The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-08-14
The situation.



-,,-oroIr, in saving ''he fails to point out
any remedy for the MS "e
suggests nothing. ....,i,..
| imagined l had PR senttd two reineul'S'
- ro,oec,iyo merits of which desired to
see discussed ~ yoursel and others ~ 10y" ,,,,
coInmn.. These were, first. IN orgah'@c "u'
III ,,.,rt, of .Gs. without any hope OF sue
oess :, This canvass. hut looking to the j"
ture and 10 Immigration to De acc"nl
-, oryanizcd party strength. Or II we
could not agree on this, proposed tl'"l
shouI5 disband as party and leave md'-
rid,als to choose between the Aihes anu
r. AIcorn Radicals. You say my plan Of
immigration has been frequently proposed
in vour paper, but has failed 10 meet II re-
Spouse.
I Oras not aware that you had proposed
10 make immigration party measure ana
70 use the power and machinery of party
to accomplish il, but nave no ooJ tction 20
YOUR having all the credit OF oflglhA'ihs
The idea if YOU will now assist In carrying
il out. .. H., ol.s.
of men who clamor loudest al!d are llost
ann to do nothing themselves. i have trlfd
RI 10 my bcSt-no one can do more. but
let Us see whether you have any rlght 10
throw stones at me. You say you Afst pro-
nosed immigration as relief for Us. what
bove Won done to assist il? \ Ou (the Sc
nor ediror) are a planter; so am L. How
many white laboTcrs have you on your
nlace? | commenced getting white labor
fhree wears ago. Last year worked one
fourth Of my crop with White IdpoI-o"uuu
ern white men. This year | have worked
one-halt, and next year hope aad Nprct 10
work three fourths, ii not more, with them.
| paid their expenses from Georgia anu
South Carolina in the tall, when L needed
,,ta.i a.sl .attf Rtts
and soon repaid their transportation. Ihey
we're pleased with the country and re-
NAMED with me, aud they have better crops
than the colored hands. I on may have
done rs much, or perhaps more. III you
have l can only say that II all the Demo
cratic planters in the State had acted a. you
and We would not now be in such hope
less minority.
You say tue pressing question now Is
what shall this generation do TO be saved
| say. let the whole Conservative parry be-
come an immigration society. Let each
man pav his rateable monthly dues. Let
the money thus raised and the amount We
SDend on barbecues and political demon
STATIONS be devoted To bringing IN White
immigrants. Let Us put them la counties
where they Will do the most good and
let every planter pledge himself 10 give
preference To white labor, and | think OtT
geHerdtt0A will not pass. away before we are
redeemed.
You say um unmindful of the contest of
'6S and its results. / hope not. Then we
were united and active. and the enemy uu-
disciplined and unorganzed. Alcorn or
ganized the negro ana taught him his
strength, and the canvass OF '6S became
thus Impossible OF re-enactment.
Whatever " the majority OF Southern
whites" may have done, you and l and
many others have endeavored ito take the
negro by the hand and proposed to be his
teacher and guide in his new and untried
path But how many have we taught?
The trouble was, they would not listen to
your teaching. / agreed with you at first,
and | was among the last IN my neighbour
hood to give up the hope OF influencing the
negro by appeals to his reason.
Ia the beginning of the Greeley move
ment | had high hope that the Southern
white man and the negro could unite on tile
negroes life long friend. That canvass con-
WINGED me of my error. The bare fact that
the Southern whites went for HIM drove
the negroes away. The Radical leaders
pointed Jriumphantly TO this fact, and asls-
ca them, as you now ask me, ''why should
the negroes rush enthusiastically 10 the
standard OF their eX-masters!" aud they
reminded thPnl, as you now do me, OF the
course which the majority OF Southern
white persons pursued towards them on
the reconstruction measures. These argu-
ments are uuansweraOle before the negro,
aud therefore 1 say we must either organ
ze a white mans party, and trust to time
and Immigration to give II strength, or We
must dlsband.
So long as the Southern whites remain
united the negroes be united against
them. 1T We divide, possibly they may
also. Personally 1 would prefer an Organi- !
zation looking to the future, without any
expectation OF present success, and making
the fight just as the New England Democ
racy have done for years, puttln2 their best
men in the field and doing battle for prin- |
ciple But if present success is demanded |
in our State, then / think Il split among the /
Southern men, call them by what party |
name you will, is essential TO that result. |
The Greeley movement was a good one for /
this purpose, and would have been far bet I
ter ii more Southern men like Wise aud /
Moseby had gone for Grant. You ask /
shall we fight In the hope OF breaking the |
coloIed phalanX!' / answer, il you " ould /
you first break your own solid column, 80 /
that the negro can not be made to believe I
that we are united against him. AS be- \
tween the Ames and Aicorn factions much /
could be sand for and against either side. /
If l were required TO canvass the State
against one OF my old Democratic friends. \
he taking one side rud the other, would .
be willing TO toss copper for choice Of
sides and il happended 10 win / " ould not
know which side 10 choose. You ask what |
present success there would be in this
well defined division among the whites
would produce II CORE. ponding division
among the negroes, and thus the mere race /
question would be put at rest. Then We
would have native men enough on each
side to protect the interests OF the State, 40
matter which should be successful. But
you can not 90 for Powers nor / tor Ames
while our own party claims our allegiance.
If we nominate Il white ticket we VIII be
defeated. If we attempt as q purity TO unite
with the disafiecued Radicals We VIII be de-
feated Therefore / said let us organize and
look to the future or let us dlsband. J
have usually agreed cordially with The ,
CLARION (as | do in its course about the
Beauregard movementJ, ana regretted 10
see what | thought was "A touch OF acri- ,
mony in its comments on my last letter. ,
| do not care enough about politics now
to quarrel with an enemy ana would deep
ly lament a disagreement with tIne-bon-
ored friend. ONE OF 1HE PAST
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