a. NJ. to o'clock
+: NJ, during the time allowed for payment
Ii me taxes are unpaid it will not be his fault
ana the delinqueats must bear all the conse.
quences. lie has no po'cer to extend favor 10
any a; justice 'c'lt be done to oil The present
Ia" eTen'pts nothing from Tax Executions.
J. p. F. CAMP,
County Treasurer.
Spartanburg, May 9th ls69.-tf
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COMMERCIAL.

NEW York, May 30.-Cotton firm with sales
of l,6OO bales. at 2SS' Flour shade frmcr.
Wheat firm, but export demand checked by
advance OF freights. Money easier, at GGs7.
Gold 800.
BALTIMORE, May 30-Coton firm. Flour
declined tc. Wheat lower choice valley re d
1.70@l.75.
Nsw ORLEANS. May 30-Sales ofCotton to
day 400 bales: for the week 4,o00-middlings
2Sf. Gold 393.
AUGUSTA, May 2S-Coito market steady
with sales of lao bales-middling 26}
SAVANNAH, May 30.-Co:ton market ouiet
but sleady-middlings 81.
CHARLEsToN, May 80 Cotton in good de-
mand and steady. Sales 800 bales-midllngs
28i.
LIVERPOOL, May 80 O-Eveniug - Cotton
closed uplands III; Orleans III sales r.