The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-04-07

cnIcAao. April ID, 1870

CHICAGO, April I'd, 1870.
In previous letters mention has been
made of the desire awakened among far
mers and capitalists in this section g ip-
vest in our lands with view to occupan-
CIV and cultivation; and it has been stated
that this spirit has been produced by. the
demand which our people have displayed
for labor. They have naturally inferred
that the prospects of agriculture are fat
terine, else this demand would not exist.
But Life and capital are both cautious !;
and the Governors extraordinary message
recommending the immediate organiza-
ton of the militia: calling for the crea-
ton of a Secret Service Fund to be used
in the employment Of spies and detec-
tives; and promulging that there are
signs of lawlessness and turbulence
abroad in the State, are most inopportune
and unfortunate. Emanating from the
gubernatorial Office, the statements carry
more than usual authority and are opera
ting powerfully 20 check the spirit of i'm
migration among the classes to whom l
have referred. Newspapers are quoting
them as evidence of the "disloyalty" of
the people of Mississippi, and of the ne
cessity of keeping them in restraint and
protecting life and property by military
force and by the organization of hateful
and costly system of espionage among
them for the purpose of detecting and
Furnishing crime. People naturally dread
to plunge into community where anar-
chy, turbulence, and the thirst for blood
are rife; and though intelligent minds
will receive these statements of the con-
dition of our affairs with many grains of
allowance, knowing the partizan spirit
which prompts them, and that the cry Of
lawlessness and Kukluxism are favorite
weapons of the creatures who have been
foisted into the governments of the South
ern States, against the people whom they
have outraged-still, they will create
doubts and fears which will serve to re-
tard the development of the resources OF
the State. Explain as you may that
these statements misrepresent the spirit as
well as the conduct of our people who at
this very moment are displaying degree
of patience and endurance under accu-
INFLATED wrongs as remarkable as it is
commendable, at the hands of the para
sites who have been fastened upon the
body polite by violence and fraud that
there are no people in the Union who are
more observant of the rights of others
and that their very determination to keep
the peace and maintain order under every
circumstance. of insult and provocation
has been, and will continue to be, law
unto them, nevertheless, lingering ap-
prehensions still remain which are serving
the damaging purpose already described.
| 1t is really too bad. For four weary
years, the lives and property of the people
were at the mercy of military rulers,
chief among whom was Ames of infamous
notoriety. And now it seems that they
are still to be made the victims of malig-
nant calumny and to be loaded with OPP
pressive taxes and prosecuted and har-
assed by the pretence of a civil govern
ment which the usurpers have imposed
upon them. Still, this latter condition is
better than the first. The privilege OF
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habeas corpus, and of trial by jury, are
restored. Every citizen is voter; and
they have thus secured the weapon by
which, when another opportunity is offer
ed, they will achieve their deliverance.