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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-07-20
The PelitIcaI Prisener..

The following is correct list of the
prisoners brought to this city by the
federal military and confined in the
county jail;
DR.. c. d. r. Kirk, Winston county.
Hon. Hugh MCQUEEN, I" +"
j. L. Moore, T" q
DR.. w. r. Cheatham, Neshoba caun-
ty.
These gentlemen are among the first
citizens of the counties in which they re-
side intelligent, high-toned, law-abiding,
peaceable men. Hon. Hugh MCQUEEN
was member of the Mississippi LegisIa-
ture seventeen years ago. They are
guiltless of any offense against the laws
of the country, or the peace of society,
and have been selected solely as victims
of Radical vengeance and persecution.
They are confined in a narrow cell as
common felons. No indictments have
yet been found against them, though
witnesses were brought down for that
purpose. Secure in their innocence and
victims Of malicious persecution under
an atrocious law, they shun no mvesti-
CATION They are entitled to the sympa-
thy Of all citizens, and are to be regarded
as vicarious sufferers in common cause.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-07-20

The shining lights of Radicalism of
Warren county, appointed Saturday, the
9Th inst, for big meeting and ''blow-
OUT at Warrenton. Runners were sent
in every direction to inform the negroes
who had hitherto responded to the call of
the carpet Dagger, that they must be on
hand upon that day. The shining lights
j. c.. Weber, Ham. Carter, (colored, J
Wash. Walton, (black,) and others of
lesser note, went down from Vicksburg,
and found upon arrival that they were
the meeting. Of this fzzle the vfTcks-
burg Herald has the following:
@The programme was perfect, the agents
had all played wen their parts, the goose
hung high and everything was lovely, but
(E. ID. Richardson had ridden fast and far.
were not present The old device failed.
Sambo determined TO remain at home and
fight the grass. and the result was that
Weber. and his brother vagabOnds, white
as wen as black, had n beggarly account of
empty boxes TO greet themf The audience.
all told, was just thirteen, and old putty face,
and bis speckled cohorts came home look
ing Iitele foolish, and somewhat weary
with the heavy load Of benzine they were
carrying. We hope they win give Us time
ly notice Of their next appearance at War
rentOn, and IL they do we shall send spe-
cial reporter TO furnish the public with their
speeches-'
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-07-20

The fable of the hounds rending their
benefactOr has been reproduced in the
furious assault of the Pilot-the organ of
the carpet-baggers' party-on the " Emf
nent Man" In its issue Of the 18th, il
opens upon him at short range, charging
him with treachery to the Republican
party-with having used it :" to promote
personal interest" with having "be-
trayed sacred trusts committed to him "
and proclaiming that the large public
meeting (of Radicals) which denounced
and repudiated him at Vicksburg recent
ly, was reflex of the popular sentiment
of " the party all over the State, as he
will soon be brought to understand, ETC.
In support of these allegations, the Pr
lot specifies his appointment to Office of
Democrats and fossil Wings" Gas it
calls the latter, instead of Republicans;
and it especially charges that he refused
to take his seat in the Senate, Gin order
4" to place Democrats in office before the
" election"
1t is not for us to interpose between the
organ of the Mongrels and the chief of
its party. We leave that task TO his per-
sonal organ, which now claims the pre-
rogative of speaking for the party of
" Myself, few carpet-baggers, and the
negroes" as the Governor is reported by
the Pilot to have said in late speech.
But this may be asserted truly in refer
ence to the matter of appointments;
Governor Alcorn has appointed many
Democrats to Office, but he has invariably
done so after failing to find competent
and honest Republicans to fill them.
And he has removed number of Re
publicanstsMd put Democrats, who are
Jealous and efficient opposers Of Mongrel
rule, in their places; but this action has
been Invariably taken after proof, unques-
tionable as Holy Writ, had been afforded
of the incompetency, corruption and ras-
cality of the Radical officials. What
else could he have done? Continued the
rascally adventures in office, after
proof of their dishonest practices ? This
would have been asking too much of an
" eminent functionary. A contempt of
decency might have dictated the reten-
ton of these plunderers in Office, but as
the Governor made some pretensions to
that, he could not refuse to make the re-
mOvals; and this being determined upon,
where else could he go but among "Dem-
ocrats and fossil Whigs?"
The strange part of the Pilots course
is, that while these betrayals were going
on, it openly justified the Governor, or
silently approved his course. Its thun-
ders slept. 1t did not lash him out of
" the Mansion" into the Senate Cham
Der. Nor did it speak a word for the
victimized adventures who we're cut short
in their mercantile operations" The
Governors bull had not then stuck his
horns into the Pilots OK. The Pilot was
feeding at the public crib, and the Gov
ernor was truly an eminent man"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-07-20

The difficulty with Gov. Alcorn is his
election to the United States Senate. He
has to keep his way open to his seat in that
body, and to do that, he has to preserve a
Partizan distinction between the people and
himself which is not required by the politi-
cal exigeneies of the times, SO far as the
state of the country Is concerned.-Missis-
sippi Central.
We suspect that the Mississippi Cen
trail is right in its conjecture that Gov
Alcorn has changed front in reference to
the execution of the Federal Bayonet
Law, and has reinforced the military
operations of Grant against our citizeLs,
in order to make sureeof his seat in the
u. S. Senate. But what manner of a
Governor is he who would thus barter
aWay the liberties of his people and act
ually join in hellish crusade against
their rights in order to make sure of an
Office which has greater charms for him
than the one he is fillings But after all,
is he sure this sacrifice of principle, and
going back upon pledges, and dishonor-,
ing his own administration, will enable
him TO clutch the prize he covets7 The
carpet-baggers' organ which reflects
the sentiments Of Ames & Co., who
have the ear of the Administration, has
opened fire upon him and there is no
telling the effect of Its broadsides. Hon
esty il the best policy. m -
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-07-20

HoN. C. B. MTTcHELL.-It will be
seen that the Convention of the Eighth
District has nominated this gentleman
for District Attorney. That he will fill
the place well, none can doubt. Our
only regret is that the State is to lose the
services of Representative in the Leg
islature, so true, vigilant and efficient.
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A TERRIBLE PENAL STATUTE.

A single reference to the law will suf
fee under this head. The second section
provides that on conviction (by jury
which may be packed by virtue of a
clause authorizing the court to require its
members to take the iron-clad OATH, the
party shall be fined IS, 900, and confined
six years at hard labor This terrible
punishment is inflicted for the lowest
grade of offenses known to the lava
mere combination for assault and battery,
though no violence be offered, nor sim
gle blow inflicted The history of civil
lied governments does not afford the
equal of this barbarous law enacted by
the Radical rulers for the vindictive pun
ishment of the white population of the
South, six years after the close of the
war, and after they had in good faith
yielded their submission to to the Gov
eminent which executes it under the aus
pices of the party in power.
No WAkKANI tOk HE LAW IN The CON
sTTTUTIoNAL AMENDMENTS.
1t is pretended that this barbarous
measure is authorized by the Constitu-
tional amendments which provide that
Congress may enforce them by appro-
pirate legislation" The falsity of this
assumption was shown by the Democratic
opposers Of the atrocity, pending the
action of Congress. These amendments
contemplate the Intervention of Con-
gress only in the event the States 'sshall
''make or enforce any law which shall
''abridge the privilege or immunities of
''citizens of the United State" or shall
'sdepriye any person of life, liberty or
property without due process of law"
Nothing, therefore, is left for Congress to
do until these provisions are trampled
down by State authority. There can be
no pretence that this has been the case.
The machinery of nearly all the South
ern State governments are in the hands
-or have been until reeently-of Radi-
cal partizans and the only rights they
have interfered with are the rights of
those persons who are denominated s.reb-
els to enjoy their property free from the
plundering aggressions of alien enemies
and .srascally adventures" who have
quartered upon them "to gather up the
wreck that was left from the devasta-
tons of the war. Nay, more. most Of
these Southern State Legislatures, Mis-
sisippi among the rest--haye passed laws
designed 10 punish the very class Of Of
tenders who are pretended 70 be aimed
|at In the Bsyoaet Act. Thus there cam
not Ne even shadow Of q pretence that
this horrible measure - warranted under
any existing state Of facts, by the Con-
stituti1na1 massachusetts And, further,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-07-20
CoMMEN

This report 80 far ns relate 90 ~
sippi, will be endorsed by obserm
well informed persons. Within hsr
six weeks the extent of the crop m
measured with almost entire auua
The excessive rainy weather which
tarded growth in the spring boz r
succeeded by several weeks 20 dr
which, If continued, viii couau0
prospect Of an average crop aum
producer, beyond contingency mI A.
risk Of insects and early fut n|
have 10 be encountered. A euH
seems 10 be u fixed ncl and .. f.
encouraging feature of tho prospect .
order 10 render thomselvcs. ns arur
sible, independent of prru.aiuu
will attempt 10 press down tha mu.
as soon as the new crop n semi .0mH
il ought 10 be the aim of planters nr
as little in debt as possible, and Iu
retain control Of their crops IH. %
are aware, they will find % difficult b 4.
in consequence Of the high nzr ImI
by the Radical cormoraut 90 n
themselves from the public treasury
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-07-20

The New York Herald has been for
some time suggesting various gentlemen
as Democratic candidates for the Presi-
dency, the Lexington (Ky.l Press now
asks the Herald If il win support the
gentlemen it has suggested If they are
nominated by the National Democratic
Convention.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-07-20

The clarion Of Yesterday says that the Pr
lot establishmant rendered. an income oI
two hundred and flfty thcusand dollars lh
twelve months. II Is useless TO refute such
a slatement as az is well known by all read
ers~ OF newspapers In the state thht ne
whole amount OF state printing OF uo
twelve months allpded % was hfty-two
thousand collars Ia state W arrants, rs
shown by the Auditors report'-Fiiot'
The foregoing from the Pilot Of sa-
turlay Is tardy answer to statement
which appeared in this paper weeks ago,
and has been often reiterated The
Information in reference to the $3.50, 600
income was obtained by j. l.. Power Of
THE CLARION Office, as follows:
About three months ago Mr.. Herrin
who took the census of this county last
fall, called on him TO revise the statistical
report of THE CLARION establishment,
exhibiting large sheet Of paper which
he had received from the proper depart
ment at Washington, giving the names
of a number Of parties in Kinds county
whose returns the Department thought
should be revised in several particulars.
Among others was that of Kimball,
Raymond q Co., publishers Of the Pilot.
These were the items
Capital invested Invested IN BUSH
ness. --~-.--@-- %ltsVVV
Expended for 10 bor,, ....s..----- 1900
material, -----.----- lGOOO
Total Income, ...... -. $3.50. /!
The department thinking the income
disproportioned to the capital invested,
returned the report for re-examination. -
There would have been nothing extraor-
binary in the returns, however, if they
had been considered in connection with
the fact that the Pilot was the organ Of a
carpet-bag administration.
The Pilot refers to the Auditors report
showing that the amount expended for
printing for the twelve months alluded
to was $50, 000-which would be an extrav-
agant expenditure considering the amount
of work done and the expenses in for
mer years on account Of printing. But
Auditors reports in this day of carpet
bag rule, are not always to be taken as
infallible. For instance, the Auditors
report in its estimate of expenditures on
account of the several departments for
the year 1871, sets down the item Of Pub
lie Printing at $4,000. And yet a sim
gle pamphlet of 600 pages emanating
from that same Auditors office, and con
tanning matter utterly useless to the pub
lie, has costthe State for the benefit Of
the Printing Ring, FORT Y-ON +
THOUSAND DOLLARS. VIII the
Pilot deny this statement, and while il is
on the confessional, will it explain the
whole amount for which Auditors war
rants on the Treasury have been issued
for the six months of 1871 ending July
LIST? We are curious to know what
amount is extorted from the x-payers
ON account of Printing, and especially TO
test the orthodoxy of the Auditors esti-
mates.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-07-20

The Vicksburg Herald promises to
keep up brisk sharp-shooting with the
Radicals on the line Of the "new de-
parture," until the heavy Democratic
guns get into position. Keep up the fire
awhile longer; most of them are in posi-
ton to open fire now, and the remainder
will come in at trot when the campaign
fairly onenS
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-07-20


We are frequently asked If Governor Al
corn has signed the Richardson Penitentiary
bill. We answer emphatically that he has
not, nor does he intend to do so.-Leader.
This is rather disingenuous answer
to plain question. Does Gov. Alcorn
approve the bill? If not, why did he
not veto it? The Leader well knows that
under the Constitution the non-action of
the Governor is equivalent to his signing
the bill. That instrument declares eff
'any bill shall not be returned by the
Governor within five days after it has
"been presented to him it shall be law
Tin like manner as if he had signed it.,
"unless the Legislature byGdjournnpent pre-
tuented its return, IN WHICH CASE IT WILL
''BE A LAW UNLESS SENT BACK WITHIN
THREE DAYS AFTER ITS MEETING"
Before its meeting in January Governor
Aleorn according to his present pro-
gramme will have abandoned the Execu-
tive Chair (for seat in the Senate) to
his carpet-bag successor, who with the
Radical party of which he. will have be-
come the responsible head, are committed
to the measure. Thus, though Governor
Alcorn has not signed the bill, he has
not exercised his authority to defeat it
but has pursued course which will en-
sure its contamination as a law--and is
morally responsible for the consequences
of its enforcement. Well understanding
its provisions which had been discussed
in the Legislature and in public and
private circles here at jackson and all
over the State for weeks and months
before its passage-and knowing that
there were counter propositions from
responsible parties by which an actual
bonus for the use of the Penitentiary
would have been paid into the State
Treasury in lieu of this scheme to give
three hundred and ninety thousand dol
lars in actual cash and halfa million dollars
worth of labor to a favorite lessee-he
refused to veto the bill and connives at
the success of the measure by operation
of the clause of the Constitution above
quoted. If his personal organ intends to
meet the issue fairly, let it answer why
he did not veto the bill, and state wheth-
er.he will remain in Office and return it
to the Legislature with his objections,
within three days after its next meeting ?"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-07-20

GREELEY ON THE CARPET-BAGGERs.
Our friend of the Kosciusko Leader has
an inimitable cut of Greeley's sermon on
the capet-baggers. Admirable as are
the representations of the Brandon Re-
publican and Mississippi Central, we
think he has borne off the palm.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-07-20

MONTGOMERY CoUrrr.-The Vino
na Democrat announces that there wiz
be held Mt Winona, ON the Oath inst, a
mass meeting % make all 'heedful ar
engagements for conducting the canvass.
The call D accompanied BY q strcnR arti.
Gle from our contemporary. setting farth
the objects Of the meeting. ps'7i9
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-07-20

The Leader declares 1t. Gov. Powers
the most popular man in the Radical
party in this State. Even the fires of the
Eminent Man" pale, in the estimation
ofhis personal organ, before the brilliancy
Of the rising luminary of the carpet-bag-
ererS
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-07-20

We notice that Judge P. p. Bailey,
late Superintendent of Public Schools in
Yazoo county, and writer of more than
average carpet-bag ability, and fairness,
has assumed control of the Pilot-the
legitimate organ of the Mongrels.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-07-20

DIR. John ID. Woods, formerly editor
of the Scooba Spectator, in a. letter to
that journal, declines to run for the Leg
from Kemper county. His reasons are ;
ineligibility under the XVIII amendment.
He was called upon to do so by many
citizens
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-07-20

ENcoURAGING.-Ac correspondent in
Itawamba sends us list of subscribers
with this gratifying assurance: "Look
''for many subscribers as the doctrines of
THE CLARION are the prevailing politics
e'of this section"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-07-20

Coon Mes AND TnUE-Iheh.
franchised. Those who were deprive
their right to vote during rcc9ntu
because they were true TO the s9at
ring the war. They can vote Hoa Oh
will come into action IN tbs, the
important Of all battles with Bld.n
They are true and tried. They
Conservative reserves. Let hm
prepared to como into action o., OBJ.
ical moment.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-07-20

We find the following In the Oto
News a Republican paper whose
manly denunciation Of the abuses Of 4
Radical spoilamen has encouraged Y
hope that Il will be found on thc i.ia
Right in the pending canvass
The time Il fast approachlng wha
man VIII be Fafe-even in the hour 81
night when aii hasurB a. alumbcr.ng i1 -
repoeo, the private sanctuary m llnlA
Invaded, m miserable wrrlchcl lite
gins and biz poriurcd disciple are IN.
permitted 10 riot Ia their iolOnIOus
III Il can be proven that Hurriu1 ~ th.-
thor o. the dfrfv work OF nuborn'ng
naaaea. ne ah0uld b. indicted. f1r rc
there la Vacancy im thc EenilcntAfti
HugRinH would would suit the
Rrmeefnliy, and should Do allowed to %,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-07-20

Our coming State Fair promises to be
the grandest occasion ever known in the
history of our town. The various conn.,
mittees are composed of live men, and
have commenced the work with will.
Here we desire to give notice in time,
that the committee on Premiums intend
offering the following premiums on cot
ton. They are liberal, and ought to
stimulate producers to their best efforts
in that line. The finest qualities of cot
ton are those that pay best in the market,
and in. their production our section can
hold an unrivalled !. ascendency. We
shall anticipate aively competition for
these premiums. Our colored friends
will note that they are to have a fair OPP
portunity in the distribution of these
rVrixna.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-07-20

A Washington despatch to the Mem
phis Appeal says that 1t. Gov Powers
has written that he intends 70 resign.
There can be no truth In the report. Mr.,
JefEerson's remark IN reference TO ONCE
holders generally, i especially applicable
to carpet aegers none resign and few
ever die. s ial -
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-07-20

The TEnfl ef an Discarded Organ
The Pilot tells pitiful story about its
loss Of the @public pap" The Gov
ernor has taken il away, in order that
none of the faithful shall fail to receive
their reward before the sands Of his ex-
ecutive life run out; and perhaps the
more effeOtually to control the music dis
coursed by the organ And he is incor-
rigible-the :" Eminent Man Is he
has not only repudiated the Pilot, but he
is remorseless in his temper towards IT.
He viii not $50 it says) permit its sue
cesssor to carry out q compromise, by
which it could still share the plumber.
He may, perhaps, think that q paper
which, by its government patronage, has
been enabled to render an income of
$3.50, 900 in twelve months, and which
has so recently enjoyed that immense job
of S41 900 from the Auditors Office (the
pamphlet of 900 pages), to say nothing
of the tens and tens and tens of thous-
ands from other sources, ought to be sat
isfied, for awhile at least.
But the Pilot has incurred the expense
of purchasing materials with which to do
the printing-there's the rubl Does the
carpet-bagger's organ fail to remember
that satrap Ames, without any legal au-
thority whatever, by virtue of his bay
onets, took from the proprietors Of The
CLARION the contract which they had
bought from their predecessors, to exc
cute the State printing, and gave it to
the said Pilot, without ever so much as a
formal notification of what he had done {?
The parties who were thus robbed by this
shoulder-strap for the benefit of interlo-
pers, who had never voted in the State,
and were not paying dollars tax, had
incurred heavy liabilities, to which were
superadded ruinous losses by fire. The
Pilot was the beneficiary of the spolia-
ton. Indeed, it grew and fattened upon
it, and to this day it has never had a
compunctious visiting. And now time
has brought its revenge. The Pilot,
without any source of existence except
the drippings of what it has already en-
joyed, has been brought to an experience
of its chickens coming home to roost
THE CLARION, unscathed, and stronger
than ever in its foundation of public con-
fidence, with its general patronage and
circulation greatly enlarged, has come to
listen to its wailings, and to behold it
trembling on the verge of destruction,
kicked aside by the very men who have
assembled on its ladder.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-07-20

The spontaneous gathering of the PEG
pie in all parts of the State, to take
counsel for the rescue Of the State govern
ment from the control Of the Mongrels,
who have piled indispensable burdens On
thsir shoulders. j. significant Of the deep
feeling that peryades the masses, and
ouiinous Of the fight Of the Wreckers
after the election Ia November. ssse ~
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-07-20

"our people here in thc uorl..
ner Of the State, are boglnuIugn.
10 the importance or the No,sr,
tlon' Thcprent
carpet-bag dynasty regard N....
gsther with Louisiana and s..,I
rs being their own special don...
am confident IL the opponent. .fr
ism actwith harmony. concert I'M
II they thoroughly organize a.I
the fight 20 couqucr-we can r,u.
the State and tuumphauuy redeem h
sippL Efficient organization +. ir..
BILE. The spollsmen will debtb...
hard. Let the work De comm.
once.r
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-07-20

Are the Conservative rcscryc-..I
disfranchised going to enrol them
among the voters when The rav.aa
books are opened Z