The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-08-25

government. the gifted Yerger? Where is
the profound jurist and honest patriot, Geo.
L. Potter? Where the conductor of the
central Wing organ, Col. j. l.. Power, who
made the last fight for the grand party P
Not here
Then viii you tell Col. Dave Hurst, one OF
Mississippi's gifted and faYorite SONS. that L
wish TO speak 70 him? Judge Hurst Is not
here.
Then, let me speak TO Judge Sylvanus
Evans, lifelong Wing, who stands In the
front rank of his profession; he can explain
this thing. The Judge is net here.
| see three seats that were. in days Of yore
occupied by Rev. X. j. Jones, y. Mcintosh
aud Arch. McCallum, of Jasper-where are
they: Not here.
And there are some other seats across the
way that of right should be occupied by
Hons. l.. McLaurin. Jesse Ellis. Ed. Robin
son, +. Barnes, John Z. Little, and others,
/ from the glorious old county of smith
None of them are here.
The Old Liner then surveys the Hall, and
turns 10 the manager of ceremonies, and
! SAYS. L do not see the well known faces OF
the Old Wings of Rankin, Scott, Ne . ton,
+ Simpson, CovingtOn and other Counties
No sir-they are not here.
Then tell me, is Col. Horn. true as steel 10
+ his party. true TO his friends and one OF the
most forcible writers in the State, present
/ No-COl. Horn refused to Join rs.
Is DIR. Davis, the able. fearless and iReor-
/ ruptable editor of the Iuka Gazette. pres
/ ent: No-the Doctor has openly denounced
1 the movement.
/ Then. one more inquiry is old Ben. Hum
/ phreys about? No-the Governor l. not
/ here.
Then, my friend. this is Wing meeting
/ with the Wings left out.
| No sir-wait a short time and Judge
Amos X. Johnston will be in and explain
/ the object of this meeting.
Not so fast: Judge Johnston is a true man,
and he will not be here. Already he has
penetrated the object of your INSCRIPTIONS
I managers, and Will not be party TO any
such bargain and sale. Judge Johnston
will never be a Radical while his head i hot.
He Is lawyer OF ability and high character
| and will not join any party composed OF
sneh material as the Radicals.
! Old Ben. Humphreys will not be there
We remember in North Mississippi, in the
city OF Holly Springs, gentleman who
some years ago was Wing candidate Tor
GovernOr-Col. III. w. Walter lawyer OF
distinction, patriot by nature, a gentleman
by instinct. as good and pure man as lives
in or out of Mississippi. AS a WING how
will old Walter do for high = He not will
be there.
i In the Secession Convention of 1861, when
| your friend AlcoTn voted for the ordinance,
and wanted TO build that Chinese wall be-
| tween the North and South. the member
from Rankin, the gallant Col. Jack Thorn
ton. now at Pass Christian, stood firm az
1 a '.stone wall';-refusing TO vote for or sign
Z
iment and was ioHnd in the thickest of the
fight. He will not be there.
w. A. Champlain, a lawyer OF promi-
nence on the coast, and his partner. Elliott
| Henderson, son of the distinguished Senator
Henderson, both lifelong Wings, Will moi
There is Major L. p Cooper and Judg,
Harrison, of Pamela they have no sympathy
with the movement.
Again, such Wings as Major Jas. \
Cha oman, of Jasper, Judge John NJ. Floyd
of Clarke. will not be there.
In our own county. we might mention y
! @. Mayors, Esq, who for years and year
was the Wing leader ia East Mississippi
Col. Thos. >. White. the Union STANDARD
bearer in 1851; Coils. W. ID. BIbb, ". IL
Bate, JnO. ). Hobson, and many others, al
of whom condemn your movement. In
truth. the people are worn out and Disguised
with your social equality chief" They
are pressed to pay taxes to keep alive Sc
of vampires, whose very presence coutaWi
6 mates the atmosphere in which they move
and they are determ med to Dust them. Ass
| es and knaves have sQuaudered the peO-
pies money by thousands, and made sIrin
gent laws to wiring it out of them by taxa
= ton even under the hammer. We hay,
ground under the acts of those aCcurse,
flunkeys. until we are almost bankrupt, ant
= vet Conservative men are seriously callei
upon to join these pickpOckets that til
shame of a few Jud&ses may be hidden.
To these our cotemporary might hav
: added many others, among them Gen
Tucker, of Chickasaw, Gen. Brantly, o
Choctaw, Judge Hudson, \. c. Ny
, ESQ.,, and Gen. Miles, Of Yazoo-a
names well and favorably known 70 tn,
public.