The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-11-25

counsel: sMake no alliances. stand alOOf
! from all entanglements of party V-how
was that al vice received? The state was
sent into the Convention not only as AN OPP
ponent OF Congress, but as an adherent OF
| the Democracy at a moment when the Dem
ncracy lay powerless under the heels OF
Congress.
HE ARRAIGHs THE LEGISLATURES WHICH ELEC-
TED HIM TO THE L. s. SENATE FOX RE
JEcTING THE l4TH AMENDMENT.
The Legislature yielded. Against the
/ better Judgment of many of its members
\ that body decided under a sort of moral du-
reese. to reject the -Four teenth Amendment
And thus are you indebted TO the stupidity
aud violence of your Browns and Barksdales
for the subsequent rigor of the terms Of re-
construction.
HE PITCHES INTO THE CONSERVATIVE AID
DRESS or JULY, WRITTEN BY HON. A. X.
| JOHNSTON And SAYS HE WAS THE cATs-PAw
OF BROWN AND BARKsDALE.
The Jackson clique has issued an address
! signed by one hundred and forty gentlemen,
| who have given il an easy, and. probably.
! thoughtless acquiescence. In that address
| the Browns and Barksdales attempt TO di-
rect your passions against the party which
| 1 have the honor To represent. by stating
! tn & we twill shortly present ticket which
! we (thcy) doubt not will be mainly cunpos-
ed Of that class Of adventures who have
constantly endorsed and struggled for all
the expressions and unjust principles Of that
odious party"
HE GOES BACK on LYNCH. AN HONEST con
FEssIoN Is GOOD FOR THE SOUL.
The Jackson-cl que-advoeate Of "a white
mans government ask you 10 IVORY DOWN
one man of color as an oilice-hOlder; and 1.
who am termed Radical, ask you 20 do but
precisely the same!
But my party Is not open, i'm fairness, 70
any objections of the prejudices OF many Vf
you against its list of candidates. The
clique party ticket was first Ia the field and.
having been shaped bid for the support
of the Republicans. exercised, therefore, /
| tell you frankly restraint on the formation
of my ticket. only for hat tve might be cen
surdbie, perhaps Justly for hartHgfdiied 90 con-
ciltdte your prejadces more fully Than zee hare
Ieu free 20 DO IN presence Of The ticket pat into
The issue by The party II me clique.
ALL BosH HIS DISABILITIES HAVE BEES RE-
MOVED.
Before passing to other topics, l take leave
to assure you that, If the Republican party
of Mississippi were not pledged heart and
soul TO total oblivion of the past, IL would
stand, by its selection OF me as It's standard
bearer. in the position OF having committed
its fortunes 70 the wrong hands. IL that
consideration were not sufficient, / might
the amnesty It promises 10 you, IL denies IL
TO me and, thereby leaving me, as / then
would be, disqualified fol Office as a rebel,
makes the standard-bcarer OF It's opponents
the Governor OF Mississippi
THE BIRD BEFoULs ms owS NEST.
The slave interest of the State governed
its parties. IL controlled the MASSES Of the
people; and bent their wills at the ballot
box 10 its own purposes. Tho legislation
which grew up under that state Of facts was
overwhelmingly In the interest of the
STAKEHOLDER. speak this not with the view
of rejecting on any one; for myself bear
a full share of the responsibility for the
fact. But times have changed; and / de-
mand now that the spirit of our legislation
shall change with them. The code which
was framed under the institution OF slavery
demands many radical changes III We would
adapt it TO the expediencies of free labor.
HE LIBELs THE EX-sLAvE OWNER AGAIN.
The shadow of slavery still rests upon this
vital question OF free labor. But universal
suffrage carries with II, as a political se-
quence, universal education. The interests
OF the slav6-owner did not demand that the
masses of the working whites should have
been able TO thwart bis classsupremaey by
their intelligence. He was therefore. no
friend of public education.
MORE OF THE SAME SORT.
The party OF the clique has not learned 10
forget. Its 1880 slave-owners shaped the
legislation OF Mississippi TO their own pur-
poses by dominating a voting population o (
1000 whites. IL cares not to accept policy
which places between itself and those thou
sands OF white men the independent lntelli-
gence OF the free school!
The $1,000 poor voters who have been
dominated In the past by a wealthy class.
VIII strike now for their Independence. The
small farmer toho had been dra0ooned Tornerlv
by an tnsoteIn Ott0drchy, UiH refuse % UOte anu
more In the Interests Of the Jes0.
HE TURNS MoRALIsT FOR THE BENEFIT or THE
YOUNG MEN. A SERIOUS CHARGE.
you elect me, our society shall no longer
be governed, II can save L. by the terror OF
the pistol and the knife. Whatever else i
may do for the morality Of the State Y sh4fJ
certainly seek 70 rescue Is youth, by attacbIng
heavy penalties to the carrying Of conceals.d
weapons. from habit ichfch GOES 1ay 10 deH.-,,c1
netr moral sense bg Familiarity sgfh ne ifea. N
NOT tctth tae fact, Of homicide.
AN ExrRAvAaAxr BOAST.
AR1e eoLored men Of 1dssts.fppf a,e ar u,v !
back. They constitute the F,olI ffrnl ,ovver ~ /
tne state. 40 the moderation OF the moment |
t1ey say 20 Jon a. they have sald to me !: |
lone pom ana pe our leaders"
Regard reconstruction ns q settled fact An i
me form which opens all the rewards III IN |
onetry 20 the ooiored man under the ruar-
e1.oe OF the ballot. Accept this Ia fun view /
~ minority Of ns isast a,ftsg rks'.-c.6. viii
p.scs ne property-owners q = minority
s HnLr Nh olssrUsl
eppeAl 70 Jon. whites and puopoftg-
V"nen. % consider calmly the course you