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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-07-28

The people who really want peace,
after these long years of turmoil, and are
anxious to cultivate a good opinion of
the Executive, Notwithstanding the cir
cumstances Of his election, his evil sur
roundings and his bad beginnings, will
deeply regret his conduct in the Wesson
affair 1t is without an extenuating fea-
ture. As the head of the Executive De
partment, he had no authority whatever
to mix himself up with the prosecution of
the citizens who defended the town when
assailed by the mob. Acting in self.de-
fence of their own and their families
lives, and of their homes, so far from
seeking to escape judicial investigation,
they have courted it. Their trial belongs
to another department, and the agency OF
the Executive could be required only in
case of their endeavoring to defeat the
ends of justice by fight. In the event OF
conviction, his prerogative of granting
pardon could be invoked, but if he be
comes a party to their prosecution, is he
in a condition to act with strict imparti-
ality and with mind untainted by preju-
dice? In the county of Copiah the
officers were of his own selection. The
Sheriff, the Committing Court, Circuit
Judge, District Attorney and all. Never
theless he employs the Prosecuting At
torney Iea) from another district to take
part in the preliminary trial; and more,
he employs the L. s. District Attorney
(Jacobson) to leave the business OF his
own Court and oficiate in the proceed
ings. Neither of these men are citizens
of the State; and both of them, were
hired with the public funds entrusted to
the Governor, to go out of their own
spheres and to deliver themselves of vio-
lent, party harangues, well calculated, as
they were no doubt designed, to stir up
strife, and to add fuel to the fame which
is endangering the peace of an entire
county. The conduct of the Governor is
without justification; and as for the vile
tools who were employed to do the dis
reputable work assigned them, there is
no limit to the scorn in which they deserve
to be held
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-07-28
The Adjournment.

The Legislature adjourned yesterday
after session of six months. The SEES
sion was unusually long; and the course
of the majority was marked by reckless
ness, profigacy and corruption without
example. The adventures with the
almost unlimited control which they had,
sought and obtained by violence and
fraud in order to aggrandize and enrich
themselves at the expense of the tax
payers, seemed to realize that their pres.
ent term afforded them their last oppor-
tunity, and they were desperately resolved
to improve it. To the utmost of their
ability they did the things they ought not
to have done, and left undone the things
they ought to have done. Opposition to
the measures with which they have bur
thened the people, and a determination
to reform them, viii constitute bond of
union stronger than adamant for all the
opposers of Radicalism in this State. By
a constitutional provision, they will meet
again on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday of January next, when their
work of mischief viii be resumed.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-07-28
The Prosecuting Counsel i'm fIle
WesSOm fair.

The facts developed in the preliminary
investigation of the Wesson affair natu.
rally provoke Indignation and further in.
quiry.
The public have learned that Mr.. Luke
Lee, District Attorney for the fifteenth
district, was engaged in the trial appa-
rently as advisers of the Court: and that
one jacobson, recently sent into Missis-
sippi in the capacity of United States
District Attorney, was present to prose
cute the white citizens. Though it was
established that these last acted entirely
in self-defense, and under circumstances
of great provocation, they were instru-
mental in influencing the Court to deny
them their constitutional right of BAIL
What business had Lee there? 1t is his
duty to prosecute for the State in his own
district By what authority, then, did
he go into another district and undertake
the disreputable service?
And how comes jacobson to be con-
cerned in the case? He is an officer of
the United States, and this affair at Wes-
son was purely State affair with which
he had nothing whatever to do. If he
was presuming to act in his official char
acter, he was an intruder and informed
der, and his interference was a depart
ure from his own duties and an insult to
the State. Was he the counsel of the
negro rioters by their choice; or was he
employed by Gov. Alcorn ? 1t is suspect
ed that he is to receive his hire out of the
Secret Service Fund; and the question
is asked, if the Governor deemed it prop
er to employ special counsel for the riot
ers, in order to acquit them of crime and
to bring to punishment the white citizens
who were acting in self-defence, why did
he not select counsel from among the pro-
fessional men Of the State, who in addi-
ton to legal ability, have at heart the
vindication of her laws and the protec-
ton of the peace of society? Why were
all the legal talent and worth of the State
overlooked, to give employment to this
intruder whose harangue marked him as
foul-mouthed defamer of our people-an
inciter of riOt-in short, a PUBLIC Enc
MY?
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-07-28
The Orleans Family and che
French 6aoVermmemr

The restoration 0fthe Orleans Prince.
to the rights which they have doneurl
ing TO forfeit is one Of those inc0nyma
demands which it il impossible 20 enm
with safety, or 30 reject without injustice
The letter addressed 90 the Corps Ler.
latih by the Count Of Paris and hs ans
men, il simply unanswcamb.e Ih
Punishment Of the family of Louis phiIB.
pc has been unjustifabc from frt 90
last. They were eXilcd in tba Grt m
stance for no fault Of their own. Tharr
cident of their birth made them 6mHa.
BILE under the Republic; their Qeumd
gifts have made them formidable under
the Empire; but 10 be the descendm.
Of kings, and 10 posses qualifications
unworthy Of their great ancestors
scarcely be called adequate ground.
forfeiture Of citizenship. II they H
ever played the part Of preiendcr i'n
would have been at least an excuse NJ
treating them as enemies long after ar
had ceased 30 bear the charactcriu reality
IL il not very unreasonable 10 nT
those whom you know 10 have conrr0
against you once Of intending 90 coaTr
against you again If ever they get ls
chance. But the Republican G0un
ment had no such plea 10 urge ia $685.
and the Imperial Government had u0a
plea TO urge in 1870. For tW0m
twenty years the House Of Orleans
accepted the decision Of the French
ton without murmur or romonHrmF
If they had been merely a Cabinet dnw
from Office by n hostile majority OBJ
could not have submitted more uuna
plainingly. There have been Bo1ar
fist conspiacies against the Rop1h.
and Republican conspiracics against Dbl
Empire, but there have been mo- OHar
ist conspiracies against either lh
members Of this family have broken
oaths, they have never plotted inWIya.
against the institutions which in pua
they have sworn TO defend. The
which banished them was an unp0yo..
law in 1874, and, as they remind
Corps Legislatif, there has been ul
Prospective provocation of it since.
And yet, indefensible as the refuse.
their demand will be, there are very
Gent reasons why the French Govern
should refuse It. If the Emperor
given his subjects all that be o1gi
promised them; if he had made fH
glorious abroad and conteulcd at h#
If he had proved the single-hoaredna
his wish 10 put down revolution bLE
moving the disabilities imposed upon u
erty as soon as the fear Of revolution
at an end IL he had made personal 81
eminent a mere stepping-stone 20 ibs
eminent Of the country by itself ii
height Of his power and reputation
had crowned the edifce, and not me.a.
talked about browning IL, be might
ago have seen the Orleans iamiyrs.g
to France, aud felt Justly secure 10
prospect. IL is because be has done %
Of these things that he cannot afoia
play the magnanimous enemy. -Sail'
Review.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-07-28
The Fffay Thousand Dollar Secret
service Fmnad and fhe Outrage
mf We@som.

The Fffay Thousand Dollar Secret
service Fmiad and she Outrage
mf Wessom.
The Republican party in the Legisla-
ture appropriated fifty thousand dollars
for the use of the Executive, and re-
lieved him of all accountability for the
manner of its expenditure. The act was
without precedent, contrary to the spirit
of free institutions, and was begotten In
the malignity, and in the lust of plumber,
of the party in power. The Governor,
fattered by the consideration shown him,
signed it, when he ought to have iDdig-
nantly spurned it, not only because it inn
piled belief by his authors that he could
be made the instrument of gross out
RACES upon the people, but because it was
precedent dangerous to their liberties,
and because his acceptance of seat in
the United States Senate would ere long
devolve the duties of his Office on the
rpet-bagger Lit Governor.
1t is suspected that a portion of this
fifty thousand dollars has been expended
in the outrageous proceedings which lead
to the committal of the young men who
acted in self-defense at WessOn, to i'm
prisonment withot bail. That it was with
this fund that jacobson was employed to
officiate in the case, and to deliver the In
famous speech which has been reported in
these columns, and from the sketch OF
which, we will quote as follows:
These appointees of AlcOrn on this this
| testimony bound the parties over to Court
without bail. The carpet-bagger jacobson
made violent aid incendiary speech. He
said the negroes had a perfect right to hare shot
d0tcn eUery one Of the young men; tadt me ne
0roes acere cotcdrds and only tceIt dozen to bully
| The yoltng men that there was spirit of bar
J barism in the white people here that kept
| them from treating the negro as an equal.
| And turning to rhe negroes present, he said
| you are their equals in all respects; why
| don't these white people mix with You on
terms of equality? 1t is because of their
prejudices. The testimony of the white
men, he said, must be received with great
deal of allowance, but the negroes were
swearing to the truth.
Taxpayers of Mississippi, what think
you of being taxed in your distress and
poverty, to raise money to pay for such
service as the delivery of this speech? TIC
pay for lecture to an uniformed and
credulous class, as from one in authority,
that they have right to shoot down citi-
zens under the extraordinary circum-
stances of the Wesson riot-to pay for an
insulting harrangue about the "barba-
rism" which regulates your social rela-
tons, an harrangue which is calculated
above everything else to cultivate strife
and to cause bloodshed.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-07-28

The Democratic victory in the State of
Oregon is complete. There was some doubt
expressed at the result Of the vote for MEM
Der of Congress, but the official figures elect
the Democratic candidate by a majority of
343. On Governor, Mr.. Grover Democrat.
has a majority of 63l. The Legislature is
Democratic in both branches, thus securing
q Democratic United States Senator in place
of Williams, Republican.-Cincinna En-
quirer.
A Republican contemporary attributes
to Williams the authorship of the system
of vindictive and oppressive measures. by
which civil rule was overthrow in the
Southern States, and military despotism
was established, and which finally culmi-
mated in the establishment of the present
corrupt Southern State governments
which are mere instruments of plumber
and tyranny in the hands of adventures
who are despised by the people. The au-
thor Of the iniquity has met his fate.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-07-28
The Outrageous Proceedings I'm
North Carolina.

The blood chills at the recital of the
barbarities perpetrated by the Republican
rulers in North Carolina to retain power.
By order of the Governor, bands of des-
lperadoes have been organized and icen-
sed to commit every manner of outrage
upon the unofending inhabitants. Even
the New York Herald an Administers
ton paper, speaks Indignantly of these
wrongs, and calls upon the President to
interfere. The Wilmington Journal
states that with aview to obtain relief two
of the most eminent citizens of the State,
have gone to lay before him the grievan-
ces of the people and to appeal for his
interpretation Hons. Bedford Brown and
William A. Graham-both formerly SEN
ators.in Congress, and the latter candi-
date of the Wing party for the Vice
Vice Presidency in 1852, and member
of the Cabinet of Mr.. Fillmore.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-07-28
10 OUR TENNEssEE ExcHANGEs. q

To OUR TENNESSEE EXCHANGES.
The lawyers of Mississippi, (and certain
ly she can boast bar as able as any 9TH
er State, have been overlooked by the
Governor to give to one LOWERING, who
is reported to have been imported from
Tennessee by Ames, an appointment as
compiler of the Code. As the people of
the State know very little about him, and
that little not favorably, will some of our
Tennessee exchanges give US information
concerning him? Where did he come
from-what did he come for-and what
has he been doing? Would he have been
appointed to a place of equal honor,
profit and responsibility where he has
heretofore resided?
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-07-28
The Republican War i'm North
Carolina, How the ssFOOIs
and Thfeves'' I'm that
State are ManRu.
vering 10 Re-
tain Pow
From the Wilmington journal.
Holders War.

Holden's war progresses. He has already
subjugated one county, placed in arrest its
leading citizens, and guarded all the ap-
proaches to its county seat. His troops
have from thence fastened to a neighbor-
ing county, and, while the people were quiz
city listening 20 the speeches of the oppos-
ing candidates for Congress, the building was
suddenly surrounded by armed soldiery,
and the Sheriff of the County and two of
the most prominent citizens of North Caro-
lima were arrested and carried off as pris-
oners. Without Recommendations the
least disturbance. Alamance and Caswell
counties have been invaded by the armed
minions of North Cardinals new-fedged ty-
rant the liberty Of their citizens has been
disregarded, and the Habeas Corpus spit
upon.
John Kerr and Samuel p. Hill are well
known TO the people of North Ccrolina-
Both have occupied distinguished positions
in the political history of the state. One an
old Wing and the other an old Democrat,
each has been honored by his party with
many marks Of its esteem and confidence.
The people of Caswell in large numbers
are fleeing from their homes and seeking
refuge in Virginia. Danville is filling up
with North Carolina refugees, flying from
the terrors of Kirk and his lawless mob,
bearing with them at least one of the VIC
tins Of their merciless vengeance. And still
the Internal work goes on. Kirk continues
to arrest the prominent citizens of the coun-
ty. He cares not for the mandates of the
Chief Justice. BY his orders the writs
from the bench are not to be brought to
him. No civil officer can or dare serve a
process upon him. And to what end?
-
To-day throughout this broad State no
man is secure in his property, his liberty,
or his life. Character AMI conduct rs citi--
zens afford no protection. Nor age, nor sex,
nor occupation. nor condition exempt the
victims Of the Governors displeasure. The
civil Law Is dead letter. The authority Of
the Chief Justice 10 derided, Extensively
scorned by an Unauthorized military off,
cial. The people are driven from their
homes and State refugees from the malice
and wickedness Of their rulers.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-07-28

The Legislature sat until 2 o'clock
Wednesday night, or morning rather.
In the House, the Conservatives stood
valiantly to their posts. Every effort
was made by the Judicial Printing Ring
to gain an advantage over them. One
of the tricks resorted to was the appoint
ment of an unusual number of members
from that side, by the Speaker, on special
committees, so that the question might
be suddenly sprung during their alb
sence. But the game was understood,
and no sort of chicanery availed to decoy
them from their places. Through the
vigilance and frmness of. the Conserva-
tives and few Republican allies who CO.
operated with them on that question, the
villiany was finally defeated.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-07-28
FafImre of the State Fair AsAAA---
Arrangements for Ghe Bec-
omd Annual Fair.

OR0 Amman N AR
About three months since, a bill was
introduced in the House of Representa-
tives to incorporate the Planters, Manu-
facturers and Mechanics Association of
the State of Mississippi. The bill was
drawn up by DIR. ]. o. Wharton, Presi-
dent of the Association, and approved by
the Directors and it not only contem-
plated encouragement to the State Asso-
citation, but provided aid for auxiliary
County Associations. For some cause,
the Committee to which the bill was re-
ferred, held the bill back until few days
since. when it was reported to the House,
and amended in several particulars,
among others, the striking out of the ap-
preparation asked for. On Tuesday
night the bill came up inthe Senate, but
it was evident, on the reading of the bill,
that the House amendments had not been
engrafted into the bill. The Senate,
however, passed the bill as they found it,
and so reported to the House The
bill was then enrolled and presented to
Speaker Franklin for his signature next
morning, about half an hour before final
adjournment. He declined TO sign it,
Mr.. BOYD, of the Committee on enrolled
bills, then explained to the House the
status of the bill, and that the bill passed
bv the Senate amounted to a substitute
for, or amendment to the House BILL
Mr.. Hemingway thereupon moved to
concur in the Senate amendment, and
the House, by rising vote, adopted the
motion. 1t was then only few minutes
to ten o'clock, when the Speaker declared
that he would not entertain any more
business, and peremtorily refused to sign
the bill, although he had several minutes
by the clock within which to do it. He
was opposed to the bill from the first, and
thus took advantage of his position and
of an irregularity for which the Clerk of
the House was alone responsible, to de-
feat a measure than which there were
few of more real merit considered by the
Legislature. The concurrence of the
House in the Senate amendments, really
passed the bill, and it was the duty of
the Speaker to sign it. The language Of
the Constitution is mandatory-"he shall
sign it. The action of the Speaker
amounts to a veto of the bill, and is, to
say the least, an usurpation of authority.
The Board of Directors of the State
Fair Association, so far from being dis
couraged by the failure to get the act OF
incorporation asked for, are redoubline
their energies for the next Fair, and to
the credit of the citizens of jackson be
it said, are receiving liberal aid from this
community A cash loan of about six
teen hundred dollars has been subscribed,
which will have to be increased about one
thousand, in order to complete the i'm
provements now in progress and others
very essential. The arrangements for the
Second Annual Fair will be vigorously
pushed forward, and will be as perfect as
energy and sound judgement in such
matters can make them. The Fair will
be held commencing on Monday, the Oath
of October, Immediately following the ST.
Louis and Memphis Fairs, and giving
exhibitors at those Fairs ample time to
get to jackson.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-07-28

The FEMALE COLLEGE AT OxFoRD.-We
had the pleasure of witnessing an exhibition
of the closing exercises Of this Institution
while attending the Press Convention al
oxford. This Institution, TO all appear
anees, is very justly entitled 10 the good re-
pute in which IL Is held. Certainly PresI-
creditable exhibition we witnessed Is an ev-
idence- We were much pleased with the
regularity and system displayed in the man
agement Of affairs, the order and decorum
that prevailed, and the modest, ladylike de-
pertinent Of the scholars, without exception.
Among other scholars who received awards
of merit, the prize was awarded to Miss
Whiting, 1--WE claim her for Canton, but
Col; POWER disputes it, for excellence In
reading.-Canton Mail.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-07-28

A caucus of the Democratic and Con-
sentative members of the Virginia Leg
islature have re-established the organiza-
ton of the Democratic Party as in 1857,
and have placed it within the embracing
and paramount Jurisdiction of the Ma
.ional Democratic Party. Mr.. Raleigh
I. Daniel, the Chairman, was one of the
most distinguished men of the Wing
party in the days of its existence.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-07-28

The death-knell of the Republican
party in Mississippi has been rung," or
the Vicksburg Republican is no prophet.
Pending the consideration of the veto of
the printing villainy, that paper said:
The bill must be passed over the treach-
erous Alcorn's veto. or the death knell Of
Republicanism has been rung I'm Mississippi,
for without press. the party will inevita-
bly, go to the dogs.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-07-28

The Legislature appropriated seventy
thousand dollars for repairing the
State House. PROFESSIONALLY the sum
is extravagant under the circumstances.
A less amount would have suficed to put
the building in a proper condition for
use until the taxpayers (nine-tenths of
whom are scarcely able to provide log
cabins to shelter their families) are some
what relieved of the burdens which are
pressing heavily upon them.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-07-28

1t is remarked that in the vote in the
United States Senate on the bill to con-
tinue in force the most hateful and une-
quail of all the federal taxes, the names of
nearly all the carpet-bag Senators from
the Southern States, are recorded in IA
yor of that oppressive measure. 1t was
through the agency of these bogus Sena-
tors that the income tax was retained. %
Let this fact be remembered.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-07-28

The avowed purpose of the Fifty
Thousand dollar Secret Service Fund
was to aid in "the enforcement of the
criminal laws of the State" The real
intent of the act is revealed by the pro-
ceedings at Wesson. Are not the bloody
teachings of jacobson, the attorney hired,
it is believed, with this fund, well ealcu-
lated to promote peace and good order !?
Since vile partizans who are interested
in stirring up strife between the races,
are to be employed to ply their vocation,
who can longer doubt that the act viii
powerfully contribute to the "enforce
ment of the criminal laws?"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-07-28

GRANT AND HIS PARTY.-The N. Y.
Herald administration paper says that
there seems to be q purpose in the re-
publican party to belittle the admins
''tration of General Grant, as if the
politicians were anxious to kill him off
Gin the interest of some one Of their
number"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-07-28

THE CoTToN WoRM.-We regret to hear
that the genuine cotton worm has already
made its appearance We were shown YES
terday several branches of cotton, all cut
from the same stalk. and upon which there
were &C least thousand worms, active and
feeding rs If for life. The branches had
small hollis and many blooms upon them.-
Vicksburg Herald.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-07-28

WIN not some of our enterprising CO
temporaries, who are in the habit of Illus
trating passing events, with wood-cuts,
get up sketch Of the Four Old Men. in
a garnet searching the middle channel be-
tween opposing parties in this Slater 1t
would be an admirable design for an ar
tist.