The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-09-22
LETTER FROM WILLIAM.
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EAST MISSISSIPPI, Sc pt. 70, 1870.

EAST MISSISSIPPI, BE pt. Il lo1V'
Editor Clarion: i would have written q
you sooner, but thought / would wait until
the cotton crop was advanced to such en-
extent rs to allow me to report upon that
subject.
Below Verona, on the Mobile and Ohio
Railroad the worn" has been very de-
| structive, and the crop Is short. Above
Verona, the crop is good. In general terms.
this is a correct statement of the crop for
East Mississippi. The corn crop is good.
There Will be very little corn imported uext
year. Meat will be scarce. The health OF
this portion of the province is good As
usual.
MISUNDERSTANDING Powers is spending
sometime at his plantation In Noxubee,''
and really Mr.. Editor, the people do not
they really do not grow towards the Cover
| nor. The Lieutenant Governor was once.
Sheriff of his county, by the grace Of Ames-
An interesting incident occurred recently
at the railroad station on the Mobile ard
| Ohio, called Shuqualak. Hon. NJ. McNees,
| (colored) resides there. Some days ago, a
freight train stopped, and pious looking.
long tailed Ariel attempted to get into the
Caboose. The conductor told Ariel that he
would take no passengers in addition to
what he had, and Ariel retired. Hon. NJ.
McNees informed the conductor that Ariel
had right to ride in that caboose. The con-
ductor heard him and started to chastise
McNees. McNees fell back. The train
moved on, and McNees come out OF his
house with a double barrelled gun, and
threatened to shoot. The conductor, seeing
the Hon. gentleman, stopped his train,---
seized a revhlver and jumped of
towards the dusky legislator, whereup-
on, the said legislator forget how to handle
his piece, and fed to the woods. The moral
of this story is that, this freight conductor
should not have looked into Ariel's face to
determine the color Of his skin.
Your articles on the University are en-
dorsed by your readers. Your term Sub
sidized conservative" tells much, and ex-
plains things otherwise doubtful. You ara
ticle of the 3Oth, has the ring OF good metal
You speak boldly; you speak truly. A few
months will convince every man that our
University is gone, and will Convince some
men that it pays better to be true. wish
the ministers of the country would preach
from this text,next Sunday: II would rath-
er be a door-keeper In the house OF my God,
than to dwell In the tents of wickedness."--
Our people are aroused; and the next cleo
| ton in this State will show it. In Novem-
Der next, Alabama will fall into line with
North Carolina and Tennessee. Our deliver
ance draws near.
| 1t is not only theoretically, but practical
| ly true, that intelligence will control mat
ter. That is the question involved in our
struggle with Radicalism. A firm resolve
to be relieved is all that ia required. We
are too meek. The bad men who sneak
about the country and infiame the ignorant
negro against the interests OF all classes of
society, must be stopped. We have the
right to protect ourselves and we must do
it.
To look in upon our Legislature should
be sufficient to arouse 4 spirit of deep re-
venge. Adventures from Maine, New
Hampshire, New York and Michigan, with
no interest in the country or identity with
its history, except that they are numbered
with those who hate us and with those who
fought and robbed us, and traduced and
slandered us, set in our legislative halls,
vote away our property and rights, deny
our people the privilege to elect officers
and fill our court houses with ignorance
and creeping vermin, to eat up our SUBJ
stance. How Powers cal have the unblush-
ing effrcntery to pretend to preside in our
Senate Hall, how Franklin can compose
himself in the House, and how (Ohl my
country y AlcOrn can face white man and
call himself Governor, Is astounding to pro-
priety and common modesty. Our people
n Il
correct this. These bad, desperate men.
who seduced Alcorn are extending their
circle Corporations by bribery. They create
unnecessary Judgeships and buy venal
Judges. They commence by small APP
proaches. See their appointments of
hoping
that our people will cry out and drive such
men into full fellowship with them. 1t is
deeply regretted that one of our good men
ever accepted an appointment from Alcorn.
The fiimsy pretense that 1t Is better for the
country tor gentlemen to accept now and |
then, an office, is an effort to conceal aposta-
sy. The ne
gro is unfit to vote or hold office and these |
very adventures, of whom have been |
speaking, declare it privately In their con-
the negro is lower socially than here. They |
say that the negro Is anatomically and |
physiolOgically inferior to the white man, |
and vet for the sake Of votes cast by ne
groes, they eat with the negro, sleep with |
him and marry his daughters. They have |
organized the whole negro element into one |
compact mass against the white people for |
purposes of plumber. Alcorn has been
placed i'm Office and he makes 1t his Supreme |
study to lnviegle others, that the disgrace
he has shOuldered may become respectable
by being common. The most contemplate
and the baldest, yet the most seductive
strategy attempted, ia to cry out Democracy
ruined the country, and then call upon Old
Line Wings to rally to their standard
Hands of, brethren Of the old Clay Clubs OF
the country-hands off. These birds are
defile whatever they touch
1 began to write you about crops and have
written you about politics. "Out of the
fullness of the heart the mouth speaketh.'
wish to ask you question, and then / will
close.
A sprightly colored boy of these parts de-
sires to study Latin and Greek and the
higher Mathematics? Caz he enter the
University Please to answer for the bene-
fit of all concerned.
WILLIAM
Z. ). IL you are not able to answer the
above question clearly turn itover TO War
ner or c. w. Clarke, of the Board Of Trus-
tees. W.
EXPORTS OF CoTToN.-From a report