The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-08-28
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LETTER FROM WILLIAM

~ our singing school last SUNDAY. ovsi
! inc creek the preacher had TO reprove a,
y TOT taking politics. Some one had a copv
4 OF TIE CLARION containing the letter ~
: Gen. Lowry, declining to permit his mama
= TO be used in the approaching canvass a. =.
! candidate for Governor, and had ora,,
deal - say about the General. An. how
I ever. know Of the deep shadow which hs.
falten across his door, and all said we win
e remem Der him, and call for him hereafter. -
Mrs Cornelia was present and spoke some
handsome phrases about General Lowry
ieIt very sorry myself for L rememper
now kindly the General has been ro mo
whenever have met him, and have cher
lshed the hope Of seeing him at the head ~
State Government. l felt really sorry
came very near crying, but knew that
must cry in company.
just after the singing, before the preach
or went into the stand, | concluded / youl,
have little talk with Mrs. Cornelia. ana
made bold to address her, and said Mr..
Cornelia, now that General Lowry has de.
cllned to become candidate for Governor
had we not better, all of Us, vote for some
I modelate Radical, and DO the best we can -
As soon as l spoke the crowd began IN
gather around, for Mrs. Cornelia pulled 90
/ her spectacles aud raised herself up. She
I said " William, l believe You we're horn n, /
/ Georgia, and have tried To learn sometime
of the history Of the great men Of The d.rs
of my youth. You know the present con-
dltion OF your native State. She i far
ahead of those States that have voted III,
moderate Republicans and elected Them
T4 Is Ia In, a.
have voted for moderate Republiraps a,.I
oeeh defeated Shall we do evil that good
may Gene: God forbid. There is great
OF talk about dead Democracy, efiete prin-
ciples- and all that, but when Democracy
was supreme in this land, when Whiegery
was supreme, when Southern statesmen
gave direction TO public sentiment and
when Southern ladies led society In Wash
lhgton, how prosperous was the lnpdi I
Credit Mobiiers and Salary Grabs and ali
such denominations were not known. ana
what the present government of Louisiana
costs the people OF that State, is canal IN
the expense Of the government of the
United States at that time Quit talking OF
compromise. Vote for no one who Is NOT
opposed to Radicalism." ! here interrupt-
Mrs. Cornelia, and stated that very many .
are OF the opinion that we could not elect n {
State ticket if we were to run one. The
old lady resumed q
- have read OF the Parthiaus, who de- :
feated their enemies by running from them, i
but in Georgia the people all believe that %
the best way Is to light them hit To hilt.
No one crosses river 10y despairing ana \
going away. expected Gen. Lowry TO de- y
cline. | have heard enough of him 20 see e
the necessity of his course That Is no rea- =
son why we should permit our hopes as well 3
as our present prosperity to be destroyed.
Listen not to such suggestions any more Il
than you would TO this stufl about being OBJ y
solete principles. Principles are immortal. =
This modern progress Is "A progress To sor- a
row. Hear none of it. Make 10 further "a
Quit counting negroes with !.
long speeches. Treat them right. Secure 4
them in the fruits Of their honest TOLL aud "
N all their rights and privileges, ard leave o
The result 10 time. Select you IA good man. I
Mississippi has numbers Of them, / have no II
loubt. Choose some such man as Gen. Cor &!
Ion Of Georgia, and 90 into the fight. II
,ur people hold convention, / can name y
several men, that can and will lead to vie !,
J. Humphreys such a hurrahing b
or Old Ben began that the preacher rose =,
up ard said: AZ
"Friends, this is house Of prayer our q
ountry mourns to-day because ministers ~
# the gospel in days past and gone forgot il
he life aud lessons of their master and
converted a congregation Of worshipers into
political meeting, and instead Of expound- ~
ng the Scriptures and exhorting 10 all 81
neekness and temperance, delivered stump "
peeches. We have met here TO worship ~
cod" y,
Mrs. Cornelia rose and said that it had er
lever been her custom to desecratc the n
-ord's house by i'm proper discourse. Ser ~
ices had not begun and in "a conversation ga
With William, young man Of enquiring
abits, she had mentioned the name Of
Gentleman. twice elected Governor of Mis-
issippi, ana was only going 10 add that If
dominated he will a third time be chosen, =,
nd in the event Of Ames' being a candi- n
ate, it is highly proper that Humphreys &c
out him, as Sampson did the Philistines. r.
ONE one got up and went out, and told ~
What Mrs. Corueuia said, and / heard p.
Impressed, Hurrah for old Ben" Here la
nc lidLltl W a. IhifAth W tue AilHleltI = Z ~
DING into the pulpit aud beginning 10 =
ing, a.
"When I can read my titles clear" -
| am sorry that / talked politics on sun -,
ay; but our Singing Society are for State r.
cket, and for L. G. Hum phreys for Gov Il
rnor. "
Cotton crops on the ridges are good. m
mere is not much corn planted on such IN
lnds. In the bottoms crops are not so -
God, but have improved very much. The ~
rmy worm is making its appearance pretty OF
and will do much damage, but fe
i this section an average cotton crop will az
e gathered. -
If you think there is any chance for me
. draw the two thousand dollars in gold AZ
he State Fair, viii buy a ticket. Mr..
ones says that he would call that a Lot :,
cry, ii il were not that Col. Power calls It -
special premiums" WILLIAM. m
z. S.-Nothing further has been heard la
rom Bro. Dave Johnson's fish trap. g.
L Tississippi Lady's Opinion Of ~