The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-09-04

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| army. 7 agreed TO do what | could to adj
| vance him. Ames was elected; his creden
! tails were referred to the Judiciary Con
mittee of the Senate. That committee va
COMPOSED in the main of able lawyers
/ TrumbuII. of Illinois Thurman, of Ohio
| Wisconsin ,Edmunds, of Nermont-al
4 LAWYERS of marked distinction. The
committee reported, all these lawyers
agreeing to the report that Ames was not 9
citizen OF Mississippi, that he was not en-
titled 20 his seat. but yet under the manipa-
lations of party, he was admitted. and when
admitted soon discovered that his chances
Tor promotion in the army were without
hope; now he began to look to the question
of his position as Senator firm Mississippi
Ames knew very well that his hope of con-
tinuance in the Senate-living a. ne did, out
of the State-could not be realized should
the colored and white people become, as
they should be. friends. When the State
should once find repose with a peaeeable
and contented people they would naturally
desire to be represented in Congress 10y men
of their own Srare, men whose Interests
were Identified with people OF the State
Ames was not now, nor did he intend TO he,
Of this class. Mississippi. as place OF resi-
dence, had
NO ATTRACTIONS FOR AMEs.
4 quasi state Of war must be kept mp. or
Ames could not hope to be continued IN
place lie SAW Niis%t III Ph8 JNf-E " d---Lo
make peace between the races. to bring into
the Republican party the white people, the
young white men Of Mississippi. that the
might be controlled by the col
ored people AMI white people, by all the
people of Mississippi: I repeat that Ames
said that if / should succeed he was lost.
CITIZEN AMEs
Paid a visit in 1870 to the State. aud soon
after be had come, a distinguished colored
man of Mississippi, one that YOU All know
and one whose wOrl ycu u i'll all take
should what | state be denied, shall at
future time give you his name-came to me
with the intelligence that Ames had sought
am Interview with him: that Ames had
TO make war on Governor Alcorn !
that Governor AlcOrn was seeking To en-
large the area Of the Republican party
hat he was endeavoring To induce the |
whites Of Mississippi, the young men OF |
state, TO join that party. Should ! succeed |
n doing this. Ames said to the colored gen |
-leman, you and | will be driven nom the |
State. We are both caTpet-baggers, and an |
accession of whites to the Republican party |
: la5al to you and myself" ] do not pre-
end To quote the precise words, bur l do /
rot misrepreseut the idea. Ames proposed |
O this coored man that he .Ames) should /
epresent the Northern element, and the
Olored man the cOlOreJ element. BY this
hey could control the offices and o>tracise
lie native white Republicans Ills propo-
ition went further. II Was that the last
.eQisluture shOuld, as far as could be, be |
made up of Ame9 friends, and at the first |
opportunity resolution should be passed |
" the Legislature endorsing him and cen
uring me. This he said, would break me
own in Washington, destroy my Influence
here and enable him to control the Fed
raj patronage. This being done continued
ines, | can come To Mississippi in 1873 and
t nominated and elected Governor of the
tate. | can then fix the State permanent
in the hands of the Mort ern and colored
Zen, to the exclusion of the natives for all
me to come. All southern thinking would
nus be crushed.
The person to whom this disclosure was
ade came to me with the report. He |
rote out a reply, which | read. He repro | !
need in that reply Ames' proposition His
ply was to the effect that he wished to | I
ave peace established between the two {
ices in Mississippi; that Ames' PROPOSE /
on would continue the fueds and internal }
I'm motions of the State; that it meant a | +
ar of races; that he was opposed TO this: I
lat he believed | was a friend of his race, :
I'd that he should continue to support me r
my effort to conSummate lasting q
between the races in the State. ?
he evidence which l have of the truth of | i
lis disclosure rests ON the confidence ! | !
I'VE in the truth of my friend. Supple +
entail by the fact that the reply to Gen, :
mes was given into my hands for the r
all. ] handed it to nv Secretary. and di- :
n
And now, to-day, my ceuntrymen, Ames +
here a candidate for Governor in follow a
g out his purpose; and should he be cho-
n, the r
WAR OF RACES
agins in the State. This means the de- |
ruction of all our hopes. o
The purpose OF Ames and his followers is O
rob the people of the State. When | was
)vernor, | was approached with propo I
lion to pay the D
UNION AND PLANTERS BANK BONDS.
delegation from the city OF New York $
sted me. A corrupt Governor could
we made large sum of money. 1t was
Id to me that the bin could be passed by a
e Legislature. | had no doubt of the fact. '
1t replied that should the Legislature n
corruptly induced to pass law provi- o
ng tor the payment OF these bonds. that | q
ould make the effort IL transfer the cor .
pit portion of the Legislature to the e
house. | had in the past been T.
bond payer. | am rot now. The war Il
ripped the South of her property, the a
ives of all men were set free, and thank t
ID the institution found lis grave but the
was amended so as To provide
at the Shareholder, though an orphan or a
dow. should have no compensation for
e property thus emancipated, it would lee
lust to the widow and the orphan-it
Guild be unjust to you colored m en- to tax
'ur muscle and your sweat to pay debt
by your masters forty years ago
al afterwards by them repudiated. The
Oney realized on these bonds was invest
in the purchase of your ancestors. Shall
u in your poverty be taxed TO return the
Oney with interest which brought YOUR =
Their slave to Mississippi? Shall the :
md holder be permitted to return you .
zee more to slavery? No, nv country V
en-. this must not be, and yet the danger y
before us! What guarantee have YOU :,
at these bonds are not the objective point
the adventurer who now heads your
,ket for Governor? What interest has he
Mississippi other than TO debase Missis- /
opi to his own use? What weight is to be q
ven the pledges of
POLITICAL ADVENTURER =
no lives more than thousand miles be- :,
md your borders? Will YOU risk thirty
illions of dollars on his word? VIII You a
SIX so much on the resolutions of this Con- f
ention? All, my countrymen, elect this r
an and to you fear all hope is lest. Let Il
IN remoddle your courts-let him appoint :
lis man Hill, of Nickshurg to the supreme c
ench of your state; man who has b
Fought disgrace on the name OF Chancellor :
man who while holding the office of
tancellOr, that he might serve Amas. per-
,trated a fraud on the people OF Smith
'unty by having himself certified as a del I
rate to this Convention from a county
hich lies hundred miles from his home.
name on
THIS DIsHoNoRkD MAN;
, is to be exalted, | am told. to the office of /
Ipreme Judge Z
And G. Wiley Wells. who was beaten for :
.leyate in his own county, man who
lids the Office of United States District ;.
ttorney for the Northern District Of Mis-
ssippi. This man, G. Wiley Wells. who Y
spraces the name of lawyer. after being
,aten fin his own county. the county OF :
arshall. as q candidate for delegate bv o
me means, l know not how, represented 7
IRE in the Convention the county of u
lcorn. e