The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-08-26

the country LCheeFs and laughter.l Why,
they viii begyar this poor country entirely.
Renewed laughter-l Now may tell you that
good cook gets forty dollars month in Cali
fornia, and contend that labor is higher there
1 than IN Missiusippi. Chinese labor has been
/ tried by the English in the West India Islands,
and by the Cubans, in Cuba, and in both cases
/ the Chinese proved failure. Any man who
tries II here viii soon be lost and out Of sight
| and so far as | personally concerned
would not give negro on farm for as many
Chinese as that Courthouse would hold. loud
cheers and laughter-l What is the evidence
regarding them? Let us look at the stststis-
tics Many say they can get hands to work
On farm TOR eight dollars q month, while in
month. tell you if they do come here they
must sIarve, for they cannot do what you can
do [Cheers-1 You may as well try TO get the
cross on jacksss' back by kissing as to try
here and have right TO be here. fCheers. ]
will tell you what Mr.. Clapp said in his
speech at the opening Of the Chinese Conven-
tlon the other day; He is reported TO have
SAID that we need them to supply, and we will
supply, the slave labor We have lost. I'VE
must have a class of laborers that we can con-
troll. IL We bring Germans or Irish here to
labor they will want to buy land and set I'D
for themselves, and we don't want to sell a
single acre. We want labor that we can con-
troll while we remain the owners of the soil 4"
That is what is reported to have been said at
that convention.
When the Democratic party ruled in Mis-
sissippi, they said they wanted men to labor.
but not to set up for themselves. This was
the policy then, and this appears to be the
policy now. Well, L will leave it to any
proper thinking white man, if this is not
the worst policy that could be pursued. and
il will be the curse of the South if such
policy as that laid down by Mr.. Clapp is
pursued. We want persons to come I'm and
buy the land. We want the calored men to
buy, and If they cannot buy. to rent the
land. This policy would bring peace and
prosperity. while ruin would follow the hide
bouAd policy proposed by Mr.. Clapp.
The States under Republican rule have
advanced one hundred years over those an
der Democratic rule, because they are ever
up to the times and not old fossils. Laugh
teri
l say to you, colored men, come up; don't
stand back irresolute. for you are entitled
to political equality before the law. You
had evidence before You when the Demo-
Gratis had control what they sought to do.
They opposed your right to vote, and now
they want you to go and vote in their in
terest, but would you vote yourselves no.
bodies? If you wish to retain your rights,
go and vote like freemen invested with
equality and the freest men in the land.
[Cheers.l If you were to do otherwise, it
would only prove what the Democrats say
of you. that you are incapable of using that
boon of liberty vouchsafed to you by~ the
United States. You were made free and
given the privilege to vote. In this regard
the Southern people stood against the freed
men. i stood amongst them, and l stood
under the flag of the Southern Confederacy
until it was lowered through the fate of
war. l opposed your freedom. but when it
came, as the result of the war, l stepped for
ward and took you by the hand, as felt that
the interest and prosperity of the country
depended upon the good feeling OF the white
men and the colored race. [Cheers.l It was
not the purpose when the war began to
make you free, but you were made free
through the providence of God. That God
has given you legacy TO take care of.
Guard it well, by night as well as by day.
[Amen.l Vote for the party that stands by
you and supports you in your just rights as
freemen, and preserves you in the enjoy
ment of all your rights before the law. Go
and vote for that party. If you commit
yourselves TO the Democrats, you will find
yourselves in worse condition than that of
slavery and at least do me the justice to say
that told you this. When you are asked
to vote the Democratic ticket make polite
bow and beg to be excused. lLaughter.l
Be as polite as possible, remembering if you
were to vote for them they would say
How sweet he is 90 but if you voted the
Republican ticket, "Oh. how he stinks!'
I Roars of laughter.l You know how it is
with mule when you turn him out to grass.
He finds himself free and he kicks up his
heels. BY and by you want to catch him
again, and you go to the field with salt in
your hand, keeping the collar all the time
out OF sight behind your back. You say
''eob, cob" to him; holding out the salt all
the time until you get up to him and then
throw your arm lovingly round his neck.
[Laughter.l Then you put the bride on
and mount on his back, and put the spurs to
him. saying, Dam you mule. 90 ahead, you
hear" ROars of laughter.l That is what
the Democrats want to do with you. They
will hold out the salt, treat you kindly until
they get you into their power, then they will
say, dam you Niger. get out of the
way there" That is what they will do.
Now you viii have to say which class you
will have to briddle your horses. Laughter
and cheers.
Now gentlemen, colored men and white
men, / have been travelling for the past
three days and 1 feel fatigued, but l am
ready to answer any question that may be
put to me. am weary, and don't feel as
il could address you further on the prtsent
occasion, although ! could not refrain from
making few remarks Tor the good of the
people here present. / may say, however,
when tn time comes you will have the right
to exercise the right OF franchise as freeman.
Depend, however, that the Government will
throw its strong arm around you. Then,
let every man, colered and white, vote as he
chooses. Give every man'the privilege of
voting as he thinks proper. Trespass on no
ones rights. and let no one trespass on yours.
Let the voice of peace and harmony prevail,
but remember you are men who can claim
certain rights. Be indulgent when any one
addresses you on any subject but when they
speak to you of Democracy, just politely
rsay, stop there, you there's" If you had
come forward three years ago. we would now
have been in the CuiOn with peace and pros
perity reigning all over the State. lCheers.
1t has been said the people of the State are,
or have been disorderly, and it may have
been attributed to the State being under a
military government, or under a military,
Governor. Good men may not feel bound to
sustain the rulers, while bad people will not
obey the law the same as they would do un-
der a civil government i do not love
military government myself and. it is the
interest of every man that We should have
no one dissatisfied and clamoring for his
rights. [Cheers.l Now / will leave these
questions with you. loud cheers, amid