The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-09-11
Ame~. she RabbIe Nominee. act "a
Citizen.

The insult in the nomination of Ames
for the Office of Governor, to the people,
IS that he is not citizen. He is alien to
the people. He has no residence among
them, and so far from having sympathy
with them, is the bitterest Joe Of the class
representing most of the intelligence, the
property and great deal of the labor
of the State. We have the testimony of
his speeches in the Senate superadded to
the proof furnished by his colleague,
Gov. Alcorn, who was daily witness OF
his conduct, that he left no opportunity
unemployed to SANDER this class of peo-
pie and to call down on their unoffendIng
heads vindictive persecution by the Fed
eral government. To keep himself In
office, he is busily engaged with his train
ed gang of adventures in organizing the
ignorance and prejudice of the State into
a compact mass against the whites.
Hence he is a public enemy OF both
races-a conspirator against their peace
and prosperity-and a common rioter.
He came to the State several years
after the war in the military service by
order of his superiors. Accident made
him Military Governor. The idea of
citizenship never entered his head until
he conceived, or others conceived for
him, the plan of manipulating the ballot
H.. Ix in tho aiaatioD
which he conducted iii order to elevate
himself while still an army officer into
the Senate While his credentials were
pending before that body, and report
signed by leading Republicans that he
was not entitled TO Il seat, was under con-
sideration, Mr.. Conkling. Administration
Senator from New York, said:
Gen Ames was asked (by the Committee)
! whether ne would say it was his intention
| to remain in Mississippi if not chosen TO the
| Senate. He said that he could not so say
and rs his languagt~w "a taken down by
Senator Edmonds, here il is:
Doubtful If ShOatd hare become citizen If
| hat HOt been elected
Below We have published the Report
of the Senate Committee, which was
signed by MessrS. Trumbull, Conkling,
Edmunds, Carpenter and Thurman-all
Republicans, except the last named, that
he was not a citizen of the State. To offset
all this, it is alleged that he has become
| the owner of house and lot in the city
of Natchez in which we venture to say
| he has never been domiciled twenty
hours at time 1t does not follow that
the ownership OF property in State
confers citizenship. McComb, for ex-
ample, owns large property in this State,
but he nor any one else ever thought it
made him a citizen. Vanderbilt is the
| owner of values in half the Western
States-some Of which he has never Wis
| tied How clear then is the humbug of
the claim pretended in behalf of Ames
that he is citizen ot Mississippi because,
under the pressure Of public Indignation,
he is sail to have bargained for house
and lot in one of our towns, for several
thousand dollars. On this point we will
quote from an article written by Gov.
Alcorn to the Coahoma Delta, of The 9th
of August:
And what has Gen. Ames done since the
day of his admission to the Senate to
strengthen his claim OF citizenship? Has
he done it by Registering his name in the
| Congressional Directory as resident of
NatcheZ?
legal process was sem to be served on
''citzen Ames'' in Natchcz in the wear 1871
Mr. MOOnan, the then sheriff of Adams
county. then and now the friend of Ames
returned the process that Adplbert Ames
had mo visible residence in Natchez :
Has A"es since that time resided in the
State? II sn, when and where? is his pre-
tended purchase of a houSe'and lot from his
friend Noonan in NatcheZ, for which he
has never paid dollar aud on which he
never intends to pay dollar a cirtum-
stance in his favor? Is not his pretended
purchase a fraud on its face; a fraud which
brands him as dishonest trickster who
seeks a license from the Republicans of the
State to rob the tax payers of the State? Is
not his contemplate ruSe of bringing his
wife to the city of NatchFZ. the place, for
sooth of his residence, and the story about
his sick baby, her sudden departure, where
by she refused To become a party to the de-
ception. now enjoying the com forts of her
home in Washington City, or wherever else |
il may be. proof that Ames and his body |
guard are ende2vnriug TO dnpe the people
insulting their Judgment when pleading
for their support.
When Alcorn challenged Ames to dis
cuss the issue here presented before an
intelligent audience in this city, the little
man skulked away on a frivolous retence.
Now for the
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE