The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-04-28
A recent communication in the Pilot,

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4 recent communication in the Pilot,
editorialIy endorsed, recommending a
special tax on cotton, has ELECTED con-
siderable remark, which is warranted by
the official relations of that paper to the
party now in control of the State govern
ment Inasmuch as the tax would
be tax on the produce in
stead of the property of the county,
and an invidious discrimination
against a particular article which, more
than any other constitutes the basis Of
the wealth and prosperity of the State,
we trust the proposition will not be car
ried out Justice to all classes demands
the repeal of the existing tax Of fifty
cents per bale. 1t ought not to have
been imposed.
Judge ShackeIfOrd and the XerGer
Case.
The opinion Of Judge Thomas Shack
elford on the application Of +. NJ. Yerger
TO be admitted to bail will be found in
another column. Judge Shackelford was
a military appointee, and, therefore, de-
rived his authority from a source which
entitled his appointment to but little
Of the respect, or consideration, Of the
people; but this act crowns him with
honor. We speak it without reference
to the merits of the Yerger case
Under the laws it viii be decided
by the civil tribunals where it properly
belongs, and there all propose 10 leave it.
But the Judge deserves honor, who rising
superior to the frowns Of power, and dis
regarding partizan considerations, dares
to follow his convictions of right, protects
his own conscience from reproach, and
keeps untarnished the ermine which he
wears.
1t is reported from Mississippi by a gem
tleman who has visited almost every portion
of the State during the past forty days. that
everybody, almost everywhere. has given
his best energies to the planting of cotton
crop, and very often TO the entire exclusion
of everything else.
This paragraph is going the rounds of
the newspapers. We do not know who
originated it. The statement is untrue.
From reliable data, we are authorized
to state that the acreage in cotton will not
exceed that of last year; and that there
will be about the same proportion in corn.
In consequence of the late Spring, the
crops are backward, but the favorable
weather Of the past few weeks has i'm
proved the prospects. Attic correspond
ing season last year, this entire region was
deluged with excessive rains, which last
ed two weeks and did irreparable injury.
WESTERN IMMIGRATION people
of the West have not populated their
thriving States and territories by spasmod-
ic efforts at a particular season in securing
settlers and then relapsing into indiffer-
ence until the return Of another, but
their efforts are unremitting in season and
out Of season. From these examples, let
the people of the South take lessons, if
they would utilize the immense capital
which they have idle in their uncultivated
lands. We notice that the Governor,
(Ashley) of Montana Territory, is Presi-
ident Of Pioneer Immigrant Association,
and that he has issued circular desert
bing to emigraRts the advantages of that
territory, and inviting them to come and
settle there. The labor will doubtless be
amply repaid and thousands who have
fed the pauperism of the Old World in
search of plenty and prosperity in the
New, where labor will reap its reward,
will be enticed thither by the fattering
prospects held out in this publication.
If there be Mississippians who have
been tempted by the prospect of obtain
ing office, to surrender their opposition TO
the Radical party, We would refer them
TO the recent violent proceedings of that
party in Congress towards the people of
Georgia and we would especially refer
them to the bloody speech of Senator
Morton, of Indiana, eliminating the
Southern people, and foreshadowing the
revolutionary measures which its leaders
mediate for their continued oppression.
To Join the Radicals is to become party
to these Ubiquitous measures, and the in
struments of their execution. And more,
it is to lash ones self to diseased carcass
which, as the signs plainly indicate, is dy-
ing of its corruptions. Let us not be
misunderstood, however. Patriotism de-
mands that where offices are rendered to
men of capacity who have the confidence
of the public and the welfare of the peo-
pie at heart, they be promptly accept
ed. We only advise against the accep-
lance of place at the sacrifice Of principle,
or on condition of tolerating, much less
approving, party whose creed is pro-
claimed to be policy of Vengeance to-
wards the people of the South, who in
Radical phrase, are denominated ''reb-
els"
CABIN PASSAGE AND FREE LUNCH
By the proceedings elsewhere, it will be
~oc,, +la+ tho RodicsI sr+boritiaS of N-ieES-