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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-06-17
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Of 1he CuroIInn Life uusmrnmrr
Company OF MeEuphi=s Tenues-co.
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The Rev. G.. w. Nining who has safe
~ returned from a journey in the East.
thoughtfully bringy US, among other curiosi-
ties, some of the newspapers published in
Egypt and Turkey. They are in four Ian
guages, French, Turkish, American, and
Greek. We cannot read them, but he can,
md through his patience we have been
gratifed to learn their contents, and the
materials of which newspapers are made up
ID the land of the OsmanlIs. Our American
Enterprise is well represented: stoves.
wooden and tin-ware, ploughs, axes and
tools are advertised from this country. In
Wnch of the four languages are heralded the
Virtues of the remedies made by our cele-
rated countrymcn, DIR. j. G. Aver & Co,
mf Lowell. They seem not to depend on
heir home reputation for confidence abroad,
nut publish the certificates Ofthe Musselmen
Mhlers themselves, to the cures which those
medicines have made in their midst. The
Reverend gentleman informs us that the
mhole of the remedial aid employe ed in those
kountries comes from Europe or America,
IS they possess no medical colleges or schools
d which they have any confidence them
elves. There arose the religious ideas
Fhich pervade the hum an family, but al
most all that is useful in art or invention
must be carried back to these, the earlier
8ettlements of mankind-Lynn News.
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FfiyfNF' FtppfHNe ~ Ntll. HNa
Debts secured by bond and mort
gage on real estate, worth
double the amount loaned, ...a. t0W.O55
A. APRIL UT 49, state. Branch l'' qmolo7
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Sworn to before me, ibis 10Th day Or March,
OF MIsaIssIpPI.
CONDITION

Of the United STATES HarmmCh uG thc
Liverpool mmd H4OmsaOm nmd Globe
Mnsurmmco Company om ahe u.u
day OF April. $500
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Total Liabilities United States
Branch, lst April, ls00.......- fl02.sG 8i
ALFRED PELL, Jr. hi. sog.y
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The amount Of the Capital Stock,
phlu up iHs.tsst t.ts4sssA ftlH INN NI
And including Accumulation, iB ~ 6oOJD ODD
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Outstanding Liabilities ia U =
Branch

Losses in suspense, waiting fur
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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18
A COlOred Candidate.

John Long, colored is announced in
the Murfrcesboro NeWS as candidate
for floater' from Rutherford and Bed
ford. He says:
"The coored people, for three years,
have had every Office in this county in
their own hands; by their own indif-
ference they have permitted every one
of them to fall into the hands of the
white Radicals, foreign and native
We have been lead about and driven
like sheep from one point to another,
by the Radicals, with the promise of
finding rich pastures, until we are near
lv starved to death. 1t is time for this
thing to stop. We have been induced
to sing Union songs, preach loyal SER
mons, and abuse the white people of
the South because they were "secesh."
In all this we were fooled by the Radi-
Gals. for the fact is, secession is the very
thing which gave us our freedom, and
all the colored people who have any
sense are glad the Southern people did
secede. II there had been no secession
and rebellion, the Union would have re-
as it was, and we would have
been in bondage yet. Union made us
made us freemen.-
The Radicals fooled us, now let us fool
them. They deceived us to get the Of
fees and property of the Southern peo-
every office they get, and eve
~ dollar they fitch from the Southern
people is just so much taken from us,
in common with the whites"
He claims that the negroes of Ruther-
ford AMI Bedford can elect him by more
than one thousand majority, and appeals
to them to know whether they will do
it. He does not appear to seek the
votes of white men.
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Robertson County.

At large meeting of the citizens Of
Robertson county last week, irrespec-
tive of party, the following resolutions
were unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the people Of Robert
son county, irrespective of party or CO.
Tor in mass-meeting assemble, have OBJ
served with great interest the positions
taken by the opposing candidates for
Governor on the great question of tho
day--the extension Of the elective Fran
chise, and that we most heartily indorse
the sentiments of Gov. Senter on this
subject, and hail his manly avowal rs q
bright omen that the day of our politi-
cal redemption draweth nigh when all
the political disabilities, now resting OIL
every citizen of our noble State, will be
at once and forever removed. .|
Resolved, That in giving forth these
manly utterances, Gov. Sentcr COM
mends himself to our warmest graft
tudc and most cordial support. ~
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Carpet-BaggerS.

In his speech at Athens last Saturday,
Col. Stokes "went" for the carpet-bag
tribe with considerable vim, if not fe-
rocity. He would heartily welcome all
immigrants who came, either with capt.
tai or industry, to sette-to labor in
whatever vocation, to add to the pro-
ductive industry of the country and
help build up the prosperity Of the
State. But as to that other class, who
brought nothing with them but an in
durable desire to live without work, and
who immediately after their advent be-
gin 10 nose and mole round for Office
from all such he would say, ".the good
Lord deliver him." VIM. b. Stokes. He
had no use for them. On that one pro-
position at least the upper-story of the
"Bald Eagle" SO called, is level. The
men the State most needs for public
servants now are such as have some
real substantial Identification with its
interests. The other sort have been con-
trolling its legislation for the last four
or five years, and the present unwhole-
some, ruinous and disgraceful condition
of affairs is the result. 81.
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objectionable Ingratitude,

We have never been an admirer of
the Hon. VIM. g. Brownlow. We have
had no special cause to like him, OF
even to regard him with very high
degree of respect. Hence, while we
cherish no malice or ill-feeling towards
the man, we would not be willing to
go to hell for an eternity or two just
for the sake of being in his company.
Buff the Radicals about this town
of Athens don't stop their abuse and
cease heaping excavations upon his
name, we shall feel constrained to take
upon ourself the task of defending him
from their assaults. We can afford to
accept any amount of abuse and OBJ
loquy ourself without murmur, but
the monstrous ingratitude alluded 10
cannot, if persisted in, be permitted to
go unrebuked. A word to the wise, &c
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The Constitution.

A movement is making in Philadel-
phia to have inserted in the Constitu-
ton of the United States "a recogni-
ton of the power of Almighty God
and the Christian religion" If we
could think that it would be the means
of inducing the present dominant par
ty Of the country to have the least re-
spect or reverence for that obsolete and
much abused instrument, we would ad-
vocate the amendment and interpola-
ton with all. our might. But we are
afraid that it would only render it still
more repulsive to them.
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senator BrOwnlOxy.

We copy into our columns to-day a
Card from Senator Brownlow in which
he takes direct and emphatic ground in
favor of universal Acknowledgement, or,
what Is the same thing, universal suf-
frage." We presume the reader in pc
rusing it will hardly undergo q greater
degree of surprise than we did. We
have nothing to say about the tendency
outside the State which has induced
him to take the position. We only call
attention to the fact. The Radical party
In the East and the West, the North, the
teeming and populous middle lands,
and everywhere, is in favor of the
movement and strongly condemnatory
of longer continuance of the pro-
scriptivc policy which endurcs in Ten
nessee at this time. The cry for "Uni-
vcrsal Suffrage" comes up from all di-
rections; the tide is rising and swell
ing: the current is running with the
velocity of n miil-tail: the vessel is
about 10 cast loose from her unstable
and dangerous mooriugs, and Senator
Brownlow, with head erect and elastic
tre&d. promptly steps on board. We
commend his $agacity and alacrity to
the consideration OF the Radical Lead
ers aNN0. Athens, or they will he left
high and dry, 10 fret away the balance
o. their Improbable days in the valley
AMI shadow ot obscurity. to linger out
: miserable existence in disappointment
and to eat the bitter ashes of hopes
indefinitely deferred and golden oppor-
tunities foolishly flung away. Com
slider, COW, consider."
When Senator Brownlow admits that
the time for leniency and equal justice
has come, who will be so unwisc as to
longer hesitate?
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juno u. 1869.
A Sound Radical View.

The Cincinnati Gazette, as we have
had occasion to remark before, is Rad
ical paper of the strongest type. 1t
says in regard to the franchise question
in Tennessee:
We regret that any portion of the
Republican party in that State uphold,
at this time, the doctrine that any party
in power for the time being should be
permitted to disfranchise it opponents,
and should exercise that power. I'm
der that very doctrine tie Democrats,
once in power in Tennessee, might dis
franchise three-tifths of the Republican
party. The only just and safe rule is
to make the privilege of voting a po-
liticai right, forieitable only by q con-
viction for crime, and right belonging
to all men and classes of men equally.
If the Republicans cannot hold Tennes-
see on that doctrine, better lose it tenn
porarily than violate the fundamental
principles of the party and perpetuate
a wrong already too long continued.
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The Post Office Department.

As an indication of the spirit in which
Postmaster general Cresswell intends to
deal with all violations of all postal
laws, whether small or great, the fol-
lowing letter, addressed to prominent
postmaster in Georgia, is given:
SIR-The enactments of law defining
crimes and offences againt the post-of-
flee establishment admonish every per-
son in tho employ of the Department.
that the law-making power intends the
law to throw around the purity of cor
respondence the solemn sanctity of its
protection. The highest duty the De-
partlnent owes to the people is to pre-
serve, by all means within its power, tho
absolute sanctity of a seal. The enact
ments of law referred to are entirely
explicit You are required to instruct
subordinates that every violation Of
law in this respect as well rs other
crimes, the Postmaster-general will Wis
it with punishment to the fullest ex-
tent of the law. In this connection, in
view of facts adduced to the Depart
ment Of the completely, if not actual
crime, by one of the clerks employed in
your Office, the Postmaster-gcneral di-
reefs that said clerk be instantly dis
missed from service. You will permit
no onn to continue or be employed in
your office whose character for personal
integrity may not command confidence.
For the Postmaster-general.
,.... Respectfully yours,
&. b. ARMSTRONG,
Superintendent Way-mail Service.
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The Tendency.

The New York Herald says of the re-
cent election riot at Washington City;
The moral suggested is that few
more such manifestations of negro suf-
frage will be apt to inauguratc that con-
flict of races which, when fairly begun
in this country, will only cease with the
disappearance of the African. Nor will
the reckless political carpet-baggers,
leading him in this direction, escape the
consequences of their folly. With An
dy johnson in the White House these
riotous proceedings of the Washington
blacks would perhaps have resulted in
terrible scenes of bloodshed. The strong
hand Of General Grant within call
maintained comparative order; but still
a few more such examples of negro
electioneering may bring negro suffrage
to a pass beyond the reach even Of Gem
eral Grant. .'..... ...... ....
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The Riots in Paris.

The recent elections in France have
been followed by formidable rioting in
the French capital, which q great many
people, particularly newspaper men,
think indicates revolution. They are
mistaken. There will be no revolution
for long time to comc-none, we ven
ture to predict, during the lifetime of
Napoleon III. What his death would
develop in the revolutionary line, we
cannot pretend to say. The riots are
a part Of his plan to avert revolution.
He encourages them up to a certain
point, in order to afford the disaflectcd
a channel for getting rid of their spleen
and cholcr. The riots are q sort of
safety-valve for the Empire. Without
them there would indeed be o tremend-
OILS EXPLOSION
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Another Revenue Decision.

Commissioner Delano has issued a
circular stating that no property seized
by an internal revenue officer will be re-
leased by an order from the Commits
sioner, until the officer who made the
seizure, and the Assessor and Collector
of the district have reported the facts
in the case with their recommendation
or had ample opportunity to make re-
port and recommendation.
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Terrific Report,

The public mind in this direction has
been largely exercised for the last few
days by rumor that the Knoxville
Wing had been fanked and captured by
the friends of Col. Stokes, and would
soon run up his name in place of Sem
ter's. We don't know how much i'm
portance may attach to the report, but
as the paper named is stock concern,
it may turn out to be well founded =
in view of which the first absorbing
question that presents itself is, what
will become of Brother Pearne?
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Latest from Cuba,

Intelligence is received, from Cuban
sources of fight between the revolu-
tionary forces and Spanish troops, near
Puerto Del Padre. The Cuban troops,
numbering about two thousand, were
attacked in entertainments by Spaniards
nearly double that number, and were
twice repulsed. The loss OF Cubans
was less than one hundred killed and
wounded, that of the attacking party
three times greater. The Spaniards re-
treated, leaving number Of killed and
wounded on the field.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18
Ex-President johnson in Bradley

We learn through parties who were
present at Cleveland last Saturday that
there was large crowd out to hear ex-
President johnson, in vindication of
his policy and on the issues Of the day.
His speech is said to have been a pow
erful one, and to have made deep i'm
preston upon many of the citizens of
Bradley who have been led astray by
the false lights of Radicalism. Mr..
johnson passed up the road in the di-
rection of his home on Sunday morn
inc
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OYerrcached.

Col. Stokes parades, in the Nashville
Banner, the names of nineteen promi-
nent Radicals, citizens of Athens and
vicinity, to prove beyond all cayil that
Governor Senter is just as sound Re-
publican as he, Stokes, is. AS though
every man, woman and child in the
State dind'nt know that before. We are
afraid the Colonel not only sold himself
on the occasion, but several of our fell
low-townsmen who pride themselves
upon their astuteness. litit9l b,
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The National CapitaI,

Things IS working beautifully at the
Capital of the Nation. vide the fol-
lowing: ..''.
WASHINGTON, June 12.--Thc new City
Councils organize here on Monday next.
Bills have been prepared for the, intro
duction inlo both Boards revoking the
license of every hotel in Washington
that makes any distinction on account
of race or color in entertaining or pro-
yiding for the accommodation of per-
sons. Judging from the way hotel pro-
prietors talk they will all close their
houses if such legislation is enforced.
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Texas.

The Radicals of Texas met in Con-
vention and nominated their State tick
ct. Among the resolutions adopted is
one recommending the acknowledgements
of the whites. Everybody but Bill
Stokes, and few of the little fellows
who are swinging to his coat tail in the
hope of being hap-doodled into the
Legislature, seems to be in favor of re-
moving the political disabilities of the
late rebels. They'll come to it before
the canvass is over. I.
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A Negro RayiShcr Lynched.

STANTON, Va, June 14.-Jessc Ed
wards, the negro who committed the
rape on Miss Susan Pyle, respectable
young lady of Rockbridge county, and
then murdered her, was taken out Of
the county Jail by four men and hung to
a tree six miles from Lexington. The
lynchers gained admission to the jail OH
the pretense that they had desperate
under arrest and desired to imprison
him. The negro had previously con-
fcssed his crimes.
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Davidson County.

Nelson Walker, colored; is announce
ed in the Press and Times as a candi-
date for one of the Representatives
from Davidson county. He says he is in
favor Of free suffrage, free speech, free
religion, free labor, and free govern
ment" and he "professes to have been
for universal suffrage and universal am
nesty as early as any one" .....
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In Austria.

II is rule that when Austrian army
officers below certain rank marry,
they shall deposit certain sum of mo-
ney with the Finance Minister as secu-
rity. Up to 1880, thirty million forms
had thus been deposited. A recent in
vestigation shows that the whole amount
has been SchOOl-tWnded.
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Memphis Item.

Judge Hunter in his petition for Man.
damus to compel the Registrar to give
him certificate of election, asserts that
negroes confined in Jail for.
various offenses were registered and ta-.
ken out and voted for Smith, to whom,
the certificates We're given.
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The Shakers.

The Maine Shakers have decided that
a Shaker upon velocipede could ride
only in one direction, and that would
be to climate compared with which,
for heat, the Tropics of this earth
would be frigid. They chopped to,
pieces velocipede that had been made
by one of the young men of the, COM.
munity, whereupon the, young maniac
took his leave of his broad brimmed
friends without axing permission.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18

bSr DR.. Leatherman, Of Memphis,
announces himselfa candidate for Gov
ernor. The Doctors more immediate
friends have believed him insane for
some time. rn
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Hamilton County.

The negroes of Chattanooga had a
picnic on the It'll inst, which was con-
verted into political meeting. They
adopted resolutions endorsing Senter
and demanding convention to estab-
fish universal suffrage.
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Maury County.

DR.. d. a.. Davidson, the Great High
Priest of Radicalism in Maury, has an
nounced his intention Of joining the
Senter wing. He has heretofore been
the head and front of the Stokes party
in that county. lua T. ininooV- - aua
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Franklin County,

There are four candidates to repre-
sent franklin county in the lower
branch of the Legislature. They are
all Radicals, and favor the immediate
repeal of the franchise law. 100 II =
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bD- Stokes was blowing here the other
day about gold being "down in the
thirties." 1t is 61s cents higher now
than at the time Of Grants inauguration.
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H9- Col. Jim Parks, of Polk county,,
is suggested as a candidate for Joint
REPRESENTATIVE. o.. llAlaL ~ NLigL
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cd Governor of the State, / shall re-
commend to the Legislature measures
looking to the successful prosecution
and perfecting of the system contem-
plated, and vigorously begun under the
enlightened legislation of the last Gen.
eral Assembly, and such rs shall bring
the requirements of an education with.
in the reach of all the children of the
State. Many cases have come to my
knowledge, slice acting as Governor of
the State, where persons of means and
position, at the North and elsewhere,
DESTROYS of immigrating to our State,
have declined to do so because we offer
ed no schools for the education of their
children. | trust that such drawbacks
to the growth and prosperity of the
State may not long rcproach us.
FINANCES.
The finances of the State require the
most prul and economical manage
ment, so as to reduce taxation to the
lowest possible point consistent with
the punctual payment of our obliga-
tons. The greater portion of our pub
lie debt was accrued in aid of railroads
and internal Improvements. The ruin
these expenses. While l favor the de-
velopment of the boundlcss resources
of our State, and approve of every pro-
per means taken by our citizens to in
crease commerce, manufactures and
means of communication, u just regard
for our obligations requires that the
public burdens should not be further in
creased. [ shall, if elected. recommend
to the General Assembly the adoption
of such legislation as shall be beneficial
to all our industrial interests and inter
nal improvements, without increasing
the already heavy burdens of the tax
payers.
CONCLUSION.
Finally. stand fully and frankly up
on the platform of the National Repub-
lican party, as adopted at the Chicago
Convention in May, 1865, and as illus
trated by the administration of Presi-
dent Grant. These views and princi-
les are, as | conceive, founded in justice
and right. They are similar to the doc
trines of the Declaration of Indepen-
dence; they appeal to the conscience of
every honest and sincere Republican.
BY them am willing to stand or fall.
But | cannot believe that my fellow-cit-
liens will do other than indorse them
and relying upon that / shall expect, on
the first Thursday in August next, to
be elected Governor of the State by
such a majority as shall prove to the
world that Tennessee still adheres to
the great ideas of freedom, justice and
equality before the law, which are the
end and aim of al good government.
ID. w. C. SENTER
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|. 1~ The Supreme Court of Georgia
has rendered decision that the negro
is eligible to Office. 'H',a.7'' y
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Bes~ Gen. John G. Vaughn gave us a
call few days ago. We were pleased
to see him looking well, and to notice
that the external man had been but lit
tie changed by the rough wear and tear
incident to the last eight years. a