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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-06-29
The Case Of the County Superin-
remdemf.

Recently ]. G. Tucker, Superintendent
of Public Instruction in Kinds county,
was served with notice of dismissal
from Office on tM ground that he was
equity of fraud, extortion and malfea-
''sance in Office" and of obtaining mon
les from the public treasury illegally.
This order was dictated by the Attorney
General Morris and Secretary of State
LYNCH constituting a majority Of the
State Board who overruled Pease the
State Superintendent who is distinctly
intimated to be a partner of Tucker in
the alleged fraudulent transactions
As the public who pay the money thus
m1sappropriated are concerned in the
matter, THE CLARION has published the
facts as they have been brought to light,
nothing extenuating nor setting aught in
malice. Whereupon the Pilot attributes
the proceeding of these prominent Re-
publican officials in the case of the delin-
quent Tucker TO the "efforts of Clarion
disorganizers. The trouble with the
official Gazette is not that there has been
stfraud, extortion and malfeasance in
office that public money has been
obtained under "false pretences"-but
the transaction has been made public to
the great scandal and annoyance of carpet
baggerdom.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-06-29
The Public Printing MIDDLE.

Messrs. Kimball, Raymond & Co
have enioined Messrs Robert j. Alcorn
and III. T. Fisher from doing any pub
lie printing under the recent appointment
Of the latter by the Governor. The case
is set for the third Monday in July
Messrs. Kimball, Raymond & Co. have
given bond for damages in the sum of
three thousand dollars. In the mean
time, the several public Offices have been
notified not to send any more printing to
the Pilot. The Revised Code Commits
sioner has been instructed to suspend
operations
Gov. Aleorn, in a message to the Leg
islature in April, 1870, expressed the
opflion that j. j. Shannon g. Co. were
the only legal printers then known to him,
and as the Legislature has elected none since,
it is not unlikely that the publishers of
THE CLARION, being the legal successors
of J. j. Shannon & Co., may get out nm
injuaction against all the parties con-
eenied. Injunctions being the order Of
the day, we may possibly make nm in
yesment in that direction.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-06-29

1t affords us pleasure TO see in the
Prentiss Recorder that Hon. II. NJ
Street is amounted as a candidate for the
Legislature from Prentiss county. The
untiring energy with which he worked in
the interest of his county, and the whole
State, during the last Legislature, re-
gardless of the defeat which was met
with by the Conservatives upon nearly
every vote, sho1ld be, and doubtless is
appreciated by the people of Prentiss.-
His known experience rs parliamenta-
rian would be Of great benefit in the
next Legislature-nothing would afford
US more pleasure than to see him a mem
Der Of that body.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-06-29

The Pilot objects to the estimate of
five millions of dollars as the sum that
would be required to be drawn from the
pockets of the people under the $4,000
per mile appropriation. We took the
figures as they were made by the advo-
Gates of the measure. VIII the Pilot
specify the Roads to which it refers as
likely to be benefited by the act; and
state why it excludes them to the preju-
dice of others, in its calculations. That
paper estimates the amount at two mil
lions of dollars. VIII it state if that
sum is in the treasury, or if it will proba-
bly, be there ~ithin the time specified, at
the present rate of taxation and expendi-
ture? And if not, how is the money to
be raised, except by increased taxation,
or the loan of the credit of the State
which is expressly forbidden by the Con-
stitution?
The Pilot says that Col. Mann is a
''life long Democrat" and that he among
others, lobbied for the measure. 1t is
scarcely fair to hold a person to be a
competent judge who is deeply interested
as that gentleman. Besides, Col. Mann
is citizen of Alabama, and is presumed
not to be quite as good authority in Mis-
sissippi affairs as Mississippians who will
have the burden to bear And besides
further, Col. Mann authorized it express
ly to be stated pending the measure that
he wiped his hands of and disowned all re-
sponsibility for, or connection with it,
upon ascertaining that it failed to receive
the sanction of the bona fde representa-
tives of the taxpayers of the State, as
contra-distinguished from the interlopers
and Migrants who occupied seats, and
who, according to Mr. Greeley, are mere
''rascally adventures who came South
after the close of the war out-at-elbows to
make their fortunes"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-06-29
The California Democratic Con-
vemGiOm-

SAN Francisco. June 23-The Democrat
&c State Convention at Sacramento ycster-
day nominated Governor Haight for re-
election ON the first ballot. on the anti-rail-
road subsidy platform. Judge Lewis, OF
Tehama, was nominated for Lieutenant
Governor, and Jackson Temple and Selden
;. Wright for judges of the Supreme Court.
The platform opposes subsidies TO railroads.
accepts the results of the war, aud the con-
stitution as IL now stands.
(Judge Wright was formerly citizen
Of this State-a resident of Holmes
county, and subsequently of Yazoo,
where he practiced his profession, and for
time was editor of the Yazoo Democrat.
His friends in Mississippi, who valued
him highly for his generous qualities of
heart, as well as for his intellect, which
in consequence of his retiring nature was
not prone TO assert itself-will be graft
fed ut the turn in his wheel Of fortune
He is now a judge of one of the San
Francisco Courts, and this nomination
will elevate him to the highest political
station in California
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-06-29
TAXATION.

In levying taxes the rule should be
observed that enough and nomore should
be imposed, than are needed to carry out
the legitimate ends of government for the
enforcement of law and the protection of
persons and property. And the burden
should bear proportionately upon each
individual. All persons in the commu-
nifty who receive the benefits of govern
ment ought to contribute equally accord
ing to their means.
This rule has been entirely disregarded
by the carpet-bag and scalawag legisla-
tors. 1t is their boast that one class of
the population is required to bear only a
small share of the burdens of taxation.
And they have never thought of restrict
ing the amounts collected to the necessary
outlay of the State government admins
tered with a view to its legitimate
purposes. Witness the expenditure of
$3.50, 900 on account of single session of
the Legislature witness the squandering
of s44, 900 on the Executive Mansion
witness the voting away of half million
dollars of labor and 2S39O, 900 in actual
money out of the State Treasury on
account of the neutrality-suspicious. the
squandering of sixteen thousand dollars,
according to Gen Stafford, in organizing
the Militia-witness the $50, secret
service fund-witness the 1928, 900 which
Musgrove estimates will be spent in the
year 1871 on account of the Judiciary
witness the Railroad bill by which it is
proposed to take millions of dollars out
of the pockets of the people and donate
them to stockholders without so much as
consulting them or giving them a voice
in the management of the corporations
concerned-witness' the recommendation
of the Governor, which is still a pending
question, TO appropriate 500, 600 for the
organization of picked Cavalry" to be
quartered on the people of the several
counties who may happen not to have
found favor in the eyes of the person who
fills the Executive office-witness the
expenditure of s175, 900 (which is one
half of what it formerly cost to run the
entire State government as commissions
for assessing.
These are but examples of Radical
abuses of the taxing power. Can just
and intelligent people consent that it
shall longer remain in the hands of those
who weld it for purposes of plumber and
oppression.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-06-29

On his return frommis Southern tour,
Mr.. Greeley, of the n. Y. Tribune, was
called upon for a speech-and among
other things, he described the verminoqS
creatures who are filling the offices under
the reconstructed governments in the
South and plundering her people. He
says:
There is another influence equally injuri-
Gus with the Ku klux and great deal more
detrimental TO the fame and character OF
the Republican party. allude to what are
known as the hieriHg eaTet-bGggers. ZAP
plause
Well gentlemen, the atferfng cGypet-bdggers
are a nsoErnfuI fact they do ezist there, and 4
hare seen them. lLauRhter.l They are fel-
lows who crawled down South in the track
of our armies, generally very safe distance
in the rear some ofthem on suffers wagons
some bearing cotton permits; some of them
looking sharply 10 see what may turn up
and they remain there. They at once in
gratiated themselves with the blacks,simple.
credulous, ignorant men, very glad 10 well
come and TO follow any whites who pro-
| fessed TO be the champions of their rights.
Some of these got elected senators, Others
| Representatives. some Sheritfs.some Judges.
and so on. And there they stand, right in
the public eve. stealing and plHaderin9. mann
| OF them lcilt beth arms around negroes, dl.d
| their hands in their rear pockets, seeing uthcy
rdHnOt pick pdllry dollar out Of them, and
| the public looks at them, does not regard
honesa Northern men, but calls every scar
/ pet Dagger" a thief, which is not the truth
/ by &good deal. But these fellows-many
/ of them long faced, and with ewes rolled up
are greatly concerned for the education
of the blacks, and for the salvation OF their
souls. Great laughter.l LET US pray
they say. But they spell pray with an "e. =
and, thus spelled, they obey the apostolic
| Injunction to pray without ceasing."
| Fellow-citizens, the time has been. and
| still Is. when il was perilOus to be known as
| a Republican or an Abolitionist Ia the South
| but IL never called theblush of shame 10 any
/ mans cheek to be so called. until Ties,
thieUiRg cdrpet-bdggers tcent there-nerer
| lApplause.I They got into The Legislature
they went 10 issuing State bonds; they pre-
tended TO use them in aid of railroads and
other improvements. But the improve.
ments were not made, and the bonds stuck
| in the issuers' pockets. [Laughterl Thai
| is the pity of il.
WELL" some say, '.you have lust such
| thieves at the North" Yes, we do-toC
many of them! APPLAUSE But the South
was already i'm poverished-was bankrupt
without money, without thrift, almost with
out food and these fellows went there rob.
bing and swindling when there was very
| little to steal, and taking the last ten cent
/ shin-plaster OFF of the dead mems eyes
They were recognized by the late arstocra.
cy not merely as thieves but as enemies
Says Byro Ms Greek minstrel,
"a tyrant-but our masters then
Were still at least our countrymen."
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-06-29
The Railroad Subsidy-A Case in
Point.

A bill passed the New York Legisla-
ture taxing the people of that wealthy
and prosperous commonwealth two and
a half millions of dollars "a trifing sum
to them) to expedite the construction of
certain important railroads in that State
Gov. Hoffman promptly vetoed it on the
ground that the State government has no
moral right to tax the people without
their consent in aid of the roads. He
observes further, in his message, which
is an admirable document, that not a
town along the line of these or other
roads can tax itself fora similar purpose,
without the consent of majority of those
representing a majority of the taxable
property in the town; yet this bill pro-
poses to tax the whole State, without
even submitting the question to a vote
of the people.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-06-29
GreeIey's Picture of n Ihievins
Carpet-Bagger.''

Modest Musgrove in his official report
to the Legislature boosted that the spu-
rious paper known as Certificates of In
debtedness, and bearing his own inimit-
able ikesnes, "were executed in the very
highest style of the art" But it must
be conceded that the execution, faithful
as it is, falls far below the admirable
picture which Mr.. Greeley has drawn of
the carpet-bagger, on his return home
after his personal inspection of the orig
inal, during his Southern tour. Mr..
Greeley had fine opportunity of making
his observations, and drawing the out
lines of the picture he has so filed out.
What couldsbe more true to manure than
his description of the "carpet-bag thief,
standing right in the public eye, steal
''ing and plundering, with both arms
around the negroes, their hands in their
'trear pockets trying to extract money"
'fOr the sanctimonious hypocrites, with
Stheir eyes rolled up, greatly concerned
''for the education of the blacks, and for
''the salvation of their souls"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-06-29

Reverend James Lynch, in his publ
cation concerning J. c. Tucker, Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction of Kinds
county, for whose dismissal an order has
been issued by the State Board on the
charge of obtaining money under fraudu-
lent pretences, states that "Mr. Tucker
"did not come into this State until after
''the election; and so far from having in
f'my 1ynch's) mind any claim for party
service, occupied the position on the
"other hand of that not desirable class
"who rush to the field at the close of the
''battle with horrid greed and desperate
''energy. Even though I 0ynch) had
sympathy with these odrenturers, many
'fof whom 1 am panied to say cause
fearful apprehensioals in my mind az to the
future of my race and the prosperity Of
''Hsis Commonwealth, certainly should
mot have been governed by any such
wicked sympathy in discharging the
''most sacred trust of public Office, which
sis the education of the youth"
This is graphic description of the
very evil which has produced the discon-
tent in the public mind complained of by
the carpet-bag interlopers because the
people have not rested easy under the
wrongs they have inflicted. Men of yes
terday in the Stakeholder citizens nor
ax-payers-neither knowing the people
nor known by the people-have thrust
themselves into places of responsibility
and trust for the purpose of enriching
themselves at the public expense.
Lynch repeats to his race the warning
which observation of the course of these
adventures, logically suggests. He
repeats what we have said a thousand
times in these columns that the worst
enemies of the colored people, are the
carpet-bagmen to whose guidance they
were tempted by false assurances to com
NIT themselves in previous elections.
Two-thirds of the Legislature was made
up of this class of yenal men and their
vile accomplices. Corrupt legislation
and wicked laws were the necessary
consequence. Figs do not grow from
thistles, nor grapes from thorns.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-06-29

DO the farmers and working-men Of
Mississippi want to pay 5000, 900 annually
for public printing, S50,OOO for secret
service and no account given Of the
money, and double the salaries given to
officers before the WARP Do they want
to pay thousands of dollars annually for
fitting up Offices for officials as if they
were Princes Of Royal blood If they
do. these ends will be accomplished by
their staying away from the polls. II
they do not, they must register, and vote
the Conservative ticket.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-06-29
'AnlI1e County.

Hon. Geo. L. Webb is announced A.
a candidate to represent Amite in the
Legislature, subject to the nominating
convention to be held on the second Mon
day in July. The people of Amite will
find it difficult to find one more faithful
to their interests and to the interests Of
the whole people. His record as a legis-
lator in 1S66-67 is his best endorsement.
A gentleman of fine ability, he never
wearies in the discharge Of his duty.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-06-29

Tucker remains master of the situation
aid refuses to surrender the Office of
County Superintendent of Education
though dismissed by the State Board on
the grounds of ''fraud, extortion and
mslfeasance In Office" and drawing money
from the State Treasury under false
pretences. The 18th Section of the
Sc1ool Law distinctly declares that ''the
Board of Education shall have power to
suspend or remove from Office any Coun-
tySuperintendent for incompetency or
wiful violation or neglect of duty, under
this act"
Tucker defes the Board and the latter
have not the power to execute their order.
Tie power, however, is lodged with the
Governor who has the army of the State
aid several loyal aids-de-camp at his
eemmand--to say nothing of Adjutant,
Rigadier and Major Generals without
namber-and who is sworn ''to see that
the laws are faithfully executed"
The public are looking ON to see if he
will prove equal to the emergency.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-06-29

If the people wish TO preserve the right
of local self-govenment, they must reg
lister and vote against the Radicals. We
have had two years of Radical civil rule,
and during this time one man has had
the power to make and unmake officers
at his pleasure. Officers have not been
the servants Of the people, but Of the
Governor. The rulers permit us to have
an election tais fall, and if the people do
not take control of the State by ballot,
we may never have another election.
Register, and advise your neighbor to do
so. Go to work that right may triumph
over wrong,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-06-29

The Pilot In speaking of the robber-
ries which the people of Mississippi have
been forced ''by the best government the
"wcrld ever saw" to submit to has the
following: "Whistling, however, would
mot call back their plumber. 1t has
''gone into pockets ~whence no dollar
''e'er returns"
That's honest Now tell us into how
many pockets went the profits upon the
s28, 600 and s13, 900 printing jobs which
cost really about s2,OOOf And what
pockets were they.f
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-06-29

The Mississippi Central has published
withdrawal of the call upon Mr.. Wat
son, to appoint a central committee to
operate against the Radical party in con
sideration of the resolution passed by the
Press Convention to harmonic the OPP
posers Of radicalism. And Mr.. Watson
himself was a prominent participant in a
recent anti-radical meeting at Holly
Springs. Thus all danger Of division
among men who should be united for
deliverence from the rule Of professional
plunderers and spoilsmen, has passed
away.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-06-29
Republican Nomination.

The Republicans of Ohio have nomi
mated Gen. NOyes for Governor. The
resolutions endorse the Administration
favor the tariff protective and look long
ingly for the time when general amnesty
will be safe. Why it would not be safe
at this time, they do not say.
The Iowa Republicans nominated G.
c. Carpenter. The resolutions favor
protection on the basis Of revenue tariff /;
the annexation of San Domingo when
the San Domingoans desire annexation
and endorsed the Administration.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-06-29
New Orleans, jackson and Great
Northern Railroad.

In discussing the means of completing
the New Orleans, jackson and Great
Northern r. R. to Kosciusko and on to
Aberdeen, in accordance with the origin
al charter, the Chronicle cites the act of
the Legislature apprOpriating $4,000 to
the construction of railroads. By re-
ference to the law our contemporary will
find that the act does not embrace roads
already in process of construction and
therefore the one in question can receive
no aid from that quarter, even if the
people find that they are in condition to
be taxed for the object stated. But if
the present managers of the n O., J. &
G. n. are not utterly faithless they will
not fail to complete the road as stipula-
ted. They were installed on the pledge
and condition that it would be done; and
as an inditional inducement, notwith-
standing the impoverished State of the
treasury and the weight of accumulated
taxation under the carpet-bag- scalawag
regime, upwards of a million of dollars
of stock, worth several hundred thousand
dollars in cash, was donated to the road.
Why under these circumstances there
should exist a doubt as to the completion
of the work to Kosciusko In two years
and the entire line within five years, we
are at a loss to determine. The enter
prise has been above all others fostered
by the State authorities, to whose hearts
they have won their way and from whom
they have learned the open sesame to the
State treasury. And yet we are amazed to
learn that fears are INDUCED that they
viii fail to finish the road.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-06-29

A Coon PLArFoRM.- DO
10 become a candidate for lhc u.
in Amite county, Geo. T. w
commits himself 10 the policy
az follows:
shall certainly favor aH h0I.
nomical administration of thr -Ia.
ment, and 10 that end favor "a
taxes 20 an amount adequate
.defraying Of the necessary esp
several constitutional depar'u
State. will oppose reckless tA.
and appropriations for all plfp
favor the enactment Of such a
protect All persons in thif s'a'
jOyment of their constitutional
rigid and impartial oul0reem,
laws by the judicial authorize
for la the State constitution
military interpretation uunerea.'
State or Federal Government
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-06-29
Rules that Omght 90 be Observed i'm
the Canvass.

Be united. Lay aside personal aspira-
tons. Postpone local questions. Run
popular and well-qualifed men for office.
Don't neglect your industrial interests,
for they involve your living, but think
deeply and work effectively when the
time comes.
All persons not convicted of crime,
above twenty-one years of age, and OF
six months residence, can vote.
All persons are eligible to Office who
did not, as office-holders before the war,
take an oath to support the Constitution
of the United States, and afterwards took
part lin the rebellion"
The boys who were in the army, and
who have since come to mans estate, are
elligible-the older men who did not
hold Office before the war are eligible
no matter what position they may have
occupied in the Confederate military, or
civil service. For example, Gen. Robt.
Lowry, Gen. NJ. P. Lowery, Gen. Nat
Harris, Gen. Jacob Sharp, Col w. H.
McCardle, Col. A. B. McMicken, Hon.
j. w. G. Watson, Col. Van ii. Manning,
Col. r. o. Reynolds, Capt. w. III.
Hardy, and hosts of others, ali good
men and true, are not disqualified for of
fee under the State government notwith-
standing the service they rendered the
Confederate cause.
The range from which selections can
be made is vide enough and the services
Of as able inteIlects and as true hearts
maybe had as the State can boast
Do not forget the motto of the cam
paigf, ssAiississippians nnst Rule His
pissiPpi.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-06-29

Are the farmers opposed to the present
system of taxing lands A system by
which you are all treated as if you had
committed perjury, if the carpet-bag
assessor of your county chooses 10 over
value your land. Are you in favor Of
the repeal Of that infamous tax law?-
If you are, you must aid in overthrow
ing Radical rule. The law will not be
repealed if the Radicals control the next
Legislature. The aid must be given at
the ballot-box. Register or you cannot
vote