The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-12-07

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The Leader reports that squad Of
Government troops are to be sent To
Newton county TO remain permanently
and avaiIs itself Of the occasion to per-
petrate SANDER upon the people OF thar
county. 1t says truly that the carpet
bag sheriff, E. B. Howard, who was aP-
pointed by Governor Alcorn, and who
has been acting in that capacity ever
since his appointment, without giving
bond as the Law requires, is missing but
not satisfied with this statement, it says
further: And no doubt that he has
sbeen brutalIy murdered by the Ku-Klux
"exists among those who are familiar
with the state of affairs prevailing
s'there." The whole truth is, that l..
B. Howard, finding he had been defeated
for sheriff by the people, and that the
viIIainous attempt to throw out all the
Democratic votes in the county would
not avail, borrowed a horse and fled the
county. When last seen he was on the
road to Alfalfa county, and has doubtless,
ere this, reached some line of railroad,
and is now Ito hum" When the elect
ed sheriff goes into Office he will doubt
less find that large amount of taxes
were collected by Howard before he left,
and also that no returns were made TO the
Auditor and Treasurer of these collec-
tons Not having given bond when
he went into office, the amounts he has
collected and carried off will be a clear
loss to the taxpayers and the State.
The charge of lawlessness upon the
people of Newton is as false as the other
charge, and that its falsity is proven by
the manner in which they submitted to
the Infamous conduct of Swan, Howard
& Co (than whom there is not greater
set of scoundrels unhung), in deliberate
~ throwing out every white vote that
was cast, and declaring themselves and
their ticket elected, Notwithstanding there
was more than six hundred majority
against them. To this act Of iniqIity
the citizens of Newton made no violent
resistance, though it was a desperate at
tempt to deprive them of their constitu-
tional right to select their own officers.
Had this lawless act been attempted in
any county of any State n the North,
the outraged community would have or
aamented the nearest trees with the bod
les of the villains. Not so with with the
people of Newton. They appealed to
the courts, and their rights were vindi-
Gated, and those whom they elected were
given possession of the offices. Conse-
quently the carpet-bag officials fled the
county with their ill-gotten gains. How
ard has gone back ''to hum, while others
having no place on earth that they call
"to hum" have arrived at jackson and
are satiating their malice by slandering
the people of Newton.
To the people of Newton we have this
to say If troops are quartered perma-
nently in your midst, continue to pursue
the even tenor of your way, obeying and
respecting the laws as you have done in
the past You will find that the officers
of the army are generally gentlemen,
and naturally have the same contempt
for the carpet-baggers that all gentlemen
have The troops, while they are of
course a rough set, generally behave
themselves well, except ON pay days,
and then they get on big frolic and
spend all their money. In Holly Springs,
Aberdeen, Grenada, and at Jackson,
where they have been stationed, we hear
no complaint against them.