The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-08-31

I
the leading men on the other side. they are
| .imid ana fearful of the result. Taxes, and
fear of losing the respect of their nelghbOrs,
| as belonging TO what the Rebs call the mig
ger party" makes them hesitate. This is
particularly the case with -. He is con-
nected with family which took an active
/ part in the rebellion, and they all stand high
with the Rebs, with both the rich and the
| poor, and they always took high position
in society. They are highly cultivated, in
Uelligent, proud of their race and caste in
society, aud on principle and taste resent the
| little sneeriug suspicious and shrugs of the
| shoulder already appearing among her
| friends at MIR. --'s position. He is by
nature timid man. and will not acknowl-
edge he is Radical, but admits that he is
opposed TO extremists on both sides, and APP
proves most of Alcorn's measures. | have
been
MANIPULATING HIM GENTLY
until get his name in his own handwriting
on the League paper, and then can hold
him hard and for fear of exposure he dare
not retracJ. Then | can dare him TO say he
is not a Radical, and show him his only
safety is in going hand and heart with US.
as he will be ignored and despised by the
other party. But so far he seems more eau
tious than usual, and says talk too much.
The fact is, have the impression, on the riff
raft of the Rebs, by a wink and a nod. that
he is all right, and the negroes all believe
harmony with our party, and the Rebs con-
suit with him, and most of them have con-
idence that he is all right, and any little
suspicious circumstance about his record
they explain on the ground of policy. But
try to to make him believe he is suspected.
If we get him he will add respectability to
the party, which is greatly needed here.
| think if he could be satisfied we would be
in the majority in this county, and if there
were any respectable families here among
p a for RI To-
with. L could get him all right. But there
is the rub. These people have such infer
nal prejudices that
EVEN THE POOREST OF THEM
don't like to associate with negroes, or the
damned Yankees, as they call every man
who was not born here, or who favors our
party. | was greatly mistaken also in Mr..
-. L knew he was an Old Line Wing,
and
A UNION MAN,
with strong prejudices against secessionists
and Democrats, and was sure Of him. But
the moment l limited about joining the
League he became furious. l never saw
him in such a passion. l saw him angry
before, when he would denounce those who
brought on the war and deprived him of his
property.
"NO, SIR -
SAID ne, Dir, you nave IDlsIakeH your
man. i always counted myself honest, and
have tried to raise my children so. But do
you think am fool, to disgrace the good
name / have to help you and set of
damned ignorant set of negroes and the !
scum of Northern cities to rob me and them. |
and lose our good name, the only thing yol
can't steal from US, unless listen To your
fool talk. Never talk to me about joining
your niger party. No. sir, Thousand
times, mol"
DIDN'T KNOW AS MUCH AS HE THOUGHT.
1 Thought before knew something about |
this people, and on that based my faVora- |
BILE reports. Whv, there is a class OF poor |
men here. men who have always been poor. !
and always placed them very little above |
the negroes in my estimate of them, and |
thought they were sure for our party when |
ever touched them up with whisky and |
hatred for the old slave aristocracy. But
they are the proudest id fools l ever saw.
The idea of joining Niger party, as they |
called it, made them furious. They said
that although they 1oere poor. they aoere acRite 1
and IcOuld not disgrace themselves and Ledue y
their Oecn race and turn against IL TO become
miners. ifthey did hate mel that thought
they were better than anybody because they
had more money or truck than poor people.
There is only one class of whites here that |
| have any hopes for. There is a set of
mean-spirited trash in every country who |
want to be in the biggest crowd and to vote |
with the strongest party, right or wrong
HOW He FOOLED THEM
have fooled good many of these fellows
by telling them this man and that man
would 90 with Us, and that many were
quietly on our side, but didn't like to make
much noise about it yet, and other stuff of
that kind. But they have hardly put their
names down before they begin to ask what
chance thought there would be of their
l. tho nr EI0 or
to be Justice of the peace, supervisor or
constable. There is even discomfort among
the niggers. They, too, want offices. Not
one of them that can spell as far as ''baker"
but thinks he ought to have sheriff, at least;
and good many want TO know why they
can't go where Merryman Howard went.
We are divided. Every niger wants an
office. We promised them too much at the
last election, and they got nothing
PLAYED OUT"
The reports 1 hear from every section
look very much like the thing was playing
out and we will have to pack our carpet
bags and leave. Can't you get up some
other lie than that the Democrats are going
to put them back in slavery? The negroes
now have got too keen 70 believe that.
NEGRO PREACHERS.
Don't YOU think it would be good idea to
change the negro preachers? The set We
have now have lost their influence. They
must have money; they fall in love with
the wives of the members, and have at least
half a dozen at every preaching place, and
have been caught in so many lies, that the
husbands begin to think they won't do.
ANOTHER TROUBLE.
Ihave Just heard of another trouble in our
camp. There are > Few low down fellows
who got very unpopular with the whites
during the rebellion and have from the first
been with us, and each one thinks he ought
to have the best Office in the county. But
they have no brains, and negroes have no re-
spect for them, and will vote for Rebs they
respect before they will vote for them. My
list of names herewith sent includes mainly
this class. have not yet got the consent Of
some to enroll themselves in the Loyal
League. They are greatly afraid their
names will be found out, and / fear they
have been fooling me.
@rHE REBsn
1t appears the Rebs have taken a new
dodge. They have a list called the Skunk
List in which every mans name Is placed
who Is secretly acting with our party. This
list Ia to be kept and a cunning plan is to be
devised-to have every man watched from
now to the election, apd at the election TO
find out how he votes. and AFTER the election
the list Is 10 be published In all the newspa-
pers and recorded in the book kept for re-
cord Of deeds, so that no man can deny his
vote. have been trying TO find out their
plan of knowing how each man votes nc the
@lnmfsfv. huk hnWa NOT vat wnf ar1aaonr3ad