The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-09-09

It has been alleged that now since the
colonel voters have come to the aid of the
whites in Tennessee, and crushed out
Radical Prescription between the upper
and neither milestone of. righteous pub
lie judgment, the Conservatives having
control of the Legislature win initiate
proceedings TO restrict their privilege OF
suffrage. Nothing could be more untrue.
Mr.. Etherridge, one of the most conspic-
nous of the Conservative leaders, in a
speech Cat Danceyville) since the cleo
ton. stated that the ''black men had no
''agency whatever in the Acknowledgement
s'of the whites; ;" and demonstrated that
in the recent election, the vote against
the disfranchising policy Of the Radicals
was heaviest where the negro popula-
ton was largest The negroes, he said,
had come to the aid of their white friends
in throwing off the shackles which mean
men of the white race had forged. And
said Mr. Etheridge: II am not willing
ito deprive the colored voters of
'sthe State of their right of suffrage. L
twill oppose all efforts to deprive them
"of that right / speak for myself, and /
"trust 1 may speak for all those, who in
common with myself, have appealed to
''them to assist us in regaining our iber-
"ties"
And the same avowal is made in the
response of Gov. Senter, the successful
candidate of the Liberal Republicans, in
response to an inquiry by a correspondent
of the New York Herald:
! REPORTER you think that the new
Legislature will disfranchise the negroes
| SENTER-It teiH not eren touch that subject.
1t win do nothing that the republican party
| that will injure vital interests of the State
| as they at present exist. The white people
| feel kindly toward the negroes. and stokes
did not speake truly when he said that they
| were beginning to prosecute the blacks as
of old. AS for his talking about having the
! election nullified by the federal government,
| that is all buncombe. The election is a fixed
| fact. 1t was as fair one as ever was held
4 in any State, and the general government
would have no more right to nulify it than
I 1t WOutU 10 1uflIY All election III mdSSdcnus-
| etts. The ''restrictives'' charge that since
| the election outrages and murders by 'reb-
els have become frequent, which is another
| falsehood. But two men have been killed
/ in the State since election. and they were
men who voted for me, and they were killed
| while wrangling about politics by Stokes
| men, one of the murderers having been at
one time an officer in his regiment
And this is the language of the Ava
lanche, the acknowledged leader of the
Conservative press of Tennessee:
We are assured that nothing will be done
which shall in the least infringe the rights
of any citizen. white or black. 1t is for JUS
tice, equality, liberty and the good of all
| that the State has spoken.
But we beg our conservative friends in
| Mississippi to assure the colored voter that
Tennessee will faithfully and honestly carry
! out the desires of the people as expressed in
! the recent election. A large majority of the
| Legislature will, at an early day. indicate a
determination to protect the negro in his
/ right to vote; and the people will elect none
to the Convention opposed to Univeral Suf-
frage. The croakings of a few CAssANDRAs
in Tennessee should not be regarded as any
indication of public sentiment for we do
not believe there is a single county in the
| State that would vote against Univers al
! Suffrage. To the colored voters In Tennes-
see who have recently manifested so much
uneasiness, we would say that there is not a
remote possibility of their being deprived
of the right of suffrage. The people of the
| State care no mere for the ratings of the
| sore-heads than they do for the squeakings
of flock of sand-hill cranes. Wecan assure
! the cOlOred voter that now the white man has
| triumphed in Tennessee. they intend to Sc
cure the negro in his rights.