The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-06-03


culations viii be based. Hence the ne
cessity of the utmost circumspectiOn by
our contemporaries in their publications on
this subject.
/ Southern States Securities
The N. Y. Herald Grant paper COM
1 ments on the depreciation of the bonds
of the Southern States whose newly FORM
ed governments are managed by the car
pet-bag adventurers-and assigns the
cause as follows:
The reason Is to be found in the fact that
they are in the hands Of specializing Legis-
| latures, who have FILTERED away the little
money in the State treasures instead of APP
plying it to the payment Of interest. These
| carpet bGg9ers hare little or no interest in the
a0e!fare of the people among achona they are So
joWRfng further than to make the most money
possible out Of them. If they can get posses
sion Of the stock of a railway thy issue
State bonds for its aid or relief, and so heap
up the State indebtedness. The past due in
terest is left to take care for itself or is paid
by the pawn-b brokerage of new bonds. The
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low their real value. Their oppressive,
specializing Lawmakers sit brooding upon
their credit and warn away legitimate in
vestment. With the advantages which the
whole region of the South possesses for be-
coming wealthy, not only through its agri-
cultural products of cotton, tobacco and
sugar, but through its immence water pow
er and manufacturing facilities, it ought to
rival the Eastern States, and its credit be as
good as that of Massachusetts. The South
is the present sufferer from the corruption Of
those soho thus control its State governments.
For the people of Mississippi we can
say they do not object to Northern settlers
taking part in the legislation of their
State. On the contrary, when they have
come in good faith to share their fate; to
walk hand in hand with them as friends
and equals, and not to make them the OBJ
jects of vindictive rule, they are cordially
welcomed to share in all that pertains to
their progress and welfare. The class
whose elevation to authority over them
the oppose, are the men mildly described
by the Herald, and more pointedly by
the editor of the Chicago Tribune, as
"strolling, political, pilfering, black-legs."
90 4.s.z. 81
Anything with the Eggleston clique to
attract attention from the questions of the
canvass as they themselves have raised
them. There is nothing which they dis
like more to discuss than their own odious
policy of acknowledgements and the plans
of the Committees which are to be decided
upon in the election. These adventures
have even invited the Editor of THE
CLARION to discuss with them his votes
while member of the Confederate Con-
gress! Positively, we will not crafty
them until the living issues are decided,
and not then if our hands can find any
thing better to do. We are satisfied with
our record in the Confederate Congress.
The duty having been rendered in the in
terest and conformably to the wishes of
the people under government of their
own choice, and sanctioned by them,
what right have these meddlesome car
petbaggers to complain
1t has been stated by one or two of
the organs of this faction that the Editor
of The CLARION voted for the twenty
negro exemption law, and the Pilot EN-.
beldened by our indifference, has amend
ed the statement by reckless assertion
that we were the author" of the law
Since the statement has been made, the
writer viii take occasion to say once for
all, that so far from advocating it, he
strongly resisted its passage, and intro
duced the bill repeating it. As the Pilot
has published the statement, we require
it to make the correction.
If the carpet=baggers' organ think the
employment of discussing our record
profitable, it may further state that we
opposed concurrence in Mr.. Lincoln's
proposition to perpetuate slavery in the
Southern States on the terms of his cele-
brated Proclamation, and that though we
did not advocate the exemption bill, we
did introduce the law which passed, eman-
cipating the slaves on the conditions
named, and have now in our possession
an autograph letter from Gen. Lee, APP
proving the measure.
->%-s-,e-- 49,
We cheerfully support either of the above 4
named gentlemen on compromise ticket. |
and to give the Pilot still larger list to Sc
lect from. we viii name DR.. r. j. Catchings, |
of Rankin, III. +. Simrall, of Warren, Judge |
Field, of Lowndes, ID. G.. Moore, of Noxu-