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

Edema-
The Washington Chronicle has pub
lished the subjOined extract of letter
evidently wrung from the President by
the political pimps who waited on him IN
the interest Of the Bitter-End faction, re-
inforced by the assurances of Boutwell,
& Co., that some such declaration was
absolutely needed to save the Radicals
from defeat in Ohio and Pennsylvania, in
October. 1t was addressed to Judge
Dent but was really designed for the public
and though a milk-and-water affair, was
the strongest. expression they were able
to extract from him:
The President in a letter to Judge Dent
from Long Branch. says:
/ nave said. and repeat It. that II the Con-
servatives are to win could prefer your etec-
tiOn 20 that Of any other person likely 90 Be cleo
ted but, as matters now look, IL seems 20 me
that the weight of my influence should be
given to the other party. earnestly hope.
however, before the election. concessions tctll
be made on both sides so as 10 unite al friends
of the reconstruction Increment.
To this publication, Judge Dent replies
in the manner following, showing himself
to be thoroughly master of the subjects
involved, and showing the folly and in
Justice of the course into which the Pres
ident had been betrayed by the false rep
reservations and special pleas of the kna-
wish schemers to whom he has lent a too
willing ear.
We may add that what is called the
s'weight of his influence" in Mississippi,
in determining the casting of votes, is
lust nothing. Several removals have
been made by his Cabinet ministers, but
has it changed a single voter Ames has
expended his malice against Jefords,
Warner, and others, but have they not
responded to his 'orders" with defancel
Has single recruit been added to the
Eggleston-Alcorn crew?
We repeat that nothing more is asked
than free election AND FAIR COURT,
and this the President has promised.
But to the letter:
Is it reasonable to suppose that people
I
tives would elect for their rulers a class OF
| politicians whose aggressive and hostile
| conduct hitherto has rendered them pecu-
/ liarly obnoxious and disagreeable! This Is
the charge made by the people of Mississip-
| nj against the radicals, or s.bitter-enders" az
| they are called. This charge Is not made
because they fought against the South and
secession, for many of that class fought on
the side of the South. 1t is not made be-
| cause they are of Northern birth and edu-
cation, for many men of Northern birth
and education and of the Northern army
are with us in antagonism to this obnoxious
party. 1t is not because they are republic
| cans, for their antagonists were among the
first i'm the South to organize on the repub-
lican platform and to advocate the civil and
political equality of all men; were sent az
y delegates to Chicago, and for their consist
Il ency and constancy were rewarded Dy you
with offices of trust honor. But this chargt
| is made, as L have said before because the
| proscriptive antecedents and aggressive pol
icy of these politicians toward the people
of Mississippi have made them the objects
of-peculiar adherence. That policy con-
sists not only in the continual advocacy Of
prescription, but in preaching to the freed
| men, in time of profound peace, such rev.
dictionary doctrines as excite and direct
against the white men of the South and
their families most dangerous luminosity.
such animosity, indeed, as, with a continu-
alton of the same fuel, would inevitably
lead to a black mans party and a war Of
races. Neither are such doctrines preached
with an honest desire to ameliorate the con-
dition of the freedmen or promote the ends
of peace. or strengthen the Republican par
ty in the South, but solely TO ALLEVIATE from
the planter the time-honored confidence and
affection of his race, in order that the new
political element under the banner of re-
publicanIsm might be entirely controlled
and subordinaCed to their own purposes OF
power and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. And to this
class of mean, whom you fOiled in their at
tempt to force upon the people of Missis-
| sipi the. odious constitution rejected at the
ballot box, you now give the land of friend
ship and support and spurn from you that
other class, who, accepting the invitation OF
the republican party in good faith, came in
mass in Virginia aud Tennessee, as they
will come in Mississippi and Texas, to stand
upon its platform and advocate its princi-
pies. LOUIS DENT.