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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-12-17
To Re Hanged.

AUBURN, N. Y, Dec. l7.-Charles Egger
has been sentenced to be hanged February 3,
for the murder of Elite Conklin.
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Gov. WALKER, accompanied by his aid,
Col. Owens, spent last night in this city aud
LETT this morning, on a special train for Hamil-
ton, where the Governor is to deliver the ad-
dress at the dedication Of the Masonic Hall,
there tonight.
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CONTEST ABANDONED 1t will be seen by
the card of Col. G. Z. Stuart, that he has deter
mined not to contest the seat Of }. B. Syphax
one OF the delegates returned to the Legislature
from this county
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RLACK VELVETEEN-Bl Velveteen,
~ very cheap, just opened by
dec II 81 King street.
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MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENTS The Sunday
School OF the Methodist Episcopal Church
South will give concert at Sarepta Hall on
the 29th inst, for the purpose Of raising funds
with which to pay for their new organ. prots.
Sanders and Robinson, of Baltimore, will be
present and assist. the former upon the organ
and the latter upon the clarionet on which in-
strumeots they are said to be pro6cients.
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Fifty patients have been treated, cured aud
discharged from the Alexandria ln6rmary since
it was opened.
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sayOur Washington dispatches failed to
reach us this evening.
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(LLOVES-Ladiss' and Gents Gloves, IN
~ great variety, at
dec II "a King street.
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ROOTS AND SHOES.

ENGLISH RUBBERSl .
' ' ENGLISH RUBBERS!
At WADDEYS, "a King street.
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SWISS MACARONI, the finest imported ar
~ tlcle, for sale by G. WIN. RAMSA1+
Gee II Corner King and ST. Assph SITS.
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FOR EENT-HOUSE No 20 south st.
!ss: ASaph street containing rooms, will be
tented 10 y good tc.uL OF moderate terms.
dec Oft e. FRANCIS.
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gSsss SHE OR RENT.

FOR RENT-The comfortable Dwell
E$5 INC HOUSE No - south Alfred st. Gas
and Water. Possession given January l. 1914.
Apply TO ,nDr,rrp ppo
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MISSES FINE BUTTON BOOTS
At WADDEY'S, "A King street.
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LADIES FINE CALF. KID AND RUSSlA
LEATHER BUTTON BOOTS,
Vienna style,
At WADDEY'S, "A King street
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FOR RENT-A comfortable BRICK
s$i DWELLING, on Queen street. between
Washington and Columbus. Apply to =. l..
POWELL, n. +. corner Duke and Washing
i'm sIrarts dec l2-c"tt
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WOOD .ayvD CUAL.

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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-08-21


The Richmond Enquirer, With forty
thousand majority of white, voters at its
back, calls upon them to make the con
test in that State one between whites and
blacks strictly as races. Georgia papers,
with nearly the same majority of Caucas-
SLAMS, sound a similar note. The st.
Louis Republican, (Demoeratic) perth
nently asks if this programme is to be
carried out, what will become of South
Carolina, where there are 40, S14 blacks
to $50, 667 whites? What will become
of Mississippi, where there are 444, 301
blacks to $50, 896 whites? What will
become of Louisiana, where there are
1884, 10 blacks to 362, 06j whites? In
each of these three States there is black
majority, and as a white mans party
compeis the maintenance of a black
mans party, the programme laid down
must contemplate the surrender of South
Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana to
negro rule forever Nor is this all.
There is Florida, with nearly as many
blacks as whites-91, 689 blacks to Co.,
057 whites, and with white et-bag-
gers enough, welding the authority of
the administration, to more than make
up the deficiency. Even in Alabama
there is very precarious majority of
whites-521, 1884 whites to 475, $40 blacks,
and that State is under Radical rule.
We think adds our ST. Louis Demo-
cratic cotemporary) that when the white
people of the South reflect coolly and dis
passionately on the difficult problem be-
fore Them they will find that the solu-
ton of it lies in different direction from
the one indicated. Why repel and an
tagonize the blacks by an avowed and
exclusive white mans party, which the
ex-slaves cannot, in the nature of things,
belong to? If the ex-slaves must vote,
why not devise some method whereby
they may vote with their former masters,
and their former masters with them? If
they must hold Office, why should
not the whites have some control
over them? A handful of car
pet-baggers manage to purchase and con-
troll the whole negro vote in the Southern
States with a few insignificant and paltry
offices. Cannot the whites well afford to
win the goodwill of the blacks, break the
despotism of the carpet-baggers, and re-
lease themselves from the hostility of
both?
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-08-21

The Oranges of Mississippi have taken
advanced ground in repelling the ag.
erosion of the st. Louis firm which,
after making a contract to furnish sup
plies, violated their agreement in order
to curry favor with the merchants. AS
the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry
extends over nearly the entire South and
West, it is not to be supposed that this
movement will be confined to Mississippi
They will all make common cause with
the brotherhood in this State and the
firm which has provoked the contest will
find in the end that they have missed
their aim. The farmers, though the
most patient and enduring class in the
world, are as strong in pulling down as
they are in building up. They are the
fountain head of all other industries. If
they have not displayed the tremendous
power they are cababIe of welding. it is
for the reason that their occupation has
naturally tended to repose. Their mis-
fortunes will prove to have been bless
ings in disguise, if they have taught
them the necessity of cooperative effort,
and brought into life their slumbering
energies.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-08-21
The Appointment, OF Chanceuor-.
The most important duty devolvin,

The most important duty devolving
upon Acting Governor Powers during the
remainder of his term, will be the APP
pointment of Chancellors in the twenty
districts. Under the Constitution Art
6, Sec. ~ ChancelIors remain in Office
four wears. Therefore the terms of the
present incumben will expire before the
present (Actfng) Governor goes out of
Office The term Of the new Governor
cannot commence under the existing law
until the Legislature assemblies, which
will not be before tie first Tuesday after
the third Monday in January. Conse-
quentlY. the appointment of Chancellors
will devolve upon the person now filling
the office.
Section 1O6 of the Revised Code pro-
vides that "the Governor may send in
for confirmation the names Of officers to
be appointed, when the terms of the pre-
sent incumbents are about to expire"
Section 107 of the Revised Code pro-
vides that "the Governor may, when
ever he thinks best, convene the Senate
for the purpose of acting on appoint
ments."
The Importance of the duties apper-
tanning to the office Of Chancellor, invests
this matter with considerations of the
gravest character No matter what may
be the issue of the struggle between the
Acting Governor and his competitor for
gubernatorial honors, he will have it in
his power in the appointment of Chan
cellors to do what will tell powerfully for
good, or for evil, on the welfare Of the
people of the State.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-08-21

AS a part of the record Of passing
events we have copied in this number an
article from the St. Louis Republican in
favor of the disbandment of the Demo
cratic party, as the best means of effecting
the dissolution of its successful antagonist,
the Radical organization. The Republican
argues that the cohesiveness of the Radi-
cal party, which has accomplished its
mission in the overthrow of slavery and
the settlement Of the questions resulting,
is maintained by the organization of the
Democracy and that the former would
fall to pieces, if the pressure produced
by the latter was removed And it in
sists that the partisans of the latter
should not object to this course, since it
has lost prestige by thirteen years of sue
cessive defeats its ability to win vic
tory, and is effective only for keeping
the lines Of the enemy compact and in
good fighting order. This is the argu-
ment. Our purpose is to state it, Tot to
participate one way or the other in the
discussion. The course of the Republi-
can is the more significant from the fact
that it is the representative organ of the
Democracy of the State, in which its
party boasts disciplined majority of
fifty thousand and follows close upon
the split between the Reactionists and
Reformers of the party in Ohio.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-08-21
signs OF Decay and Disfntegra.
ton.

A movement has been made to aban-
don the name and what is left of the Or
ganization of the Democratic party. Or
the fact would be stronger expressed by
saying that politicians have begun to fol-
low where the reason and the instincts of
the masses have been for some time lead
ing.
In the New England States the party
is in too feeble a minority to entitle its
acts to consideration. In the Western
States, the grand centre of empire in the
nation, it has virtually disbanded. In
Ohio one division under Pugh, Collins,
and others, has united with the Reform
Republicans, under the name of Peoples
Party; while the Hunkers, in plumes
borrowed partly from the Farmers
Oranges and partly from the Republi-
cans, have summoned an antedluvian
from the grave and made him their
gubernatorial fgure-head in the canvass.
The latter will make a spasmodic strug-
gle and go out of the world in convul-
sions on the 18th of October. The for
mer may probably form the nucleus of
the future governing power of the coun-
try; or it may seek other affinities. One
thing is certain: having left the old con-
Germ because it has become degenerate
and corrupt, it will not look backward.
but go forward.
Democratic party as now constituted is
not equal to the necessities of the times,
we have only to look to Kentucky and
Virginia. The platform of the former is
a string of distractions totally inappli-
cable to the emergency; and the plat
form of the latter is Objectionable not
only in what it omits, but what it declares
Both are claimed to be Democratic ema-
nations, and they are as unlike each
other as two productions possibly can be.
The Democracy of Kentucky have dwin-
died down from a popular majority of
II 900 to II 900; and the Democracy
of Virginia have based all their hopes Of
victory on an appeal to the race preju-
dice of the white voters, who have 40, 900
majority, and by trucking subserviency
to the Grant administration.
1t does not necessarily follow from
these signs of decay and disintegration
of the Democratic organization that the
party is to be the gamer. 1t
only proves the incapacity of the for
mer to overthrow and take the place of
the latter. Our own opinion is that the
public sentiment of the country demands
a new, young and vigorous party, free
from the vices. corruptions and prejudices
Of both the old ones. but while both re- |
main, and the Northern majority is COM
PEELED to choose between them, it will |
select the Republican under the idea
that the main purpose of the Democratic
leaders is to undo the results of the war.
This belief, which we trust is unfounded,
will be powerfully nourished by the in
zane, malapropos clamor for a white
mans party.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-08-21
Meeting of she Executive Conn
mfafee.

The resolution Of the Executive Com
mittee calling State Convention of the
Conservatives and referring to the
people whether they will nominate
State ticket. or abstain from doing so
and leave the ground to be fought over
by the Republicans among themselves, is
the wisest action that could have been
taken.
The committee, though not entirely
unanimous for calling convention at
present, were nearly so. 1t was very
generally agreed by The members in at
tendance, that they ought not to assume
the responsibility of forestalling action
by deciding what ought, or ought not, to
be done. This viii be performed by the
constituency through their delegates
when they assemble in Convention, by the
light of events as they shall then have
been developed.
About the matter of running ticket,
opinions were various. Some favored a
straight-out ticket, whether the Radical
house divides against itself or not;
othere were opposed to a ticket, pro-
vided the Radicals bring two sets into
the field, and others are holding their
decision in allegiance until after the Radi-
cal Convention shall have revealed a
clearer view of the situation. We be-
lieve Though on this point We may be
mistaken) the opinion was unanimous
that even if the Radicals nominate two
tickets and it be decided by the State
Convention to run no Conservative Cor
Democratic) ticket, neither of the oppos-
ing wings of the adversary should re-
ceive the Endorsement of the Convention.
In other words, that the friends of Re
form should in Convention express no
formal preference, but as individuals
should hold their hands off and see fair
fight, or take part for one side or the
other, as their sense of duty might die
tate
There was general concurrence in the
belief if it should be decided to nomi
nate State ticket, to select such an one
as will command the heartiest, most earn
est and most active support of all the OPP
posers of Radicalism.
The Committee, composed mainly of
representative men from every geograph-
ical division of the State, have performed
the delicate trust confded to them con-
scientiously and with an eye to the best
interests of the State 1t will be left for
the voting masses Of their party to choose
their own course and do their duty at the
ballot-box. There was no division in the
opinion IN reference to the ability of the
opposers of Radical misrule, to save the
Legislature at all events. And this will
compensate for every sacrifice of indi-
vidual preference that may be made.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-08-21
OUR PLATFORM.

Strict construction of delegated powers
scli-rule for the States; the supremacy of
the civil over military authority; hands of
the people by the Federal authorities in the
exercise of their right of local self-govern-
ment.
\ reduction of taxes.
Retrenchment to lessen the burden of
taxation, and consequently, a reduction of
salaries, which are disproportioned to the
Iabors performed, in the various depart
ments of the State government.
The necessity of thorough scrutiny into
the conduct of public agents, and expulsion
from Office on conviction of crime.
No legislation insidiously to aggrandize
individuals and classes at the expense of
the many.
The public domain should be held sacred
from the touch of land-grabbers, no matter
what their plausible pretencc of public i'm
provement.
No more Railroad subsidies except by
consent of the people first ascertained.
Good faith in the disposition of the grants
by Congress for educational purposes.
No payment, nor recognition in any form
whatever, of Bonds created during former
generations and repudiatel by the people
concerned as unconstitutional and not bind
ing upon them.
Opposition to all Credit Mobilier transac-
tons; to the increase of the pay of the
President and of Congressman, and to the
Back Salary Grab by which Congress seized
from the Treasury large sums in excess of
the amount for which it contracted to serve
No agitation of the questions settled by
the Constitutional Amendments; Equal
Rights, without regard to race or nativity
and good will to all but the fomenters of
strife and the spectators of our people
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-08-21

The Radical State Convention will
meet next Wednesday. The prospect of
split of the party into two parts with its
resulting advantages to the people, is not
rs promising rs they have been. The
discussion Of the plan of campaign by
portion OF the Conservative press and the
frequent declaI.a tions in Democratic quar-
ters supposed TO be influential that Ames
would be preferred to any of his antagon-
lists, have sent his stock up and correspond
ingly depressed that of his adversaries
who however able to confront him may
not be willing to stand fire in rear and
front. From the present outlook we ap-
prehend that those of our friends who
have so energetieally expressed themselves
for a square fight against practically
united party led ON by Ames with Butler
for his chief and backed by the sword
and purse of the Administration, in pref
erence to maintaining neutrality and see
ing its warning factions devour each
other, or to beating them in detail, viii
have splendid opportunity to try the
virtue of their tactics. The remembrance
Of Ames' military dictatorship, his malig-
nant surroundings, and the popular ma
jority at his back, are suggestive of an
unpleasant picture Of the future, and of
the necessity of great effort to defeat
him.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-08-21
Platform of the Virginia Demo-
\ craI~.

Elsewhere in this paper this document
willbe fonnd. The platform is remark
able not more for what it contains than
for what it does not. The note worthy
omission is the matter of the Salary Steal.
1t is notifying fact that while every
Republican State Convention which has
assembled since the crime was committed,
has denounced the measure, and recorded
a solemn pledge to repeal it, the Democ-
racy of Virginia have given it their tacit
approval.
This is the example which the Old
Dominion has set for her younger sisters,
who are in the habit of following her
lead. Why is this The explanation is
furnished in the fact that the Conserva-
tive party in Virginia has been de-
bauched and disgraced by the conduct of
their representative men. Five Demo
cratic members of the House and one
Senator voted for and have drawn the
back pay. For this conduct, the party
to which they belong has made itself re-
sponsible by refusing to condemn it.
While this platform is notable for its
tacit assent to the Salary Grab, its truck
ling to Grant is significant. 1t leaves
the public to infer that his Administra-
ton has done nothing to condemn. 1t
mentions nothing; and pledges the
party to +" cooperate" with him in every
good work; but does net declare what
is meant, though we are left to infer that
it refers especially to the completion of
the James River and Kanawha Canal by
the Federal Administration. The inter
probation of all this is, that the men who
are assuming to act and to speak for the
straight-out, simon-pures of the Old Do
minion, are not opposed to Salary Steals
and extravagant schemes of internal inn
provement by the Federal Government
in opposition to the teachings of the
founders of the Democratic faith, pro-
vided always they can get their share of
public plumber.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-08-21
Correspondence Of tIc Clarion or
Ghc Situation.

- COUNTY August D .0.
EDToRs CLAMoN:
For several weeks pa-t hlrr w.
interest your many eNtract- from ny" .
ocratic and CONSERVATIVE pres.
also seen, from several rXtwc-- from
cal papers, that there i. war going
that party. 10 may be tHr WAT b. l"
spoils, aud not upon principle. bu' 0t.'.
erthcless war. lwteld OF on"1r
this war, a portion OF thc Dnmo"A.. I.
Conservative press appear io Doe "... Pip.
the welding together of tht hrH."
tiOns, 50 that when the bailic u... 70
polls In November The whole i'I'. x.
groes, Carprt-baggcrs and sr1.H"as
march M in solid column ani t"'
regular Radical ticket. Not u0HH.
accomplishing this, they cry ".
"Straieht ticket "a white mlH. p
a whltcmau's ticket" They Wn
purer than othrrs, that they
short notice To- read uut oi rle NF|
man who docs not iudor'r tue h
bonn bastic resolutions, even to tUrf
omission Of reference tO tIc
bilier Ring aud the Buck -a|
What these same gentlemen m"a
straight ticket do NOT pretend "A"
stand. ANY ticket 90 me win nD -
that win give %. relief from heavy
and misrepr from t'r
rascality and ignorance. Any 0.Ne.
than one which will DO this w.| Dew.
much warped and bent ont of tH
that n Democratic ticket shout"
When they come to white mgu
ana a white mans ticket, I fully
stand what II means. IL mean '0
black counties four more years of ~a.'.
ical official villainy, four more year.
county Radical official thieving 1000.
more years OF beat Radical official
rance. They hold up their pure
hands with holy horror at the negro
ever mnch he may be- with tho home
In heart, but they care nothing for ''
that these counties and many other ht.
gro sherifts negro clerks, negro n 4.
ors, negro Justices Of the peace. anI
Their prejudice of r
gratified, and their comfy govcrnm.
least are Ia the hands of their own pr.
kessrs. Editors, we are going ~
TO them one more time, and we
the machine run on their line, 500 DO N
to do the work they promise the ''
cannot be charged TO US. If 10 uccee4.
win rejoice at deliverance Of The state
oppression; but II they come % ths
again 10000, or $4,000, or 20 o0or OF
Gas the case may be- short Of the n'W''.
votes required, we give notice mo-" .''.
are going to try our way 10 relieve .,.r
selves, and though they riug "Taiof IN
our ears until they are hoarse. we
nevertheless use such means AS the foIl
a white mans party have lon us 20 'u'.
little intelligence and honesty 10 the ~.
me DIAM
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-08-21

Fn;sr-J. II. Phipps, OF Lafayette; III. NJ.
Street, of Prentiss; a. I. Koane, of Cal
houn.
SKCoND-J. b. Morgan, of DeSoto; L. &.
Walthall, of Grenada; kinloch Falconer,
of Marshall.
THIRD-Reubcn o. Reynolds, OF Monroe
r. W. Williamson, of Montgomery; Robert
Mcintosh, of Chckasaw.
FoURTH-S. :. CalhoOn, of Madison; Gar
net Andrews, Of IazoO; j. j. Shannon, OF
Iauderdale.
Firm w. II. McCardle, of Warren ;
Harris Barksdale, OF Kinds; Sylvanus
Evans. of Clarke.
SIxrH-Benj. King, ST., of Copiah; Hiram
Cassidy, ST., of Franklin L. *. Mayors, OF
Harrison.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-08-21

The colored men in Rankin county
have Endorsed several good men for
county Offices, who have not avowed
themselves members of the Radical par
ty, nor been so considered We had
rather construe such Endorsement as a
token of surrender in the matter of the
offices referred to, or of willingness to
support good men, to that extent at least,
than as evidence of their unsoundness,
in the absence of stronger proof; and
we fear that our political friends in that
county will make mistake if they per-
nit themselves to form hasty conclusions
adverse to the citizens referred to. We
have no strength to spare in that coun-
ty, nor energies to waste upon issues sub
ordinate and purely personal.