The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-03-02
LETTER rRo,E WILLIAM.
East MISSISSIPPI !
Feb Il 1871 (

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Feb Is, ISL. (
EDTToE CLARIoS: have failed in al my
, letters 70 you to mention the fact, that the
East furnished two distinguished factors oil
the State Government. Noxubee county
contributed Lieut.. Governor Powers, ard
Clarke county surrendered to the public
service the great organizer" Auditor Mus
grove. These individuals are men of mark.
Lieut.. Governor Powers was not successful
as statesman at first. The truth is, he
was not appreciated. lie ran for the Con-
ventiou, and was defeated By old Sam Pow
ell of blessed memory. Sam, / learn, has
''shufied of his mortal COLL Tsham Stew
art I'm. c. did not fall into line with the
| carpet-baggers at once. whereupon. Powers
defined his position" and declared that
| the ballot was dangerous weapon in the
hands of the ignorant blacks" This letter
create some confusion, aud the whole carpet
| bag delegation focked to Noxubee to look
after the situation. General Stafford, Jere
| Hauser and many other lights went to the
beloved blacks and organized them into
leagues. Under the operation OF such ne
farious means Powers began to get into
power with the negroes. Ames made him
TO history. Powers has been a success.
Auditor Musgrove devoted himself from
the first, exclusively to the labors Of an
organizer" To his special services the
State is due all that may accrue to her glory
from the services OF Hancock and Chandler.
Musgrove laid before these men the great
field open to them, and babe them put in the
sickle and reap. They put in the sickle and
are reaping.
Musgrove aspired to be Governor, and !
many supposed that his skill as an organ
izer'' would carry him through. There eX-
isted an absolute and pressing necessity to 4
have as much responsibility as possible on |
the Radical ticket, and Alcorn was asked |
To lend himself TO the work of riyeting /
chains upon the people, who had respected |
him and been too Ienient in their judgment
of his public acts. He consented to drive
the rivets if he were allowed to appoint ali /
the officers, and then 90 out of the position
of Governor into the Senate of the United
States for six years The bargain was
struck, aud Ames became surity for the des
troyers, promising the United States Army
under his command, to carry out the con-
tract. Musgrove and Powers now began to
work with Ames for the position of Lieut..
Governor. Powers managed Anes better
than Musgrove. 1t is not know how. Some
say that Musgrove was engaged in raising
snap beans, artichOkes and caal1lowers, and
expected large returns; but the Chickasa-
hay river overlooked him, and lie could not
meet his engagements, while Powers had
cotton crop. If Musgrove could have ''or-
ganized' Chickasahay river as he did Buck
and Green, and the dear colored people, he
would, at this time, be President of the
Senate Sic transit gloria 1ntjtdt.'
The East has never received the proper
credit for her statesmen. She has contrib
uted her full share. Among all her great
men. however, Powers and Musgrove are
pre-eminent. Some accord to Musgrove
superiority oyer Powers, on account of his
reputation organizer; but these par
les perhaps forget that Powers is a speakist.
Great exciten ent was produced only few
lays since. by his effort on the Bond ques-
ion. If the cable had not been employed,
lis name would have been current on the
strand. Mr.. Jones says, that he heard Mus
grove make some eloquent efforts in his can .
Ass with wicked Democrat. named Hardy, e.
II the county of Jasper. Hardy attempted ;
o rilicule the organizer" In this way
lowers has suffered, too; for another De- 7
nocrat, equally rs wicked as Hardy, raised ;.
tremendous laugh among the white i
rash," at Macon, on Powers. This Demo- ;
rat is named Lowrey. 6
These two illustrious men, Powers and a.,
Iusgroye, resemble each other in many Nj
PARTICULARS. Both are adventures from the a
,orlh. and neither ever held any position =
here. Both are in high position against y
he wish of every decent white man in the o
tate. Both alike await the inevitable
our. f
If am ever called upon to decide upon +
he merits of the two mighty men of the "
,ast, and to speak my real sentiments {
Duchiug their ability, l shall be forced TO o
i've Powers precedence. His Senatorial C
fort on the Bond question decides the mat I
er. Musgrove may come out on that sub o
,ct in one of his usual able efforts" If b
e should do so, and prefer TO pay the Bonds t
18th his Photographs, fear for Powers.
If you get good chance. ask Alcorn what n
e thinks of these illustrious men. L
lie might tell you. for some of my neigh Il
ors say that in less than three years he q
ill write letter to the magnanimOus" p
nd i" brave people of Mississippi, and tell
lem that they have done nobly in denounc- L
lg the rule of carpet baggers. Who knows? 7
e wrote one letter from Washington and bht
raised our people, and wrote another let a
r and did not praise them. / should like y
know his private opinion of Powers, the
and Musgrove the organizer"
WILLIAM. q
argument of IN Republican Paper
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