The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-05-16
Whaf fhe Mississippi Press Says
About the Nominations.
Saw the Okolona Southern States

Liberal Republicans at Cincinnati for Pres
ident. The nomination for Vice President
not vet made, so far as heard. We wait to
see the resolutions. II the Democrats vote
for this candidate the carpet-bagger and
scallawag would as well get into their little
graves. Horace Greeley Is fully commi.ted
on their case.
The Yazoo Democrat says:
Mr. Greeley is very strong man. Beyond
his writings he has not figured in politics
enough to be known as politician. He is
we believe. an honest. a conscientious, an
upright and a noble hearted man. and for
one. we would hail his elevation to chief
magistracy-granted il be impossible 70
elect democrat.
OF Graft Brown it says:
To him belongs large share of the honor
attaching TO the formation of the liberal
and reform republican party. He is strong
in personal popularity. strong in noble
traits OF heart and brilliant traits of mind.
strong in his love of constitutional liberty.
and will win his way to the hearts of the
people.
The Water Valley Courier says:
Horace Greeley, of New york. for Pres
ident and B. Gratz Brown, of Missouri, tor
Vice-President. This ticket in our hum BILE
judgment will beat Grant. If the conven-
ton adopt platform equal to the nomina-
ton it has made, the foundation of a glori-
Gus achievement will have been laid.
The Memphis Appeal has the follow
ing.
A correspondent, writing from New Al
bany, Mississippi, on the second instant,
says: Il am much pleased with your
position in relation TO the presidential
election, and especially as to the folly of
Democrats holding a convention and nomi-
mating Democratic candidate for President
which would secure beyond doubt the
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nest support from all parties. conservative
and moderate, the Cincinnati candidate will
be elected"
The East Mississippian says:
- we are satisfied. Anybody is prefera-
bic to Grant. Greeley Is honest and I'M
doubledly the strongest man in the East,
while GratZ Brown is the most available
man IN the West.
The Forest Register says:
Before we hurrah for Greeley and Brown,
lets wait and see if they have party of
their own if not very strong We'll Hght it
out on Democratic line.
The Brookhaven Citizen says:
We are not now prepared to endorse the
candidates or their platform. neither are
we prepared to oppose them at present
Several important things have yet to trans
pire before any one member of the Demo-
cratic party can shape his course in this
canvass.
The Columbus Index says
To-day. we fling to the breeze as our
ticket. contingent upon single event, the
Hon. Horace Greeley. OF New York for
President, and Gov. b. Gratz Brown, of
Missouri. for Vice-President, of these Uni
ted States.
The Meridian Mercury says:
We have been following and waiting on
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thing to our advantage all this time, and it |
has been going on from bad to worse. If |
the Northern Democracy has any use for |
us OF the South, let them listen to and fol- |
low us awhile now. We have been walloped |
over their heads for following them long
enough. They want office, We want peace. |
Our wants are greater than theirs. They |
can live awhile longer without the offices |
but this continued war upon Us is ruin. The |
election of the Cincinnati ticket perhaps |
don't promise office to them, but it promi- |
ses peace TO us.
The Brandon Republican says:
Now, the question naturally arises wv hat
should the Democracy do under the circum-
stanceS?" Should we go with the Liberal |
Republicans to defeat Grant? or should we |
nominate a ticket of our own to defeat both /
Grant and Greeley? Whilst we are AT
present decidedly in favor of a Democratic /
ticket, and belive it can be elected with ease. |
we think it best to wait until we see the |
effect of the terrible bolnbshell thrown into |
the Radical camp by the Cincinnati Con-
vention.
The Newton Ledger says:
We trust our leaders will not lose sight of |
this splendid opportunity to carry the |
Democratic party into power. We want TO |
see Democratic ticket put before the peo-
pie.
The Star of Enterprise says:
No yxrin iafl Il
ments, merely observing that whatever the |
Democratic National Convention does it |
may consider us-'in."
The Summit Times says
Taken altogether, the action of the Gin |
cinnati Convention has our approval. We /
think it displayed wisdom in the nomina- !
ton. Ii has given the country good tick /
ct. and a strong one. Now, let us all 90 |
quietly to work, and elect old Horace with
out making any great blow about it, In |
the chair of Washington he will be the |
right man in the right place.
The Crystal Springs Monitor says
We do not hesitate to declare our convic- |
ton in advance that if the Democratic /
do not endorse the Liberal /
nominees they will commit an act of DELHI
crate suicide, and exhibit to the world a
lack of wisdom and forecast which would |
stamp them as utterly unworthy the SUD-
lowers.
The Tishomingo Herald says
The platform is an admirable one with
some few exceptions, its main features are
just what the democrats have contended
for all along. Now the work of the Gin /
cinnati convention is known. What will |
the democracy do; we do not believe that
the nomination OF Mr.. Greeley has split the
republican party in the middle. Let us see
more of this before we take final action. as
between Greeley and Grant, we are for
Greeley.
The DeSoto Times says:
II the Democratic party make no nomi-
nation, and the candidates be Greeley and
Grant we expect we will have to take
Greeley, as the witch is preferable to the
Devil. This we would do, though, under
protest. and will forever believe that it
would be best to fight it out on the old line
If principle, not policy.
The Prentiss Recorder says:
The platform of the Liberal Republican
party is broad enough for every man who
5 a friend to good government to stand
lpOn, and we do not believe that the DEM
'crats of the South will stand quietly by {
md see its supporters fight the battle of ,
ay that they deserve, and will certainly
lave four years more, and perhaps a life /
ime, of Grant rule.
The Pamela Star says: Z
We believe that the Republicans who ia ,
'or reform. the Democrats who ask and !
avor a change in the administration, and
he Southern white people who have moth
ng to hope for from the present admins {
ration, will all join in solid support of
he ticket of the Cincinnati Convention.
The Central Star says:
Nothing good can grow out of the present
by democrats of the Cincinnati :
nominees. Ii will be time enough to make {
he welkin ring again with your shouts for I
sreeley and Brown, when the Democratic t,
Sational Convention shall have advised
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