The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-03-20

era OF notabilities in wealth and intellect
We find there the privileged or superio
; classes and even the Queen rode TO tn
House of Commons behind her Lord High
Chancellor, in her giltled coach But wha
were the homes of that nobility What th'
state of the social arts? The houses were
their beds, which were placed upon the
earth. There they slept until the rushes
had become too filthy, when others were
brought and laced upon the old, and sc
on. until the nuisance became uncomfortable
and general cleaning out was entered
upon. At the time of King Alfred the
Great who consolidated the Governments
of the Heptarehy, Education was no COM
mon commodity. Alfred had, it is true, the
rudiments of schooling, but boy OF twelve
/ years, of the present period, would be far
theF advanced in the sciences than he was
at his best. This of our race--the proud
white race. Let rs look at yours. far back
IN the dark ages OF time, when represented
by Hannibal. Have YOU not cause TO be
proud of it, l then asked him if he would
| require OF the colored race in six years. that
! which it took our race two thousand years
| &c accomplish! Why this discrepancy !?
Why this unjust discrimination? This
] people will not Ior any length of time en-
duTe these two sy stems of educBtiou In one
/ They are entitled TO and should receive
jnst the same school privileges that the most
/ favored now receive If they do endure for
long this state of affairs, it will then be time
/
the rights they have received
| a NATIONAL SYSTEM OF EDUCATION
! Will, l hope, soon be established, which
| shall compel those who are GilatOry in this
/ respect TO send their children to school. 1t
| is not enough, in this vital M after. to pro-
vide the means-the means must be used.
| The Speaker instanced the superiority o.:
| the PruSsians in the late Franco-Prussian
war, and placed the superiority of the Prus
slams solely to their possessing superior edu-
cational privileges-and in Germany there
was compulsory education He also mega
| lived the statement he had heard that the
children of colored people deserved no edu-
cation, because they paid no great proper
ton of the taxes of the State. He believed
| that the man who paid $1,000 tax was enti-
tied to the same privileges as the one who
gave $1,000 toward the support OF the Gov
ernment lie might have said also that the
producer is the Taxpayer, in reality. In all
countries, and the labor of the colored man
produces two-thirds of all that conduees to
the wealth of the State. Without giving
many good points carried by the Colonel,
we proceed to the consideration of his sec
ond division, which was
RETRENCHMENT.
On this subject Col. Flournoy, we noticed.
was roundly applanded by the Democratic
side OF the rs use, as he had been generally
cheered in what preceded it by the colored
people and Republicans. Let no man de-
ceive himself. There was storm in the
distance. Its mutterings were warning
that it was not far distant. First cheers
from the Democracy It was time for re-
trenchment and reform, and particularly
for radiance from this grinding taxation.
Another gun for the Democracy.l He said
he did not propose any novel ideas, only the
the resumption of rules which had in the
past been in force, and which had been sue
cesSial. The taxes. said he, are eXorbitant |
More Democratic thunder | occupy here |
also an extreme position. Perhaps between |
the two there may be medal line where |
right may be found. It is needless to talk of |
how many mills on the dollar our taxes were |
in former times and how many mills on |
dollar they are now We know, or know |
that we pay, some OF us, double the amount |
in dollars and cents, what we did pay when |
we owned double the amount of property |
We now own. That is enough for us. j, for |
instance, do not possess One-tenth the prop |
erty owned under the old regime, and | |
pay double the sum in taxes then paid.
FLoURNoY's PLAN FOR EErRENCHMENT.
As means of reducing taxation, pro-
list. The entire aboishmtMt of the system /
of Chancery Courts in the State, thus insur-
ing saving to the Taxpayers of twenty |
times $500 or $4,000.
ID. Reduce the mum Der of Circuit Judges |
to ten.
81. Do away with the costly and cum ber-
some system of registration, for which. at |
present. except in cities, there is no use.
4th. Reduce the salaries of District Attor-
>
perquisites for the remainder.
9Th. Cut off the entire system of free
scholarships. By this / mean, not the sys-
tenn of free schools, which / favor fully. but
the idea of sending such a number of schol-
airs to college, with county money, to pay
tut ion. thus rendering those pupils paupers
in their counties.
There are no privileged classes here--or
should be none.
9Th Go back to the form of judiciary in
vogue before the war. 1t cost about 100000;
now 1t costs, under the present system,
100000. And it is all folly. More cheers
from Democracy
9TH. Then abolish the whole system of
State and county warrants, and have taxes
paid and employees paid in cash The State
should discharge her debt without being
called upon to make up for losses on war
rants, tCheers.
THE REPUDIATED DIRT
Should not be paid ! oppose the adoption
of that debt Had been a member of the
that repudiated it, under the cir
/ should have voted for repudi-
The present cannot. Then the future, they
say, should pay it. Nonsense.
STERN AND SWEEPING MEASURES
OF retrenchment must be inaugurated, but
the charities of the State--the Lunatic Asy-
lum. the Institutes for the Deaf and Dumb
and Blind--should be generously supported.
Human misfortune must be taken care of.
NO ASPIRATIONS.
Col. Flournoy, near the close Of his
speech, made passing allusion to the ensu-
ing gubernatorial canvass, and set the minds
Of some unhappy ones at rest, by saying
that, as far as he was personally concerned,
he had no aspirations for office. He said he
was for the Republican party and the nomi-
nees of that party. Better and more fitting
men than myself, he thought, could be
found to fill positions in the State. After
speaking for fully two hours in a fOrcible |