The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-05-30

| in Mississippi. To-day the condition o.
things I'm Mississippi Is peaceful. Inc PEG
| DIe of Mississippi claim that they SHAH oe
/ treated the. SAME as the people or other
States. They did not want Presldehs W no
was a Candidate for reelection 10 hold up
| TO them q continual menace of their lfOeT-
ties for the purpose of affecting their SUI
fraces. He (Mr. Alco-n) did not believe
This power would be of any benefit 10 inc
President, nor did he believe the President
wanted any such power. The Senator from
Indiana Mr.. Pratt. i'm his late speech SAYS
the laborer is worthy of his hire, aud that
the late slaves of the South arc entitled 10 n
share i'm the results N their toll. When the
people of Indiana. Rhode Island Conneetl
cut New York. and the other States OF the
North pay the principal and interest due for
the unrequited toll of the slaves held IN
these states. then IL will be time enough TO
demand of the South 10 do the like. But
the language of the Senator is the language
which leads to agrarianism. and the colored
people themselves have expressed no such
ideas.
Mr. Alcorn concluded with an earnest
appeal against any further suspension OF
the writ of habeas corpus. and indicated a
belief that III The bill was passed the state
would be lost 10 the Republican party.
Mr.. Ames said when his colleague was
not pronouDciug the pronoun Il; when
he was not talking OF his plantation; when
he was not misrepresenting Mississippi a.
assailed him Mr.. Ames.) The very carpet
baggers of whom his colleagues spoke so
severely elected his colleague az the same
time they elected him, and II he Mr.. Ames)
was not entitled to his seat. neither WAS hiS
colleague. III it had not been for the war
neither of US would have been here. My
colleague went To Mississippi before ! did.
lie was one OF the chivalrous spirits. but
am only from Yankee land and fought my
way down TO Mississippi with my own
en1laa hnpls LODI liG
armor and went into the war on the side of
the South. He did not remain in the army
more than three months, and then retired
10 his plantation of which he speaks so
much. Ii we had only such men as him 10
fight we would not have had much war.
A. he Mr.. Ames) said. lie had fought his
way down To- Mississippi over many a
bic ody battlefield. lie had 4 right 10 stay
there, even If he had not plantation.
w often 90 TO the circus to see "A man ride
on two horses; but my colleague exceeds
that-he rides all parties in Miss issippi at
the same time, and lie Is constantly telling
us how many times he has been elected.
first by one party-and then by another ;
when the fact i. he has been rcpudiated by
all parties. He MIR. Ames) had, a. military
Governor, tried conscientiously To do hi-
duty and to protect the poor colored people
from outrage and oppression, and he had
punished the perpetrators of crime.
Mr. AlCOrn Interrupted 10 say that he had
army, instead of three.
Mr.. Ames said his colleague owed every
thing that he was to the carpet baggers
whom he was so constantly assailing. He
had endeaVored, a short time since, To- in
duce the Senate to believe that the revenue
officers in North Mississippi were corrupt.
He Mr.. Ames) would say nothing a 10 the
rev nue. officials under President johnson.
bur he would say that the revenue officials
in Mississippi under President Grant were
honest and pOmTDpfpuF = those In
other State.
Mr.. Alcorn said that heretofore there was
not "A revenue official in Northern Missis-
sippi that was not "A deiaulter.
Mr.. Ame3 said he would allude TO other
Misrepresentation OF his colleague. When
the Civil Rights bill was under discussion
here his colleague stood up and smOte hi,
heart and declared thar the people of Mis-
sissippi did not want civil right- bin they
Lad one OF their own. a civil rights bill
had been pending ia the Mississippi Legis-
lature, but IL had not passed, and when the
Legislature adjourned sixty or seventy
members had signed memorial asking
Congress TO pass Mr.. Summers Civil Rights
BILL and at the Republican Convention re-
Gently held in Mississippi, which elected
delegates 10 the Philadelphia Convention.
resolutions were passed asking the passage
Of a civil rights bill.
Mr.. AIcorn said he had been Informed
that this resolution passed the convention
" lltli great tOHAhrlbi pItNdiitN IN TIE CLOS
ln3 hours OF the convention, ana when not
A dozen people knew what it was about.
Mr.. Ames said he was not prepared 10 |
DeieVe this statement Of his colleague. IL I
was true that his friends were in the con- I
gention. In fact the attempt OF his col /
eague to ride two horses AZ once had left /
aim without any representation. His coll I
cague said the cOlOred people OF Mississippi 4
lid not want mixed schools. Mr.. 4 mes 4
hen charged that by his colleague per-
.lTu 81. 4
ate schools they had been deprived of the
,qual advantages of education. lie also
harged that the Unionism OF Mr.. Alcoru /
vas teigned, and that he had no real regard
or the colored people. He said that no ac-
cunt had ever been given Of the SJOO0O
,ut into Mr.. Aicorn's hands TO put down
he ka kluX, and not one ku kluN had
een arrested. The United States Marshal
I whom his colleague complained 80 much
pent $4,000 and arrested hundreds OF In
lux. Ar. Ames then went on and read
umerOuS kilograms and statements setting
)rth the prevalence Of great violence and
isorder in Mississippi and the necessity
1r ku kluX law. lie said further that
lr- Acorn had put many democrats in Of I
ce, ard as result the State came near /
eing lost to the Republicans last fall: that !
e had removed Mr.. Elournoy, a Republican :
litor of Mississippi, from the Office Of
rigadier-General of the State Militia be- !
luse he had styled General Lee n traitor 4
e Mr.. Ames) denied that such "A man as (;
lis had any right to assume 10 represent
ne Republicans of Mississippi. The Re .
u blican party nominated him in doubt.
any had never heard him utter a Repub- 4
can sentiment, and he (Mr. Ames) had /,
ever heard him TO this day utter one. His =
'lleague was elected for the term COM n
encinS March 4, 1871. but he saw proper
hold over a. Governor, and so Disguised "A
e Republican Legislature that an attempt ;,
a made TO go into another election TOR "
nIted states Senator, which would have v
cceeded but for the fact that his colleague. J.
the use of his patronage, controlled u
ough of the State Senators to prevent il. 3
'eaking for the Republican party of Mis- -
sippi, he (Mr. Ames) claimed that they IL
4 want the ku hlux law. and that they h
! want the passage of the present bill. q
The Senate then, at midnight adjourned q,
HABEAs CORPUS. \,
Mr.. Alcorn made a general denial of the ~
Elements of Mr.. Ames last night. repeat
2 that the latter had no residence in Mis-
sippi AMI that he had never paid a dol ri
OF taxes there, and that as soon as his ma
m expired he would never want any
ng more OF Mississippi. He (Mr. Amcs5 ~
'uld never be reelected, for no whitet "
~ in Mississippi would vote for him, and th
ere were hundreds Of black men there who I'll
uld get more votes OF that class than he.
From the Galveston News. n.
rival Of Immigrants fn Texas.
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