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

We learn from the National Republi-
an that on the I'd Of April last the Dis
tsct Commander wrote the following let.
Tar recommending Hon. f. Jefords, for
tie exalted station of Judge of the Su-
RENE Court of the United States. The
Endorsement is full in every particular.
He is recommended as '1oyal, able and
worthy" He is endorsed as jurist who
would ssrefect credit" even on that dis
inguished place. And his political
tanding is pronounced to be so unques-
ionably above reproach as to give RE
,pectability" to his party:
JACKSON, MISS, April 2, 1869:
To HIS ExCELLENCY
THE PRESIDENT OF THE i. ;. !:
SIR IL have the honor to recommend
that Judge E. Jeffords, al present one or
the Supreme Judges of this State, be
appointed Judge of the U. S. Circuit,
(which includes the States of Georgia,
Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi,
and Texas. Judge Jeffords has been
one of the Supreme Judges of this State
for about year, during which time ne
hasswon fine reputation. He Is loyal,
able, and worthy, and will, l entertain
no doubt, reflect credit ON the position.
| understand the law requires that the
person appointed should belong to this
district Few, if any, here possess the
necessary qualification, to the degree to
be found in Judge Jefords.
Politically, he stands prominent in the
State-giving in his own person, respec-
liability to no little degree to the party.
His tastes and pride of profession lead
him to look in this direction for advance
ment.
1t is to be hoped he viii receive the
consideration his merits deserve.
Very respectfully
Your most ob't servt
(signed) .ADELBERT AMEs.
We learn further from the National
Republican that in less than four months
the writer of the foregoing, the identical
"Adelbert Ames"-caused to be issued
the following Order, removing Hon. E.
Jeffords from the Office of Judge of the
High Court of Errors and Appeals;
TCopy.1
HID QRs. 4th MILITARY DISTRICT,
Department Of Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss, Aug. IL, 1869.
EXTRACT.
III. The following named persons are
hereby removed from Office in the State
of Mississippi; <
E. JEFFoRDs, Judge of the High Court
of Errors and Appeals. :.
x X x X
By command of Brev't Major-Gen. AMEs
| TSigned1 WM. ATWOOD,
Aid-de-Camp,
A. A. Adjutant- General.
[Signed] WIN. Atwood,
de-Camp,
A. A. Adjutant General.
Did the District Commander seek to
impose an untruthful representation on
the President of the United States in re-
gard to the qualification" and ''merits'
of Judge Jeffords?
If he did not, why does he now issue
this Order expelling him from the Bench
of Mississippi? Is jurist who ''will re-
fleet credit" on the Supreme Bench OF
the United States, not capable of perform
ing the duties of Judge of the High
Court of Mississippi?
Is his action based on political rea-
sons? Judge Jeffords was endorsed as
''loyar' then; is.he less SO now?
Is he removed for having taken ground
against the ter-End Republicans? He
had already done SO, months before the
recommendation was written. Ames
k1aew that he had gone to Washington on
Special mission to defeat the scheme of
the Disfranthisers and had powerfully
contributed to that result? He kneaO that
for this act, Judge Jefords had been de-
nounced as 'bolter" from the
regular Republican organization in the
Address to Congress of the Sub Commit
tee of the Committee of Sixteen (pub-
| lished elsewhere in these columns); the
Pilot newspaper, and all the other organs,
great and small, of the Eggleston-Alcorn
Clique: and yet he endorsed him pofiti-
cally as loyal" and as one who would
not only adorn the Bench, but confer
Responsibility" on his party?
Why, then, inasmuch as he filled the
measure of qualification IN EVERY ESSEN
TIAL, is he. removed? Is it because
friends of Judge Jeffords, in considera-
ton of the very qualities which he has
attributed to him, have recommended
him for some other Office which it can be
proved Ames has expressed desire to
obtain? The letter of Ames to the Pres
ident forbids any other conclusion, unless
it be assumed that he ascribed, for sin
lister purpose, qualifications and merits"
to Judge Jeffords which he did not believe
him to possess.
The President may not take this man
down from the Office whose powers he has
abused and prostituted. He certainly
cannot remove him from the esbad emil
nence" on which his own written and re-
corded acts, have placed him.
The COIOred Voters.
There is a general stampede of the
eOlored voters from their wouId- he oarr,a+