The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-02-24

His 0piasosa Of the SitalGtiO,, Necessity
FOR de Early .4dmission Of The STATE
* Southern Democrats Not to
be Trusted.
rrnm the New Work Herald.

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CongI ess, some days ago brought General
Alcorn, the Governor elect, 10 this city
This evening one of your correspondents
called upon the Governor, and found gen,
tleman of fine presence. easy manners ana
about fifty years of age, judging from wen
trimm cd mustache and head OF dark gray
hair. The Governor was agreeable and APP
which brought your correspon-
dent at once to the object of his visit.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, / suppose you
are here to communicate any Information
Congress may wish on the Mississippi
General Alcorn-Yes, feel it necessary
to have the State readmitted as soon as pos
sible, and have come here to pc Of any . aSI
sistance in my power. think the State VIII
be admitted during the coming week. The
Legislature of Mississippi by its own reso-
luton will meet on the second Tuesday after
the passage of the bill of admission. Will
then be inaugurated as Governor, ana viii
set to work to organize and set in motion
the machinery of State government. Inc
truth is, in addition to the other objects OF
nv visit here, desire to secure the removal
Of the political disabilities of a number OF
prominent citizens OF my State who nave
been elected to the Legislature but cannot
comply with the requirements of Congress.
They are influential persons, and their SER
vices will be valuable.
Correspondent-Wha do you think of the
restrictions proposed!
were imposed in the case of Virginia they
will have to be for Mississippi. But that is
imlnaterial. as we have already complied
with all that Congress asks and more too
We have sent colored Senator, which was
more than was expected. The charges that
have been raked up against Mr.. Revels
amount to nothing as far as l know L
thought it would be well to recognize the
colored element, and there were none so
conservative in their views as Mr.. Revels-
II !, hnz Is nnliffRnl
ton Of his race, and does not believe that in
order to do this il is necessary for his people
TO make themselves obnoxious to the whites
by insisting upon intruding themselves into
social equality. 1t cannot be denied that
prejudice exists against the colored race and
will exist for some years. The social feature
in the contact OF the two races is work of
degrees and will come only after the lapse of
time. When the Legislature convenes very
little Will have to be done. As have said,
the work has been accomplished. The Sem
ators, too, have been elected, in 1865, | was
elected Senator by the johnson Legislature
to fill The jeff Davis line of Senatorial sue
cessioI, while Judge Sharkey was ch osen as
the successor to A. G.. Brown. Congress
weulC not receive US. Now Mr.. Revels fills
the ulexpired part of the term for which L
was eected, ending in 1871. General Ames
takes the five years term. or the succession,
from Judge Sharkey. l have also been
elected for the full term commencing ISL.
(Or'eSD0nuenU-h Dat 10 you lLlIlh Oi the
feeling ofthe people in your State?
General Alcorn-Well. | think II would
be dangerous to let the Democrats such as
we have in the South to get into power
The doctrine of secession is immortal in
them The memory of the carnage of the
battle field, the memory of their sufferings,
will always keep tins alive. These people
are not willing TO accept the situation. 1t
is therefore all the more necessary to
strengthen ourselves. was whig,I was
slave owner and | was rebel. | never felt.
however at heart interested in the cause. as
| thought it was in the wrong. think Jcff
Davis was a weak man. L was ready at the
first moment to accept the situation and aid
in once more building up what the folly of
the Southern people tore down. The South
is better off without slavery, though we
have less work out of the same number than
we had before, but we are not at the same
expense for providing for them.
The Governor then alluded to his letter Of
January s, 1870, to George w. Harper. of
Raymond, Miss, which embodied his views
on the political issues.
He said -
No partisan spirit of the past governs me
in my present relations with men. The
progressive and the conservative temper
proper to wise dealing with the facts around
us is one that may well be supposed to en-
brace large masses of men who have been
conscientious supporters ofthe old Democra-
CIV. | look confidently for the cooperation
of these in the ranks of republcanism
which, while in harmony with that of the
North and West shall be racy of the soil of
the South. And In proof of the correctness
of this expectation may cite the tact that
in my recent canvass some OF my most earn
est supporters had been lifelong Democrats.
While we remember that it was Mr.. Calhoun
who insisted that the Union should be held
subject to dissolution, we should not forget
that it was Gen. Jackson who said that it
''must and shall be preserved"
In the late contest inquired not where
the man battling at my side was born.
asked him not when he came into the State.
| shall not entertain any such questions now.
During that struggle | did not pause to look
into the face of the man who fought under
the banner that bore and still bear, to as
certain the color of his skin. My very man
| illness would protest against any such dis
elimination i'm the distribution OF the prizes
of war which that man has done so much to
win. Those who stood by me in the hour of
trial, old wings or old democrats, whites or
blacks. Northern men or Southern men,
shall stand by now, taking their devotion
in that trial as proof against all questions of
/ faction, color or nativity.
The colOred man is opposed politically by
/ the great mass of the social influences op-
Grating on his material interests. This STATE
| of things Is one very much to be regretted
on every hand; and is, Furthermore, one
| that, in the nature of things, cannot be ex
| pected to last. Here, then, / find food for
| thought. Shall /. now that the freedom of
| the colored people is settled forever, stand
llstlessly by while they go over to the infiu-
! ences surrounding their everyday life !? Or
shall /, in anticipation of that result. take
action under which those influences shall be
| led to come over to him? AS republican
| can have no doubt in this case as to the
choice of a wise forethought. In pursuance
of that forethought, all undazzled as | am
by the great victory of the party, have de-
termined in applying considerations of par
| ty policy to questions Of Office TO encourage
such oVertures of honest support as Won
ma Ike. so far--and, mind you. only so far
as l may do so without violation of this tx
ed general rule of my conduct, never to
abandon the man who stood by me in tie
day of trial.
Governor Alcorn tomorrow will call on
General Howard and have an interview with
him In relation to the vagrant negroes now
being fed by the national government. The
Governor declares if, instead of appropria-
ting $4,000 to make paupers, he would agree
| to find home and employment in less than
| thirty days for 1000 negroes in Mississippi.
A negro at all industrious, receiving one
third of the returns of his labor, can make
fully $500 per annum. Governor Alcorn
will be sworn in as the executive officer Of
Mississippi as svon as the action of Congress
| takes effect. Although his term of office in
the Senate will begin on March 4. 1871. II
there be no meeting until the usual Decem-
Der session he Will probably continue to act
as Governor, in order to set the business of
| the State government well in motion. The
Lieutenant Governor not being a native the
people would feel less disposed to act so
readily. Governor Alcorn will remain here
until wednesday, when. in company with
his wife, he will go to New York, on a visit
to his daughters attending school there, and
arrive in Mississippi in time 70 take the oath
of office.
A DAMAGED Radical G,harncter.
BUFFALO, keb. 13.-Hon. d. %. Bennett.
member of Congress from this district will
issue a card to The public, stating in sub
afance that he has returned from. Wnnhinn-