The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-08-05

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While memory guards with cease1ess round.
The bivouac of the dead"
Fairy hands have adorned their narrow
beds with floral tributes which yield their
sweet incense TO the signing breeze; and
though unknown" they are not forgot
ten. God bless the women of the good
Old Dominion The war may have left
them poor in the goods of the world, but
it has left them rich in the treasures Of
generous, unselfsh, devoted hearts.
E. B.
PRINCE GEORGE Co., MARYLAND, !
July Both, 1869. I
1t well understood that Gen. Ames OBJ
tanned permission to visit Washington to
secure himself against removal for viola
ting, without authority, the proprieties OF
his Office in interfering with the Missis-
sippi election; and also, to procure the
expulsion of certain Conservative Repub-
licans who hold federal appointment in
Mississippi and have rendered themselves
obnoxious to the Bitter-Enders.
1t has been given out by kilograms to
the New York press, that it is also part
of the plan of the Military Commander
to induce the withdrawal of Judge Dent
from the canvass. Inasmuch as the Judge
occupies the Grant platform of Impartial
Suffrage and Universal Amnesty, and is
in favor of reconstruction, strictly on the
basis of the Congressional plan, and as a
Republican after the straightest sect of
the New York Tribune, the opposition of
the Military Commander, can only be at
tributed to his ultra Radicalism, and es-
pecially to his preference for himself or
some other aspirant who represents the
heresy of Disfranchisement In this eff
fort to manesvre the National Republi-
can out of their favorite candidate, it is
not doubted that he will fail.
1t is yet to be seen whether he will sue
coed in his aim to make sure his hold on
the place he occupies, and to effect the
expulsion of the Objectionable federal of
ficials
1t has been whispered so loud, as no
longer to be secret, that it has been very
distinctly intiihated to him that he has
been entirely too officious in matters not
pertaining to the duties he was appointed
to discharge, and it is stated in the Bal
timore Sun that government official
writing from Washington to Richmond
says that Gen. Candy has received let
ter from Gen. Sherman asking him if he
would like to be transferred to Mississippi.
Gen. Candy has shown himself to be an
impartial commander, except in his order
requiring members of the new Eegisla-
ture to take the iron-clad oath. But he
would be far preferable to the present
commander. He has not so far transcen-
ded the bounds of decency and propriety
as to enter the arena as an active and I'M
scrupulous partizan, nor has it been
charged that otherwise than in the mat
ter of the oath has he interfered improp-
erly in the election Besides, it is under
stood that Gen. Sherman has instructed
Gen. Candy that he is to take no action
in the matter of administering the test
oath until the opinion of the Attorney
General shall have been given on the
subject.
1t is immaterial whether Gen. Ames is
removed or not, provided he be restricted
to the impartial performance of his off
cial duties. Nothing more than fair play
is asked. But it is expected that this
much will be required of him by his SUI
periors, if his own sense of propriety and
knowledge of his duties are not sufficient
to restrain him from officious informed
ding in an election in which the people
have right to exercise their own choice
free from outside interference.
A rumor originating here from inter-
ested parties that Judge Dent had indi-
Gated willingness to withdraw from the
contest if the President desired, has been
authoritatively eontradirted- The truth
is, the President having given the people
of our STATE. an opportunity to vote down
the proscriptive clauses of the Eggleston
constitution, viii not undertake to restrain
them from making choice of such agents
as they may prefer to administer their new
government. Nevertheless, the personal
and political relations slbsisting between
Judge Dent and the President forbid the
idea that the latter would accept nomi-
nation in opposition to the viii of the hat |
ter 70 whose reconstruction policy As de- |
claEed in his special message to Congress, |
it Is needless to say, he accords warm |
support. His public endorsement of the
Platform of the Convention of june 23d. /
i IA explicit declaration Of bis views: but
il Is stated by his political friends that ne
VIII more fully develop them before the
people when the canvass opens
A publication from Washington, au-
Ihorized By fhe Rev. james Lynch, the
solorsd Republican leader, i worldly Of |
especial note BE says thai the white
people q Misaizlippi Do net cppcse mel
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